The Karkhana Innovators’ Club workshops

Project history

As explained above, this after-school workshop turns the classroom into a lab discovery. 3 workshops take place on Saturday mornings : 2 in Karkhana makerspace, 1 in another place in Patan. The one we attended on the 1st of April 2017 was about “Momasur”: the children have to make a transportation device to bring Momos (Nepalese dumplings) from the daemon’s cave to the village. Improvisation as ice-breaker, safety rules explanations and then fabrication workshop move on during the 3 hours.

How do they interact with the makerspace?

2 out of 3 KIC workshops are organized in the makerspace to host more than 15 kids from 8 to 14. In that space, they can make, cut, hammer, glue, saw…in short, they can be free to unleash their creativity.

That’s also in the makerspace that teachers and mentors prepare their workshops thanks to the laser cutting machine and other tools but also brainstormings and scrum sessions.