Introducing high school girls to the aviation industry
Domestic low-cost carrier, FlySafair has signed on as a platinum sponsor for the Girl Fly Programme in Africa (GFPA) Foundation's 2018 Aviation and Space Camp which introduces more than 120 high school girls from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to the aviation industry.
The camp kicked off on Saturday, 30 June and runs until Thursday, 5 July 2018.
“We are excited to join this event as a platinum sponsor because we are committed to empowering women in aviation,” says FlySafair CEO, Elmar Conradie. “We believe it is important to introduce young girls to the aviation industry and broaden their educational experiences, expand their career options and hopefully look to join the industry when they are older.”
"More young girls should be saying ‘I want to work in aviation when I grow up'," says Conradie.
The camp will also expose the girls to technologies currently impacting the aviation industry, such as robotics, coding, artificial intelligence (AI), emerging technologies in the industry, recreational aviation, introductory flight, simulator flights and many more exciting activities.
“The girls are going to learn so much at this camp and we are very excited to be part of their learning experience,” Conradie concludes.
The camp is hosted in collaboration with Girls Invent Tomorrow (GIT), Ladies that UX and the Women in Aviation Botswana Chapter.
