Latest Publications
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Our Jinja SS “J Robotics” team training for VEX Worlds
See how HFC is taking kids from rural Uganda and kickstarting them with robotics skills. Our goal is no less than the VEX world championship!
History of our Education Initiative
*** Update: This page remains for historical reference. Many of the solutions here have been upgraded and the projects have advanced. See our current project page for more current information. *** [...]
Geeking out in Uganda!
We ran an amazing tech expo in Jinja! Parents, teachers and students left "simply amazed".
Helping out Hope Smiles in Uganda alongside Goal Zero!
From Hope Smiles Uganda: Thanks to the generator donated by Goal Zero and Hackers For Charity, Ugandans are able to have teeth restored -- not extracted -- in the Hope Smiles Uganda mobile clinics! The [...]
HFC LittleBits training at Jinja Uganda Senior Secondary
We're big fans of maker skills and robotics, and of course we're bit fans of LittleBits as well. It offers such an easy way to get into making and inventing, and it's accessible for kids [...]
Working in our local communities: Louisville
One of the primary goals of Hackers for Charity is to get folks in our community doing work to better the world we live in. Another goal is to change the negative connotations associated with [...]
In The Press
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The birth of the “Jinja Robotics” team at the HFC Uganda hackerspace!
We met with the robotics students from Jinja [...]
Two new brilliant “Street kids” taking free training
Kirundi Ibrahim Katibo is 15 years old. After [...]
“Skills for the survivors”: Rose Mary Kobusingye
A great story about a young woman "helped up" from awful, unforgiving circumstances.
Exploring CNC routing in Uganda with the X-Carve
Thanks to a very gracious donor and friend [...]
3D Printing, Robotics and Electronics “Road Show” in Kenya
When we first came to Uganda seven years, [...]
Goal Zero making a difference in Uganda
Goal Zero (solar) really went above and beyond to help out our work in Uganda!
HFC computer outreach training
Computer training is a requirement in Ugandan schools now, but many schools don't have computers. That's where we come in.
On-Going Research
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Our Jinja SS “J Robotics” team training for VEX Worlds
See how HFC is taking kids from rural Uganda and kickstarting them with robotics skills. Our goal is no less than the VEX world championship!
History of our Education Initiative
*** Update: This page remains for historical reference. Many of the solutions here have been upgraded and the projects have advanced. See our current project page for more current information. *** [...]
Geeking out in Uganda!
We ran an amazing tech expo in Jinja! Parents, teachers and students left "simply amazed".
Helping out Hope Smiles in Uganda alongside Goal Zero!
From Hope Smiles Uganda: Thanks to the generator donated by Goal Zero and Hackers For Charity, Ugandans are able to have teeth restored -- not extracted -- in the Hope Smiles Uganda mobile clinics! The [...]
HFC LittleBits training at Jinja Uganda Senior Secondary
We're big fans of maker skills and robotics, and of course we're bit fans of LittleBits as well. It offers such an easy way to get into making and inventing, and it's accessible for kids [...]
Working in our local communities: Louisville
One of the primary goals of Hackers for Charity is to get folks in our community doing work to better the world we live in. Another goal is to change the negative connotations associated with [...]