Students in Senegal Develop Mobile Apps to Learn About the Environment
Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher.
The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however. With 24 other Senegalese students, she is learning to develop a mobile app to raise awareness about the environment.
In small groups, the students develop apps focusing on environmental issues, in the format of their choice – such as a game, quiz or a platform to look up potentially unfamiliar terms, such as "endangered species".
Seye has called her app "Weer Weeldé", which means "a healthy planet for a healthy life" in Wolof.
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