DirectEd Development Foundation
For a world in which any person can realise their full potential, regardless of their draw in the lottery of life
What we do
We identify high-potential students in Kenya and Ethiopia and support them with the resources and training required to start a successful career as remote software developers.
Developer shortage
The US Buereau of Labor Statistics projects a software engineer shortage exceeding 1.2 million by 2026
The shortage of IT professionals in Europe amounts to half a million
38% of companies in Europe plan to oursource more in the next 2 years
Where traditional charities fail
Transparency - who received my donation? What was it used for?
Feedback - what difference did my donation make? How is it transforming someone's life?
Coding bootcamp scholarship
We work with leading software development educators and universities to identify high-potential students and design a cost-effective and scalable coding bootcamp
Inclusive - our scholarship ensures that all students have the means to participate
Demanding - our rigorous programme is short but extremely demanding
Evidence based - combining research and best-practice from world-leading coding bootcamps
Graduate scholarship
Upon successfully completing our own coding bootcamp, we continue to support our scholars through a graduate scholarship.
This has two pathways:
Entry into a longer full-time coding bootcamp
Internship project with our partner companies
Seeing the impact you made
Personal - follow the cohort of scholars on their journey through the donor portal dashboard
Quantifiable - we work with leading academic researchers so that you can get quantifiable reports on the impact your donation is having
Our Team
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Follow our work
Find out more about our organisation, our team, what we do and read monthly project updates on our Notion page.
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