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Spring 2021 Impact Award Winners

Great things happen when passion and purpose come together! See below the projects that were selected to win our Impact Award.

Healthy Mind, Better Brain

Alameda International

Healthy Mind, Better Brain

Alameda International

This chatbot addresses the topic of mental health and mental illness. It helps those who are already diagnosed with a mental illness and informs them about how to advocate for mental awareness and health.

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Food Adventure

Best Buy Teen Tech Center @ CLUES

Food Adventure

Best Buy Teen Tech Center @ CLUES

This game raises awareness about food insecurity - there are a lot of people that do not have access to healthy food. There are also food deserts, where people cannot access nutritious food, which affects certain communities.

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Saving our Forests

Clubhouse Colsubsidio

Saving our Forests

Clubhouse Colsubsidio

This game is about deforestation, specifically, illegal logging to make objects that are not really essential for humanity.

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Plastic Pollution

Create & Learn

Plastic Pollution

Create & Learn

This game raises awareness about plastic pollution in the oceans, which is one of the most widespread problems in the world. It threatens the ocean, marine, and even human lives. It also affects climate change.

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Fighting Change

Harris School

Fighting Change

Harris School

This game brings into focus the issue of pollution and challenges with keeping the environment healthy.

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The Imposter

Memorial High School

The Imposter

Memorial High School

The topic of this game is racism. Racism is the discrimination against a person or people because of their racial or ethnic group.

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Wonders of Africa

mJangale

Wonders of Africa

mJangale

This chatbot brings to light the diversity of Africa. Africa is often depicted as a continent of war, disease, AIDS and hunger in media and films. However, when it comes to the north, the media mainly show luxury, productivity, and technology. They do not exhibit existing poverty and inequality.

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Road Challenge

Oxford Middle School

Road Challenge

Oxford Middle School

The game involves a car that is driving while experiencing difficulties when encountering many cracks in the road.

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Trash.io

School of Dreams Academy

Trash.io

School of Dreams Academy

This game raises awareness of the importance of cleaning up space trash that is currently in Earth’s orbit.

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Chasing Happy

Seabrook Middle School

Chasing Happy

Seabrook Middle School

Many people in the world have depression and anxiety and some don't get help with it. This game represents a journey through depression. The witch house represents being trapped inside of the characters head. Throughout the game you go into the woods and escape to a forest with a couple creatures.

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The Zen Zone

The Clubhouse at EXPO Center

The Zen Zone

The Clubhouse at EXPO Center

This is a chatbot that teaches users how to practice the art of stress management, relaxation and breathing to combat pandemic-driven anxiety and screen-fatigue.

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Anthony, EFTW Engineer

"We got to really connect with this one language that we know, which is coding. The whole experience of being able to do what I love, meet new people and learn new things made this program very educational and important to me."

Mariam, EFTW Engineer

"We had never used Scratch before, which was the platform we had to make the game... Seeing the growth in me and my team members and being able to witness such a change in the short period of time was really, really astronomical for me."

Bert, EFTW Facilitator

"I thought the program was really well laid out. There were Facebook engineers who were willing to video chat with our students. The way the program was structured made it really fun, really exciting and really easy to pick up."

Ali, EFTW Engineer

"I have learned that I definitely want to have a career in computer programming and IT. I enjoy making games like I was on Scratch today and I would like to have a career like that in the future."

Askya, EFTW Engineer

"The chatbot we made is called StereoBot and it teaches you about stereotypes and how to stand against them. Stereotypes is a really big issue in the society today that we all live in."

Astrid, EFTW Facilitator

"It exposes them to what the future holds for them. Having the mentors here at Facebook who look like them mentor them is so important. And that excites me because it's not something that we necessarily see all the time. I love really seeing their eyes light up and seeing them persevere through the challenges."

Johanna, EFTW Facilitator

"My students are really service oriented. They like helping other people. They like helping their community. That has transferred into the chatbot and the game that they've been working on because both are really focused on helping, in this case, their peers."

Natalie, EFTW Engineer

"I was closed minded when it came to Computer Science because I always thought, well I never see anyone that looks like me in that field, so why would it interest me? Then I started working on my chat bot. Wow, maybe this is a field that I can work in. Or see myself in. And that maybe I can make a place for other women to be here also."

Gwyn, EFTW Facilitator

"The most memorable moment for me was when one of our students said 'I never thought that I would be able to do something like this.' Just to think that something we've done has helped him see his potential is huge."