World Youth Skills Day 2024
15-07-2024 – Youths bring hope to our world as agents of change for the future. This World Youth Skills Day (July 15), we want to celebrate and recognize the efforts of our outreach project, mint & pepper. mint & pepper is on a mission to empower future pioneers.
The programs and workshops offered by the team introduce current topics and trends in society to children and young people, with the hope of shaping their interests, goals and perspectives. Additionally, they have opportunities to discover their talents as well as the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), life sciences as well as entrepreneurship.
“With our workshops, we want to awaken interest and enthusiasm for STEM and life science topics in children and teenagers and offer them space to discover their individual talents and skills”, shares Hanna Behles, Project Leader of mint & pepper.
The article also showcases the experiences of two of our student coaches, Jaú Gretler and Géraldine Heuer.
Written by Clara Cho, Communications Manager at Wyss Zurich.
