WELCOME TO GFPA FOUNDATION
"Positively impacting lives one girl at a time through education, networking, mentorship & scholarships".
Girls Fly programme in Africa (GFPA) foundation is an information and skills development Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programme for school and post-school learners who have an interest in the aviation and aerospace industry or any other STEM-related field. The education programme is designed to expose young women (and the public) to a world of opportunities while highlighting the achievements of women in aviation and aerospace.
The programme includes the use of design thinking, technology, and innovation to inform, educate, connect, motivate and inspire the next generation of makers and problem solvers in the aviation and aerospace industry in Africa.
The organisation was established under the Women and Aviation (W&A) brand and currently operate in Botswana, Cameroon and South Africa.
Girls in Aviation Day: To infinity and beyond...
With the continued growth in air traffic worldwide, the estimated number of Aviation graduates to meet the global demand in the coming decades is staggering. On the 4th of October 2019, NACO, a company of Royal HaskoningDHV, will be hosting an...
MY STORY - GFPA FOUNDATION SAVANNAH BOLTMAN
Going back to 2016, meet grade 11 pre-GFPA Savannah, I was admittedly a little bit skeptical about attending an aerospace camp with 120 girls I'd never met before.
MY STORY - GFPA FOUNDATION THORISHO KGOMO
My name is Thorisho Kgomo and I am 19 years old. My love for aviation started in 2014 when I attended the South African Women in Aviation (SAWIA) camp.
Our take on the ‘A’ in STEAM education
Our journey to STEAM
In the past few years, as part of my chosen life purpose — to enable others — I have been working at Girls Invent Tomorrow which aims to create future female STEAM leaders. When we started this non-profit entity, we were driven by...
REFILWE LEDWABA ANNOUNCED AS NEW OBAMA FOUNDATION AFRICAN LEADER
Johannesburg– July 8, 2019. Refilwe Ledwaba announced that she is among its second cohort of Obama Foundation African Leaders, 200 rising leaders from 45 countries around the continent who will convene in Johannesburg July 10-14 and participate in a...
SPOTLIGHT: Dr Odman-Govender
Dr Carolina Odman-Govender, is a Swiss-trained engineer turned astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of the Western Cape. Dr Odman grew up in Switzerland, and it was here where she was inspired by her high school physics...
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