23/03/2026
🌟 Celebrating a Milestone: Our First Community STEM Program Success!
What an incredible journey it has been! We are proud to announce the successful completion of our first out of two workshops. This program was funded by the Queensland Government. It is the first-ever Community-Led Hands-On STEM Program—that specifically targets students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, refugee and asylum seeker families, low income and underrepresented. It is a powerful step towards inspiring the next generation of scientists, innovators, and leaders.
From the very beginning, this program was built on a vision:
👉 To bring science into the community
👉 To create hands-on, real-world learning experiences
👉 To empower students from all backgrounds to see themselves in STEM
Over the course of the program, students didn’t just learn science—they experienced it. From exploring how the immune system fights cancer, to engaging in interactive experiments and collaborative problem-solving, the energy, curiosity, and passion in the room were truly inspiring.
👏 To our amazing students – your curiosity and courage to learn made this program come alive.
👏 To our dedicated tutors and volunteers – your commitment and mentorship shaped every moment of this experience.
👏 To our partners and supporters – thank you for believing in our mission and helping us bring this vision to life.
This is just the beginning. We are building more than a program—we are building a movement that connects science, community, and opportunity. A future where every young person, regardless of background, has access to meaningful STEM pathways.
We thank the University of Queensland, Frazer Institute, Translational Research Institute, SPARQ-ed for facilitating this project's success. We thank our sponsors Queensland Computers and Miltenyi Biotec for sponsoring this initiative.
🚀 The journey continues…
# YAO Inc # ClosingTheGap Government Biotec Research Institute # Rober B. Kibaja # Halimat Chisom Atanda # Yak D. Deng # Kidane Siele Embaye # Joseph Yunis # Ahmed Sid-Ahmed # Ahkam Hamed