Me.reka Makerspace

Me.reka combines Sustainability & STEAM education in an engaging and skills-based approach to develop talent that will shape the future.

The ideal innovator of the future is not someone who is an expert in one field, but rather an agile learner who is able to integrate their understanding of multiple fields into a service or product.

Me.reka is set up to do exactly this. Me.reka is a space to invent and learn; with access to industry experts, state-of-the-art tools and 21st century relevant educational modules. Me.reka is where we mix the sciences, arts and
people together. Me.reka through its commercial link gives students the opportunity to work on real-world projects with possible large scale impact, and with situations that include clients, deadlines, budgets and teams.

Me.reka is equipped with a wood and metal workshop, electronic lab, textile studio, design studio, virtual reality facilities,and a cafe.

In South-East Asia and many developing nations, despite ongoing development the majority of families are not equipped with the right learning skills and tools that enable meta-cognitive development. 

Here at Me.reka we are teaching the skills to prepare youths for the demands and opportunities of the 21st century by :

Showing them the importance of cross-disciplinary approaches and working in diversely talented teams. 

Introducing sustainability driven solutions with long term impact. 

Identifying and implementing content suitable for women, disenfranchised and low income communities.

Teaching the latest theories and applications from any industry, and how to use it creatively by providing the students with all the relevant tools to practice.

Teaching topics on technology such as AR/VR, 3D printing, Laser/CNC cutting,electronics engineering which are typically not accessible in public schools. 

Learning by doing through hands-on projects and immersive experience, encouraging experimentation and learning from mistakes. 

Working together with Industry partners to identify and mentor students to encourage further development of talent. 

This unique approach creates a talent pool that is resourceful, engaged and informed enough to take on the challenges of our future.

We hope to partner to start more centers such as this all over the world. 

As an impact-driven enterprise, we aim to provide an inclusive space for people from all backgrounds with access to these state-of-the-art tools, industry expertise and educational programs. We want to bring quality education,exposing students from under served communities to the latest technologies, inspiring them to dream bigger.

Encouraging these communities to develop their own growth mindset to promote self learning.

Providing and teaching use of digital tools to encourage literacy,with the aim to grow micro economies

Access to high end tools to allow users to create prototypes as well as market ready products.

Listening to industrial partners needs to ensure skills taught are continually relevant

Helping foster a more inclusive and skilled workforce

By having artists,consultants, designers, and engineers that make up the team, we are constantly researching and trying new technologies hence knowledge of technology is crucial in our delivery of content to our audience.

Working with technology to understand its importance in providing globally adoptable solutions, such as the precious plastic project (open source), and our very own energy playground project.

Creating modules based on the finalized working projects so that the audience can visualize, add-on and tweak the project to their requirements.

Tracking data to ensure user relevance and understanding.

To create a plethora of content or modules linked to our 5 existing labs as a encompassing " Knowledge Tree" which include :

Design

Electronics

Fabrication

Textiles

Virtual Reality

As well as other content linked to business,creativity, economics, mathematics, entrepreneurship, sustainability and other arts.

To partner with more local companies to create a one stop center for creating, learning and entrepreneurship.

An active and healthy makerspace community.

Gathering more data to tweak and improve delivery.

To have active long lasting partnerships with companies in education, industry and creatives.

To have more such centers all over Malaysia, then South-East Asia.

To be know as a Regional Education Brand

To have an app to track all the students of the space with data such as skills,past projects etc, and tie that to jobs of both a flex and gig type, and formal work.

Through an app or website database, the community can access their profiles, their skills and development progress, links to job opportunities, as well as additional reading material.

By the creation of this community,the users can share and engage each other with the projects they are involved in or passionate about. 

We currently engage up to 4000 participants through classes and workshops per year. 

Our Explorer program engages up to 500 kids from rural areas of Malaysia. This program exposes them to topics which aren't currently part of their curriculum and encourages them to explore their likes and dislikes in terms of fields of study.

We have had 40 members at our makerspace location since November 2017. These members use the makerspace to work on their own projects. 

We hope to engage up to 10,000 participants through classes and workshops over the next year. 

We hope to engage up to 2500 kids from rural areas of Malaysia by the next 12 months through partner programs. 

We hope to grow our active members to over 100 by the next year. 

With more centers being open, we hope to serve 6000 kids from rural areas over the next 3 years, while having an active user base of 2000 users per month. 

1.Education Programmes & Content 60%-70% (Percentage of revenue make-up)

2.Memberships, Classes & Workshops 20%-25% 

3.Prototyping  10%-20% 
4.Space Rental, Cafe & Retail 5%-10%

(maker products)

Our expertise lies in developing Educational Programmes & Content for B2B clientele. Future growth of Me.reka is based on revenue stream 1, via a scalable model. Revenue streams 2, 3 & 4 will (1) support the Programs and Contents we develop; (2) help increase reach to individual customers;
and (3) are paramount to build a strong recognizable public brand. 

Solve can help us tackle some of the organizational challenges we are facing particular in scaling up operations and automation. 

Solve can also help us determine technological applications and where suitable, implementation into the organization. 

As we are committed to addressing and solving global issues inline with UN's Sustainable Development Goals, determining the key indicators to measure our impact and crafting solutions that a tailored towards the local problems faced by these audiences. 

Helping to create the right mix of pedagogy that can be scalable globally. 

Partnering with thought leaders and industry experts to ensure content is current and relevant

Lack of brand awareness. - The public still do not link our brand to education and upskilling. Solve can help by streamlining curriculum in a more structured manner to provide clearer pathways to future careers. 

Continuity and tracking of user progress after attending of our class or program. Lack of application / platform to ensure continual progress of user after being engaged. Solve can help provide key insight into deployment and ways of ensuring a healthy community that shares their progress for the mutual benefit of all members of that community.