Help us bring our Code for Ukraine 🇺🇦 students back together for their graduation summer!

After 12 months of intensive classes, our students are ready to complete their capstone projects and present their social impact solutions at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

WHAT YOUR DONATIONS SUPPORT

100% of your donations will go towards hosting an in-person Code for Ukraine summer camp at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

• Classroom rentals and supplies at the Ukrainian Catholic University
• Local TA and volunteer stipends
• Onsite psychological and counseling support for students
• Program transportation (instructor flights, student transportation to Lviv, other ground transportation)
• Instructor, student, and staff housing and meals
• Graduation ceremony and certificates
• Capstone computer science and design curriculum development

Please consider making a donation today and help us create a brighter future for Ukraine's war-affected and institutionalized students. Thank you for your generosity and support!

WHERE WE ARE NOW

• In Spring 2024, Code.X partnered with the Canadian-Ukrainian charity Help Us Help and the Ukrainian Catholic University to launch "Code for Ukraine," a 12-month flagship program in Lviv open to high school students across Ukraine. Many children have been orphaned or directly affected by the instability caused by the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, suffering from educational and economic disadvantages and limited future prospects.
• In Summer 2024, Code for Ukraine brought 50 high school students to Lviv, selected across Ukrainian society with special emphasis on Ukraine's war-affected, institutionalized, or orphaned youth. Students designed custom games through concurrent introductory programming and human-centered design classes before ending the summer by presenting their games on stage. See more about Code for Ukraine's first summer on the Code for Ukraine Instagram.
• From Fall 2024 to Spring 2025, Code for Ukraine students are taking monthly computer science and human-centered design classes led by Code.X TAs from the Ukrainian Catholic University.
• In Summer 2025, Code.X and the Ukrainian Catholic University will bring back Code for Ukraine's pilot cohort for their graduation summer. Students will work on a capstone project and present social impact solutions during a final graduation ceremony.

HOW WE STARTED

In 2015, Code.X launched the “Code for Palestine” pilot with local partner Paltel Group Foundation in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip. As the first initiative of its kind in the region, we aimed to attract the best and brightest students to STEM fields and promote Computer Science education more broadly.

Since then, Code for Palestine became the leading high school program in the West Bank and Gaza, graduating 7 cohorts of students before its final year in 2022. Computer Science is now being taught in every Palestinian middle school, with Code for Palestine being credited by the Ministry of Education as the catalyst.

• 20x growth in student applications with an average acceptance rate of 5.5%
• Commitment to student diversity and accessibility
  • 44% of students were female and 75% of those students went on to study STEM fields in university
  • 66% of students were from public or refugee schools
  • 40% of students were Gaza residents
• At least 93% of CFP graduates have gone on to pursue computer science in university and have received internships at prestigious tech companies such as Meta and Dropbox

Code.X has since replicated its "Code for Palestine" model into new geographies including Ukraine, Egypt, and Albania.

ABOUT CODE.X

Code.X is a non-political, non-religious, volunteer-run 501(c)(3) that supports free computer science and human-centered design programs for high school students, empowering them to become change-makers in their communities. We operate in emerging markets with a focus on displaced or refugee communities. We leverage the talent and passion of top students and young professionals and afford them the opportunity to teach promising students in Code.X programs around the world.

Code.X has held successful youth education programs around the world since 2015, reaching 4.5K+ high-achieving students with targeted, long-term tech education and mentorship. We believe that access to coding skills, tech mentorship, and entrepreneurial guidance is one of the most powerful and accessible ways to create opportunities and open doors to a brighter future. Students in our programs have gone on to attend top universities around the world such as Stanford, MIT, and Brown.

To learn more about our current initiatives, please visit our website at www.codedotx.org or email contact@codedotx.org. Your donation allows our core volunteer team to continue making a transformational impact on students around the world.