Fereshteh Forough is the founder and CEO of Code to Inspire, a coding school for girls in Afghanistan. She discusses her background as a refugee, how she uses crypto to fund the school and pay students, and how the US military’s departure has affected student life. Topics include:
- Fereshteh’s journey from refugee to computer science professor to founder and CEO of Code to Inspire
- what Code to Inspire offers to young Afghan women and what risks they take by getting an education
- how Code to Inspire success stories are changing the attitudes of student’s families and communities
- the importance of Afghan Hero Girl, a video game created by Code to Inspire students
- why crypto payments are a better alternative to PayPal and Western Union for Code to Inspire and its students
- how Code to Inspire and its students exchange crypto to fiat
- what the perception of crypto is in Afghanistan
- how the Taliban is stifling the education of women and how Code to Inspire is attempting to continue its curriculum
- how crypto companies can offer assistance to Code to Inspire
- what features and products Fereshteh thinks would the crypto industry actually bank the unbanked
- how listeners can help Code to Inspire and where to find more information on Fereshteh
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Episode Links
Fereshteh Forough
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/f_forough
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fereshtehforough/
Code to Inspire
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codetoinspire/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodeToInspire
- Website: https://www.codetoinspire.org/
- Donating crypto: https://www.codetoinspire.org/donate-crypto/
- Services offered:
Code to Inspire Coverage
- Forbes
- The Giving Block
- Code to Inspire students are coding at home
- CoinDesk on Code to Inspire + ETH
- Coinbase
- Inverse
- Afghan Hero Girls
US Military leaving Afghanistan
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-withdrawal-united-states-troops-pentagon/
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/last-u-s-troops-leave-afghanistan-after-nearly-20-years-11630355853
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