BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091031T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T165509Z UID:BB413E93-88D7-49B6-87FF-E0C62BA81A68 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20260701T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20260701T140000 DESCRIPTION:Orphans represent one of the underrepresented communities in Pa kistan\, which is home to 4.2 million orphaned children as per UNICEF repo rt. Most of these children have no home and live on streets and prone to d omestic violence\, indulgence to drugs & crime and begging. It is pertinen t to mention that most of orphans are aged below 17 years\, therefore\, th eir primary and higher education is critical for betterment of the whole c ommunity. The project was focused on engaging the certified orphans in edu cational activities via STEM technology thereby serving the humanitarian p urpose. The STEM workshop was conducted for 40 students aged 10-15. The ha nds-on activities were based on diverse technologies including Electronics circuits\, Robotics\, Radar\, Internet of Things (IoT) and Home automatio n. At the end of the workshop\, the students were provided with STEM workb ooks which will enable them to continue learning and exploring more hands- on STEM activities. The workshop was also aligned with UN sustainable deve lopment goals (SDGs) including no poverty\, quality education and reduced inequalities. This initiative was made possible through support from the I EEE Region 10 Educational Activities Project Development Grant 2026 and wa s carefully aligned with the UN SDGs.\n\nRawalpindi\, Rawalpindi\, Punjab\ , Pakistan\, 46000 LOCATION:Rawalpindi\, Rawalpindi\, Punjab\, Pakistan\, 46000 ORGANIZER:nosherwan.shoaib@seecs.edu.pk SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:STEM for Hope URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/577338 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0p t\; font-family: 'Cambria'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Caladea\; mso -bidi-font-family: Caladea\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-langua ge: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Orphans represent one of the under represented communities in Pakistan\, which is home to 4.2 million orphane d children as per UNICEF report. Most of these children have no home and l ive on streets and prone to domestic violence\, indulgence to drugs &amp\; crime and begging. It is pertinent to mention that most of orphans are ag ed below 17 years\, therefore\, their primary and higher education is crit ical for betterment of the whole community. The project was focused on eng aging the certified orphans in educational activities via STEM technology thereby serving the humanitarian purpose.&nbsp\; The STEM workshop was con ducted for 40 students aged 10-15. The hands-on activities were based on d iverse technologies including Electronics circuits\, Robotics\, Radar\, In ternet of Things (IoT) and Home automation. At the end of the workshop\, t he students were provided with STEM workbooks which will enable them to co ntinue learning and exploring more hands-on STEM activities. The workshop was also aligned with UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) including no poverty\, quality education and reduced inequalities. This initiative was made possible through support from the IEEE Region 10 Educational Activit ies Project Development Grant 2026 and was carefully aligned with the UN S DGs.</span></p>\n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/med ia/display/ad59c0fd-eab7-4fc8-a662-ae402d7ca526"></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR