Community Bots Inc

We completed our first international program in Nicaragua in June 2017. working closely with the NGO, NicaPhoto, which serves families living in one of the poorest barrios in the country.

This was one of our most rewarding experiences! We were welcomed by students and teachers through music, dance, and taekwondo demonstrations. We had the opportunity to train five teachers and 20 young women between the ages of 10 to 13 years old. The students didn’t miss one day of training! In between our breaks, students had lunch with us, played soccer, and shared their Biointensive garden located at their new learning center, which at the time was under construction.

We continue to work closely with NicaPhoto with the implementation and extension of their robotics program and participation in the Nicaraguan World Robot Olympiad, a global robotics competition. In the summer of 2021, we returned to the Nicaragua to provide a Mindstorms EV3 STEM-robotics program for the teachers and students at NicaPhoto. We provided new equipment and additional resources.

In the summer 2018, we completed our program at the Politecnico Fundacion MIR (School for Girls) run by MIR Charities, which provides education and social services to underserved families living in the greater La Romana area of The Dominican Republic.

We had the privilege of training 12 teachers and 25 students that were very eager to learn. The positive attitude from the entire community and the organization from the administration made this experience a memorable event. At the end of the program, the school prepared a wonderful ceremony with local folklore performances presented by the students, and we provided medals and diplomas to all the participants.

We continue working closely with Fundación MIR with the implementation and extension of our robotics program. The school is preparing a team of students who will participate in the FIRST LEGO League competition for the entire country.

We brought our program to Jamaica during the summer of 2019 by partnering with the Mandeville Primary School, a public school serving 1,600 students and their families in Central Mandeville and the surrounding communities. We focused our program on girls in 4th and 5th grades.

We arrived to Mandeville, Jamaica, with 20 laptops and over 7,000 pieces of robotics equipment. The days were filled with design and programming challenges, amazing presentations about Jamaican women in the STEM field. For the final robotics challenge, the girls competed in a fun SumoBot competition in front of the school community. During the final ceremony and on national TV, the principal, Mr. Salmon, pledged to dedicate a new room at the school for the robotics program!

We continue working closely with The Mandeville School and the implementation and extension of our robotics program.

We had the opportunity to partner with the United States Embassy Madrid and the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) to bring our program to La Línea de Concepción in southern Spain during the summer of 2019. FSG is an intercultural social organization that provides services for the development of the Roma community in Spain and in Europe. The group of middle and high school girls for our program was composed of Gitano community members from around La Linea. We also trained teachers from various technical schools in the area.

Upon arriving at La Línea de la Concepción in southern Spain, we were greeted at the Fundación Secretariado Gitano by United States Ambassador to Spain, Duke Buchan. We trained 12 teachers and ran our Fun with Robotics student program with 30 girls; we also had six girls come from Ceuta. The girls participated in a SumoBot competition and heard speeches from dignitaries.