Ooredoo Myanmar has announced the 40 winners of the community development project presentations that marked the successful completion of training for the Tech Age Girls Myanmar Program 2023-2024.
The Tech Age Girls Myanmar Program 2023-2024 saw 250 trainees take part. In the program’s first and second phases, participants received training designed to build digital and leadership skills, including computer and ICT education, project planning and management, and innovative, creative, and logical thinking. After completing the training, the young women applied the technical and leadership skills they had learned to present community development projects tailored to the needs of their own communities. Winners were chosen based on their project presentations and their ability to actually carry their projects out. Judging criteria included how well each project addressed the needs of its community, collaboration with partner organizations, use of technology, presentation style, and creativity.
Ooredoo Myanmar awarded every winner a laptop and a cash prize of MMK 300,000 each, to be used toward carrying out their community-benefit projects. The 40 winners will also attend the program’s final stage, the Leadership Summit, where they will receive the guidance, technical support, and funding needed to implement the community projects they proposed.
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U Tint Naing Htoo, Head of Corporate Communications at Ooredoo Myanmar, said: “We’re delighted to have witnessed the passion and effort of every trainee who took part in the Tech Age Girls program. We’ve also seen these 40 award-winning young women put technology to excellent use for community development. Congratulations to all the winning trainees. We believe that by applying the digital and leadership skills they’ve learned, these young women will bring about meaningful change — not only for their own lives, but for the development of their communities.”
The Leadership Summit for the Tech Age Girls Myanmar Program 2023-2024 runs from May 13 to June 2, 2024. The Summit covers topics including talks on women’s leadership development and career opportunities, panel discussions on women’s entrepreneurship, effective business communication, and women’s rights.
The Tech Age Girls program runs for roughly a year and aims to nurture a generation of women equipped with technology and leadership skills for today’s digital age.
Ooredoo Myanmar fully supports the organization of the Tech Age Girls Myanmar Program 2023-2024 and has partnered with the Succor Foundation to deliver the training. Ooredoo Myanmar has provided the internet connectivity and digital equipment needed for the program since 2016, and has fully supported the entire training program every year since 2019.
List of Winners — Tech Age Girls Myanmar Program 2023-2024
| State/Region | Library | No. | Name | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayeyarwady | Ma Oo Bin Regional Development Center | 1 | Nan May Zin Oo | Let’s Share Health Knowledge for Modern Young Women |
| 2 | Shwe Zin Oo | Let’s Reduce Plastic to Make Our World Beautiful | ||
| Taw Wa Regional Development Center | 3 | Myat Thandar Soe | Learning Handicrafts | |
| Spectrum Vigor | 4 | Hnin Pwint Phyu | Youth and Handicrafts | |
| Layeikhmu Su Mingalar Library | 5 | Khin May O | Systematic Recycling of Waste Materials | |
| 6 | Win Thawtar | Borrow Books from the “Mobile Library” | ||
| National Library | 7 | Shune Le Le Htaik | Diabetes Care | |
| Bago | Oattwin Early Childhood Care Network | 8 | Nor Mary | A Malaria-Free Future |
| Aung San Library | 9 | Khin Wut Hmone | Helping Hand for the Lonely | |
| Magway | Pwint Phyu ECCD Network | 10 | Ei Thwin Myo | Sexual Harassment |
| Knowledge House Library | 11 | Myat Pan Nyone | Guided by Books Toward Right Understanding | |
| Mandalay | Future Light Library | 12 | Aung May Phyo | Let’s Innovate to Make Waste Tires Useful |
| 13 | Zune Myat Noe | Innovative True Beauty | ||
| Zawtipala Library | 14 | Phyu Sin Oo | A Golden New Day, Tech Age | |
| 15 | Thi Thi Phyo | Clean and Healthy World for Young Women | ||
| Tat Thi Pyinnya Library | 16 | Htet Yamin Oo | Learn the Basics to Reach the Goal of Success | |
| Dhamma Alin Library | 17 | Ei Zin Phyo | Let’s Make Traditional Snacks to Preserve Myanmar Culture | |
| Pyinnya Kyaymon Library | 18 | Nanda Aung | Our Green and Pleasant Village | |
| Lawka Yadana Library | 19 | Thet Mon Naing | Preserving Traditional Myanmar Desserts, and Facts Worth Knowing About the Myanmar Calendar Months | |
| Rakhine | CTC – Computer Technology City | 20 | Chan Myint Win | Imagination Toward the Future |
| Sarpay Library | 21 | Shwe Khaing Htay | Sharing Knowledge from the Library | |
| Linyaungchi Library | 22 | Saw Htein Lin | Building a New Future Society for Youth Through Technology | |
| Sagaing | Century Lamp | 23 | Cherry | Let’s Use Natural Remedies to Protect Against Chemical Harm |
| 24 | Thwe Thwe Han | Let’s Read Books | ||
| Shan | Summer Shelter | 25 | Hnin Kyi Sin | Seeking Knowledge in Free Time |
| 26 | May Madi Bo | Let’s Spread the Reading Habit to Share Digital Knowledge | ||
| Linyaungchi Library | 27 | Wutt Hmone Swe | Establishing a Picture-Book Library | |
| Thuta Pyoe Khin Library | 28 | Phyu Khaing | Basic Sewing Course | |
| Tanintharyi | Dawei Millennium Centre (DMC) | 29 | Shwe Sin Win Maung | Reaching Out to New, Colorful Worlds |
| 30 | Ei Chan Myae Oo | From Elderly to a Phoenix | ||
| 31 | Hlat Su Htaik | Genius Club | ||
| 32 | Myat Thiri Kyaw | Becoming Precious Gems | ||
| White Youth Development Center | 33 | Htet Wine May | Learning Japanese, Walking Toward the Goal | |
| Pathat Library | 34 | Thu Thu Zone Sam | Colorful Printing Technology | |
| New Future Library | 35 | Thandar Aung | Teaching Children to Read and Write | |
| Yangon | Thukhamein Library | 36 | Kyi Phyu Lwin | The Many Uses of a Mobile Phone |
| 37 | Thiri Oo | Let’s Join Hands to Keep Drinking Water Clean | ||
| Thuta Alinyaung Library | 38 | Ei Shwe Zin Phyo | Renovating Thuta Alinyaung Library | |
| Alinyaung Library | 39 | Eaka Yee Htun | A New Step Forward for TAG Youth | |
| 40 | Mi Thet | Things Worth Knowing for Youth and Adolescence |