San Jose Mercury News Q&A with Suraya Shivji of Rizikitoto (Swahili words for “self-sustenance” and “child”).
FREMONT — Among the legions of tech-savy millennials who are launching Silicon Valley start-ups and websites at a feverish pace, it’s hard to find one more inspiring than 17-year-old Suraya Shivji.
After teaching herself to program iPhone gaming apps and get them posted on Apple’s app store, the Fremont teen is using them — along with a crowd-funding campaign she began this year on her website, Rizikitoto — to raise money for African orphans so they can become self sufficient.
So far, Rizikitoto — which she says combines the Swahili words for “self-sustenance” and “child” — has generated about $1,300 for the children, with money from each app designated for a particular child. Supported by Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit group that seeks to close the gender gap in technology and engineering, Suraya’s efforts have deeply touched Penny Baziga, director of programs at the Ugandan orphanage, Bright Futures Home.
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