Wo-Gi Foundation launched a five-year school outreach program in 2010 that was very successful. It was a pilot study carried out with 235 female students belonging to low-income expatriate families, over a period of five years. We found significant gap in knowledge and understanding of parents in this income bracket towards STEAM education for girls. With our program, we saw successful transition of 43% of the girls into STEM school education all the way to STEAM higher education through dedicated summer workshops and internships provided through voluntary grounds, as opposed to typical choices between completing high school and getting married, or going into non-STEAM field such as social/fashion/business studies/etc.

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Wo-Gi Foundation used the five-step program that has now become a Wo-Gi Trademark Program:

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Step 1: Establish collaboration with consulate, university and schools for low-income families for support in terms of financial, service and venue

Step 2: Carry out an initial ‘poll’ of sample of female students on STEAM education

Step 3: Survey to record parents’ knowledge and attitude towards STEAM education for their daughters

Step 4: Based on survey results, design workshops to increase awareness among parents and conduct focus groups to record parent feedback

Step 5: Track female students’ progress in program post-workshops