This year has been incredibly difficult with the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak has left many of us feeling frightened, worried and overwhelmed, and our staff, our support groups, our communities and the girls of iamtheCODE are no different. Although it has been difficult, we are continuing to adapt to new ways of supporting young girls from marginalized communities and meet their emerging needs to ensure their wellbeing and education.

Thanks to the many organizations and people who support our efforts, iamtheCODE was able to make meaningful impacts in 2020.

We are truly humbled by the support from all of our sponsors, organizations and friends. Throughout this year, they have shown such resiliency in the face of adversity and helped iamtheCode achieve critical objectives and set the foundation for next year. On December 18th, we will be hosting an event to honour and recognize our most resilient supporters.

iamtheCODE also recognizes that we are part of a broader ecosystem, and it really does “take a village” to make the meaningful change we want to see in the world. Our mission is to get 1 million women and girls coders by 2030.

Therefore, we would also like to honour others in the community who have shown resilience driving efforts to empower women and girls to improve their economic outcomes through education, mentoring, wellbeing or safety support. We are truly humbled by the support from all of our sponsors, organizations and friends.