Empower Indigenous Students Through STEM Education
At Deadly Coders, we’re on a mission to open learning and career pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across Australia. Your generous support helps us deliver culturally safe, engaging digital skills education that equips young people for future opportunities in tech.
Your Support Makes Real Impact
Choose a meaningful amount to invest in Indigenous learners — one‑off or monthly.
How Your Gift Helps Students Thrive
Every dollar you give goes directly toward expanding access to quality STEM learning for First Nations students:
$20
Support Digital Access
Help us provide essential learning materials and digital access for a student participating in one of our online or face-to-face programs.
$40
Fund Hands-On Learning
Covers the cost of hardware components (like micro:bits, robotics kits, or circuitry packs) for a student in one of our STEM workshops.
$60
Empower with Education
Supports one student to complete a full Deadly Coders module, online guided by Indigenous educators and mentors.
$100
Invest in a Future Career
Helps us deliver our face-to-face STEM programs, allowing more First Nations students to engage with technology, coding, and digital skills in a culturally safe and empowering environment.
Why do we need these programs?
Our mission is to address entrenched disadvantage and underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in STEM in Australia. These statistics have not changed in 20 years.
Entrenched underrepresentation
The Indigenous population is critically underrepresented in STEM at a tertiary level
A gap in student achievement in STEM
The CSIRO identified a 2.5 year gap in student achievement levels between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
Early exposure to STEM is critical
QUT Identified that 60% of senior students decide on their area of study before grade 9, with a strong link between early exposure to STEM and future STEM careers.
International STEM standards
Indigenous students underperformed in Year 8 STEM International Standard scores:
Let's Yarn!
We’re always looking for like-minded businesses and partners to help realise our vision of delivering world-class digital technologies education.