STEM Education for Women and Girls: Hope In the Face of Reality

(New York City, 5 October 2015) --- World leaders are here at the United...

UN Secretary-General and Benignant De Eagle Share a Vision for Global Education

(Boston, Massachusetts, March 1, 2015) — In a speech at United Nations headquarters on...

Who We Are

Benignant STEM Innovation Foundation (BSI) is an innovative non-profit organization dedicated to promoting increased participation in post-secondary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in developing countries and underrepresented group in developed nations around the world. BSI’s education programs are a direct response to the reality that our future will be built on innovation and invention and creative problem solving. To meet this need, we collaborate with schools, governments, organizations, and philanthropists to accomplish its mission. BSI is committed to nurturing world-class student STEM projects that can contribute to and support technological innovation in developing nations. The STEM fields are critical to any national economy seeking to grow in a 21st century global economy.

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The Need

Around the globe, particularly in developing countries and underrepresented group in developed nations, students lack opportunities to obtain the education that they so desperately need and deserve. In addition, cultural stigmas, religious restrictions, and oppressive laws keep young people—women especially—trapped in desperate poverty and ignorance, unable to obtain the education that might give them hope.

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Creating Solutions

STEM to Spur Infrastructure and Industrialization in Developing Countries: The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are critical to any nation seeking to grow in the 21st century global economy. A robust economy will require citizens thoroughly equipped to compete in the science and technology fields. STEM-focused education responds to the reality that a nation’s future will be built its capacity for innovation and invention.

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