BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux

Sun-powered STEAM education, everywhere

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

@Starlink @elonmusk Hi @elonmusk ! I’m Sofie! I’m an architecture student at Stanford and founder of BloomBox Design Labs. We will reach 1 million students in the next 5 years with state of the art education technology and Starlink! The future of education is access. 📚🚀⭐️

https://t.co/UHbaxF8reZ

[Starlink @Starlink]

So far, over 10,000 students are learning in connected environments for the first time and 78% of students are using a computer for the first time.

Test scores are improving, and more students than ever before are getting into university.

[Starlink @Starlink]

Starlink is providing high-speed internet to BloomBox Design Labs, a non-profit that transforms shipping containers into solar powered computer classrooms​ in Malawi 🛰️❤️

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

I’ve learned that launching a startup is hard and inspiring and creative and deeply personal. Honored to have the BloomBox Design Labs story featured in the California Business Journal. Let’s keep going⭐️🫶🏼

https://t.co/z0W9sF1mHj

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

This (and every) #Thanksgiving I am grateful for our BloomBox team! 💚 We are excited to continue to work towards the Ministry’s vision for 70 labs in the next 3 years to support design-thinking curricula for 70,000 students. Big update to come on Monday. ⭐️ Happy Thanksgiving!

[Francis Kagutha @francis_kagutha]

How lucky are the beneficiaries! EdTech is a formidable scaffolding that is crucial in supporting teaching and learning especially in times of crisis. Congratulations to @roux_sofie for this achievement.

[Shift IT @shiftITmw]

This week teachers at two schools in Blantyre, #Malawi received some additional @Keepod & #Kolibri training to prepare for reopening next week. The training always ends with a #KolibriFly & this was inside NBSS’s new #BloomBox classroom designed, built & installed by @roux_sofie

[Shift IT @shiftITmw]

#KolibriFly @othakarhaka @LearnEQ @roux_sofie

[Shift IT @shiftITmw]

Here are @roux_sofie & the #BloomBox features in #Malawi this week @WorldPossible @LearnEQ @Keepod @MinOfEducation @pppc_malawi @MACRAMALAWI

[Charlie Schweik @cschweik]

Very excited to be collaborating w/ Stanford freshman Sofie Roux (@roux_sofie), who built a solar-powered shipping container computer lab at the New Beginnings (NB) School in Malawi. The World Librarians @WL_UMass student team is now processing the 1st content request from NB.

[Shift IT @shiftITmw]

BloomBox Solar Learning Lab for girls in Dzaleka! https://t.co/uDAB4Dx9l1 @CapitalFMMw @WL_UMass @undpmalawi @Refugees @YouKnowNicole @WorldPossible @Keepod @roux_sofie

[Shift IT @shiftITmw]

The World Librarians Program Matches Children’s Curiosity with Open Access Learning https://t.co/JpzDWKvdW2 via @newamerica @WL_UMass @roux_sofie @Keepod @WorldPossible @LearnEQ @CapitalFMMw @SegalFoundation

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

Really excited about this interview with @Medium. It was an honor to have the chance to tell our story. ⭐️ Please check it out.

https://t.co/vzRA9oRrxg

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

Hi everyone! I’m back on X, and working full time to scale BloomBox Design Labs https://t.co/UHbaxF8reZ, as a public benefit company, with a mission to make high quality education accessible to all students through powerful and sustainable design. Stay tuned :) ⭐️

[BloomBox Design Labs by Sofie Roux @roux_sofie]

@gordmcintyre 😁Thank you for inspiring everything I do, and for being in my corner on this journey. It means the world to me. This article is one of our family’s greatest treasures☺️

[Gord McIntyre 🇨🇦 @gordmcintyre]

You won’t meet a nicer person with a bigger heart and desire to affect change for the better than Sofie @roux_sofie https://t.co/B7mnGmVhSp

[The Nicole You Know🇲🇼 @YouKnowNicole]

@shiftITmw @roux_sofie @CapitalFMMw @WorldPossible @LearnEQ @Keepod It was such an inspiring chat!

[MillenniaX @MillenniaX_]

Access to education in Africa is something that @roux_sofie is very passionate about. Check out her story as she talks about the journey to building her very first mobile school (BloomBox) in #Africa.
#GirlsInSTEM #Education #girlpower #womenentrepreneurs
https://t.co/IcHIRlMfYx

[MillenniaX @MillenniaX_]

This girl is going to change the world! Check out Sparkly & Smart Adventures with @roux_sofie. Chapter one is now available!
#GirlsInSTEM #Education #Africa #girlpower #womenentrepreneurs #womenintech #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM https://t.co/vlaK1b43OM

[Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes @BarronPrize]

We’re so wowed by 2020 Barron Prize Honoree Sofie, who just returned from Malawi where she installed her first BloomBox, a shipping container turned solar-powered learning lab! We love her passion for supporting sustainable development and education in Africa!