Get Involved
WeCode is a movement built on shared effort. Zines don’t print themselves. Learners don’t level up alone. Behind every club, the are people helping things run.
If you want to take part, here’s how.
Start a Club
We currently focus on high-school-aged learners. If you’re part of an under-resourced high school, community centre, or youth organisation, you can start a WeCode club.
To do that, you’ll need a facilitator — someone reliable who helps keep the club on track.
That’s usually an adult, but not always. They don’t need to know code — just be organised, consistent, and willing to support the learners.
We provide everything else: printed zines, facilitator and club guides, challenge decks, the offline coding tools — all free.
Clubs meet regularly. Facilitators receive and hand out materials, stay in contact with us, and submit Test-Your-Might results each term.
In return, learners get a full-year introduction to real coding — including the chance to qualify for The Arena and Bootcamp.
The Unplugged programme is free for participating clubs, sponsored by Naspers, with collaboration from Media24 and Stellenbosch University.
If you’re ready to start, contact us and we’ll get you what you need.
Support the Movement
WeCode is built for learners who usually get left out of the tech conversation. We take them through a full year of hands-on, offline coding. After that, many are ready for more — but we don’t yet have the capacity to take them further.
If you want to help bridge that gap, here’s what we’re looking for:
- Career exposure
Job shadowing, site visits, or short internships at tech companies. Most of our learners have never set foot in a real tech workspace. - Real gear
Phones help learners start coding, they're how most get in. Laptops and Raspberry Pi devices open up whole new worlds for top learners. - Learning resources
Online courses, books, bootcamps, vouchers — anything that lets a top learner keep going. - Club spaces
We’re always looking for good places to run clubs: schools, libraries, community centres. The best clubs start with the right people. Help us reach them. - Spread the word
Right now, we do most outreach ourselves — one school at a time. If you can help others hear about WeCode, you’re already moving the mission forward. - Good ideas
If it supports youth, learning, and hacker spirit, we’re listening.
We’re based in Cape Town — with around 40 clubs running — and are now growing into other provinces too.
If you believe in what we’re doing, and you’d like to support WeCode’s learners, please reach out.
WeCode is what we all make it.