AWARD-WINNING entrepreneur, Dexter Simms and his business partners Meta Oracle and Trinity V, have set up Mula Cake Technology Village (MCTV) for underprivileged children in the heart of Croydon.
Brought to life to help boost the financial education of local disaffected youth who are often overlooked, Simms and his team are on a mission to fill a void they believe needs to be delivered by an independent, community-driven extension of what the mainstream schooling system is offering.
The organisation intends to create an environment for greater family bonding with a focus on teaching financial education through advances in technology and gaming.
MCTV is for children aged 8-16. One of the core aims is to create an environment that encourages learning between the children and parents.
The advantages of better communication between parents and children are many but among MCTV’s top priorities is enabling parents to garner up to date knowledge on GameFi, developing technology, trends, habits and language, so they can better monitor exactly what their children are doing online.
MCTV believe if parents understand the modern language of the young, a more constructive dialogue can be had between the two, paving the way for greater and ‘much needed learning’.
Looking at the wider picture, MCTV believe the paucity of those emanating from the BaME communities that land a job in the FinTech space is cause for deep consternation.
With the world changing rapidly and technology evolving exponentially, MCTV believe they are the conduit required to enable Generation Z’s adoption of the ‘new way’.
Simms, founder of Mula Cake Clothing, said: “February 5th was a special day for my team and I, we had an official taster day for the Mula Cake Tech Village, where we presented to the community what we intend to do and with 117 sign ups and 72 people that turned up on the day we can say it was a huge success.”
He added: “Most stayed for the whole duration of five hours, which showed huge interest and the feedback from parents with tears in their eyes stating that they’ve never spent this much time with their child and had so much engagement, the amount they learnt and the amount of fun they had, was heart-warming.
“One teenager even asked if they could change schools to this school. It left the mum in a bit of shock as he usually doesn’t like mingling with others.
“Leaving there armed with knowledge and excited about the start date, parents have made it clear that they will be willing to pay up to £500 per term per child if they could have the opportunity to join the waiting list.
“We are open to support and investment as this is an independently run organisation that is working towards creating change and opportunity within our community.”
For those further afield, but who also want to learn more about the emerging online worlds of Web 3, The Metaverse, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Simms explained a bit more about what MCTV will be doing.
“The concept used is a bakery, which helps people to easily understand the process we take them on.
“They attend a bakery, which is our discord (Online platform) and then they gather bakers (people) to share recipes/ingredients (knowledge) to create a Mula Cake Nonfungible Token (NFT).
“A lot of people still don’t know what an NFT is, that’s where we come in as we believe it will be a big part of the young people’s future. Not just young people either.
“Some people will have heard about it but get overwhelmed by the jargon in the space, there’s a lot to learn and they may need a hand, that’s where the bakery comes in, everyone in there is on the same page and or, began in the same place. We all help, there’s a lot to glean from the Mula Cake Technology Village.”
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This school is going to be a turning point for the generations to come. The team are amazing!