Spectrum Secondary School, our Model School in Uganda.
Our model positions youths in a future where an abundance mindset, digital prowess and innovative thinking are the bedrock of socio-economic development and inclusive growth.
Our first S.T.R.E.A.M Center in Kyangwali features a secondary school to provide quality education for refugees and host community students. It includes a pop-up community center that offers youth access to emerging technologies and leadership training, while also enriching the school curriculum by showcasing how S.T.R.E.A.M projects can replace outdated traditional projects in secondary education.
This approach addresses significant hurdles African youth face, from the digital divide to climate and social disruptions, which threaten to exclude them from shaping the future.
Mission
Empower youth as changemakers by equipping them with 21st-century skills, mindsets, and exponential technologies to build self-sustaining communities.
Vision
A world where everyone is a community asset, empowered with 21st-century skills and technologies, bringing food, water, shelter, and energy to their communities.
The S.T.R.E.A.M Curriculum
Stages of our training program
Spectrum TechLabs Alliance (STA), in partnership with Key Tech Labs, is excited to bring a transformative pop-up Community Center to Spectrum Secondary School in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda. This innovative solution will provide off-grid, sustainable spaces using renewable, recycled, and upcycled materials, designed to empower underserved communities.
The center will be delivered as a complete, turnkey package, packed into a shipping container, and include all necessary parts for assembly. Our trained team will install wooden structures, solar panels, batteries, and other key components to create a self-sustaining microgrid. This Community Center will offer essential services, including a classroom, community kitchen, and internet connectivity via a Starlink system.
As part of the Key Tech Labs S.T.R.E.A.M Center model, the space will feature six dedicated areas—each focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M)—providing students with hands-on learning opportunities in a fully integrated, resource-rich environment. This initiative represents a vital step toward scaling education and technology access in underserved communities, connecting youth to global opportunities and empowering them to become innovators and problem solvers.
Science: Green House
An aeroponics Greenhouse will teach Vertical Gardening and how to generate large amounts of food in a small amount of space.
Technology: Makerspace
A library and Makerspace will provide hands-on learning opportunities and be a place for mim manufacturing, such as 3D printing the parts for our STEM kits. And Where we can create and build our handcrafted Solar Panels that we sell and use for other solar installation projects.
Reading: Library & Classroom
This Library & Classroom focuses on teaching digital literacy. It is built for hybrid learning capabilities, like having its own internet, projector screen, and meeting owl for real-time two-way communication.
Engineering: Workshop
An open-air workshop will facilitate project-based construction.
Art: Theater
An open-air theater will provide space for artistic and communal events as well as a space for open community gatherings and cultural celebrations.
Math: Kitchen
An open-air kitchen will support food education, communal meals, and local culinary entrepreneurship.
Stages of our training program
Video Tutorials
Basic videos will demonstrate how each part is laid out, introducing students to the names and functions of the items.
Simulation Training
Students will follow the steps in a video game/simulation to understand the proper steps and processes.
STEM Kit
Students will receive a STEM kit with 3D-printed parts of the turnkey model and will build a mini model of the pop-up community center.
VR Training
Finally, students will use a VR headset for a fully immersive training experience, going through the step-by-step process of constructing the pop-up community center in the Ghana village.
In-Person Workshop
As the final stage of training, students will travel to a rural community in need to install a real pop-up Community Center, applying their learned skills and making a tangible impact on a community in need of this turnkey solution.
