HYPE Cultural Immersion
Hope for Youth's signature immersion program gives HYPE participants the opportunity to apply their tech and leadership skills through facilitation of a 1-week coding workshop in an international developing country or stateside urban city center.
This program promotes HYPE Scholars evolving from a student to a teacher, significantly increasing the tech skills that they're able to retain and going through a transformation that can't adequately be put into words!
The HYPE Cultural Immersion addresses the tech workforce opportunity gap in multiple ways. Program highlights include:
- Technology Skills Training
- Intercultural Immersion
- Servant Leadership Establishment
Join the 2026 Cultural Immersion Experience
HYPE will partner with Enroute 54 Foundation in June 2026 to bring our signature Cultural Immersion to Accra and Kokrobite, Ghana! HYPE Scholars will lead girls coming from 4 schools in Ghana - Sunbeam Academy, Presbyterian Mission School, Southern Belt Academy and Divine Home Educational Center.
This camp will offer mentorship, innovation and project-based learning to help 50 Ghanaian students gain tangible digital skills and see themselves as future creators in the global tech ecosystem.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Please submit only one application per student using the online Jotform
- Make your $150 non-refundable application fee - trip seats will be confirmed on a 1st come, 1st served basis to eligible scholars who pay their deposit
- Return your participant agreement, waiver, and media release
- The Application Deadline is January 31st. Your application must be completed entirely to be considered and confirmed
DATES & DEADLINES
- Applications Open: Monday, December 1, 2025
- Applications Close: Friday, January 31, 2026
- Onboarding forms due: Friday, February 13, 2026
- Pre-Immersion Workshops: March - June 2026 (exact dates TBD)
- Cultural Immersion Dates: June 13 - June 22, 2026
About Enroute54 Foundation
Digital Divide remains one of the greatest barriers to inclusive education and opportunity especially for underserved communities across Africa. Recognizing this challenge, Enroute 54 Foundation launched its EdTech program to bridge the gap by delivering practical technology training and access to digital tools in low-resource schools. In 2025, Enroute 54 Foundation has successfully trained 30 students in Osu in basic computing and coding, igniting curiosity and confidence among young learners who had never used a laptop before. The experience revealed both the transformative power of technology and the urgent need to make digital learning sustainable through infrastructure ownership.