About This Program
Digital Fabrication for Social Innovation
The Digital Fabrication for Social Innovation program is designed to leverage emerging technologies for solving societal challenges, empowering communities, and fostering sustainable development. This initiative connects makers, engineers, and social entrepreneurs to develop impactful solutions using digital fabrication.
Objectives
To empower individuals and organizations to use digital fabrication for addressing local and global social challenges.
To foster interdisciplinary collaboration between technologists, designers, and social innovators.
To train participants in designing and prototyping assistive technologies, renewable energy solutions, and smart agricultural tools.
To encourage community-driven innovation through open-access FabLab resources.
To develop scalable projects that contribute to economic and social development in Somalia.
To promote inclusive, technology-driven problem-solving approaches for humanitarian applications.
Goals
Establish a strong link between digital fabrication and community development initiatives.
Provide makers and entrepreneurs with tools to create sustainable, impactful solutions.
Foster local and global partnerships in technology-driven social innovation.
Encourage the integration of digital fabrication in development and humanitarian sectors.