Posted by Laura Cincera, Program Manager Google Developer Student Clubs, Europe
and her Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) community at the , an international hackathon that brought diverse groups of over 80 student developers together on March 3-4, 2022, to develop technology solutions to support people affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
Even far from the conflict in the Netherlands, they felt compelled to make an impact. “I have relatives in Ukraine; they live in Crimea,” says Patricijia. “In my childhood, I used to spend summer holidays there, eating ice cream and swimming in the Black Sea.”
Ekaterina Gricaenko, GDSC Lead, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
The Code4Ukraine initiative's goal of bringing others together to make an impact offers a prime example of what the Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) program aims to achieve: empowering student developers in universities to impact their communities through technology.
Reflecting on her experience leading the Kyiv GDSC chapter,
A visual collage displays multiple activities organized by GDSC KPI, led by , students globally are giving communities hope as they tackle challenges and propose technical solutions. By joining a GDSC, students can grow their knowledge in a peer-to-peer learning environment and put theory into practice by building projects that solve for community problems and make a significant impact.
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