FLYSAFAIR has signed on as a platinum sponsor for the Girl Fly Programme in Africa (GFPA) Foundation’s 2018 Aviation and Space Camp.
The camp introduces more than 120 high school girls from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to the aviation and space industry. It began on Saturday, 30 June and runs until Thursday, 5 July at the Paramount adventure camp in Magaliesburg and at Grand Central Airport, Midrand. It is hosted in collaboration with Girls Invent Tomorrow (GIT), Ladies that UX and the Women in Aviation Botswana Chapter.
“We are excited to join this event as a platinum sponsor because we are committed to empowering women in aviation,” said FlySafair CEO Elmar Conradie.
“We believe it is important to introduce young girls to the aviation industry and broaden their educational experiences, expand their career options and hopefully look to join the industry when they are older.”
More young girls should be saying “I want to work in aviation when I grow up,” Conradie added.
The camp is also aimed at exposing the girls to technologies currently impacting the aviation industry, such as robotics, coding and artificial intelligence (AI) as well as recreational aviation, introductory flight, simulator flights and many more exciting activities.