STEM Synergy is a US-based International NGO with 501(C) (3) tax exempt status from IRS. The organization empowers youth and women to gain hands-on education and trainings to provide simple and affordable solutions to real- world local problems in the developing world.
Promoting innovation and technology to meet the basic economic needs of the poor (Agriculture, Clean Water and Energy)
USE OF innovation and technology TO COMBAT POVERTYShort-term humanitarian aid to help poor people is usually not enough to lift them out of the cycle of poverty. Poverty alleviation is a long-term strategy that should lead to self-reliance and sustainability. Technology and innovation are the best weapons to fight poverty and break the cycle of individual and societal poverty in Africa. Africa's backwardness or poverty is somehow attributed to shortage of better skilled workforce in these fields in the continent.
Short-term humanitarian aid to help poor people is usually not enough to lift them out of the cycle of poverty. Poverty alleviation is a long-term strategy that should lead to self-reliance and sustainability. Technology and innovation are the best weapons to fight poverty and break the cycle of individual and societal poverty in Africa. Africa's backwardness or poverty is somehow attributed to shortage of better skilled workforce in these fields in the continent.
