About Us

Our Mission

To provide Access to kids from underserved communities with creative coding resources in order to become creators of technology

Our Story ...

In 2022, we had the golden opportunity to participate in the 2022-2024 Cohort of the Scratch Education Collaborative (SEC). As part of our contribution to the development of equitable Creative Coding Resources, we developed the Physical 3D Scratch Blocks. Each set of LEGO-like physical 3D Scratch blocks which are meant for unplugged creative coding activities and will consist of about 60 unique Scratch blocks and about 300 blocks all made from ABS board. 

The big idea ...

The big question that resulted in this novel idea was how we could develop resources that would help kids in Ghana and underserved communities around the world to engage in creative coding.  

In Ghana, the major obstacles to creative coding are a lack of computing devices and internet connectivity. We therefore decided to create the Physical 3D Scratch blocks that would not require computing devices, electricity or the internet to function and could be used in unplugged activities.  

To achieve this, we decided to convert the 2D scratch blocks in Scratch into physical 3D Lego-like Blocks that kids can manipulate to mimic the idea of coding on a real computer.  

Description of the Physical 3-D Scratch Blocks 

We created the Physical 3-D Scratch blocks using local materials and a semi-automated process because we lacked the technology like 3-D printing to print the blocks. Our Physical 3D scratch blocks kit also comes with ...

Our Beneficiaries

The following Schools have benefited from the Physical 3D Scratch Blocks Project. The first pilot on the use of the Physical 3D Scratch blocks was organized for selected students and teachers from these schools. 

Schools from Sunyani Municipal and Sunyani West

Schools from Jaman North District