Wynona Ward, a former truck driver from Vermont, used the pain of her past to chart a new course in healing--for herself and hundreds of other women:
Wynona Ward drives her Ford Explorer, an "office on wheels," for thousands of miles over Vermont back roads each year, to reach even the most geographically isolated families suffering from domestic abuse.
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Male gender norms must be transformed around the world, toward health & justice for all. The Men's Story Project brings critical dialogue on masculinities into public forums, through men’s own stories. We help groups create live storysharing productions, mass media and educational tools & campaigns.
Created on 03/30/2013 by Beauty Night
Beauty Night is committed to reducing poverty for impoverished women. We do this by building self esteem and restoring dignity for impoverished women and youth. The women we serve:
1/3 seniors
1/3 moms & children
1/3 street youth & survival sex workers
We use beauty and wellness services to:
a) Build community to bring people together in celebration
b) Use Beauty Services to reintroduce healthy touch to women who have experienced violence
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Founder & Executive Director
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Beauty Night is committed to reducing poverty for impoverished women. We do this by building self esteem and restoring dignity for impoverished women and youth. The women we serve:
1/3 seniors
1/3 moms & children
1/3 street youth & survival sex workers
We use beauty and wellness services to:
a) Build community to bring people together in celebration
b) Use Beauty Services to reintroduce healthy touch to women who have experienced violence
c) Through building hope and trust through our relationships with our participants, we hear their needs and wants. As they start to believe change is possible, we are able to connect them to our community partners. This enables them to access shelter, food and health care.
In 12 years, we've given 26, 000 makeovers. 200 women each week.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Increasing the number of participants served from 200 each week to 250 (50 weeks each year)
2) Doing a program and volunteer management audit to improve our programs
3) Hire a program coordinator to implement recommendations from program and volunteer management audit.
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
To assess our competitive position and and better evaluate its performance. This would be useful for analyzing why we have a strong community that people want to become engaged in yet but have difficulty asking for funding. We would use the information to adjust the information on our website and our marketing strategy. Currently we have a strong social media presence for an organization our size (Twitter 6200 followers and Facebook 1600+).
We would also like to improve customer communications with the participants we serve directly, our volunteers, supporters and on social media. The assessment would be beneficial for us to share with all of our stake holders (participants, volunteers, supporters, social media, corporate and community partners).
1.
Enthusiasm and dedication to the timeline milestones we set
2.
Creativity and innovation to approach challenges
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support from American Express will be focused on our Life Makeover Program. One of the challenges we face is fund raising. When people hear about our project, they want to become part of it. We have been incredibly successful providing value (serving 200 people each week on $44 845 last fiscal year). By being able to evaluate and shift our marketing to continue to engage and build our community we would like to be able to increase our financial resources as we build our human resources. This enables us to better serve our participants and increase our programming in different areas.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Yes we have worked with IABCBC (Int Association of Business Communications BC) for a pro bono grant on social media in 2010 when we did our celebrated our 10 year anniversary.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
increasing the amount of participants we serve from 200 to 250 each week
2.
Increasing the amount of monies through sharing information with our supporters
3.
Increasing our monthly events in Surrey, Burnaby & New West to twice a month
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 12 years, we have given over 26, 000 makeovers thanks to over 500 volunteers. Since January 2013, we have added monthly programming in Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminister. We have had an additional 100 volunteers join our community project donating their skills and monies. Many of our participants have reconnected with their friends and families, found housing, volunteer opportunities, left abusive situations, and in some cases found employment.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
After receiving support from American Express, once the recommendations are implemented, it will enable us to grow increase the work we do in Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminister. This will be done through using strengthening our template and sharing the information with our volunteers and supporters.
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Created on 03/26/2013 by jenwrainn
RAINN will create a self-care app that will give sexual assault survivors access to resources and symptom management tools. The app will allow survivors to manage the short and long-term effects of sexual trauma when and where they need it in a secure, discreet and confidential way.
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Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
団体の所在国
United States, DC, Washington
Organization's Country of Operation
United States, DC, Washington
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
In 2007 RAINN won NPower's Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award for the creation of its 'National Sexual Assault Online Hotline' - the first secure, online crisis service in the United States.
In April 2012 RAINN launched the DoD Safe Helpline Mobile App, through a contract with the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Preventiaon and Response Office. In APril 2013 the Safe Helpline App won the American Telemedicine Association's President's Award for Innovation.
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
After having a close friend assaulted Scott Berkowitz was moved to action. He saw the need for a national resource and in 1994 the National Sexual Assault Hotline was launched and RAINN was founded. Since launch, the telephone hotline, in partnership with over 1100 local sexual assault providers, has assisted almost 1.7 million people.
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Sexual Assault Survivor Self-Care App
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
RAINN has been serving survivors of sexual violence through the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline at rainn.org for almost 7 years. During this time we have assisted over 150,000 survivors, averaging over 3500 hotline visitors a month. Something we here repeatedly is that survivors would like a way to manage the short and long term effects of their trauma through an app. Currently, there are meditation, prevention apps, etc. but no apps that are specifically created for sexual assault survivors.
In 2012, through a contract with the Department of Defense, RAINN created the DoD Safe Helpline app which provides sexual assault survivors in the military with free worldwide access to tools and resources to help self-manage the symptoms of sexual trauma. This app addresses these unique needs confidentially (all data is stored within the app) and can be used without internet access. The app features an interactive self-assessment tool (“PLAN”), which allows users to evaluate trauma symptoms through six basic questions. At the end of the assessment the app provides a list of recommended exercises to help manage these symptoms. Some of the exercises include grounding, guided visualization and breathing techniques. Catering to both male and female survivors, users can select audio in either gender’s voice. The app can also connect a survivor to the Safe Helpline and local military sexual assault resources worldwide.
RAINN would like to repurpose the Safe Helpline app for the general population, making this valuable tool available to those outside of the military.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
There are currently a number of apps that focus on sexual assault prevention but none that allow survivors to self-manage the effects of their assault. The ability to carry in their pocket a number of exercises and tools that can help them when they begin to feel anxious, experience flashbacks, etc. is invaluable to a survivor's recovery. The only other app that currently has these features and qualities is the Safe Helpline App. Unfortunately, this app is geared to a military audience and civlian survivors would likely never be able to find it or assume that it is not for them. Creating customized content, exercises and connecting them to long-term local support can help strengthen their recovery efforts, no matter where they are in their recovery process.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
A civilian self-care app is a natural progression for RAINN. RAINN has always been at the forefront of the victim services field when it comes to serving victims through technology. Over 7 years ago RAINN saw that more and more survivors were unwilling to pick up a phone for help - they wanted to reach out online ( the age demographic most at risk for being sexually assaulted is 13-24 year olds). As a result, RAINN created the Online Hotline - the first secure online crisis intervention service in the US. RAINN has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice as well as SAMHSA as the national leader in online and technology victim services. With a constant eye to meeting young survivors through technology RAINN continues to lead the field in technology and service delivery innovation.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
RAINN has invested in a robust internal technology team - something you don't often see among traditional victim service providers. We maintain developers on staff that allow us to continuously tweak, update and expand our online and mobile-based tools and services. Through our DOD contract we created a dynamic, innovative and useful mobile application. Now we want to leverage the time and effort spent on its creation and development and broaden the audience to the millions of survivors who are struggling with the long-term effects of their trauma in their daily lives.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Intervention, Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Experiencing a sexual assault can leave a survivor with a long list of acute and chronic physical and mental health effects that can impact a lifetime. Some of the more common effects include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, sleep disorders, and substance use. By providing a survivor with the tools to care for themselves in a discreet and accessible way some of these long-term effects can be mitigated. We also know that as budgets continue to be cut for local sexual assault service providers wait times and durations between appointments are extended. For some survivors the app can be a first step while for others this app can help reinforce the tools taught in behavioral therapy, allowing the survivor to take more control and ownership over their recovery process.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
We are hoping to create a version of the DoD Safe Helpline app that is repurposed for the general population. The basic features of the app have been developed and deployed, we are looking to enhance the language, design and resources to better meet the needs of those not in the military. The four sections of the app (LEARN, PLAN, EXERCISES, and SEARCH) will all be altered to meet civilian needs. For example, in the LEARN section - there is language about what to do if you have been sexually assaulted. This language differs greatly from military to civilian circumstances. We would also like to adapt the search functionality and allow users to search for their nearest sexual assault service provider. Ideally, we would also like to enhance the app by adding content and exercises in spanish.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
We hope to make basic behavioral therapy tools and resources available to survivors who have limited access to support and counseling options whether it is due to geography, local resources, personal finances, etc. Providing mobile tools allows us to meet the survivor where they are and connect them to both long-term and short-term resources and services.
What is your value proposition?
By adapting the current Safe Helpline app for the general, non-military, population we will be expanding the benefits of a tool that has already proven to be successful. The app has the ability to support survivors of sexual assault no matter their geographic location, age, financial background, etc. There are no qualifications to download and use the app (we also intend on making the civilian app free) and a survivor can access it discreetly and privately at anytime - whether it be before a business meeting, on the bus or at 3am.
Who is your customer(s)?
Our target demographic is sexual assault survivors. We believe the app is beneficial to all survivors, whether the assault is recent and the app download is their first step in reaching out to find resources, or a survivor has already entered the mental healthcare system and needs a tool that will assist them in coping with the chronic effects of their trauma and needs a resource to help reinforce their therapy gains.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
We know that the majority of our audience is between 13 and 35 years old. Based on this, we are dedicated to having a strong online presence through social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter) as well as online ads and search engines - Google in particular. In addition, RAINN has worked with all the major networks in the airing of PSAs as well as consultation on program scripts. The app will be incorporated into our outreach and marketing efforts as well as prominently placed on rainn.org - which averages over 142000 visits a month.
What are your primary activities?
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization and was named one of "America's 100 Best Charities" by Worth magazine. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE and online.rainn.org) in partnership with more than 1,100 local rape crisis centers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Currently, RAINN is the only national anti-sexual assault organization that provides direct services to all victims of sexual assault (Note that there are organizations that serve specific demographics of survivors ex: victims in prisons, etc.).
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
At this point the only limitation we foresee is keeping up with demand for our services. The online hotline usage has increased over 40% in the past two years. We work hard to ensure a high quality service and have recruited and extensively trained unpaid staff to assist us in keeping up with the demand - keeping wait times low.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Looking forward we are working to repurpose some of our innovative technology platforms for different audiences, including the licensing of the platforms to direct service providers outside of our issue area. All RAINN programs (technology and service delivery) undergo annual and ongoing evaluations/reviews.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Through the use of mobile technology we can reach survivors that a decade ago were un-reacheable. Creating an application or technology-based service allows us serve survivors in an effective, relatively low-cost manner. Expanding our current suite of survivors services is a natural progression for RAINN.
What are your key growth objectives?
We are committed to expanding services for victims and are currently working on several projects that would reach different demographics as well as expand service delivery as a whole.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
We are currently expanding our suite of services for the Department of Defense and are looking to continue to enhance our current civilian platforms (direct service, education/outreach, policy). We are pursuing several projects related to crisis intervention services and intermediate support both domestically and abroad.
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The Safe Helpline App has been met with overwhelmingly positive feedback both from subject matter experts and survivors. This month, we were notified that the app won the American Telemedicine Association's President's Award for Innovation.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We will use the number of downloads as our primary measuring tool and supplement our assessment with app analytics.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
The app can be used anywhere in the world an individual has a mobile device.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
If RAINN were to create a civilian self-care app we predict over 20,000 downloads over the next few years. The next natural step would be to create an all- spanish app to reach a traditionally underserved population.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
RAINN currently receives and solicits funding from private, corporate, and foundation partnerships as well as revenue through government contracts.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
個人, Private businesses.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
NGO, Private businesses, 国家.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
NGO, Private businesses, 国家.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
RAINN actively pursues contracts from the Federal government, non-governmental organizations, and private business. These contracts typically involve service delivery, software licensing, content development and subject matter expertise.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
RAINN actively engages donors through online/social media outreach and campaigns in addition to focusing energy on a large high donor base.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
RAINN will continue to pursue both private and public contracts, philanthropic funding and licensing agreements to help support our expansion and diversification of services.
Created on 03/17/2013 by seattlekaranja
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
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拡大中（次のステップで、地域または世界規模でインパクトを拡大させる予定）
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Our next priorities in the next year is to expand our website, so that students take advantage of the resources they have when it come to organizations trying to help them. Also, we want to work with more businesses so that we can help them get more community constumers and so that they build relations with the community. Another, is to get sponsors for our website so we don't have to worry about the financing for our website.
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need help trying to access staff recruitment, we are willing to recruit computer programmers from colleges so that we can work with them.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Our website isn't really a product, it's more of a service we try to get students engaged in programs, internships, and networking events so that they can have good exposrue in the real world.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have worked with other entrepreneurs in my neighborhood, we have made a similar website for internet entrepreneurs, and we have expirience with the service we are providing.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
3.
Increase in Community Engagement
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We haven't started our solution, because we need American Express executives to try to help us with our venture.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We see popit4aprofit expanding to different states and continets. Who wouldn't want to learn more about internships, programs, and organizations in their community to be involved in?
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Created on 03/16/2013 by seattlekaranja
Popit4aprofit is a resource website that high school students or even any students could go to learn about programs and organizations they should be in. We try to help organizations be resourceful for students, and we link them to internships, college fairs, parties, and programs they should be in.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Hollaback! .
Created on 03/6/2013 by emilymay
Hollaback! is an international movement dedicated to ending street harassment. Powered by activists around the world, our mission is to make public spaces safer for girls, women, and LGBTQ individuals. Despite the fact that comments from "You’d look good on me" to groping, flashing or assault, are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals, they are rarely reported, and are culturally accepted as ‘the price you pay’ for being a woman, gay, or appearing different.
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United States, NY, Brooklyn, Kings County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, NY, Brooklyn
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Hollaback! is an international movement dedicated to ending street harassment. Powered by activists around the world, our mission is to make public spaces safer for girls, women, and LGBTQ individuals. Despite the fact that comments from "You’d look good on me" to groping, flashing or assault, are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals, they are rarely reported, and are culturally accepted as ‘the price you pay’ for being a woman, gay, or appearing different. The explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment, and with it, the chance to take on one of the final frontiers for women’s rights around the word.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Our board developed a two-year strategic plan in May of 2012, which is currently in the process of implementation. Over the next two years, Hollaback plans to continue to grow the movement to eradicate street harassment as it strengthens its infrastructure. Our top three priorities include:
1. Hollaback will strengthen the global movement by holding an international conference on street harassment, working with larger institutions to adopt street harassment as part of their core platform, completing a full evaluation of our training for site leaders and making adjustments as needed, and empowering regional leaders to organize, communicate, and provide support to other Hollaback site in their region.
2. Hollaback will position NYC as a global leader by partnering with New York City government to adjust apps so that all reports of harassment to Hollaback are also reported to the city’s information system, developing a training guide and corresponding webinars for organizations serving clients impacted by street harassment, release data on street harassment in New York City in partnership with Cornell (including a legislative briefing and public event), strengthen our legislative relationships by meeting with 15 key legislators annually, work with elected officials to have street harassment included in the city and state’s anti-bullying curriculum.
3. Hollaback will expand its model to 25 college campuses by developing a comprehensive training including a start-up guide, training videos, and resources; partnering with SAFER; establishing an online community of campus activists through a private Facebook group; piloting the initiative with NYU this fall, and Rutgers, Western Carolina, and UC Berkeley this spring; and bringing the initiative to scale in 2013-2014.
Need #1
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
When we started in 2005, we were the only group in the world using mobile technology to address street harassment. When we became a nonprofit in 2010, we were the only international organization dedicated to ending street harassment. Seeing our success, the market is beginning to flood with other projects, as well as an increasing number of larger players who are interested in taking on this issue. This is a clear metric for our success -- but it also presents organizational challenges. We would like to use this partnership to think deeply about our strategic positioning within this growing field.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
It will be focused on positioning the overall organization.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We haven't focused on this area before. It's a new and emerging need based on the number of players entering the field.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Develop a clear understanding of our strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats relative to peers.
2.
Establish a clear understanding of our strategic positioning within the field.
3.
Determine areas with the most growth potential, based on peers.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Since launching in 2010 we have:
Broken the silence. More than 4,000 people have told their stories of harassment through our iPhone app, Droid app, and website, and over two million people have visited our website.
Inspired youth leadership. What started as a New York City based initiative has grown significantly. Hollaback now has a presence in 62 cities and 25 countries. Our 150 site leaders are young and diverse: 90% are under the age of 30, half are under 25, 41% are LGBTQ and 33% are people of color.
Shifted public opinion. In total, Hollaback has received more than 750 media inquiries including People, Glamour, and Elle magazines, has 25k facebook fans, and has reached over 5 million people.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
1. Hollaback will strengthen the global movement to end street harassment by training and developing leaders on the ground in 100 cities around the world. Impact: A broad, deep, and global base that will establish street harassment as an issue of global concern.
2. Hollaback will position NYC as a global leader combating street harassment. Impact: Best practices will be established, tested, and scaled internationally.
3. Hollaback will expand its model to 25 college campuses. Impact: To engage a key segment of our target audience (women and LBGTQ individuals, 16-24) and the academic community in a robust conversation about street harassment that will result in a larger community organizing base, additional research from the academic community, and norms shifting.
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Created on 03/3/2013 by PACE_Society
PACE Society Outreach Project (POP) aims to reduce violence experienced by street-level sex workers and engage sex workers by providing housing, job, employment, health and crisis support. Survival sex workers are the most visible and vulnerable of all sex workers. They experience the highest number of assaults and sexual assaults of any population group perpetrated by partners, patrons, pimps, dealers, other sex workers, and members of the public. Violence against survival sex workers in Vancouver continues to be a problem.
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Member of the Board of Directors
団体名
Providing Alternatives Counselling and Education Society (PACE Society)
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
PACE Society Outreach Project (POP) aims to reduce violence experienced by street-level sex workers and engage sex workers by providing housing, job, employment, health and crisis support. Survival sex workers are the most visible and vulnerable of all sex workers. They experience the highest number of assaults and sexual assaults of any population group perpetrated by partners, patrons, pimps, dealers, other sex workers, and members of the public. Violence against survival sex workers in Vancouver continues to be a problem. Stigma and criminalization prevent accurate reporting of the number of survival sex workers that encounter violence. PACE Society supports and engages over 100 members, all of whom self-identify as survival sex workers, by using peer-to-peer education and support
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
A self-initiated PACE Strategic Planning session in July of 2012 identified the following as top priorities for PACE Society in the coming year:
1. Branding: scope and identity (see below)
2. Financial Management: sustainable and diverse fundraising options
3. Administrative cohesion: developing the relationship between board of directors and staff
With the Supreme court appeal of the Bedford decision this June 2013, strengthening and developing organizations like PACE Society is more timely than ever and will ensure that sex workers continue to receive the support services they require.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Performance Management
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Branding refers to the concept of a clear identity linked to what PACE does. For example, when people think of sex worker support agencies, is PACE and our logo foremost in people’s minds? Does the PACE tagline on the website accurately reflect who we are and what we do?
Two possible pathways of support services include:
1. Should PACE diversify to serve a larger community and should our definition of sex work not be limited to survival sex work (no mention of survival in our mission statement)? With the closing of PEERS Vancouver, many sex workers wishing to exit have fewer options than ever. Where will they go for resume/cover letters etc.?
2. Should PACE remain targeted to survival sex workers? In wanting to be able to help any sex worker that comes in the door/calls the organization do we run the risk of scope creep and staff burnout?Also, how does PACE maintain connections with survival sex workers who don’t currently access our services?
Lastly, It is important to understand valid versus questionable research as it relates to our population. Misinformation exists in our community; do we have a responsibility to dispel myths by offering relevant, factual research?
3.
Community based Collaboration
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support through American Express' Serve2Gether Consulting service will be used to develop a creative and sustainable solution to the issue of branding for the overall organization with a specific focus on support services. Support services is an umbrella portfolio that encompasses violence prevention workshops both for sex workers and for community groups including the Vancouver Police Department, safety coach training and mentoring, resume, skills training and job finding resources, and the PACE Outreach Project (POP) which engages sex workers in the environments where they are working.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
PACE contracted an external consultant to facilitate a Strategic Planning meeting in 2012. An Environmental Scanning process labeled PEST (Political, Economic, Social, Technological) and a management tool called SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) were used to analyze and brainstorm areas of interest and concentration. In addition, PACE Society requires staff and support workers to submit monthly reports on support services, violence prevention and outreach as well as an annual report for each position. However, no solid plan has been laid out or acted upon.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Brand PACE Society in a way that makes it more accessible to survival sex workers who need to access services
2.
Ensure PACE Society remains in a financially able to not only maintain but broaden its services in response to increased demand
3.
Enure that PACE Society has a presence in research and community efforts that inform policy regarding sex work
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
- Provision of in-house safety workshops to over 360 participants with 75% of participants reporting a feeling of new confidence in their safety plans and self defense skills. (Report available upon request)
- Development and upkeep of website, facebook page and twitter account to establish a social media presence. Currently, board members and staff sit on and are connected to over 15 community based initiatives including UBC and CDI College, Vancouver Police Department recruits, BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, and LAPP (Local Area Planning Process).
- community engagement: through hosting speakers such as Dr. Gabor Mate which resulted in the engagement of over 100 community members on addictions and sex work.
- POP and support services that engage members and non-members
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Professional support from American Express will allow PACE Society to balance growth with cost by defining a scope of engagement (ie a clear branding strategy). This will be measured by greater depth of understanding concerning the environment PACE is operating within, as well as a clear assessment of future service needs and delivery. Success will include diversification of funding sources based on need as well as the development of long term solutions to physical space ("No space, no PACE). It may also address the potential for satellite (franchise) centres outside of the downtown eastside (in Victoria, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, etc). Ultimately, PACE Society support services aims to provide uncompromising support to it's members and relevant, valid information to it's community partners.
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Created on 02/21/2013 by PINGDintshang
Dintshang, Setswana for "What's Happening?", is a project presented by PING, a youth-led NGO in Botswana. Dintshang's web and mobile phone platforms allow youth to have insightful discussions on issues like gender, love and drug abuse, all centered around the latest celebrity gossip. The site connects youth to health and support services, enabling them to address these issues in their own lives.
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Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING)
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Operating 1-5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
PING has received the Partnership/Collective Action award from the Global Business Coalition Health (GBCHealth) Business Action on Health conference for our Disease Surveillance and Mapping Project that has identified nearly 100 potential outbreaks of malaria in the Chobe District of Botswana the past year and aided in limiting the potential for a serious disease outbreak. The winning Disease Surveillance and Mapping Project was the result of a public-private partnership between HP, Mascom, PING, CHAI, and the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Botswana to streamline data collection and analysis with the goal of improving the quality of disease surveillance. The Global Business Coalition Health Awards honor companies that "exemplify a spirit of innovation and dedication to outstanding achievements in global health."
PING also received one of the first four GAIN awards from the Global Adaptation Institute (GAIN), a non-profit organization guided by a vision of building resilience to climate change and other global forces as a key component to sustainable development. The prize was awarded for the Disease Surveillance and Mapping project as well, particularly for it’s innovative use of technology to support Botswana’s vulnerable health infrastructure.
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
PING was founded in 2009 by a young American doing HIV/AIDS research and a Motswana with technical expertise, hoping to leverage a high mobile phone density to address Botswana’s health problems. PING partnered with the Ministry of Health and began youth mentorship activities. Dintshang embodies both activities: using technology and social media to empower youth and connect them to support.
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Dintshang? (What's Happening?)
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
Dintshang is truly an innovative concept, combining a social networking site with a portal to connect youth to health services. Through Dintshang, which translates to “What’s Happening” in slang Setswana, youth can find local and international celebrity and entertainment news, but see it presented in a meaningful way, addressing topics like alcohol and drug abuse, sexual health, cultural issues and gender identity through posted stories. The Dintshang platform will include a website and mobile phone applications, where youth can speak freely on stigmatized topics that they face daily but have little opportunity to discuss. Open-ended questions, posted with each news story, will give youth the chance to interact, while survey questions will offer a snapshot of how participants feel about a topic, giving everyone a way to share their voice. The site will be moderated and users may opt to be anonymous. To further encourage participation, users will earn points every time they logon, comment and participate, earning them access to song downloads and ringtones.
After brining up sensitive topics, Dintshang takes the next step, presenting youth with a tool to find local health and support resources to deal with issues they are facing. A range of services (including health care, career counseling, relationship support, and help with drug or alcohol abuse) will be available and sorted by type and location, enabling youth to find help in a central site. Dintshang not only empowers youth to think critically about their own lives, but gives them a way to turn concern to action.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Dintshang brings insightful messages to youth through a channel that these youth are comfortable with and using regularly. Youth know the kind of heated discussions that can take place over Facebook and Twitter and they also hear or read about a wide array of celebrity gossip about supposed “role models”. Where other organizations might see this behavior and think of it as a distraction from learning important life skills or even a reinforcement of negative messages, PING has chosen to combine these activities and explore their positive potential. With proper guidance and a connection to resources, these habits can be a starting point for behavior change. PING’s nature as youth-led organization has earned us a reputation for creating innovations that others lack the vision to realize.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
PING has partnered with local telecommunications company Mascom and the Ministries of Health and Education. PING’s partnership with Mascom offers technological support and funding for SMS and data costs for the mobile phone platforms (Dintshang access will be free) and publicity. Collaboration with government ensures project sustainability and greater access to youth through schools and government projects than by simply working with non-profit partners. Dintshang will also offer advertising space to ensure long-term sustainability beyond donor funding and to involve local businesses looking to connect with youth while supporting a socially responsible cause. Organizationally, PING’s young staff will manage and run Dintshang for their peers, ensuring that the site stays relevant.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
PING realizes that innovation requires risk, and works with government, the for-profit sector and CSOs to ensure that our projects have a variety of experts' input. PING’s for-profit sister entity, Develo, was launched with the intent to make the most of these relationships, providing mobile applications for emerging markets that allow telecoms to provide value added services to both end users and local government Innovation in capacity building is built into our organizational activities, as PING runs a youth mentorship program and is beginning a club at the University of Botswana, both with the goal of connecting with the next generation of technology experts, helping them further their career training and offering the brightest positions as PING staff.
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
HIV epidemic in Botswana, among the highest in the world, has resulted in 32,254 vulnerable children reported in early 2013, an increase since 2008. Youth face an increased risk of violence, emotional distress and HIV due to widespread alcohol abuse, unemployment and a struggling education system. In Botswana, 38.9%, of the population is between ages 10 and 24, but while this population could contribute greatly to development, peace and security, they are not being met with sufficient support. National government has formally committed to providing services to provide youth with education, healthcare, nutrition, safety, psychosocial wellbeing and social protection but has signaled the importance of the working with stakeholders in and outside government to develop these support networks.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training, Others.
If other, specify here:
Open discussion of controversial issues in a safe space
Please describe your solution in more detail
In the Dintshang project, PING has developed an online platform to engage youth ages 15-35 in frank discussions focusing on topics like love, relationships, sexuality, gender identity and disparities, societal norms, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (including HIV/AIDS), cultural issues and more. Topics will be presented using celebrity and entertainment content (both local and international) as the vehicle to drive interest and foster dialogue, often by asking provocative questions geared to bring up subjects that are rarely, if ever, taught. The platform will be accessible online and via smart or basic mobile phones, and through every modality participants will be will be able to both participate in frank discussions and access a location-based directory of support services.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Dintshang aims to provide a platform that disseminates information about HIV/AIDS, gender violence, cultural norms, healthy relationships, love, and other health- related information by relating to youth in Botswana in an entertainment-oriented manner, which will be shared virally through the Dintshang site and social media. Discussions begun on Dintshang will only be the first step toward enacting social change and initiative a broader discussion amongst youth themselves about the role these issues play in their lives. Objectives include: increase self efficacy to discuss and change relevant social and cultural structures, strengthen community structures and referral networks to meet youth’s needs and initiate exchanges between individuals of differing viewpoints and backgrounds.
What is your value proposition?
Dintshang’s value lies in its fresh and innovative use of semi-traditional social media for a positive purpose. The interactive mobile and internet platforms that Dintshang employs are the perfect media for this kind of exchange. As Botswana has an estimated mobile phone penetration rate of 164%, engaging audiences through both basic and smart mobile phone and internet platforms ensures that nearly all Batswana will have a way to access Dintshang. In a country that is among the least densely populated in the world, Dintshang provides an important opportunity for youth to exchange ideas and interact with individuals far outside their community. Having a reliable source of health resources and a safe place to ask serious questions is valuable to users and would be new in Botswana.
Who is your customer(s)?
Keletso, a 19-year old female living outside Lobatse, Botswana is a typical Dintshang customer. Keletso loves reading about Chris Brown and Rihanna’s tumultuous relationship and even though her boyfriend doesn’t physically abuse her, she feels like she and Rihanna are both trapped in relationships that are not good for them. Keletso wants to hear about local and international stars but feels like she would have to spend hours surfing the web, reading newspaper articles and listening to radio shows to do really be up to date. She has lived in the same town all her life, but has no idea about youth empowerment organizations or mental health services nearby. If she did, she would probably get her younger brother help because she thinks he is developing an unhealthy alcohol dependency.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Dintshang platforms' launch will coincide with traditional publicity, including the design and production of media such as flyers, billboards and posters, to be donated by our telecommunications partner, Mascom. In these early phases, Dintshang will also be promoted at local concerts and sports games, and through an independent Dintshang launch party with Yarona FM. Dintshang will target university campuses as a major part of outreach and promotion, and form partnerships with student organizations to spread the word through their networks. Dintshang will partially rely on users to share the site between themselves, both by word of mouth and through Dintshang’s Facebook and Twitter pages. These other sites will be big sources of new users once Dintshang has attracted a small following.
What are your primary activities?
Before release, the Dintshang platforms will be subjected to consumer testing by local youth. PING hosted one customer development session to get feedback on how youth access health information, use the internet and what they thought of the site. As development completes, attention will shift to the site launch. PING will leverage partners like Mascom, local radio and television and government and publicize the site through print, social networks, and other media sources in order to attract users, culminating with a launch event at major universities in Gaborone, Botswana. PING will also form partnerships with local media to provide content on local celebrities, and train a blogger and moderator to find and post stories and discussion questions while monitoring site activity.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our most notable peer is Young Africa Live, a website started by the Praekelt Foundation, that connects users to stories about HIV/AIDS and help lines where they can find referrals or support. PING believes that YAL, while similar, is not a competitor, as our tool is unique to Botswana, a market that we are very familiar with. Additionally, by adding mobile phone capabilities and location-based services, PING's platform is even more accessible to users, particularly youth. Dintshang has other seeming competitors in the social media space, like Twitter, Facebook and Tumbr, who it hopes to turn into collaborators by creating a Dintshang Facebook and Twitter page to re-direct traffic back to discussion on the Dintshang site.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
PING’s major challenge is securing mid-term funding for our projects to sustain them until they can be funded and adopted by local government. To overcome this challenge, PING as branched to create a for-profit sister organization called Develo that utilizes lessons learned from working with technology in emerging markets. Develo, a for-profit, will generate revenue for PING, creating a synergy between the two arms. Currently, as projects are launching for both Develo and PING, the organization as a whole is struggling financially, making it difficult to secure adequate staff to sustain our projects in the short term. In light of current discussions with Ministry of Health, for-profit partners and others, PING believes that both will be able to carry out long-term plans.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
PING relies on strong partnerships, expanding our hybrid operation model, working with local government and continuing to train local youth, ultimately creating a methodology for expansion that can be applied to various developing countries. Much of PING’s success to date has been tied to these business practices and our innovative business practices, as we move to expand this in coming years.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
In light of our past successes, partners including government, international funders and local for-profits have expressed interest in continuing working with PING, and we are continually approached by organizations in Africa who are interested in forging collaborations who are interested in PING’s focus on creating sustainable products and weaving lessons learned into future products.
What are your key growth objectives?
PING aims to expand operations to 3 to 5 countries in the next 3 years. In each, PING’s youth mentorship program will be replicated and local offices will be 70% youth led, with an understanding that this will require us to grow thoughtfully and may take time to establish but will ultimately be the most sustainable as youth can grow within the organization as we transition to government funding.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
In the short-term, PING is looking to launch and expand several products, including Dintshang. Additionally, PING hopes to expand the piloted malaria surveillance and mapping project with the support of the Ministry of Health and interested funding partners. PING is in talks with various branches of the MOH to discuss new projects as well. PING also hopes to solidify a partnership with a research institution to ensure that our projects are held to the highest monitoring and evaluation standards as we move forward. By the end of 2013, PING would like to see an expansion to Mozambique, where partnerships have already been forged with local partner organizations. At the same time, PING looks to see its for-profit arm, Develo, secure product funding and add to PING’s long-term sustainability.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Approximately 200 words left (1000 characters).To date, the Dintshang project has created buzz for PING as an organization and has many groups interested in collaborating. PING demonstrated Dintshang to the National AIDS Coordinating Committee and local youth organizations at the request of government agencies launching other youth-focused initiatives and received very positive feedback. The Ministry of Education and Skills Development, for example, expressed interest in helping train Dintshang moderators and bloggers using Botswana’s standardized Life Skills Framework, forging a new partnership for PING. Various organizations have shown interest in funding the project in the future as well, including some international donors. Current partners, such as Mascom and the Ministry of Health, have been in discussions to participate in the future of the Dintshang tool. In customer feedback sessions held with local youth, participants expressed interest in maintaining involvement as moderators and bloggers and were excited to share information about Dintshang’s launch with peers, already increasing Dintshang’s user base.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
In order to access Dintshang discussion forums or resources, youth will have to register with their email address, age, gender, location and answer a few baseline monitoring and evaluation questions on their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding accessing health and other services and about the issues discussed on Dintshang. As they use Dintshang, questions will be sent to users at timed intervals, monitoring changes in their awareness of and feelings toward these topics. PING will also be able to gather data on how users access Dintshang and how often they comment or participate. Questions can be modified and sent out over email, text message or through the site. These tools, along with comments posted, will be used to quantify social impact and measure progress.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
A defining characteristic of Dintshang is that it is built to be specific to Botswana – it directs users to services based on location in country, provides the majority of celebrity news on local artists and issues and fills a purpose that no other platform in Botswana ever has. However, in a different location, particularly in a country where no service directory or health-focused discussion portal has been created, Dintshang could be easily adapted to fit the context. If Dintshang were to be applied outside Botswana, it would be important for PING to partner with local content providers, potential users and other stakeholders to ensure that the Dintshang product remains top quality for wherever it’s being applied.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
In the next year, PING hopes to have 1,000 registered users on Dintshang. In the following six months, PING will have compiled sufficient data on these users to be able to produce a telling report on user responses to Dintshang, how users are interacting on the platforms and how exposure to the site is related to changes in opinions and service seeking behavior. Within the next two years, PING hopes to tailor Dintshang to youth in Mozambique and launch the site along with other PING projects as one of the first initiatives of PING Mozambique. After three years, PING strives to have expanded Dintshang to a total of 4 countries and have reached a total of 10,000 active users.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
PING currently receives two types of funding. General organizational funding, typically from individual donors, is not tied to any deliverable or product and is used to support the organization as a whole. This funding is used in PING’s capacity building, staff transportation, office costs and costs of PING’s youth mentorship program. Other funding is deliverable based, such as our project with the University of Pennsylvania in Botswana where we build a specific system for them and provide monthly the technical support for an oral health telemedicine program.
Typically, project development and piloting is funded by private sector and government partners, but PING’s ultimate goal in design and creation is always to treat local government as the customer and push pilots nationally after a successful pilot conclusion. PING also relies heavily on in-kind donations from partners, including HP and Mascom, to keep project costs at a minimum when testing in the pilot phase. In working with these private sector partners, part of PING’s strategy is to put together a business case proving that their contributions are building demand for their services and creating new markets for their products in a socially responsible way. PING’s for-profit sister organization, Develo, will contribute 20% of its profits to support PING as well, as Develo will benefit from being created with social responsibility and market building in mind. PING is considering moving its deliverable-based, fee for service, projects funding to be managed under Develo in the future.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
財団, NGO.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
PING develops concepts for new health and technology solutions in partnership with interested development organizations or local governments. PING also seeks out contracts and funding opportunities to create solutions for Botswana government offices, local businesses and international organizations. PING brings in private sector partners early on to determine what they can donate in-kind and how this affects project costs. After technology and programmatic guidelines have been agreed upon, funding has been established and goals have been met, PING pilots its projects working closely with local government’s guidance and the support of local research institutions. At the end of a pilot. PING continues a local government partnership when projects go to tender, securing longer term funding.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
PING seeks philanthropic support in a number of ways. First, PING’s philanthropic support includes individual donors who believe in the cause and foundations of the organization and support us because of our innovative business model and approach to health problems. Secondly, various PING receives support through the corporate social responsibility departments of some of our for-profit partners. This funding is not tied to any project, but to building capacity within the organization. Due to the recent economy, securing this type of unrestricted funding is becoming more difficult, creating an incentive for PING to diversify donors.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
In the next 1 to 3 years, PING will seek to prove our products’ health and cost efficiency and push them to tender. In April of 2013 PING is beginning to take this project from pilot stage to national scale (coverage of 100% of all health districts) with the Botswana MOH, who will be funding most of the national scale up. For this project, health care workers utilized smartphones, donated by HP, to complete weekly disease reports, which could then be sent to the Ministry of Health and visualized on a web platform almost instantly. Not only is this project being expanded to 100% country coverage but it will be expanding to include MDR and XDR TB in phase one and we hope to eventually use it for reporting of all 17 notifiable diseases in Botswana.
PING is also looking to move forward with new initiatives. The Dintshang project has received attention from a wide range of potential funders. PING is also looking to raise social venture capitol and others in the impact investing space to help prove our business model, and has had discussions with potential partners like the Acumen Fund. As PING expands, we will continue to partner with for-profit organizations who can provide in-kind donations and technical support, particularly telecommunications companies who operate in multiple countries and can support us as we expand. Income shared with the for-profit Develo will also contribute to PING’s longer term funding sustainability.
Created on 02/15/2013 by Josh Ko
Life Unexpectancies is a short film in development that aims to show a real, raw look at rape, abortion, and abuse to create engaging discussion. The goal is to premiere the film at the first ever Voiceless Film Festival, an opportunity for this film and other filmmakers to share their work with the community and inform them honestly & openly about these issues.
Psychosocial empowerment and recovery program for survivors of socio-political violence (e.g. violation of human rights).
This is a noble social enterprise project and I need your support to come up with this system. Not only will we give back each as an individual but we would have risen above as a nation to combat this menace that is killing our society, that we are loosing our girls and boys each day.
If funded I will make sure Flow Funding will appear as not only the supporters but also funding body of this project.
Together we can change this nation.
Created on 11/6/2012 by George Hashaka
Uganda Peace Foundation combines poverty eradication and peace building efforts for realization of sustainable peace in Uganda and the entire world.This strategy can be replicated in other countries in a similar situation.This strategy is referred to by Prof.Dave Ulrich as Big,Hairy,Audacious, Goal(BHAG).
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すTell us about yourself/your team.
I am an entrepreneur right from my school days.While I was studying my Ordinary Level I traded in sugar,salt and soap to supplement on the families income.Later I taught but also established a boutique.In 1977 I joined the Uganda Army(UA) and shortly a war broke out between the 2nd Republic of Uganda and the Tanzania People's Defence Forces with the Uganda National Liberation Army.We were defeated and most of our officers and men were imprisoned,went in exile and others started armed rebellion.As for me because of my entrepreneurship spirit I started business of buying human medicine from pharmacys and selling them to private clinics.I was able to pay school fees for my sisters.When I retired from the National Resistance Army I established Uganda Peace Foundation.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I am independent,creative,courageous,patient and believe in incessant learning. I think out of the box and venture out into the unknown,into the unfamiliar territory,into the uncomfortable zones and the uncharted waters.
When I started Uganda Peace Foundation I was offered jobs by the Jinja District Service Commission and the Government of Uganda,also my sisters in Sweden invited me to go and work there;I declined all these opportunities though I was living on a shoe string budget and at times just having hot water for a meal,failing to pay tuition for my children and paying house rent.One time one of my sons told me that I love Uganda than them.They are part of the Uganda that I love.I know what Uganda Peace Foundation means for Uganda and mankind in general.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
Can be replicated in other countries in a similar situation.
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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
The most pressing challenge of the globe is conflicts coupled with terrorism.Most of the solutions are military approaches and other solutions are about conflict resolution and reconciliation,and post conflict rehabilitation.We need to tackle this problem by addressing the root causes of conflicts/insecurity.Close your eyes for ten minutes and examine the adverse effects of conflicts/insecurity.Women and girls have been raped,gun barrels have been forcefully inserted in their vaginas,they have been sold into sex slavery by warlords,great loss of human life,destruction of the infrastructure,depletion of natural resources,loss of economic opportunities,great injuries to fighting forces and civilians,and countries which were known to be economically strong have become weak economies after war
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Uganda Peace Foundation,an organization that I established when I retired from the National Resistance Army(NRA) now Uganda People's Defense Forces(UPDF) in 1994 having first joined the Uganda Army(UA) in 1977 is an upshot of a research that I undertook on the root causes of conflicts/insecurity.The research findings revealed poverty coupled with unemployment and other social ills to be major causes of conflicts/insecurity.Since it's now acknowledged globally that these are the root causes of conflicts/insecurity it becomes imperative to develop strategies of inhibiting conflicts/insecurity by tackling poverty coupled with unemployment and other social ills.We spend less in preventing conflicts/insecurity than controlling them once they have occurred.And the best strategy is when you combine poverty eradication with peace building efforts.So in Uganda Peace Foundation we have developed these strategy that will prevent conflicts in Uganda and the entire world.Can be replicated elsewhere
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
This solution is innovative in our company and industry because it's the first that is addressing prevention of conflicts by combating the root causes and combines poverty eradication with peace building efforts.And applies both a top down and bottom up strategy with great participation of the masses.Today we see advocates of this approach such as the United States Institute for Peace,Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict and the CICS, University of Bradford.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
This model of combining poverty eradication and peace building efforts makes a difference in preventing conflicts/insecurity as the poor people and the unemployed who are the raw material for armed conflicts/insecurity will be economically empowered by development programmes that we have initiated.These programmes include entrepreneurship training and having got skills to manage businesses we provide them with affordable micro finance capital.While we are doing this we also provide them with peace education.Another programme that will absorb the poor and the University graduates is the Village Earth Model which is intended to empower one million people in ten years.Other projects are for Human rights,Education,Environment,Hiv/Aids,Democracy and Good Governance,etc.Visit Uganda Peace Foundation website: https://sites.google.com/site/peacefoundationorgug.
Also visit the International Conference website for more on this model: http://regonline.activeeurope.com/internationalconferenceonpeacesecurity
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our peers include the United Nations agencies,Center for International Cooperation on Security(CICS) of the University of Bradford,University of Peace at Costa Rica,The Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflicts(GPPAC),A number of Universities including Makerere University,Kampala(Uganda),The African Union(AU),The East African Community(EAC),Inter Governmental organizations,Non Governmental Organizations,The Micro finance Summit Campaign, Inter Parliamentary Union,etc.This solution that have been crafted by Uganda Peace Foundation is new of its kind and once the stakeholders I have mentioned get together in the International Conference that we are organizing and they own the solution we shall fly beyond the sky.
Challenges from governments and other micro finance org.
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I retired from the National Resistance Army(NRA) at a time of great political activities in our country and I had initially wanted to participate in the politics of Jinja District but somehow because of my military career with the Uganda ArmyI began receiving information on armed conflicts/insecurity in Uganda,this coupled with my military experience I started to do research on the root causes of conflicts/insecurity.After three years of research that led me to travel to the neighboring countries of Uganda in 1997 I concluded that poverty coupled with unemployment and other social ills were major causes of conflicts/insecurity.I abandoned the idea of joining politics and in 1998 I conceived the idea of starting Uganda Peace Foundation,as an organization to promote global peace/security by addressing the root causes.I started on the task of convincing the elite to join me and we form the Board of Trustees of the foundation.In September 1999 we registered this organization.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Stakeholders now including governments,local population, intergovernmental organizations,civil society organizations,the academia and the United Nations believe in addressing the root causes of conflicts/insecurity and some are advocating for our approach to conflict prevention.Peter Van Tuijl,Executive Director of Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflicts(GPPAC) says that, "The old state-centric,military-focused take on security falls short in addressing complex challenges,like transnational terrorist networks and the social inequalities conducive to conflict.We need a more holistic approach,carried out by different stakeholders,bases not only on national security considerations but on what it is that individuals and communities need in order to feel safe".
Local I have carried out sensitization on peace,trained people on entrepreneurship and the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) in 42 districts of all regions of Uganda to a number of seven thousand people.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
Our projected impact over the next 1-3 years will be great as this is the time that real economic benefits will be realized by the disadvantaged in Uganda as the Microfinance program and the Village Earth Model that was developed to empower one million people in a period of ten years will have been launched in the Karamoja Region of Uganda and will be rolled out in other regions of Uganda.We shall also market this idea in the neighboring countries that have also been entangled in armed conflicts.
Activities on Hiv/Aids prevention,care and support services,human rights,democracy and good governance,environment,education ,etc will all be implemented.Details of all activities that Uganda Peace Foundation will execute in the next years can be found out at our website.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Preparation for any development programme is essential for its success and I have invested in Uganda Peace Foundation fifteen years in terms of intellectual effort,time and money.The greatest barrier to the success of Uganda Peace Foundation is funding.I have done prospect research and donor relations that is why now having been in military trenches I am able to know funding opportunities like this one. We just need whole hearted cooperation of all stakeholders including funders for this idea to fly and be meaningful to the world.Though I was living on a shoe string budget at times taking hot water,unable to have fuel for cooking and lighting as well as paying school fees for my children and rent for accommodation I declined jobs and other opportunities.I knew what this idea meant.
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Uganda Peace Foundation is a membership based organization and is people oriented and most of the projects that we have carried out was out of membership fees.So far we have seven thousand members in 42 districts of all regions in Uganda organized in groups of twenties and we have now created a membership platform were people can become members from all over the world including Ugandans in the diaspora.The membership website is:
http://www.regonline.co.uk/ugandapeacefoundationmembershipformcopycopy
VALUE for the Foundation is SOCIAL CAPITAL
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
To support this initiative as I have alluded to is membership and then I have no other activity that I have time for other than Uganda Peace Foundation.That is why I declined job opportunities in the Uganda Government and Sweden so that I have time to develop Uganda Peace Foundation.I am married to the foundation.Many organizations fail because the authors fail to give 150 percent of their time and commitment to the organizations. One of the values of Uganda Peace Foundation is incessant learning and therefore explored all opportunities on the internet for knowledge generation.I believe in intellectual capital,social capital,reputational capital and emotional capital.That is the power of intangible assets.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Other than funding that will be generated from membership fees,we shall also raise operational funding from the micro finance programme,workshops/conferences,magazines,membership identity cards,t.shirts,etc.We shall also develop relationships with donors and other stakeholders.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Yes,I am developing partnerships with the United Nations agencies,World Micro credit Summit Campaign,Intergovernmental Organizations,Civil Society Organizations,the Academia and Professional organizations that provide experts in different fields such as leadership,management,funding,membership mobilization,etc.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
Ugandans are very enthusiastic about the idea that is why we got that big membership.Of course we had challenges especially from people who believe in the traditional military take on security.And also micro finance players who are threatened with our friendly micro finance programme.And powerful people who didn't understand the concept of combining poverty eradication with peace building efforts.Those opposed to the National Resistance Movement Government,want peace after
This solution created by Uganda Peace Foundation deserves the support of all stakeholders as without peace/security,we can't have any development whatsoever.Governments have their interests and approaches to global challenges,so the best allies in having this concrete practical solution to be meaningful to mankind for present and future generations should be the social entrepreneurs and I urge you to team up with us in this noble cause.It is the best that we can give our mother,planet.This is an idea that Professor Dave Ulrich refers to as a Big,Hairy,Audacious Goal (BHAG) and it is needed for
Our solution will mobilize girls and young women to create social change in our community. We will utilize existing strengths and assets such as the arts.
Created on 09/13/2012 by Wendy Morin
Our solution will mobilize girls and young women to create social change in our community. We will utilize existing strengths and assets such as the arts.
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver Island.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
The Comox Valley on Vancouver Island is beautiful and has many strengths but challenges also. The resource-based economy is suffering. We are experiencing increased social problems such as poverty, homelessness, and substance misuse. There is a high incidence of relationship violence. Our community has also experienced tragedy with youth suicides. Our child and youth services such as Mental Health and other social services have long wait lists. We have seen an increase in sexual exploitation and substance use among youth. Youth service providers are receiving many requests from parents and caregivers to help our girls in particular to develop skills to deal with these challenges and to increase protective factors to offset the potential risks to their health and well-being.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our solution is to provide more opportunities for youth, especially girls to develop skills and knowledge to deal effectively with these challenges. We want to utilize the strengths and assets of our community to create a sense of hope and empowerment. Our idea has three main components: providing weekly support/psycho-educational groups, delivering leadership and facilitation skills training to older girls to mentor younger girls, and implementation of a social activism project. Our project will reduce barriers and isolation for the participants and addresses accessibility and cost concerns. Our solution also addresses youth mental health concerns, and creates community awareness and social change through activism. Through implementation of this project we anticipate positive outcomes for the entire community, not just for the direct participants.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
We will utilize theatre, spoken word, art, writing, dance, and other forms of expression to explore issues within a female context. Topics covered will include prevention of violence in relationships, body image and prevention of disordered eating, sexual health, relational aggression, substance misuse prevention, and media literacy.
The peer leaders will take an active role in developing the project and mentoring younger girls and boys.
We will engage positive adult mentors in the community to work with the girls on the final project of their choice. This may be creation of a video, theatre production, book, art show, etc.
A public event will showcase the project and may involve guest speakers and workshops. We hope to magnify the impact of this project by sharing this project with girls in other communities. The participants may elect to use their project to generate funds to improve opportunities for girls in other areas. Or they may choose to do classroom presentations (to boys and girls) using their acquired skills and knowledge.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Other social service organizations are providing recreational opportunities and leadership training. Comox Valley Boys and Girls Club and the Courtenay Recreation Association are two examples. Our project is distinct in that it is primarily gender-specific and helps participants to develop critical thinking and social activism skills. Our programs complement each other well, with our respective specialties. The project is interactive, not activity based as the other programs tend to be. The participants work together for an extended period and create a sense of community and support. The project is also anchored in solid Best Practices in youth engagement, community development and capacity building. Project facilitators and trainers are highly skilled and professionals in the field.
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Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Peer Leadership Training completed.
タスク 3:
Social activism selected and tasks assigned.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 2:
Social activism project completed.
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We currently enjoy positive relationships with referring organizations such as local schools, the Nursing Centre, the Ministry for Children and Families, private therapists, Comox Valley Family Services, and the John Howard Society. There is potential to develop more formal partnerships with some of these organizations and individuals.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Forest and the Femme is an outdoor recreation group for marginalized, high risk women living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and similar disabilities.
Vancouver Canada
49° 15' 40.4136" N, 123° 6' 50.1372" W
“Be More Than a Bystander” is a groundbreaking initiative between EVA BC and the BC Lions to increase understanding of the impact of men’s violence against women. Sports icons from the BC Lions are using their status and public profile to create awareness about violence and talk to youth. The program is breaking the silence surrounding violence against women and girls by providing tools, language and practical ideas about how to be more than a bystander, how to speak up and how to communicate that violence and abuse is not acceptable.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Yoga Outreach .
Created on 09/5/2012 by delaniedyck
We believe Yoga transforms people’s lives. Together we can make change possible one mat at a time. Yoga can provide tools for lasting change.
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The Yoga Outreach Society
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Last year Yoga Outreach facilitated over 1000 classes for more than 600 underserved students. There is a growing body of research documenting the benefits of mindfulness-based yoga programs in the treatment and support of people with mental health challenges, those in recovery from addiction, as well as in the treatment of PTSD and trauma recovery, including it's use with at-risk youth. YO has developed a comprehensive training for yoga teachers designed to support their work in these specialized settings. In recent months we have seen a marked increase in health care/support professionals enrolling in our trainings which are geared to yoga teachers. As a result there is a need to redevelop our training to meet the differing needs of this sector and increase overall capacity for this work.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our solution is simple: Through Yoga students learn simple tools to cope with life's challenges in healthy ways. Yoga offers an opportunity for students to feel whole and to experience their bodies as a safe place, and their minds as a calm one. In redeveloping existing trainings to target health care and support professionals we would increase overall access to the benefits of yoga to the populations we already serve. Trainings would incorporate simple breathing exercises, short meditations, and a series of physical postures which professionals could incorporate into their work with clients. A weekly yoga program might only reach 10 students at a given facility, but if that facility's counsellors are all incorporating yoga based principles in their interactions with the clients there, that would dramatically increase access to all the benefits yoga has to offer these populations.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
A student recently told us that, "yoga was my only route out of a 27 year heroin addiction". YO classes meet clients where they are at, in a setting where they are already accessing other services. This makes our model very accessible and provides students with a uniquely comfortable and safe setting. In order to increase overall capacity for yoga as a secondary health care measure we would like to develop and facilitate 4 specialized trainings geared towards counsellors, youth care workers, social workers, and occupational and recreational therapists working with clients in mental health, addictions recovery, at-risk youth, and women who have experienced violence. We currently train approximately 80 - 100 yoga teachers each year in this type of work and feel that adapting our trainings to suit other professionals would be relatively simple and have an extensive impact. These trainings would be structured in 4 hour modules and geared to each sub-sector of clientele, ensuring maximum relevancy for clients. Each workshop would include instruction on simple breathing techniques, short meditations, and a repertoire of several yoga poses that can be easily taught. In addition workshops would be highly experiential offering ample opportunities for participants to practice these tools and the teaching of them. Workshops would also incorporate relevant research and resources to support implementation of these tools into their work with clients.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Other organizations offer these services, (Vinyasa Yoga for Youth, Karma Teachers, Freeing the Human Spirit) to one segment of the population. YO has no direct competition as a service provider as we are the only organization offering services on location in such a diverse range of settings. We have also developed a comprehensive training for yoga teachers on working in a trauma-sensitive way, at present unique in Canada. We also offer both mentorship and ongoing support for teachers working with underserved adults and youth in these settings. YO also works in partnership with approximately 25 local facilities, organizations, and healthcare professionals to ensure that our programs are meeting the needs of clients and remain accessible to as many people as possible.
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In 1996 a loosely knit group of yoga teachers attended a lecture by Annabelle Tame of the Prison Phoenix Trust out of the UK. Inspired by her experiences sharing yoga and meditation and the transformational effects it had on the inmates Yoga Outreach was born. Yoga Outreach has continued to grow from this foundation, expanding to serve a diverse range of facilities. Since that time YO has taught more than 16,000 yoga classes to 10,000 students.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Currently Yoga Outreach provides yoga programming to as many as 600 students each year however we would like to double that number by the end of 2013. To date YO only serves facilities in the Lower Mainland of BC, but our goal is to expand and incorporate the entire province of BC. By redeveloping our existing trainings to incorporate other professionals serving the same client base, we would be able to reach more people, in more locations, more effectively, thereby expanding overall access to yoga for underserved populations.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In the last year we have trained approximately 80 yoga teachers to deliver trauma-informed yoga classes rooted in a mindful and strengths-based approach. While YO teachers facilitate 25 classes each week all of the teachers who have completed our trainings are teaching at various locations in the community. YO classes reach between 600 and 800 students each year. We estimate that another 30,000 students a year likely benefit from the enhanced knowledge our training has provided their teachers. Teaching trauma-sensitve yoga is not part of the curriculum of most teacher trainings therefore our impact has been substantial and continues to grow with each training we facilitate.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
With the addition of these new workshops geared towards other professionals serving the same clients YO serves we anticipate training a minimum of 320 professionals each year. Assuming the majority of these will have a minimum caseload of 15 clients each year, we estimate our reach will grow by 4,800 each year reaching 24,000 in 5 years. During this time we will also continue to train yoga teachers which will increase the potential impact to well over 150,000 people.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Initially, developing a strong marketing plan will be key in identifying and marketing to the appropriate professionals. In the development of our yoga teachers training courses we have found that word of mouth seems to be the strongest avenue of advertising, but it is also difficult to accelerate. We also anticipate having our trainings be accredited for continuing education credits by the appropriate governing bodies where ever possible, but this may require additional resources to bring in qualified professionals to consult on our trainings in order to make sure they meet all requirements.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
The completion of 4 introductory workshops on using basic yoga principles in each of our key settings.
タスク 1:
Identify appropriate professionals for each populations and research requirements and standards for each one.
タスク 2:
Research continuing education criteria for each target group.
タスク 3:
Develop a marketing strategy to reach these professionals.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Ensure continuing education accreditation where possible and complete roll out of specialized trainings.
タスク 1:
Run initial trial workshop with each of the target professional groups, elicit and incorporate feedback to ensure relevancy.
タスク 2:
Follow up with graduates 3 months after completion to elicit further feedback and fine tune training as necessary.
タスク 3:
Develop where appropriate, web-based versions of each of the trainings to facilitate maximum reach.
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At present Yoga Outreach partners with approximately 25 organizations in the Lower Mainland, but we have identified several key partnerships; Pacifica Treatment Centre, Chrysalis Society, and the Centre for Concurrent Disorders. More recently, the opportunity to work with both Langara College and Vancouver Community College, expanding existing programming to include trauma-sensitive yoga, has arisen.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
At present our training is geared specifically to yoga teachers in the Lower Mainland. As mentioned previously, we would like to begin targeting professionals in mental health, addictions recovery, at-risk youth and women who've experienced violence.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Yoga Outreach has a proven track record in providing high quality training for yoga professionals. With a highly qualified and high functioning staff and Board team the organization has the core stability to carry out it's goals and deliver these trainings.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Yoga Outreach could provide trauma-sensitive yoga workshops, facilitate ongoing yoga programs for clients in some settings and could also do team oriented yoga classes for groups as they learn how to work together or for self-care. We would also be happy to cross promote events and programs as appropriate.
Created on 09/4/2012 by ChristineZoe
Literacy On-Site makes literacy easy: it brings tutoring into social programs where low-literacy adults adults already are, and build their tools for success.
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Langley Literacy Network (LLN)
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Langley is divided between farming, suburban and industrial neighbourhoods. The population of 130,000 hosts fast growing property crime rates and drug problems. There is a substantial gap in Langley between marginalized individuals and the LLN's Community One on One Learning volunteer tutoring program, Langley's only literacy outreach program. COOL successfully engages learners who are highly engaged, but has not reached the much larger group of adults who struggle with prohibitive barriers including substance abuse, the justice system, domestic violence, or status as refugees. Community partners see this struggle, and have asked LLN how they can build the literacy capacity of their estimated annual 315 low-literacy clients to move successfully through their support programs.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our community partners identified that many clients' largest barriers to healthy and prosperous lives are their lack of literacy skills. Low literacy still has a social stigma, and addressing it is a massive personal and social undertaking that prevents many from entering literacy coaching. COOL's On-Site project will train front-line social service workers on how to coach marginalized low-literacy adults through communications materials embedded in programs already being undertaken by their clients. Probations staff, domestic violence and substance abuse counsellors, and refugee support workers will be trained to coach clients with basic literacy skills and strategies for use with training documents, impacts statements, forms and written materials they encounter in their family and work environments. This solution builds access via existing trusted relationships, introduces literacy coaching in a safe and familiar environment, and builds a bridge to dedicated literacy tutoring.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
On-Site will make literacy training accessible and higher quality by going to where the people who need it, already are. The process:
A. Advisory Group of liaisons from partner agencies direct curriculum scope, working with the project manager, to identify the basic skills needed by their clients. Training modules are developed and agency staff are trained on site.
B. Client Mary, for example, left school in grade 10 when she started using hard drugs. Now 23, she is in a substance abuse recovery program at Langley Community Services Society. Her counselor coaches her how to scan and fill an application for a pre-employment program. With coaching on language development and forming ideas into phrases, she begins a journal of her experiences and aspirations. Mary would like to become a caterer.
C. Agency staff track coaching incidences and content to evaluate the most needed skills and client responses.
D. Advisory Group meet to evaluate first three months of project; direction for adaptation and new modules guides next staff training sessions.
E. Second staff training at month 4. Agency staff have a wider range of literacy tools and skills they can coach their clients with, and can handle a wider range of client needs in the second phase.
F. Mary is accepted into the pre-vocational training program that starts in 6 months. Referred to COOL she is working with a volunteer literacy tutor, reading manuals and volunteering at LCSS' community kitchen.
E. At 9 months, the Advisory Group meets for final evaluation and training modules are adapted for next year's cycle.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
No other literacy outreach programs exist in Langley to engage marginalized adults. COOL's success has not been able to reach this client group. Kwantlen Polytechnic University offers advanced adult basic education in Surrey, but Langley community agencies, such as our partners Langley Community Services Society, Ishtar Transition Housing Society, Community Corrections Langley (Probations), are otherwise without tools or expertise in how to coach low-literacy clients effectively through their programs.
Literacy skills are most effectively developed through in-context coaching. On-Site is a uniquely integrated model in which literacy tools will be embedded inside programs that marginalized adults are already taking, so that they become confident with literacy skill development.
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Reaching highly marginalized low-literacy clients is a challenge, as low-literacy is a deeply personal, often hidden barrier loaded with shame. Admitting to it is very difficult. As the new LLN Literacy Outreach Coordinator meeting front-line agencies active in Langley, a recurring question arose - how can we help clients better succeed who are already low-literacy? The spark came: ‘un-mountain’ the mountain of low-literacy shame. Enable front-line social service workers to integrate literacy coaching as a normal part of personal development programs. Bring literacy support to environments where clients are already comfortable, and introduce coaching into trusted relationships. By coaching social service clients how to read and write for in-program communication materials that address their other barriers such as substance abuse or domestic violence, we can enable them to build the confidence, familiarity and capacity to say 'yes' to dedicated literacy tutoring.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
On-Site aims to equip highly marginalized low-literacy adults with the confidence to take on full literacy instruction, by providing them with basic literacy tools to navigate the social, health, judicial, and educational systems they often become caught in. Empowering the low-literacy social service client is our ultimate goal. This requires a wide spectrum of partners and community support. So our secondary goal is to provide front-line social service workers at a variety of agencies with the skills and tools to coach their low-literacy clients in a way that is effective, normalizing, accessible, integrated, and seamless.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
LLN's COOL tutoring program has trained over 45 volunteer tutors and graduated over 65 adult learners in 2 years. In developing the On-Site pilot, three large community agencies have turned staff inquiries about the prevalence of low-literacy into new mandates for counselors, social workers and EDs. These partners now recognize how low-literacy manifests, and the wide social impacts it can have - clients being perpetually caught in judicial, substance abuse, violence and poverty systems. Partners now see that literacy is an easily-dissolved barrier if approached in a collaborative, systemic and progressive way. With the model developed, additional agencies are approaching us for training - awareness of literacy coaching as a solution is spreading in Langley. Our base COOL funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education is only enough to train staff in one partner agency. BC Ideas support will enable us to fulfill the pilot goal to train staff in 3 community agencies.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
In year one, we project coaching over 315 low-literacy clients at our three partner agencies, out of total client bases of 700. We estimate that 40 of these 315 clients will bridge to dedicated literacy tutoring. For some clients, On-Site coaching, a 'brush-up', will be enough to activate their literacy skills.
Maintaining staff practice is key to integration and being effective with clients, so we will focus on ongoing support of in-house expertise. In subsequent years, our goals are to continue supporting our pilot partner agencies and expand training to 2-3 more agencies each year, to a total of 9 agencies over 5 years.
Over 5 years we project to reach over 1500 low-literacy adults with On-Site literacy coaching, and see 140+ adults bridge to dedicated COOL tutoring.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1. High staff turnover due to burnout is common in the social service sector. On-Site will train staff leaders to ensure that literacy knowledge capital has continuity in each agency. Training and support will be modular and ongoing, to build integration and ownership within each agency, and cultivate assimilation of literacy coaching into the organizational culture and strategy.
2. Changes in in-house programming is possible due to external funding changes, so On-Site coaching will focus on fundamental and cross-situation reading, writing, and numeracy tools and skills and not how to navigate documents that are specific to a program or place. Staff coaches will be trained how to apply these skills to typical communication materials.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Our 6 month milestone will be to have coached 170 low-literacy clients with literacy skills and tools.
タスク 1:
Develop training modules, adapt best practices and train front-line and management staff at 3 partner agencies.
タスク 2:
Develop and implement coaching incidence tracking to measure number and qualities of literacy coaching incidences.
タスク 3:
Provide bi-weekly check-ins to ensure agency staff are coaching clients with confidence and good standards.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Our 12 month milestone will be that our partner agencies make literacy coaching a permanent part of their program services.
タスク 1:
Support the partner liaisons in the Advisory Group to ensure they have ownership of the pilot contents and outcomes.
タスク 2:
Evaluate incidence tracking and Advisory Group feedback to ensure staff see the success of their new activities.
タスク 3:
Solicit and gather client feedback stories as measurement of their success, and how they value integrated coaching.
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On-Site is a joint-partnership Train the Trainer pilot. Community Corrections Langley (Probations), Langley Community Services Society, and Ishtar Transition Housing Society all asked the LLN how their staff could support their clients' literacy challenges. Literacy coaching is now included in staff mandates and program scopes; each agency is committing staff for training and staff liaisons to form the project Advisory Group to direct curriculum and evaluation. Kwantlen Polytechnic University staff are offering curriculum support. The LLN provides the training expertise and project management.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Once the On-Site pilot is operational, it will be evaluated, adapted and offered to all Langley NGO and community agencies who work with low-literacy adults. Due to the high need for this resource, LLN is already being approached by more agencies requesting staff training. The model may also be replicated via Decoda Literacy Solutions’ BC-wide networks, where low-cost, concrete and easily deployable models are highly sought after to address the need for community-based, adaptable adult low-literacy education.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The operating environment of this project is one of collaboration, joint ownership, continual feedback, inclusion, adaptability, transparency and progressive development. The Advisory Group's full participation is essential to ensuring that the right curriculum is developed, is applicable, efficient and relevant, and manageable inside already-heavy case loads. Participation in the project requires agreeing to these principles. These principles ensure the development of honest, robust relationships amongst partners that are resilient to inevitable challenges. It also helps ensure that partner staff and the Advisory Group provide robust feedback on the impact of the pilot on their clients, and that the pilot stay focused on the outcomes for clients.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
On-Site is a low-cost solution based in capacity development of both social service workers and social service clients. Most of the resources required are in-kind staff time. Still, basic fees for program facilitators and training support are needed for the model to successfully integrate into agency cultures and mandates.
Created on 09/1/2012 by Renee Lindstrom
A program for healthy school cultures! Development skills for kindness & caring in relationships, connection, support and education. Nonviolence is learned!
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Supporting Nonviolent Culture in Education
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver, Coast and Mountains, Vancouver Island, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Columbia Basin.
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運営期間を選択してください。
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
As the Season for Nonviolence Task Force Leader in my local community I was approached by our Provincial Ministry of Education for ideas to support a new B.C. Anti bullying website. I quickly realized this was a band aid solution that continued to label, focus and emphasis the problem versus long term education and demystification of the term "bully". The focus now is reversed and the "bully" is being "bullied" by the strong need to end this behaviour. The emphasis is still on wrongdoing and a need for justice. The current attention to "bullying" is the 1st step of the recognition phase; restorative justice is 2nd towards forgiveness. What is addressing the habitual patterns creating the bully and how do we focus upon the models creating the pattern for our "new" students culturally?
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Empathy Culture through long term character development using value based education, practice, activities & awareness campaigns that include school subjects. Educators develop skills, teach & model to demonstrate relationship behaviour. Skill building levels with intro., intermediate and advanced together with calendars; of Values, Awareness Campaigns & Focus Dialogue. Objectives: 1. Understanding & skill to speak honestly & to listen so each voice is heard without interruption, competition or fixing. 2. To "connect" to the essence of what is behind words & behaviours for spontaneous resolutions. 3. To eliminate power over and power under in relationships through training to develop understanding and abilities of identifying met and unmet needs easily. 4. Introducing values based agreements to support conflicts & resolution. A shift from punitive to relationship building in education solidly structured for supporting patterns and habits of becoming self aware & responsible.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Creating a school culture with a 3 to 5 year program of values integrated into the school curriculum. Learning through discussion, experience and community while supporting and training the person who has the highest influence on a child’s ability to learn and on character development – their teacher. The teacher is at the center of the educational experience and the heart of the school. If the teacher is supported the child learns. This program therefore has two steams of introduction. One is creating the culture and the second is training. The culture is; seasonal awareness campaigns for community and expanded value based consciousness, social media integrated for connection, motivation and inspired learning, intentional focused dialogue groups based upon current school environment and needs, value focused classroom dialogues, in classroom third siding mediation station and introducing parent only activities. The education is development of; basic language linguistics and skills, listening skills, empathy and self empathy skills, mediation based upon mutual listening and expressing with third sider training. This healthy school programs will be designed to focus on positive change by creating an environment that is for learning how to be in relationships. Relationships with understanding of how to meet everyone’s needs equally and the times of not meeting a need – understanding why (empathy rather than moralistic judgement. It will not be focusing on a negative or fixing a negative, it will be integrating skills to resolve it with ease and understanding.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
There are no limits to the marketplace for these programs. This is a valuable tool for our educational systems from pre-school through colleges & universities. It includes teaching institutions for teaching any child related career focus, families, boys & girl clubs, organizations and activity related. This would benefit general community skill development classes, our health care, legal systems, government and church organization. These programs compliment any program that is currently being offered as it fills in the by teaching the basic steps that are missing on how to achieve what is needed for success of these programs. For example, roots of empathy - this is the foundation and basic language that compliments the consciousness. Also it is integrative and designed for ease.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
My Aha moment came when I began connecting with educators about the Season for Nonviolence in my province. A Dean of Education contacted me and asked how to include these concepts into the training curriculum for students in teachers education. It became apparent that teachers are the focus point in the school society. Since our province is in conflict with teachers and this past year has been a year of labor dispute, relationships will be tense with possible unresolved issues. With strained relationships the interaction with the students could reflect this if there is any right/wrong thinking carried over into the new year. Strain, no gain! Health of our learning community begins with the person in the centre and in schools the teachers are in the centre. If teachers themselves begin to model valued based language and integrate the tools they need to express honestly and understand others more clearly, our children will benefit now and in the future.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The goal is to create a value based school culture and communication system with an increased feelings and values vocabulary. To increase the potential for creating school communities with a common focus that includes educators, parents and students. Building character and expanding empathy through integrating universal human values beyond language into humanities, world events and environmental issues. To include social media for connection and excitement beyond the school day for both parents and students. Transforming the child based on line learning model to increasing the potential for educators moving to the forefront by creating the platforms for the students to follow. Creating etiquette for social media through school media programs.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2007/8 I entered into some local Greater Victoria classrooms, elementary and middle school. In the grade 3/4 class the students grasped the concepts with ease and excitement. The students in grade six were distracted and closed due to peer pressure and expectations of the teachers and aids. Without the influence of the teachers and aids the students became more attentive and willing to participate. Connecting with provincial schools in 2010/11 to expand an awareness campaign to include Peace and Nonviolence in curriculum objectives that included communication tools. This originated from a recommendation from our Premiers office from an earlier petition for nonviolence training in our B.C. schools. In April, 2012 I created a month of awareness for Nonviolent Communication in Victoria organizing weekly presentations with 30 to 40 drop ins each. Three centers and two libraries are already hosting workshops this fall on bullying & parenting to integrate home support awareness.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
This program is a commitment to build an empathy based consciousness in schools based upon integrating a values base system of communicating. conferences & training the trainers. To developing strong, interactive, updated web presence. In the 2nd added training, support, learning, practice into schools & continued promotion. The 3rd, agenda of conferences, training & support. In schools, intro, principals school wide & empathy community dev. 2nd year integrating into subjects as reference points supporting child learning & understanding. 3rd, marrying relationships & behaviours, advanced skills. Understanding & learning tools impact the behaviours & in conflicts for resolution add trust, safety & support. Conflict is relationship. The impact will be the quality of the relationships.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The barriers to the program would be at the individual school level and finding a couple of educators and parents who would be interested in carrying the momentum for organizing their school and keeping the momentum going. It would involve them attending conferences and becoming the liaison for setting up dialogue learning, practice groups and support for introducing the values project. To overcome burn out there would need to be a strong system of support for these members to tap into and well written materials and programs for generating school wide interest and ease in transitioning. It would involve having a strong social presence and personal available for on-line technical assistance and phone support. It would also require consistant follow up.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Completed website & social media based upon this wordpress blog mock up, that includes downloading ability for printed material
タスク 2:
Printed hard copies of manuals of guidelines, campaigns, programs, training, surveys,
タスク 3:
Hired personal or management company for support of fundraising, advertising and promotion and ensure projects success
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Business office set up, web site and social media programs developed. Printed materials ready. Creating a community presence.
タスク 2:
Community connections, marketing concept, basic tools and value based calendar, including scheduling of yearly conferences.
タスク 3:
Organizing and promotion of Provincial conferences in three local communities with guest presenters and workshops.
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There is a potential to partner with members in our community sharing Nonviolent Communication and similar methods such as restorative justice. There is also the potential to partner with groups that have been working to for change for health and sustainability. These would increase the value and support of the awareness campaign calendar and create a more complete community effort. For example during the Season for the Earth - Earth Day to include a group wanting to create community gardens. There are a variety of groups that can be included for creating a successful calendar.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Currently I have begun to target Parents on the subject of introducing Nonviolent Communication techniques. I have been asked to submit a proposal to the Early Childhood Education for Montessori Schools for their upcoming conference as a speaker. There is also pre-schools, daycare's and conferences, trade shows and focused groups that center on parenting and children.
There is potential for a referral Nonviolent Communication and similar methods for parents to hire in their communities for added training. Also for Parent Advisory Training's and Teachers Pro D Days.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The environment of this internal organization will be based on the same principals as the methods it hopes to introduce. The intention would be to have those interested in Nonviolent Communication participate in the development. Structures for meetings and dialogues will follow the same format as being promoted to our provincial education institutions. Goals will be to focus on values and needs. Business systems developed by Nonviolent Communication facilitators will be introduced as operational procedures and guidelines with a structure for the purpose of operating the business successfully, such as hours to accommodate the clients & systems for ensuring bills are paid and collected, etc. This operation will be service orientated therefore will be organized to provide excellence.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
I have talent with communication(nonviolent communication style) and social media. A reference is www.walk-victoria.com - a website/blog and app I created in order to better understand how to create a social media platform for this business plan. It have turned into an amazing social media site with promise.
Created on 08/30/2012 by PACE_Society
PACE Outreach Project (POP) aims to reduce violence experienced by street-level sex workers by using peer-based training programs
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Providing Alternatives Counselling and Education Society (PACE Society)
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
PACE Outreach Project (POP) aims to reduce violence experienced by street-level sex workers. Survival sex workers are the most visible and vulnerable of all sex workers. They experience the highest number of assaults and sexual assaults of any population group. Violence against survival sex workers is perpetrated by partners, patrons, pimps, dealers, other sex workers, and members of the public. Violence against survival sex workers in Vancouver continues to be a problem. Stigma and criminalization prevent accurate reporting of the number of survival sex workers that encounter violence, however PACE Society supports and engages over 100 members, all of whom self-identify as survival sex workers.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
PACE Society offers a three-prong approach to peer-based outreach as a solution to violence against survival sex-workers. This includes training for PACE Outreach project volunteers (Safety coaches), sexual assault training for PACE members and new outreach staff members, and hands on street outreach by PACE staff and trained volunteers. Studies on violence and sex work have demonstrated time and time again that peer-based outreach interventions work! Dr. Kate Shannon, director of BC-CFE's gender and sexual health initiative, and assistant professor of medicine at UBC states, "sex work led outreach interventions remain an important means of increasing access to health and support services among sex workers pushed to the margins of society". Sheri Kiselbach, PACE violence prevention coordinator and former sex worker reiterates the importance of outreach and prevention strategies led by sex work agencies. "We need to extend these types of services, not cut them back".
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
The training program for outreach staff (safety coaches) and volunteers consists of the following:
Session #1 - PACE information, factors defining entry and/or entrenchment in survival sex work, stigma and social judgments, sex work and the law, oppression, personal biases & lateral oppression.
Session #2 – Triggers, grounding techniques, affirmations, personal & professional self-care, vicarious trauma, support vs counseling, active listening, self disclosure, confidentiality, role modeling, debriefing & teamwork.
Session #3 – Outreach roles & responsibilities, Outreach codes of conduct, taking a Bad Date report, assessment & safety scenarios.
Session #4 – Sexual assault training – myths, statistics, the Criminal Code and accessing emergency Care
Primary hands-on activities include street outreach by a dedicated staff member (usually Friday evenings/nights) and support of the Mobile Access Project (MAP) Van that offers a safe space for sex workers to rest, drink water, receive condoms and clean syringes and get referrals to other resources. Staff also take bad-date reports and bring them to police for women wary of directly contacting authorities.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
PACE works closely with other outstanding organizations with similar visions and experiences in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. PACE was proud to work with the former PEERs program, which focused on a broader sex work population, as well as sex work organizations like HUSTLE and WISH. PACE is represented on committees that include Living in Community, the Local Area Planning Process (LAPP), and a recent City of Vancouver Task Force established to address issues that relate to our members. PACE has also been involved in community advisory boards including the AESHA Evaluation of Sex Workers Health Access. PACE is an integral part of a spectrum of support organizations for sex workers in Vancouver. Program delivery and support services at PACE are limited only by a lack of funding.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
PACE Society was formed by former sex workers and their allies who recognized the lack of relevant services and supports to youth, women, men and transgendered individuals involved in the sex industry in the early 1990's. With the tireless efforts and resources of these individuals, PACE Society became incorporated on March 10th, 1994.
With the recent Ontario Court rulings declaring it unconstitutional to prohibit bawdy houses and with the media attention surround the Missing Women's Inquiry, the need for strategies the address violence against survival sex workers could not be more timely.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Survival sex workers face multiple levels of violence, including bad dates, spousal abuse, harassment and abuse from the public and police brutality. The goal of peer-based outreach is to address violence against survival sex workers and to provide on-the-spot emergency support and prevention-based education workshops around relevant, contextual safety issues in the lives of survival sex workers.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Studies on peer-led outreach services through PACE partnerships with WISH have been resoundingly successful. Dr. Kate Shannon, director of BC-CfE's gender and sexual health initiative, and assistant professor of medicine at UBC. "Our results now clearly demonstrate that peer-based outreach by sex workers can also play a critical role in connecting women with health and support services."
PACE currently employs four part-time employees as outreach workers (safety coaches) who go out into the community and work with members.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Over the next five years, PACE aims to expand it's peer-based outreach services to not only include violence prevention initiatives but also to address issues that are identified by members as being additional barriers to equality and well-being. This includes but is not limited to access to healthcare, housing, and safe work environments. The specific impact of the peer-based outreach programs will be to further build strong networks of enabled and empowered sex workers who will continue to have a voice in speaking out against abuse and work closely with other community based organizations, including the Vancouver Police Department to eliminate violence against sex workers.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Funding is the largest barrier to the success of the project. Grants from organizations like BC Ideas make it possible to continue to support our staff members who dedicate their lives to empowering survival sex workers. Political and legal barriers exist which prevent survival sex workers from coming forward to access emergency care or report violence when it happens. PACE is both politically active through partnerships with PIVOT Legal Society as well as with building relationships with police representatives to address these barriers, not only for the peer-based outreach program, but for all other PACE initiatives
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
A completed four session PACE Outreach Program training cycle and development of alumni outreach worker support program
タスク 1:
Conduct Session 1-4 of PACE Outreach Project training component to train POP Safety Coaches (outreach workers)
タスク 2:
Create a network/support group for PACE Safety coaches (alumni who have moved out of support roles to other opportunities)
タスク 3:
Hire 1-2 additional PACE Outreach Project safety coaches
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Invite stakeholders (community organizations +/- political and police representatives) to participate in sensitivity training
タスク 1:
Recruitment, training and employment of additional PACE Outreach Project Workers (Safety Coaches)
タスク 2:
Development of curriculum to be presented to community organizations and political stakeholders to increase sensitivity training
タスク 3:
Increased programming addressing the next-steps of addressing and preventing violence (housing, health and employment programs)
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Previous and ongoing violence prevention initiatives have received support and funding from the Victim Services and Crime Prevention Ministry of Justice.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Survival Sex Trade workers are the sole target for the peer-based PACE outreach project. Other stakeholders are involved in Violence Prevention initiatives that PACE coordinates in the form of safety workshops and sensitivity training for other community organizations by their invitation.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The PACE Outreach Project is successful because it is primarily rooted in a peer-based operating environment. Being an organization run "by, with and for sex workers" means that the membership of survival sex workers determines the allocation of resources to achieve the goal of reducing harm and isolation through education and support. Collaboration with organization with similar visions makes PACE a member of a larger community of advocates and support systems while maintaining a specific and clearly defined target population. For this reason, PACE is able to offer innovative solutions to the problem of violence against sex trade workers.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
PACE's 18 years of experience working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has allowed the organization to build relationships with other community agencies, local and provincial government groups, academic research and funding bodies. The recent media coverage around the Missing Women's Inquiry has made violence against survival sex workers an even more timely matter.
I would like to invite all your friends to participate in the survival of animals that are often forgotten. they want to live just like us humans. because each animal has the same rights to live in this world.
Animals not for food!
Animals not for clothes!
Animals not for entertainment!
Animals not for experiment!
Created on 08/15/2012 by karaharbourlight
The Salvation Army Harbour Light’s Stabilization bridges the gap after detox for clients needing safe supportive structure, waiting for addictions Treatment.
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Salvation Army Harbour Light Vancouver
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Clients who access Stabilization are homeless, desperate, and stuck in the cycle of addiction. Addiction Treatment waiting lists are 2-8 weeks long. Without our program, clients complete detox and have nowhere to go that provides a safe and supportive recovery environment while they await Treatment.
These clients have a significantly lower chance of successfully reaching Treatment without the structure and support of our Stabilization program. Without Stabilization, there is a significant gap in care that perpetuates the repeated cycle of substance abuse, violence, mental and physical crisis and homelessness.
Stabilization is currently available to any male in need across B.C.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Stabilization provides a continuum of care, which helps clients maintain stability, and support their long term goals providing; shelter, group and individual therapy, and structured support with their immediate and future needs. The latter allows us to offer stability, empowerment and encouragement clients need to continue towards positive growth.
Stabilization provides prevention for at risk individuals. Our clients regularly use shelter services, and have no long term housing. Many have unsafe housing where drug use and violence are prevalent. Without addressing their addiction, medical and mental health needs the cycle of addiction is often repeated.
Stabilization also provides a bridge of services for existing organizations faced with this gap in care. This improves short and long term homelessness, addiction, and mental health strategies across B.C.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
The Stabilization Counsellor works with clients to address their immediate needs by providing; hygiene products, clothing, supplies and bus tickets for appointments with MEIA, Treatment centres, medical/mental health practitioners, housing services etc.
Our Mental Health Therapist is available for additional support and referrals and the in-house doctor is available for; medication review, new prescriptions and mental/physical health assessments.
Stabilization also offers addiction resources and living skills. Clients are required to attend two group counselling sessions daily offering support, structure, and a sense of community. Peer support is always available and 12 step meetings are available.
Clients receive assistance with:
• Housing applications
• MSD, EI or Pharmacare funding applications
• Mental health referrals
• Obtaining ID
• Setting up a bank account
• Organizing medications
• Referrals to treatment and employment resource centers, doctors and dental care
Clients in Stabilization also have access to the in-house treatment services available:
• Volunteer Work Experience Program - where they gain valuable work experience
• Smoking Cessation Support
• Methadone Support
• Alumni Group
• Relapse Prevention
• Introductory Computer Courses
• Electives – Grief and Loss, Co-Dependency, Stress and Anger Management
• VCC Learning Centre – providing educational upgrades including GED
Stabilization offers stability, support, and encouragement for clients to continue their process towards positive change and growth.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Stabilization is a unique service that is very limited in availability within our community. Pacifica, an Addictions Treatment Centre, has a pre-treatment program, where clients can apply to stay before their admission date, but this is limited to clients who are attending their specific program. The Salvation Army Belkin House works with clients within their shelter, but do not have a program readily available that provides the same structure and support. Shelter beds that may be available provide shelter, but often residents are living in active addiction and staying clean in that environment can be very challenging.
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In 2005, our then Detox Manager Nancy McConnell continued to hear frustrations, from staff and clients about feeling desperation after completing detox. After feeling supported physically and emotionally through their detox process and then obtaining a referral to treatment, clients expressed despair at having no supportive place to go while waiting for treatment. Because of this gap in services clients would return to detox again and again, having never made it to a treatment intake date. Nancy had heard one too many painful stories, and decided to talk to senior management at Harbour Light about what could possibly be done to help. The Stabilization program was the answer to this gap in services. Everyone worked together towards setting up this essential program.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The goal of our stabilization program is to prevent and reduce homelessness, improve the outcomes for mental health and addiction services, further community support, and serve as the bridge of services, so clients will see a greater success rate.
We provide homeless residents with the ability to stabilize their circumstances and move beyond emergency needs. Mental health, homelessness and addiction are comorbid concerns plaguing the residents of the DTES which we primarily serve. We work to stabilize clients in all areas, to allow them to be successful and move beyond emergency needs, to a stable, supportive environment.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Harbour Light’s stabilization program fills a vital gap in the continuum of care for at risk clients who face multiple barriers. It provides a stable transitional support service for clients who would otherwise be homeless. These clients are unable to live independently and stay clean without support and supervision. Through stabilization they are able to access other services as they transition towards independent living.
Addiction Treatment waiting lists are on average 2-8 weeks. Clients would complete detox, and have nowhere to go that provided a safe, supportive, clean, recovery focussed environment, while they were waiting.
Stabilization has evolved and expanded since then to offer a solid continuum of care, providing a myriad of services that help address the multiple complex issues of our client base.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
There is a desperate need in the community to have access to our Stabilization program and to support clients in their transition to long term stable housing and recovery from addiction, as they break the cycle of homelessness and addiction. In the last five years on average we have served over 300 clients per year. We have been able to successfully send hundreds of men on to treatment and assisted them with their medical, mental health and physical needs, provided clothing and eyewear vouchers, new ID, access to healthy nutritional food and information and introduced them to a more healthy and active lifestyle. We would like to continue to offer this service. We anticipate being able to serve hundreds more if this program continues.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Our primary barrier to providing this service is funding. For the first six years our program was funded by Service Canada. Due to budget adjustments we were not able to access funding for the 2012 year. We plan to continue to develop donation partnerships and continue to apply for available funding from a variety of sources. With funding support we will be able to keep this program alive and subsequently increase the amount of clients whose lives we will help to change.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Increase the visibility and awareness of the Stabilization Program by expanding community partners
タスク 1:
Build contacts by visiting 12 new sites and meeting with their social work/addictions team
タスク 2:
Invite 10 others to visit the Harbour Light Stabilization Unit for a tour, and to explain how our program works
タスク 3:
Attend monthly Vancouver Coastal Health Service Provider Meetings, to increase the visibility and support from VCH programs
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Work to increase the amount of Stabilization beds available, to make the service available to more clients
タスク 1:
Complete and develop more financial partnerships to fund the program
タスク 2:
Work with the regional government to increase the per diem rate for clients, based on the amount of services provided to clients
タスク 3:
Develop plans of how we can increase the space available to stabilization for more beds
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We have very strong partnerships in the community. We have continued to develop a relationship with Vancouver Coastal Health through attendance at Service Provider Meetings, and we are strongly regarded as an asset in the community, and receive regular referrals from VCH sites such as Vancouver Detox, Hospitals, Community Health Centres and Physicians. We have developed relationships with many Treatment Centres not only in the Vancouver region but provincially, as a respected, valuable resource.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Our target population: males suffering from addiction issues who are seeking Treatment. Our location in the Downtown East side of Vancouver is a perfect access spot for our clientele, although we also welcome clients from Vancouver Island, Fraser Health region, the Interior, Northern BC. and the Thompson Okanagan. We will continue to develop our relationships with programs across B.C., to ensure that all of the clients in need, have access to this important program.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Our success is determined by the strength of our team, and our passion and commitment to providing a valuable, worthwhile service that is desperately needed. From the Clinical Director to Peers and Volunteers, the goal of our Team is to provide the most valuable service based on our client needs. Our program has expanded and developed, due to client feedback, and observations. Weekly meetings provide an opportunity to develop ideas and ensure staff are confident and comfortable with the challenges of the current Stabilization group. Teamwork, commitment, and a sincere desire to help others enable our program to be successful.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Our greatest need is financial. We hope to learn from addiction and homelessness research and welcome new ideas on how to improve/expand our program. We have information on program development that could benefit others. Collaboration is important to increase program visibility so more people can receive the help they need.
Created on 08/14/2012 by thdevi
Our program is to develop a web and SMS based information system that can help Indonesian women to get information about crimes against women so they can be more safe and protected from crimes.
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Faculty of Industrial Technology-University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta
団体の所在国
Indonesia, YO, Yogyakarta
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY) is a private Catholic university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia that founded on September 27, 1965. UAJY vision and mission are Excellent, Broadminded, and Humanist with motto “Serviens in Lumine Veritatis” (Serving in The Light of Truth). This vision, mission and motto encapsulate the central philosophy of UAJY: to have graduates with academic excellence, high tolerances, and to be men and women for others.
UAJY has extraordinary achievements. UAJY consistently scores highly in a range of national rankings. UAJY was also one of the Fifty Most Promising Universities in Indonesia and ranked as one of six universities with best implementation of internal quality assurance system. Now, all unit and study programs also awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certificate
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You Are Safe (Enhance Information literacy about crimes against women and its preventation using mobile phone technology)
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アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The number of crimes against women in Indonesia is quite high. Recently there are many rape cases that happened in public. According to the data in 2011 there are 22285 rape cases (http://hukum.kompasiana.com/2012/02/05/kriminalitas-meningkat-hukum-indo...)
One of the reasons these could be happened is that most Indonesian women do not know how to protect themselves in public and do not know how to avoid the crimes.
Women need information how to protect and prevent themselves from crimes. They must be aware of the latest news of crimes that occured in their neighbourhood so they can be more careful.
Women also need to know where and how to ask help when they have become the victims.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our proposed solution is to develop web and SMS (short text messaging) based information system where users (read: women) can access information easily using mobile-phone. To get information via SMS, users have to register first. In Indonesia, mobile phone is not a luxurious handset anymore, and almost everybody has it. The owner of mobile phone in Indonesia is increasing 53% from last year.
The information that will be provided in this information system include:
1. News about crimes against women (the motives, location etc), the purpose: women will be aware of the recent information in their surroundings.
2. Tips to protect one’s self in public
3. Information about local NGO or women' s government organization
4. Discussion forum as a place to discuss some topics related to crime against women, to give support to other member etc.
Overall, our solution is to enhance information literacy about crimes against women and its prevention using mobile phone technology
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Before using the proposed system, women lack of information and unaware of recent crimes that can be happened to them.
After using the proposed system they will be more sensible and will understand how to protect themselves from crimes.
For example, when they are on public transportation they will know how to pick the right car, how to protect themselves from disrespectful men, and how to react fast when they are in trouble.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our peers are government and non government women's organization in our town Yogyakarta. We need to cooperate with them and with mass media to promote the system. Beside that we also need to cooperate with telecommunication provider to make the system run.
Based on our knowledge, there are no other party that working to address the same problem with web and SMS based information system, so our proposal is the first solution.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to education/training.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
It is still on ideas phase, so there is no impact yet.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
First, women's Information literacy about crimes and its prevention will increase so they can be more confidence and safe especially when they are in public places.
Second, women can find their community and share information via the forum of the proposed system.
Third, women will have information about how to do and whom they ask for help when they have become the victim.
And at the end, we hope that the crime against women in Indonesia especially which happen in public places will decrease.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The 1st barrier is the difficulty in making the cooperation with third party, namely telecommunication provider and women's organization.
In order to have a successful cooperation, we plan to undertake some approaches with women's organization to gain their support.
Afterwards, we have to perform presentation to the telecommunication provider,to give some understanding of the advantages they may get when they decide to offer their support.
The 2nd barrier is the internet literacy of Indonesian women is quite low, especially the middle-class economy.
In order to to increase the internet literacy, we plan to hold some free workshop or training how to make use of Internet. This activity will be involved the university support.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
system design is accomplished
タスク 2:
building relationship with the 3rd party
タスク 3:
analzying and designing the system
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
the system is accomplished and ready to be used and advertized to the users
タスク 3:
promoting the system to the users
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
The moment when Indonesian government see our solution as an important mean to help reduce the crimes against women in entire country and when they decide to support, develop, and promote our system is our "Aha" moment.
Our next "Aha" moment is when we see that the number of crimes against women in Indonesia is decrease after many women use our system.
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We will maintain a good relationship with women's organization, the telecommunication provider, and the financial donors to ensure the system sustainability.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We need financial support because we do not gain revenue from our system.
We will need it to cary out observation, data collection, system development, implementation, socialization and maintenance.
We also need financial support to maintain the sustainability of our system in order to achieve the goals.
Strong evidence exists that anti-Indigenous racism is built into the fabric of Canadian society. Colonial policies that historically de-humanized and dislocated Indigenous peoples in order to open territory for European settlement continue to have an impact on Indigenous health status today. Indeed, it is arguable that specific processes of anti-Indigenous racism contribute to poor health status of Indigenous people, especially in Northern British Columbia.
Canımız Kampüste breaks the silence on harassment and gender-based violence. Powered by local university students and armed with digital media, Istanbul ‘is alive on campus.’
Created on 08/10/2012 by Beauty Night
Beauty Night promotes self-esteem and changes lives through three streams of programming: lifeskills development, wellness programs and makeovers.
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Canada, BC, Vancouver and Surrey
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Beauty Night attempts to address is the cycle of generational poverty, violence, mental ill health and addiction that many vulnerable women and youth who experience low self-esteem and isolation live in. The state of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is well known: a study of BC Women's Hospital and Health Center in Vancouver showed more than 80% of female sex trade workers who've mental health issues and or addictions have dealt with violence in their lives. The building bridges workshop held in Jan 2008 identified that women centered care is vital for women with mental health and addiction problems. The average age of entry into street life in BC is only 12; many of the women that Beauty Night serves haven’t had a childhood in which to develop healthy interests and relationships.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Beauty Night provides a valuable way for women to re-develop the trust, self-worth and self-motivation necessary for life change. It is our goal to help our participants develop the inner strength to make and follow through on choices that foster healthy personal, social and financial self-determination by:
- Providing make-over services to foster positive self-image, motivate inner self-renewal and reintroduce healthy touch
- Providing a tangible community support system, promoting individual and group self-help situations
- Conducting informal individual sessions to promote self-understanding, improve self-image and develop self-care skills.
- Providing yoga, acupuncture, reiki, foot care, massage, walk/runs, dance, arts and crafts, journaling, child-minding, access to community nurses, and an opportunity to participate in a ‘Self Management and Recovery Therapy’ group, in a safe community environment
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Beauty Night’s makeover program serves as a bridge to help women join the community – feeling good about yourself helps build the confidence needed to share yourself with others. One participant reported that "for the first time in my life, socially I fit in. I've got a group of people I can relate to and who finally give me the feedback that they can relate to me". Moreover, the makeover program enables participants a small yet treasured degree of choice over their lives, acknowledging and allowing the expression of their individual values and aspirations. Beauty Night “brought out the beauty in me” one participant remarked. This helps empower participants to make positive life changes. For instance, many participants show enough improvement to become volunteers with us (~20% of volunteers are past participants) and use that experience to secure employment and improved housing. Moreover, the trust and motivation that Beauty Night inspires gives our volunteers a unique ability to both detect health and safety concerns and help participants become ready to accept referrals. We partner with community wellness programs, and travel to over a dozen different shelters, introducing our participants to different services and helping them feel safe accessing new services. For instance, over 200 women have gotten pap smears at Beauty Night’s through partnership with the LACE campaign.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
We’re the only organization to provide free facials, manicures, make-up, acupuncture, yoga and massage in the downtown eastside, and the only to regularly provide haircuts and footcare. No other organization offers such a broad array of programs under one roof, yet doing so is key to helping women feel comfortable trying something new. We’re also unique in focusing on what our participants want – by doing so, we humanize and empower participants. In contrast, women have no choice about what they receive at most charities, often being treated in an assembly line. Finally, Beauty Night provides a rare opportunity for volunteers to really talk to and get to know participants – many other volunteer opportunities in the downtown eastside involve simply handing out or sorting donations.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Caroline MacGillivray was researching for an acting part playing a survival sex worker by volunteering serving meals in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. One evening, she saw a women in the corner, looking bedraggled and like she was just about cry. The woman was struggling to curl her hair, but her arms were stiff from injury and she couldn’t reach over her head. When Caroline offered to help, the woman was touched and astounded that Caroline would care so much about simply what she wanted. The other women present noticed what Caroline had done and soon it seemed they all wanted Caroline to do their hair and make-up. Many remarked about how nice it was to have someone not be afraid to touch them, and touch them without wanting anything in return. They remarked upon how nice it was to not be invisible and to feel others acknowledge your dignity. Caroline realized that if she could make this much of an impact alone, the impact of a group acting towards the same cause could be enormous
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Beauty Night builds self-esteem and change lives through three streams of programming: lifeskills development, wellness and makeovers. Over the next year, we aim to develop a sustainable foundation for our recent growth: over the last year we grew from serving 100 to 200 women a week. We surveyed Beauty Night participants to gauge how we could best serve this greater number of participants. Wellness and art programs were both in high demand; in response, we aim to facilitate a wider range of art therapy projects and increase the availability of acupuncture, foot care and massage services. We’re also collaborating with the Three Bridges Community Health Centre to start a ‘Self Management and Recovery Therapy’ Group
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Over the last 12 years we’ve given over 16,000 life makeovers. Over the last year alone we’ve trained over 250 new volunteers and received 7000 hours of volunteered time. Over the last two years we’ve increased our programming from two to four evenings a week; twice a week we are at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre and the other two evenings rotate amongst over a dozen different women’s shelters in Vancouver and Surrey. For the Holidays, Beauty Night organized 1500 hand sewn and decorated stockings filled with wellness and self-esteem related goodies and delivered them to marginalized women. Similarly for Valentines Day we produced and delivered 700 gift bags. All this Beauty Night accomplishes with only a single paid employee. Our mission and impact have attracted worldwide media attention, including through CTV, CBS, CityTV, Global National, CBC and Xinhuanet, a publication and TV station in China
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
We aim to have built a sustainable foundation for our Vancouver programs (continuing to serve over 200 women a week) and to have used that foundation as a model to further develop Beauty Night pilot projects in Surrey, Prince George and Victoria. We aim for the mission of Beauty Night to be well known in the community, media and government, inspiring new community partnerships in other cities. We also aim to continue mission-based management; key to Beauty Night’s success is not just the services we provide but why we provide them – it’s our mission and vision that guide how each participant is welcomed at Beauty Night. It’s thus critical to us to maintain this spirit of Beauty Night throughout our growth by inspiring leaders in Vancouver and other cities to believe in Beauty Night’s cause
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Potential barriers include maintaining enough funding to match the growth of our programs; this we aim to overcome by developing a signature fundraiser, increasing our business networking for third party event fundraising, and training our volunteers and board in fostering community partnerships. Another potential barrier is the limited number of ‘behind-the-scenes’ volunteers we have; many volunteers are interested in helping, but we’ve had limited capacity to orient them and guide their help. We’re addressing this need by developing a committee structure in which our board members can provide mentorship and direction to new volunteers, enabling more volunteers to help behind the scenes. This also allows our board members to more efficiently use their expertise and their time
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Increased awareness of mission and recruitment and training of the volunteers we need to sustain our recent growth.
タスク 1:
Board of Directors orientation retreat and strategic planning retreat
タスク 2:
Recruit and train additional frontlines volunteers particularly for yoga, footcare and acupuncture
タスク 3:
Recruit and train additional members for operations committee and fundraising & promotions committee
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Increased annual revenue to sustain our recent growth and established organizational framework to continue growing our resources
タスク 1:
Organize signature fundraiser
タスク 2:
Have volunteers and board of directors complete friend raising program and work to increase our community partnerships
タスク 3:
Amend bylaws to reflect improved organizational structure, based on the reflections from the board strategic planning retreat
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Partners for third party events, volunteers and donations include AG Hair Cosmetics, Beauty Council, LuvNGrace Entertainment, Smell This Aromatherapy, Lord's Shoes, Blanche MacDonald Centre, Lush Charity Pot, Future Hair School, BC Hydro, Downtown Networking Association, Showoff 2012, Barre Fitness, JuJu Salon, Connect Health and the UBC Community Learning Initiative. The DTES Women’s Centre and the Public Library donate space. Our accountant donates his professional services. Girl Guides and Elementary and High students decorate and sew Christmas stockings for our participants
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
In addition to the Vancouver’s downtown eastside, Beauty Night also holds events in Surrey four times a year and has run pilot projects in Prince George. The purpose of these projects has been to assess what potential partnerships exist for us in those communities, and assess how the local population and organizations would receive our programs. Feedback was positive, and we continue to aim to expand beyond Vancouver
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Beauty Night’s welcoming atmosphere and the opportunity to hear touching and inspiring stories from our participants make volunteering both fun and meaningful, increasing volunteer retention and recruitment. Our Executive Director effectively recognizes volunteer’s strengths and limitations, finding ways for a diverse spectrum of people to meaningfully contribute, feel included and feel appreciated. Thanks to this, our mission based management, and the engagement of our leadership in networking, Beauty Night has built a large network of contacts. This allowed Beauty Night to assemble the diverse expertise of its board, and function with only a single paid employee. More of our resources thus go directly to programming
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Beauty Night has a large network of contacts; we would be happy to help others connect and to extend our own connections. We’re also happy to share our ideas and experience with those who might benefit from them.
Canımız Kampüste breaks the silence on harassment and gender-based violence. Powered by local university students and armed with digital media, Istanbul ‘is alive on campus.’
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: HarassMap (امسك متحرش).
Created on 08/6/2012 by harassmap
HarassMap is a volunteer initiative that works to end social tolerance for sexual harassment using digital tools to support a huge face-to-face community outreach initiative throughout Egypt.
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Egypt, XX, Cairo, Giza, Port Said, Minya, Mansoura, Alexandria, Assiut
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Sexual harassment in Egypt has reached a crisis level. In 2008, 83% of Egyptian women surveyed were sexually harassed, 50% daily. 72.5% were veiled, and only 2.4% sought help from police. 62.4% of men surveyed admitted harassing women, and 61.4% of witnesses to harassment ignored it, with only 0.1% saying they tried to help (ECWR)
Not long ago, Egyptians were proud of the safety and dignity of our streets. Bystanders used to even chase harassers and shave their heads as a mark of shame, and harassment was rare. Yet today, no social consequences for harassers exist, and harassers are most often excused or ignored and victims are blamed instead. New laws have been passed but yield no change since individual police do not consider the issue important and are often perpetrators themselves.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
In 2009, I heard about Ushahidi and Frontline SMS, which makes it possible for anyone to send reports of harassment by SMS or online, which then get mapped online anonymously. Since 110 of every 100 Egyptians own mobiles, and 1/2 are women, the potential was unprecedented. The NGOs were interested only in advocacy, so as 4 co-founders we developed HarassMap using online technology to support a huge offline community mobilization effort and public campaign.
Reports: Victims tell us what happened online or by SMS, where and help document the problem
Victim services: Contacts for offline lawyers, counseling, self defense sent by autoresponse
Mapping Reports: Our online map communicates the true extent of the problem and breaks stereotypes
Community Outreach: Our volunteers go out each month in their own neighborhoods all over Egypt with printouts of the map to ask shop owners, police and others in the street to stand up to harassers and create protected “Safe Areas” in shops
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
We change the social acceptability of harassment that lets harassers harass and keeps victims silent by combining online and offline tools. HarassMap is the first to use Ushahidi to combine online/offline longterm.
1. Reporting: A victim or witness documents the violation by mobile or online. Ex: "Walking on Syria St in Mohadessin yesterday around 6pm and there were 2 boys, around 10 to 12 years old. They were kids so we didnt expect anything. When close to us one of them took his penis out and rushed towards us. Thanks for this initiative. We really hope it will spark the change"
2. Referral: We autorespond to each with info on getting free help from women's NGOs (police reports, lawyers, counseling, selfdefense)
3. Each report is mapped helping us fight inaccurate, widespread concepts about harassment (it only happens in cities or in poor areas or in rich areas or to girls in miniskirts, etc.)
4. Community Outreach teams, led by trained Community Captains, use the map to help mobilize bystanders in their own neighborhoods (people with presence in the streets, police, shops, etc.) to break the silence, reestablish social consequences and revive our tradition of guarding our neighborhoods from harassment by telling harassers to stop. This should never happen again: "Man on motorbike drove up behind me and grabbed me from behind. I shouted at him immediately and he casually drove away. There were about 10 people in the street when it happened, no one did anything about it or even had any reaction. This was right outside my apartment"
5. Public/media campaign
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are 17 NGOs on the NGO Task Force on Sexual Harassment working on advocacy for a new sexual harassment law and others partnering with the UNWomen’s Safe Cities Initiative on sexual harassment advocacy (both of which HarassMap is a member). The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights also works on advocacy.
While these groups mainly focus on advocacy, HarassMap is the main group working with society.
Rather than challenging our growth, we partner with them and with other initiatives in order to increase the overall impact of the movement. Ex: We publicize the services offered by the NGO task force; we're members of all networks including Safe Cities; we mobilize our volunteers for and help organize joint activities (art exhibition, open mics, performance of our reports, "salasel").
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
PARTICIPATION: Since Dec '10, HarassMap received over 800 reports and over 500 men and women volunteered from all over Egypt - rural, urban, rich, poor. Most mobilize people in their own area to change the environment that tolerates harassers. About 8 of 10 people they approach agree to intervene with harassers and make "Safe Areas" in their shop/area that serve as shelters from harassment. Others give pro-bono help in their field or come to us to work together on creative ideas.
Some people who send reports also use our referral to free legal aid, psychological counseling, how to make a police report, self defense classes, etc (in partnership with the NGO task force) that we send by autoresponse.
AWARENESS: We receive over 20,000 pageviews per month. Our Facebook page has over 5000 fans, many of whom volunteer. Media coverage of HarassMap is high, reaching millions, and our events are well attended.
SCALE: We're coaching activists in 15 foreign countries adopting our model.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We will:
-Expand the number of strong community outreach teams by meeting outstanding demands for training
-Develop and deliver a training curriculum for outreach Community Captains and volunteers to increase their consistency, success and reach
-Train 300 social workers in public schools to do outreach in their schools (requested by them)
-Start work in 6 slum areas of UN Safe Cities
-Implement our planned "Safe Vehicles" initiative
-Strengthen "Safe Areas" network and follow-up
-Collect stories and testimonials from bystanders who intervened and publish them as role models
-Expand our public campaign drastically
-Publish a research project on crowdsourcing's validity and usefulness in sensitive topics
-Design an info packet on work harassment
-Evaluate our impact formally
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Our biggest barrier has been time and manpower. We love being volunteers and we love self-funding our work. But not having an office or staff seriously inhibits our capacity. We will start a research grant soon that will help with this.
The security/political situation since the revolution has made scheduling anything that requires volunteers to attend (community outreach days, volunteers trainings/meetings, events, etc) extremely difficult. We often have to reschedule and struggle with attendance. This will be improved by having a staff person who can focus on volunteer management and developing closer relationships with volunteers.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
start 3 new community outreach teams, "a safe vehicles" in public transport, research unit on crowdsourcing, a public campaign
タスク 1:
Finalize training curriculum for community outreach captains and volunteers, Design and implement a volunteer management system
タスク 2:
Hire and start work with fulltime managers for: community outreach, research, public campaign
タスク 3:
Relaunch our website, adding tools to support strong public outreach using innovative digital media to support offline work
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
expand support to 15 global spin-offs, expand public campaign, train volunteers working in 300 public schools
タスク 1:
Implement a training schedule for the outreach volunteers working in schools and evaluation system
タスク 2:
Add videos, games, apps, competitions, and other interactive tools to public campaign
タスク 3:
Provide mentoring by skype once per month, answering questions and creating a closer connection among the spin-offs
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Cairo has been my home since 2004. After experiencing and witnessing repeated harassment, getting no help from witnesses and hearing repeated excuses for harassers - I started Egypt's 1st program on sexual harassment. Later, in 2009, I heard about Ushahidi/Frontline SMS, which can receive anonymous reports and map them online - perfect for breaking the silence on a taboo issue! Since almost all Egyptians own mobile phones the potential for reaching people across all boundaries, cheaply, was huge.
The NGOs weren't interested in the idea, so I assembled 4 Co-Founders to develop HarassMap as an independent, self-funded group of volunteers aimed at changing social tolerance for harassers and reestablishing social consequences for them. The free online/mobile technology lets our voice reach across geographic/social/age barriers to help us organize a huge offline community mobilization effort in streets nationwide. After launch, ideas and effort from hundreds of volunteers flowed in.
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NGOs, activists, networks: strategic planning and activities (art exhibition, live performances of our reports, open mics, anti-harassment graffiti, “salasels” or chains of people holding anti-harassment slogans on signs in busy streets, #endSH blogging days)
Companies: our SMS short code, a voice reporting system, banner ads on high traffic sites (filgoal.com), video production, design, radio PSAs, meeting space, printing (at cost), tech support, Film 678
Institutions: World Bank, Transportation Ministry, UNDP, UNWomen, ILO
We encourage everyone to volunteer their time and talents!
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Every day we are getting more volunteers who contact us because they want to take action. And we try to motivate men and women of all ages and all backgrounds to send us their ideas and support them in implementing them.
We are open to all ideas and all requests for support!
Canımız Kampüste breaks the silence on harassment and gender-based violence. Powered by local university students and armed with digital media, Istanbul ‘is alive on campus.’
Created on 07/26/2012 by amschwarz
Justice for my Sister Collective is working to end the systemic violence and murders that go undocumented in Guatemala through Information and Communications Technology.
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Justice for my Sister Collective
団体の所在国
United States, CA, Pasadena, Los Angeles County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
Guatemala, GU, Guatemala City
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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Preventing, Documenting and Ending Systemic Violence Against Women in Guatemala Through ICT
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Cost, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The systemic violence and murders against women and girls that go undocumented in Guatemala as well as the debilitating health effects and subsequent economic repercussions that ensue. Women in Guatemala are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or witnessing abuses due to its three-decade civil war and its deeply patriarchal culture. These victims do not report this violence due to fear, and therefore, silently suffer. Furthermore, economic co-dependency reinforces women to remain in violent relationships. Due to shame, self-deprecation, and lack of education, these women never obtain complete independence from their abuser. This abuse often leads to death.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The solution is to educate abused women through film, and to provide workshops and follow-up connections through a SMS text messaging service. Through the documentary, Justice for my Sister, and the workshops, victims of abuse initiate the process of personal growth and communal healing with other women in similarly violent relationships. Due to a high level of illiteracy in Guatemala, film is an excellent means to reach a mass audience. The subsequent text messaging service allows for communicating, gathering and sharing information, and organizing at a very basic literate level following the documentary screening. This text message service provides information as to the characteristics of an abusive situation, how to seek assistance, and how to aid other individuals in similar situations.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Our solution makes a difference because women who have viewed the documentary, and utilized the SMS text messaging services, ultimately sought help and left their violent situations.
We previously held screenings of the documentary, Justice for my Sister, and subsequently conducted workshops, co-hosted by non-profit organizations that had a sound rapport within the community. We then collected phone numbers at our community screenings, added them to our listserv, and continually sent blast text messages to all our viewers.
This allows us to continue providing advice, references and resources as reminders that the community is committed to protecting all women. The goal with the text-message based hotline is not only to encourage women to report violence, but also to provoke a sense of communal responsibility.
What happens to one woman sets the tone in the community and fosters a sense of empowerment. Our main resource has been the Oficina Municipal de la Mujer, or the Municipal Women’s Office. We direct our audience members to them if they are located nearby. We have also held meetings and trainings with the police, public prosecutors, and human rights attorneys so that they are aware of our system.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our peers include women's rights groups, political coalitions, and shelters in Guatemala as well as other agencies (UN Women, Country Embassies) that support and encourage women's rights. As the first organization to offer a text messaging hotline in Latin America, we are able to provide accessible references and offer vastly needed tools and services that advocate on a survivor’s behalf. However, a major challenge to our endeavors is obtaining the limited resources that are available to fund our projects. Consequently, we find ourselves competing for the same revenue as our peers and partners.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We currently have 500 subscribers on our Text Messaging listserv. We have received two reports of attempted murder by a husband to his wife. Several other inquiries are requesting information on where to go to report sexual violence and how to leave an abusive relationship. We generally send one or two messages per month. The response to our blast texting is extremely positive, and subscribers respond with the local colloquial phrase, “a huevo!”
Furthermore, and most importantly, we have engendered trust within the community by having local prosecutors and police attend our screenings and workshops. Their presence within a welcoming environment is crucial in a climate in which the general public distrusts authorities and thus results in yet another obstacle to reporting violence.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Our projected impact over the next three years is to empower women to take control of their lives as well as to educate the population and communally endeavor to end gender-based violence. We hope to see implementation of new laws and less impunity to these iniquitous crimes from our educational trainings. Furthermore, we are anticipating that our project will create a template for other organizations; particularly organizations that utilize popular educational and alternative means to reach out to undeserved populations. Our partner has already launched similar text message-based helplines and hotlines in Ghana, Haiti and several Asian countries.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
One potential barrier is funding operators for our text messaging service and providing them with a safe location to operate. Due to the fact that most violence against women occurs at nighttime, most operators work through the night; therefore, commuting to and from a central office can be very dangerous. To overcome this obstacle, we hope to secure a centralized office in Guatemala as well as provide security guards and transportation to safeguard our operators leaving work. In order to obtain funding, we will continue to apply for grants and appropriate this important expense in future budgets.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To have a fully functional system and safe operating location for our text messaging service in Guatemala City.
タスク 1:
Vastly promote our texting initiative, and make aware our campaign through film screening, brochures and word of mouth.
タスク 2:
Research a safe location within Guatemala City, and complete the necessary logistical steps to procure an office.
タスク 3:
Hire full time staff to work as operators of our texting initiative.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
To open a bakery in order to provide economic sustainability to women that have left abusive relationships.
タスク 1:
Launch a mini-campaign to provide references on economic sustainability and how women can be viable entrepreneurs.
タスク 2:
Develop comic book strips, due to high illiteracy, to serve as resources to empower women and educate them on micro financing.
タスク 3:
Establish a core group of women that have utilized and succeeded in our services and trainings to kick start this initiative.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
This project began as a documentary film, Justice for my Sister, which witnessed the struggle of a Guatemalan woman seeking accountability for her sister's killer. Kimberly Bautista and her film crew followed the story throughout the entire process, witnessing and experiencing a continued number of setbacks and disappointments. This case resulted in one of the very few convictions in this past decade largely due to the main character’s determination and courage. During production of the film, Kimberly received continuous death threats and warnings about the content of her work. Sadly, a few months into filming, she was subject to a home invasion, raped, and robbed of all her camera equipment. Afterwards, she realized that the documentary was a fragment of a larger inclusive epidemic. She immediately developed Justice for my Sister Collective to expose, and ultimately work to end, the impunity of systemic gender-based violence that is afflicted on the women of Guatemala.
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Survivors Connect is one of Justice for my Sister Collective’s closest partner. Survivors Connect uses information and communication technology (ICTs) to empower survivors and grassroots movements against the trauma of slavery, trafficking and violence. We also have partnerships with East Los Angeles Women’s Center (ELAWC) that have helped screen our film as well as the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Lastly, we have worked closely with the Oficina Municipal de Mujer in Guatemala to obtain resources.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We are in need of pro-bono counsel in order to assist with the logistics and legality of procuring offices in Guatemala. We will also need resources to hire and train individuals to work as operators for our initiative. Lastly, we are hoping to collaborate with other human rights organizations and extend our campaign to more remote areas of Guatemala.
Created on 07/18/2012 by SOVAS
Journey Beyond Abuse: Mediation Services for Victims and Offenders in Violent Relationships are an underutilized option for resolving conflict between partners
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South Okanagan Victim Assistance Society
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Canada, BC, Penticton and Area
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Thompson Okanagan.
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Cost, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
While traditional violence prevention and intervention programs serve a purpose, they have not been effective at ending or preventing violence in relatioships completely. Time and time again, clients at our agency who are victims of abuse or assault, return with more abuse issues at a later time. Individual counselling and court accompaniment are important pieces for someone who has been traumatized by abuse or assault. However, these pieces only address part of the dynamics. Also the court system does not provide the victim a voice to express what she/he truly has experienced, not to mention control over the outcome of the proceedings. As a result the victim is retraumatized by the court system. This hardly represents access to justice. Offenders are not being heard effectively either.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We propose to include victim-offender mediation services, in the interventions available to our clients, victims and offenders of relationship violence. It is our believe that a strong solution to violence in relatioship prevention will include mediation services "to maximize victim safety and choice, and create opportunities for offenders to reflect on their actions and make new choices" (Edwards, A. and Haslett, J. 2012)
As clients enter our Victim Assistance Program or our Men's Counselling or Women's Counselling program the worker will assess if the client's situation is suitable for victim offender mediation. The option will then be introduced to the client with detailed explanations and descriptions of what mediation will entail. The ultimate goal in these mediation session will be an increase in the victim's safety.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
When a person who has experienced abuse approaches our agency for services, we will outline all the options for service available to her or him. Together with the intake worker the client will then choose if she/he wants to engage in a mediation session with the offender. This may happen after the court case is closed or while the parties are on a peace bond.
If the client(s) are deemed appropriate candidates and willing to engage in mediation sessions, both will receive pre-mediation preparation possibly by two co-mediators, which will outline the mediation process to them, their responsibilities and general possible outcomes.
Once the parties are engaged in the mediation process, the mediator(s) will assess if victim and offender can meet in the same room. If not the sessions will take place separately. The victim will have a chance to make her/his opening statement outlining her/his position. After taking in the victim's opening statement, the offender will have her/his turn to make her/his opening statement. Opening statements will include the parties' positions and their version of what happened. The mediator will then carefully move the parties from discussing positions to discussing their interests and specifically their shared interests: safety, acceptance, and possibly forgiveness.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
SOVAS is the only community-based Victim Assistance program in the South Okanagan. There are two lawyers in the area who offer mediation services, but not victim offender mediation. As far as we are aware, there is no service for victim offender mediation in violent relationships in the area.
This Entry is about (Issues)
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Historically victim offender mediation in violent relationships has been deemed inappropriate with no exceptions. However, in a course of mediation, which I took as part of my MSW, I found some, albeit very few, articles supporting the idea under certain circumstances. The most compelling case I came across was about a woman whose son was killed by a man who was subsequently jailed. After many counselling sessions for both the mother and the offender, they met with two mediators. The mediation session brought some closure to the mother, as she had many questions which could not be addressed through the court process. The offender was able to take direct responsibility for the horrific crime. Working at SOVAS I witness over and over how victims and offenders are ill served by our justice system. Having read more about mediation services for victims and offenders, I feel strongly about providing mediation as oan option to our clients on their journey beyond abuse.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Through offering mediation services to victims and offenders who are or were in violent relationships with each other, we are hoping to provide a long-term solution to interpersonal conflict. The main goal is to increase the victim's safety. Through a better vehicle for conflict resolution we are not proposing to work towards reconciliation, but to at least achieve some resolution. The victim's opportunity to be heard and the offender's taking responsibility of his/her actions will result in a long-term change in both. The victim will be able to move on and the offender will have identified his shortcomings and may want to address them. In the long run this will result in a decreased number of repeat offences.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
At this point we are at the "idea" stage of offering mediation services. However, staff and board are in discussion of how this may work for clients and the agency and the community at large. Thus far, we have had only positive feedback.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
We foresee fewer incidents of violence in relationships for those who receive mediation services. This will result in few court cases and hence fewer costs to the justice system.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Cost is a major barrier. Mediation is not covered through Legal Aid for victims and offenders. At this point victims and offenders have to pay for the service out of their own pockets. Funding for this program is crucial.
Lack of training for mediators for this specific field. It is my understanding that victim offender mediation in violent relationships requires special training due to the power imbalance between the two parties. Our mediator would have to have special training preparing him/her for the specific needs of victim offender mediation.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
A trained mediator will be providing mediation services to clients of SOVAS.
タスク 2:
Victims and offenders have higher satisfaction with process and outcome of the services they receive.
タスク 3:
Victims and offenders are less likely to return with further offences to SOVAS, RCMP, Crown or other agencies.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
The community at large recognizes the value of mediation for victims and offenders and referrals for the program increase.
タスク 2:
Victims and offenders increasingly opt for mediation services.
タスク 3:
Violence in relationships decreases as frequent re-offenders are able to take responsibility and work on changing.
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SOVAS is a founding member of the Violence In Relationships Committee, which is comprised of more than 30 agencies in the South Okanagan Similkameen. Many projects have been supported by this committee spearheaded by SOVAS. This committee has functioned as a catapult for projects such as Change for Good, a counselling program for men who want to change their abusive behaviour patterns.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Not at this time. We are considering the Law Foundation of BC Small Grants in the Fall 2012.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
SOVAS already provides services to clients who are victims of relationship violence and abuse. Our clients would be served better by offering additional services. A Board of Directors meets every month and oversees all programs and projects with monthly reports from staff.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Created on 07/18/2012 by KULEA LESEITA
we are addressing harmful cultural practices among the samburu that are affecting the girl child to include Female Genital Mutilation which is usually done before mariage,early forced marriageto young
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Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Unsung Hero Award on international womens day 2011 by the former USA ambassador to Kenya.
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WE CAN ALL CHANGE THE WORLD
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Transparency, Quality, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
we are addressing harmful cultural practices among the samburu that are affecting the girl child to include Female Genital Mutilation which is usually done before mariage,early forced marriageto young girls as early as 9 years and Beading where girls are engaged to relatives for sexual relations and are not supposed to get pregnant and when they do the children are killed.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
To empower the girls/women in the community through creating awareness on their rights and encourage the community to take girls to school and ensure the girls remain in the schools to reduce drop outs, also general civic education of the community as a whole on the child rights.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
rescuing girls undergoing or in threat of the harmful cultural practices and putting them in safe custody where they can access schools then educating their families on the importance of treating children equally especially interms of education.rescuing the babies from the beaded girls and putting them in baby care centres where they can be adopted.Link affected girls to health care especially those that suffer fistula during early delivery.collaboration with different government departments to enforce the law.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
there are no community based organizations that are aiming to address the same issues in samburu and this has posed a big challenge to partnerships and collaborations that usually makes the work easy when there are others addressing the same issues.Hence the demand for the above interventions is high.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Access to health care, Access to economic opportunity, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
we have been able to rescue 56 girls from the harmful cultural practices and put them in safe custodies where they can access schools both primary school and high schoo, also 13 babies rescued from being killed and put in baby care and probably be adopted.10 teenage mothers have benefited from free fistula repair.we have acquired free land from the local government in samburu to put up ideal rescue centres for the rescued girls and babies.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
To achieve an informed community which understands children rights and hence more girls attend schools, also to have a rescue centre which caters for the need of the rescued girls and babies, giving them a safe custody and gives them a chance to go to school, an empowered girl child in school where the girls in school can work hard for a better future instead of thinking of the early forced marriages.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
financial aid availability will be limited over time hence involvement in income generating activities will be key to sustain the project. Community resistance to change is also a challenge that will be addressed by use of the local community leaders e.g the chiefs, to be role models and agents of change.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
use of community leaders to inform the community and to report cases of lawlessness and refer the girls to us.
タスク 1:
forming girls empowerment clubs in schools to encourage girls to complete school and aim high.
タスク 2:
Train the local community leaders from all corners of samburu on child rights and their role as the area leaders.
タスク 3:
task the trained area leaders to monitor girls recruitment in schools near them and report cases of FGM and early marriages
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
build a rescue centre to place the girls while they access school and also have a baby wing for the rescued babies
タスク 1:
fundraise both localy and internationally with community involvement.
タスク 2:
create awareness of the project to the community as a whole to solicit support.
タスク 3:
create linkages and collaborations with other partners to include government departments that deal with children issues.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I was born and bred in the samburu community where girl child has no chance to access education and all my classmates succumbed to early forced marriages and FGM, after my high school, I was forced to early marriage which I refused, I was determined to achieve my dream and I went to college and then later became a community health nurse in my community and that's how I came across girls as young as 9 years getting married and I decided that its time my community knew its wrong and its against the law.
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most rescued girls are supported by other partners that provide sponsorship. Other partners will provide information like the children office will be useful in training the local leaders on child rights.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Created on 07/13/2012 by wanger
Games For Change is an innovative program dedicated to combining casual computer and mobile gaming with social awareness by addressing issues relating to women e.g Sexuality,Education,HIV and more
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Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
運営期間を選択してください。
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Cost, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
There is a need for innovative ways to create awareness and reach out to young women in particular and the entire populace to let people know of the challenges women face (Sexuality,Abuse,Genital Mutilation,HIV Stigmatization)and how to get by and survive them.. Traditional Teaching Solution are often too direct and people often shy away from them.
We saw a need for a method of that entertains interactively while educating and Games for Change was born
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Creating Visual Novel-Style Computer Games that while seeming to entertain, will subtly educate and create awareness on several issues involving and affecting women particularly in Africa.
These will border on several topics including Female Sexuality, Rape, Education and more.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
The first of these games will be titled "Debbie's Doings"(Doings in Nigerian slang refers to "activities" or "acts") .It will chronicle the daily life a young university undergraduate as she passes through the university and the various moral, educational and physical challenges she faces.It will be episodic, released over a period of 12 months .In the style of Visual Novels, it will tell a story but allow the player take decisions at pivotal times, these will lead to different endings and conclusions.
In a typical scenario, The heroine may be at a club and be asked to take a drink or two.. After the first ones, the guys that brought her may offer her some more, the player would make a decision then if they should take more or stop drinking.. Taking more may result in her letting her guard down and having unprotected sex that may result in some STI...Taking the path of not drinking will see her being sober enough to insist the guy uses protection,thus keeping her safe..players will be motivated to try again even if they get a "Bad Ending", so they can see the alternate results. As they do this, they will be learning subtly how to assert themselves and take right decisions.
We intend not to shy aware from issues of Sexuality (As the recent popularity among women worldwide of Novels like "50 Shades of Grey" has shown women are more willing to explore and talk about their sexuality) ,We however hope to motivate them to do it right and safe.
This is just an example, since we intend to be episodic, we would be able to handle different issues affecting womenas we move along.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
The Market is vast, but our specific targets are females between the ages of 13-35 in Nigeria.
This is rather an innovative use of technology and the appeal of entertainment will set us apart.
Our major competitors are casual games like Zuma and Diner Dash, which are pure entertainment and are mainly played by people in this age group.
However, we stand out mostly because we target the Nigerian and African market and we are basically selling Interactive Novels rather than just fun games. We plan that the readers will get lost in the reading
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our project is still at the inception stage and thus cannot be said to have had any impact on the larger community at the moment
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Over the next 3 years, we intend that Games For Change though the "Debbie Doings" brand and others will have reached out directly or indirectly to at least 200,000 people, creating awareness on issues concerning women and how they could be taken care off.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
End-User Access and Piracy are our major barriers..
End User Access here refers to the availability of the required Computer Hardware for the target group to access download and play this games on.
To overcome this,As stated earlier, besides releasing these games on Personal Computers, we have also decided that it would be ported to Android devices, which are more affordable and power a large number of smartphones.
Our 2nd big challenge is Online Piracy , When we do start selling later episodes, We are aware that this cannot be totally stopped so we intend to first create a loyal community via the website who will be willing to support the project by buying genuine copies. the fact that we gave out a few episodes beforehand would work in our favor here.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Release The First 2 Episodes of Debby's Doings (Free) and achieve 20,000 downloads with it's social message
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Finalize Pre-Production and Script of the Story
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Actual Creation of Art and Programming For The First 2 Episodes of The Game
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Liaise with various blogs and utilize bulk SMS for Publicity and Website Launch
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Stabilize the Project to be Self-Funding and Ensure 80,000 copies have been distributed or purchased worldwide.
タスク 1:
Complete Season 1 of "Debbie's Doings"
タスク 2:
Commercialize Our Website
タスク 3:
Expand Marketing beyond the African Continent to Africans in the Diaspora
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
i am a bit of a fan of Visual Novels myself and i always had a passion to do something for women, concerning the particular issues we go through everyday. i was playing a Visual Novel one day, when i suddenly realised how totally immersed i was with the storyline, it was captivating and i knew all the characters and empathized with them, and more importantly , their stories stuck in my head.... that was when the idea came to me..I began thinking..It i could make a game this engaging and fun, yet still teaching and advocating subtly on womens issues, it would be amazing..Already possible plotlines where buzzing through my head
I quickly put a call to my good friend Idamiebi at Sonbim Games (www.tititilapia.com) to tell him the idea,and ask about the technicalities. he was excited and we arranged a meeting and that's how the idea of Games For Change was born.
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Our current major technical partnership is with Sonbim Games , creators of Titi Tilapia, Nigeria's First Video Game. (www.tititilapia.com). The team where so intrigued with our game idea and the possible social change impact that they have offered to pause development on theirs while we start Pre-production work on "Debbie's Doings".
We are also currently sending out emails with Linda Ikeji(lindaikeji.blogspot.com)-Nigeria's Biggest Blog and Seun Osewa of nairaland.com as regards publicity for the project when it does take off.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Of Course this project is Capital and Time Intensive, While We have Volunteers from Sonbim Games, they will only be working in their spare time, we would prefer outsourcing part of the art and programming so that development times as shorter..
Other need listed above are pretty self-explanatory..
Attached in the Next Section is a link to a video from our parteners Sonbim Games..
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Swan Bay Rediscovery.
Created on 06/20/2012 by Swanbay
Canoe Journeys seeks to empower at-risk Haida youth to learn cultural skills and to embrace their cultural heritage to empower themselves.
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Swan Bay Rediscovery Program
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Northern British Columbia.
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Haida Gwaii is composed of 7 small, remote communities where healthy and engaging opportunities for youth are limited. Persons under 30 represent 45% of the islands population of 4,500 persons, and many are at risk of drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and suicide. With increasing rates of obesity, low self-esteem, and lack of engagement among youth, especially of Aboriginal descent, programs such as Rediscovery are essential. Haida Gwaii is a prime location for getting outdoors, on the water and learning Haida cultural skills but many youth do not have the resources to access these opportunities. Further, a lack of education around healthy activities such as food gathering, exercise and nutrition leads to multiple negative outcomes which impound issues such as intergenerational trauma.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Swan Bay Rediscovery is offering year long culturally relevant curriculum to at-risk highschool students through a program called Canoe Journeys. Canoe Journeys teaches drug and alcohol abuse prevention, healthy relationships, learning and sharing about mental health issues, and builds self-confidence through culturally relevant programming. The program follows the seasons, in the fall helping nursery schoolers to gather bog cranberries and mushrooms and learning how to preserve them with Elders. Students each make an Ancestry book and gather songs and stories from their clans to fill these books. Students also made drums and painted their crests on them, just as they sewed their own button blankets with their crests. The journey finales with an 8 day Canoe Journey through Gwaii Haanas Nat'l Park, where the youth paddle an 80 foot Haida canoe steered by an Elder to historic village sites. In the canoe are youth mentors and an RCMP representative to serve as positive role models.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Our program targets youth between 14 and 18 years old, in particular youth who have demonstrated at-risk tendencies such as: extended school absences, identified mental health issues, lack of positive family support, drug and alcohol abuse and other such issues. Canoe Journeys is offered 2 to 3 times a week, and our engaging activities draw youth in to participate. We teach skills such as food gathering and preservation that youth can use in their everyday lives and that empower them to give to their families and communities. An example of this is when youth learned to assemble (hang) an entire river fishing net for the tradition food fishery river. Elders and professional fishermen taught the youth, and then the fish caught was donated to the Elders Day Program in Skidegate.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Youth engagement activities are limited on Haida Gwaii, especially those targeting Haida youth and addressing the issues that are covered in Canoe Journeys. There is no similar programming available to youth on Haida Gwaii. There are no in-school counselors available to youth, and community mental health facilities do not target youth. In such a small community, the Canoe Journeys program is innovative and unique in its approach to youth engagement.
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Rediscovery was developed as a summer youth camp targeting at-risk Aboriginal youth with a vision of getting youth into a remote camp location where they had to depend on the Haida cultural and outdoors skills they learned to survive. Food fishing, hunting, gathering, playing cooperative games, and talking circles around a fire, are only a few of the activities that youth participate in at Swan Bay Rediscovery Camp, and the overall camp experience builds confidence to last a lifetime. This experience though was only offered in the summertime, and in a northern climate where nights are long and winters are grey and rainy, it is important to offer year round activities to at risk youth, which is where the idea for Canoe Journeys was born.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Our goal is to empower youth to be confident in who they are and to make a positive contribution to their communities. By providing youth with positive activities we hope to build their self-esteem so that they look after themselves and their communities with respect.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Canoe Journeys has reached out to 10 at-risk youth in Queen Charlotte Secondary School this year, and has also benefited many community members through programming open to the public. Almost every class session is attended by Elders and/or community cultural facilitators who are well-known to students and provide guidance on topics at all levels.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
If each year at-risk Aboriginal youth are impacted by the Canoe Journeys program then over time we will see a more healthy youth population in Haida Gwaii. These youth grow to be community leaders and positive role models for other youth. A decrease in drug and alcohol use, suicide attempts, increased physical activity and healthier eating habits are all outcomes that we expect to see as a result of our programming.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Because the program is only offered during the day, youth are also at risk in evenings and on weekends. At these times we hope to offer evening community activities to community members and to youth.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
By December, youth will have begun their Canoe Journey and are beginning to gain confidence in the program and in themselves
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Youth have completed harvesting and hunting in the fall season, learning skills and gaining experience from Elders
タスク 2:
Youth are sharing and participating in learning about mental health issues, drug and alcohol prevention
タスク 3:
Youth are engaging in self-exploration by sharing with their peers and with Elders and Cultural Facilitators
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Youth have participated in an 8 day canoe journey in remote Gwaii Haanas and have gained confidence
タスク 1:
Youth have the opportunity to participate in the 8 day canoe journey through Gwaii Haanas
タスク 2:
Youth have completed their button blankets, drums, and other cultural items and activities
タスク 3:
Youth have completed their Ancestry books and have gained self-confidence through this self- and family-exploration
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Haida Gwaii is a tight-knit community where it is said that "everything depends on everything else." This saying applies to our programming as well, and we partner with the school district, the high school, the Skidegate Band Council and many other community organizations to help facilitate our programs.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Yes, we are targeting Haida youth because of well known facts that
Aboriginal youth are a more at-risk population.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
We bring the youth outside of the classroom to the local museum and Haida Heritage Centre for mentoring projects with Haida Fine Arts students. We also take full advantage of the outdoors in Haida Gwaii and get youth out on the beaches, up the rivers and in the woods for our activities.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
A project to empower these women and youth survivors of violence and sex trafficking with the skills to conceptualize, direct, and produce stories utilizing available technology in their own hands. It particularly hopes to bring together women and youth who are willing to share their stories and develop this into becoming an advocacy tool to raise awareness about violence against women and youth
Created on 06/8/2012 by klkocher
Canımız Kampüste breaks the silence on harassment and gender-based violence. Powered by local university students and armed with digital media, Istanbul ‘is alive on campus.’
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Canımız Sokakta (meaning roughly ‘We are alive on the streets’ in Turkish)
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
We were a recipient of the Worldwide Visionaries Selected Project complete with a grant for $1000 this month. We also are a recipient of the book “The Fire Starter Sessions” given to youth and non-profits looking for progressive solutions.
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Canımız Kampüste: Lessons Outside the Books and on the Streets
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The 2011 Global Gender Gap Report ranks Turkey 122nd of 135 countries for systematically disenfranchising women in political and economic life. In the face of daily violence and harassment, Turkish leaders advise women to stay home to prevent ill-treatment. Yet, 42% of women experience physical and sexual violence by a husband or relatives at some point in their lives. Combating a culture valuing female servitude and introversion, Canımız Kampüste targets students as an important first step in a larger movement for openness, inclusion, and progress. This university program uses real-world and digital tools to address women’s issues excluded from public discourse in Turkey: harassment, body image, and economic empowerment.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We talk, we don’t turn away. Canımız Kampüste begins to crack open the silence of harassment through engaging university students in the discourse surrounding street harassment, particularly the topics of economic autonomy, rape culture, and discrimination. We design events with the internal culture of each campus in mind, while also generally focused on self-esteem building, story sharing, identifying responses to harassers, and including men in women’s issues (which conventionally excludes male participation in Turkey). Held each semester, these university initiatives have included: video and photography campaigns by students (Spring 2012 ‘Break the Silence’), student bloggers on our website, workshops providing safety tips in Istanbul, panel discussions, film showings (“Miss Representation” and “War Zone”), student generated art exhibits, and story collections moderated by a psychologist and lawyer.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Students involved in Canımız Kampüste gain invaluable skills and exposure to the real issues affecting gender equality. In our seven workshops, six story sharing events, and 13 panel discussions last academic year, students collaborated, problem-solved, and harnessed effective techniques to respond to street harassment both in instances when they are a victim as well as a witness. Sema, a Bilgi University student, shared: “Apart from the importance of these activities in making harassment visible, I am very happy to now know others who care about changing our reality. This makes me feel stronger in finding solutions for these issues even after I graduate.” Canımız Kampüste shows films like “Miss Representation”, using it as a platform to demonstrate that harassment can be a barrier to professional ambition for women. Through this lens, we encourage female students to take on more leadership positions as Canımız Kampüste Student Leaders and through circulating various leadership opportunities in our online platforms. Also, we have connected students from disparate universities with two online university campaigns through the production of films, images, blog posts and student resources. Using technology as a creative tool and base for political voice against street harassment, female students are rapidly engineering approaches to end gender-based aggression that bar women from public spaces in Turkey and perpetuate a culture of submission.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We are currently the only organization dedicated to street harassment, and the only organization in Istanbul with university programming. Past Canımız Kampüste partnerships have included: LAMBDA (a local LGBTQ organziation) to discuss heteronormative discrimination, Cinsel Şiddete Karşı Kadın Platformu (a website reporting on violence against women) to look at online women’s media, the US Consulate which assisted in holding a free screening of “Miss Representation”, and Zaman and Hurriyet newspapers to discuss harassment in the workplace of female journalists. We will co-host a workshop with Değişim Liderleri Derneği’nin (an organization empowering female students) in Fall 2012.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Canımız Kampüste’s success is rooted in our priority of story-sharing. We have collected over a 150 stories of street harassment on university campuses in Istanbul, and we predict this number will well over double this fall with our expanded programs. Moreover, we have expanded from working with three universities in Fall 2011 to seven in Spring 2012, through events on safety, harassment awareness, and self-esteem building. We have reached over 1500 students in our on-campus activities, and numerous more in our online campaigns. We have 15 enthusiastic student volunteers, ten of who work as local Student Leaders. These students become empowered leaders on their campuses by coordinating screenings, exhibitions, panel discussions, online resources, and photography campaigns.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Invited to three new universities for Fall 2012, we also intend to diversify our program to include self defense training, Q&A sessions with a lawyer and psychologist, and self-esteem building through public speaking workshops. Fifteen universities will have Canımız Kampüste programs by Spring 2015, with thirty Student Leaders throughout Istanbul. Our story collection will reach 2,000 stories by Spring 2015 and we will have directly worked with over 6,000 students in our events and reached 15,000 students indirectly through traditional media, social media, campaigning, and word-of-mouth.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
In many of these universities, we partner with a knowledgable and engaged administator, student, or professor who leads our projects for that campus. Dependent on these individuals' initiatives, we are faced with the challenges of sustainability and integration into the universities’ infrastructure and priorities. Although three universities have already internally adopted our work in sustainable capacities, we must prioritize building institutional bonds during the 2012-2013 year more than expanding to new campuses. Financial security is real risk to sustaining our programming over the long term. Thus, we are applying for grants and coordinating fundraising events to fuel support and awareness from the community.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Entering a third semester, Canımız Kampüste programs will be known as a part of the student experience at ten universities.
タスク 1:
We will have had our first successful female empowerment student workshop, in parternship with another Turkish NGO.
タスク 2:
We will have had a total of thirty events around Istanbul, both on- and off-campuses.
タスク 3:
We will be sustainable at four university campuses by programming with a student and an academic/administrative department.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
We will have engaged and inspired Student Leaders and their fellow students to become involved in the safety the community.
タスク 1:
We will have 15 Student Leaders, some of who have represented Canımız Kampüste as another face in mainstream media.
タスク 2:
We will be sustainable at seven universities, with programming planned for the 2013-2014 academic year at each of these campuses
タスク 3:
We will have 35 events either on-campus at our 11 partner universities or off-campus at central locations.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Our second Canımız Kampüste event was a panel for an audience of over 100 veiled, female students at Fatih University, a university known for its conservatism. We were anxious about our transgendered panelists, Zeynep, who came to discuss the discrimination she receives in public spaces and how it has limited her academic and professional opportunities. Our anxieties proved to be unnecessary as we were all treated with respect, even when Zeynep used the women’s restroom. After the panel, students stayed to ask Sema about her personal beliefs and daily challenges for an hour. We then realized that this was the first occasion for most of the participants to ever openly discuss the experiences of alternative lifestyles in a humanizing and honest way. So moved by this, I was convinced that our focus on awareness and community building events through giving students the opportunity to engage with diverse topics and individuals is a profoundly meaningful and essential project in Turkey.
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We are partnered with Dreamtree Productions to hold a gallery sale and theater production as fundraisers this year, with the intention of future collaboration. We receive pro-bono services through partnerships with an Istanbul-based law firm (Guneli & Koc Law Firm), PR agency (Paprika), and digital platform developers (Grou.ps). We are also partnered with Değişim Liderleri Derneği’nin to develop programs for female students, and have a working partnership with the US Consulate of Istanbul.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We have had great success in the media in delivering a clear message picked up by TV, radio, magazines, and newspapers in five languages. Our work has been reported in local, national, regional, and international news, and we would be a strong resource for other initiatives in this aspect.
Created on 04/30/2012 by Marcela Jiménez Ossa
CINDE IS A PEACEBUILDING ORGANIZATION
CINDE PROMOTES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano CINDE
団体の種類:
Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
Social Worker, Teacher.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
How long has your solution been in operation?
5 年超
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The high rates of violence evidenced in multiple forms and varied scenarios: intergenerational, interfamilial, in educational institutions and the community. The violation of the children and youth’s human rights: physical and sexual abuse and discrimination, which leads to a recurrent violence. The lack of acknowledgement of children and youth as social actors, which generates frustration and violence. In addition to problems directly related to youth on aspects such as self-confidence, respect for others, cultural values, communication practices, and the approaches to understand and solve conflicts.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
- Change children and youth’s attitude, conceptions and political practices, basis of the peace building processes, through the development of human potential and empowerment of children’s and your the affective, communicative, ethical, conflict resolution and political potentials.
- Link children and youth’s networks to share significant experiences of change in peace building and political participation themes, which enables the promotion of a social and political movement for the generation of non violent thinking and direct actions
- Strengthen the leadership, pedagogic and methodological capacities of peace builder children and youth within the multiplication processes with peers of their educational institution.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
1. Intergenerational: The meetings with children, youth and teachers are carried out in the same pedagogic space, thus enabling the intergenerational communication, respect and acknowledgement to varied and plural ideas, ways to consider and act in the world. 2. Love and affection, it is a linking action among human beings which creates a proper environment to express agreement or disagreement to others, it enables understanding that conflict is inherent to life. 3. The ritual: The mystic of the ritual intensifies the human capacity to internalize and personify the workshops’ themes. 4. Acknowledge corporeality and leadership from the beginning. 5. Service Leadership skills. 6. The recreational and empathy factor. 7. The multiplying strategy is a very important component to provide the educational process with a context of reality.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
RED PAPAZ, PRODEPAZ; CONSORNOC; SEPAS. CONSTRUCTORES DE PAZ (Peace builders) is a political initiative with and from children and youth. We believe conflict is an inherent to life and enables personal and collective growth, provided that, resolution never denies the dignity of other individuals. And this is what makes us different from other organizations which nonetheless provide children and youth with solutions. The success of the articulation with organizations working in Colombia generates a learning community on the communities’ best practices for acknowledgement and leverage of development process.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
CINDE acknowledges children and youth as citizens with rights and responsible for change.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
CINDE impacts on children and youth’s attitudes, values and imagination
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Between 1998 and 2002, CINDE implemented a political socialization strategy called “Niños y Niñas Constructores-as de Paz”(“Children and Youth as Peace builders”) in Colombia’s coffee-growing region; between 2002 and 2008 the political and citizenship education initiative was carried out in seven departments; in 2007 the project with School authorities from 15 educational institutions in the urban and rural areas of Cartagena was carried out; 2007 second semester, Puerto Tejada Council 8Cauca); between 2008 and 2010 in Lorica and Shagún (Cordoba) municipalities; between 2010 and 2011, In María la baja and El Carmen de Bolivar (Bolivar); and from 2010 the project is being implemented in Cocorná and Granada (Antioquia).
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Disseminate the experience in Urabás sub region, the largest region in the Antioquia department with 11.664 square meters, within the national context, it is acknowledged for being part of a larger region, connected by geological, geographical, historical and social links. One of the main difficulties to consolidate Urabá’s development is the situation of violence and displacement. The population undergoing forced displacements due to violence registered in Uraba reaches 213.324 people, which is just a third part of displaced people in the department (29%) being mostly women, children and teenagers.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The Bacrim (emerging criminal groups) have a significant presence in Urabá. However, it is important to mention that this region is not one of the most violent regions in the department. The importance of mapping private and public organization working within the area will be an excellent strategy to generate a working group that articulates actions in the sub region and to recognize the public-private sectors, and in turn they recognize us as well as the aim of our initiative to be disseminated in the sub region, which enables a gradual access to the daily socialization of children, adolescents and youth in Urabá
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Situational diagnosis of childhood, adolescence and youth in Urabá
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Redesign the proposal with community actors and team based on the needs and capacities identified in the diagnosis.
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Ex- Ante Evaluation “Scale of Equity attitudes & Active acceptance of the difference” & “Ethics, Democratic coexistence & societ
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Description of processes to meet the objectives and consideration of all cost to enable a proper implementation.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
500 children, adolescents and youth with leadership skills and sense of belonging as peace builders.
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Characterization of children, adolescents and youth, and identification of needs and artistic skills.
タスク 2:
Positive impact on the motivation towards participant’s learning
タスク 3:
Intermediate evaluation, tool which will enable adjusting the interventions and goals on the go
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
As from 1998 CINDE develops the “Children and Youth as Peace Builders” project to promote new social interaction modes in children and youth growing up in contexts of violence. The project’s aim is to build a peace culture and consequently contribute to achieve a Peace State through the transformation of social subjects in individuals linked to life, the promotion of peaceful coexistence, the effective enjoyment of human rights, gender equity, respect for diversity and multiculturalism, the access to sustainable development and protection of the environment; citizens participation in the spheres of power, human safety, among others.
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Departmental government: since one of its action lines is the Regional Integral Project aimed at Urabá’s development and through the Secretary of Social development and the Childhood and Adolescents Management, share some goals with our project: social inclusion.
Partnerships with organizations working in the Urabá area: Corbanacol with whom we have started working in 2010; and the organization Cooperación Internacional (International cooperation).
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
In-training professionals from Universities, researchers, technical staff from the social, artistic, pedagogic, communications fields. Professional with expertise in advertising and marketing, IT professional, content manager and web developer. Professional responsible for monitoring and evaluating the project.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Support:
Virtual courses: Web pages content Developer
Initiative’s dissemination: Media plan: Campaign.
Methodological booklet: Lay out designer and illustrator.
VPCs are communities of multi-barriered youth ages 13-19, who work together to build skills and create media tools for reducing violence in their lives and schools. For six weeks, participants develop language to discuss violence; explore the larger social justice factors that contribute to violence; strategize solutions to deal with violence in participants’ own lives and communities; and discover safer ways to confront experiences of violence. Participants also collectively build a media project that they can then use to educate others.
Created on 04/13/2012 by Sjackson99
The Liverpool Project; a charity stopping young people dying on our streets.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe competition is only open to people between 18-34 years-old and resident in UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark or the Netherlands. Does this apply to you
Yes.
Country of residence of entrepreneur
UK
Tell us about your personal background. Why are you passionate about this issue? Making an idea a reality takes innovation, dedication and strong leadership. Do you have the necessary entrepreneurial skills to realize your vision?
I am a doctor working in inner city Liverpool. In 2008, myself and my fellow innovator, Dr Nick Rhead, talked to a group of young offenders aged between 12 to 17 and found that 11 out of 11 had seen somebody stabbed and 3 out of the 11 had seen somebody shot. Every year across Europe 15,000 young people aged 10-29 die from violence. We started teaching at risk young people across Liverpool how to manage a shooting or stabbing at the scene as decreasing blood loss is one of the most important factors in saving a life. Since 2008, whilst working full time and running this organisation we have taken this innovative idea and seen The Liverpool Project blossom and now we have 70 medical students and junior doctors in 4 of the most violent cities across the UK teaching young people. We know that our teaching has been put into practice at least twice and hundreds of young people have been taught life saving skills. We have been selected as one of the Britain's New Radicals for our innovation and have recently attended the Ashoka linked Emerge Venture Lab which provides budding social entrepreneurs with the skills to develop and expand on their idea.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Rhys Jones and Anthony Walker. High profile murders of young people by young people. Unfortunately such incidents have been increasing over the past decade in most major cities in the UK. When someone is shot or stabbed it is vital that they receive medical attention immediately. Too often those present at the scene of an injury aren't confident or skilled and panic, leaving without calling an ambulance or providing basic first aid. Provision of haemorrhage control at the scene could decrease blood loss and save lives.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We have developed an interactive teaching programme. Medical students and junior doctors teach high risk young people how to provide haemorrhage control management at the scene of a knife or gun crime. Young people learn how to call for help effectively, how to use the materials available on the street to reduce blood loss. We are attempting to scale our model to every Youth Offender Team in violent cities across the UK to allow our dynamic teachers to teach those in need and have real impact saving lives.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
This is an actual true account of what happened with somebody we taught. “Dave” left the Liverpool Project teaching on haemorrhage control that Friday evening. He was walking down a dark street with 2 friends when they were attacked by a group of youths. Afterwards Dave found his friend lying on the ground bleeding from a knife protruding from his abdomen. Dave, remembering the teaching given that night, phoned an ambulance, kept his friend warm, applied pressure with a bandage created from socks, reassured his friend and elevated both legs to provide extra blood. His friend survived after surgery.
How did Dave know what to do when his friend was stabbed? Specially selected medical students and junior doctors attended his young offenders group as part of their remuneration hours to society. For 90 minutes he was involved in an interactive and integrated teaching programme, designed to allow easy recall of information. He learnt about symptoms of blood loss from others in the group, they discussed the basic physiology of haemorrhaging. He learnt how to provide basic management. Afterwards, like many of his colleagues, he reported a change in attitude to knives and guns and thought the session was “excellent”.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Within the UK, if not the world, we are the only organisation that aims to teach at risk young people how to manage haemorrhaging at the scene of a violent crime. In that sense we have no other “competitors”. However there are other government and non-government organisations who teach about prevention of violent crime. While we indirectly highlight the need to not commit violent crimes we do not make attempts on deterrence currently. However we aim to add this vital task into our teaching in the future, through a co-operative approach with existing organisations.
Select the stage that best applies to your business
Operating for 1-5 years
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the social impact you have had to date and how you measure it?
Prior to our organisation beginning if a person was stabbed or shot, other than often dangerous attempts at help (ie removing knife), the victim continued bleeding until the scene was safe for paramedics to attend. We have devised a method that allows immediate provision of haemorrhage control from those present. To date two people have had our management applied to them, and hundreds of at risk young people have received our training. Currently we have Key Performance Indicators to assess numbers taught and change in attitudes.
What barriers might hinder the success of your business? How do you plan to overcome them?
At the moment the barriers to our success is limited by our time constraints. We all are in full time education or employed at junior doctors. We need to raise funds to employ somebody to implement our 3 phase development plan we to allow our organisation to become a national leader for young people and violence.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow does your model address financial, social, and environmental sustainability?
We are developing a sustainable business model, generating revenue from Youth Offending Teams and other groups working with at-risk young people, charging them a small amount for our teaching. Medical schools and education departments of hospitals pay for us to train their medical students cultivating their communication and teaching skills.
We strive to take an environmentally sustainable approach, so that our work has no negative effect on the environment.
We are aiming to develop our program so that the at-risk young people we teach become trainers and teach other young people trauma management skills, alongside medical students. We would like Young Offenders and young people to pioneer and improve the program with medical students and experts in the field, creating social sustainability. Our teaching gives young people greater confidence allowing them to redefine themselves as life-savers. We hope that we can help build momentum for at-risk young people to make positive long term changes in their lives.
Our partnerships with Youth Offending Teams, hospitals and medical schools are essential to build our volunteers' skills and to gain access to the at risk young people we teach.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow do you see social entrepreneurship contributing to the improvement of developing countries?
Providing aid to developing countries is analogous to 'give a man a fish and he can feed himself for a day'. Aid often has short term benefits but the long term benefits can be marred by government interference, stagnation and other negatives. At the other extreme pure businesses may profit in developing countries and export the finance out of the country, whilst neglecting those at need. However social entrepreneurship combines two elements of sound financial sustainability and solutions to local social issues. Social entrepreneurship can help developing countries by changing business practise and people away from focusing solely on profit, but using finance as an intelligent means to solving social issues and therefore working analogously to ‘teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for a lifetime”.
What aspects of your stay in Uganda as part of the competition do you think you will find most challenging and rewarding?
In Uganda the most challenging areas would be trying to learn as much as possible from the people. Our project has the potential to scale up and have real impact saving lives. It will be challenging and interesting to consider how our model could change in different places and be tailored to specific needs.
Whilst in Uganda I believe it would be beneficial and rewarding to see and hear about the inspirational work being conducted by VSO and from other people attending and how they are trying to bring about social change. Reflecting on this can bring new ideas and solutions to problems The Liverpool Project is facing.
Whilst in Uganda I believe it would be beneficial and rewarding to see and hear about the inspirational work being conducted by VSO and from other people attending and how they are trying to bring about social change. Reflecting on this can bring new ideas and solutions to problems The Liverpool Project is facing.
Chula Vista, California 91914 United States
The Sustainable Peace Education Project consists of a strategy that works towards an enduring peace sustained by promoting a culture of peace initiated at the most fundamental societal levels. The Project promotes peace education in elementary schools & universities within known conflict areas that are stable & no longer engaged in active violence; utilizing a general, broad curriculum easily adaptable to time, place, & demographic following the successful model used by American Red Cross to disseminate its Exploring Humanitarian Law curricula.
Created on 04/2/2012 by Sarah Gough
Play for Peace creates and connects caring communities globally by training youth to lead cooperative play and gathering virtually to share, learn and inspire.
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United States, IL, Chicago
団体の種類:
Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
After-School Provider.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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拡大中（次のステップで、地域または世界規模でインパクトを拡大させる予定）
How long has your solution been in operation?
5 年超
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
When children are educated in fear, exclusion, cut-throat competition and intolerance, the resulting violence is evidenced by bullying, school attrition, shootings and suicide.
“Education combined with warm-heartedness, a sense of concern for the well-being of others, has much more positive results. If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways.” (Dalai Lama, 2012)
Globally, intellectual knowledge gained in school is geared primarily to individual or national advancement, not in the learning of life skills including empathy and cooperative problem-solving needed to face today’s problems. Play for Peace addresses school and community violence world-wide by promoting global citizenship.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Play for Peace believes the use of cooperative, inclusive and caring play, led by youth leaders and enriched by volunteer action, is key to teaching empathy and building peaceful communities. In play we open up to learning, imagination and connecting as laughter overcomes barriers and children “win” Play for Peace cooperative games by learning to trust, work together, problem-solve, celebrate diversity and be compassionate in a safe environment.
“At-risk” youth play leaders identify themselves as international peace builders, gain powerful group facilitation skills and use their passion and skills to identify and lead positive volunteer action events in their community. They run Play Days during recess or afterschool for children ages 7-12 as well as work colaboratively with youth from different backgrounds. The youth and their adult mentors volunteer via after-school programs called Play for Peace Clubs and connect, share, inspire and learn from each other virtually.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
With Play for Peace, children have stopped bullying from happening in their schools, youth have become global citizens for change and communities have opted for nonviolent action in the face of conflict.
Recently, a group of trainers in India, who credit their school completion on participation in Play for Peace as youth, became Social Entrepreneurs. Like many of our other global youth graduates from South Africa, Chicago and Guatemala, they are leveraging their Play for Peace Trainer Certification and contacts to launch a nonprofit organization working with the Indian public school system to use cooperative play to promote cultural understanding, empathy and prevent school attrition, corporal punishment and bullying.
As Certified Trainers they contact public schools in their region to present the Play for Peace program. After an introductory play session the students and teachers are offered Play for Peace training to form a Play for Peace Club in their school so they themselves can facilitate games in their community. 5 youth founders and 1 adult mentor passionate about peace-building and training are all that is needed to form a Club. Most activities are no-prop and resources are found locally.
After leading several play sessions with children in their community the new youth leaders also begin implementing volunteer activities based on the needs they identify. The students, mentors and trainers all access the Play for Peace global learning community for educational material, sharing, inspiration and lifelong learning.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are many organizations that use cooperative play and experiential learning effectively to create caring classrooms in specific regions or through one-time camps or events between specific populations. There are also great organizations that promote youth volunteerism and online global exchanges.
However, Play for Peace is unique in forming an on-going global network of locally-run programs that share a common goal of creating peaceful communities through the use of cooperative play linked by a learning community of practitioners.
In fact, during this competition I anticipate identifying new partners that may be interested in the Play for Peace training and connecting with our global community. What a wonderful meeting of minds and hearts focused on Teaching Empathy!
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Play for Peace creates and connects caring communities by training youth to lead cooperative play becoming international peace-builders.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Play for Peace uses the power of play to connect, teach and learn cooperation, empathy and peace.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Play for Peace has taught empathy through laughter and play to over 100,000 children, youth and adults in 7 different countries. Also, over the last 14 years, Play for Peace participants have calmed neighborhoods wracked by gang violence in inner city Chicago, diverted an inter-religious conflict in India, maintained cooperation in refugee camps and integrated diverse populations of youth.
Children in Play for Peace show decreased use of discriminatory comments in the classroom and playground, recruitment to gangs and elementary school dropout rate (especially girls from developing countries).
Our at-risk youth have higher graduation rates often choosing careers such as social work and teaching as well as and continuing volunteer leadership for positive change well into adulthood.
Our participating communities cite overall tension and violence reduction especially during flares of conflict and increased local youth leadership focused on volunteer community improvement.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Over the next 3 years we plan to have 50-75 local trainers in 10 different countries opening a total of 50 Play for Peace Clubs a year (the structure of the Play for Peace Club program was launched in 2011). As each Club conservatively impacts aproximately 10 youth and 30 children, we anticipate 500 youth and 1500 children to participate annually. The growth rate of Clubs will remain constant year-to-year, however we anticipate reaching an active trainer community of no more than 75.
We anticipate our participating Play for Peace Club schools and communities to cite reduced overall tensions, lower school drop-out rate and improved school climate.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
When people from different countries work to accomplish the same goal, communication is key. Language and time, as many are volunteers, could both be barriers. To overcome these, we have several communication tools that facilitate our work. For trainers and mentors we have a global wiki to hold topic discussions, during our monthly conference call we hold workshops and answer questions. Our community also holds regional meetings and discuss projects that will happen in a certain region or country. Creating win-win situations where our volunteers see imediate impact of their work is also important.
Also, all of our Play for Peace Clubs are self-funded for their operational expenses. We anticipate providing support and networking opportunities for our groups.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
In 6 months will have trained 30 trainers and 25 Play for Peace Clubs will also be trained and registered.
タスク 1:
Play for Peace Certification Course completed, 30 trainers Certified.
タスク 2:
Support introductory training and registeration of 25 Clubs.
タスク 3:
Identify 3 new investors ($5000+ donation) to support the our growth and training of new Play for Peace Clubs.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
In 12 months will have trained 50 trainers and 50 Play for Peace Clubs will also be trained and registered.
タスク 1:
Second Play for Peace Certification Course completed a total of 50 trainers Certified.
タスク 2:
Support introductory training and registeration of 25 additional Clubs.
タスク 3:
Identify 3 new additional investors ($5000+ donation) to support the our growth and training of new Play for Peace Clubs.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
A serious accident compelled founders, then corporate trainers, Michael Terrien and Craig Dobkin to examine the meaning of their lives. Soon after, Michael facilitated a retreat for survivors and victims' families of the Oklahoma City bombing incident with colleague Faith Evans.
While doing this work, Faith had a dream of a red ball bouncing in Bosnia and then to Jerusalem. When she awoke, she called Michael to ask, “What is the highest purpose of play?” and Play for Peace was born.
A model of cultural change from the corporate realm traveled to a very different place: communities polarized by racial, ethnic, or religious conflicts. In 1996 Play for Peace initiatives were launched in Chicago and the Middle East under the aegis of the Association for Experiential Education becoming a non-profit organization in 1999.
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Over the years we have developed several important, formal and non-formal, partnerships. We have a signed agreement with the following institutions to promote Play for Peace programming regionally; Illinois State University, University of San Carlos (in Guatemala) and Shaishav (a child rights organization in India). Also, many of our trainers created or work for peace-building non-profit organizations and schools in their community and implement Play for Peace activities, such as the Chicago Teachers Center and A New Day in Vietnam. Many more partnerships are being explored for future growth.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
Our staff, trainer community and board of directors will work together closely to take Play for Peace through the next milestones. In the last year we have streamlined, documented and communicated a flexible but clear structure to train and support the trainer community and to register and support the Play for Peace Club and mentor community. This gives us efficient and effective processes and high quality high-level goal congruence while still supporting local needs and opportunities. Our team is primarily volunteers or social entrepreneurs.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Given the fact that our organization is primarily made up of experiential educators, marketing support could help promote the wonderful work that is being done but not seen. Investment is often sought when opening new Play for Peace Clubs, particularly in regions with less opportunity to cover the training costs. We look forward to sharing our learning and colaborating with others.
Created on 04/2/2012 by Ba Futuru
Transform school environments throughout Timor-Leste by equipping children & their teachers with collaborative positive-discipline & child-protection skills.
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Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
その他.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
How long has your solution been in operation?
1～5 年
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
As a consequence of the brutality experienced during colonization and occupation, and recent period of civil unrest, Timorese society is heavily laden with a cycle of violence. Young people, who make up approximately 75% of the population, are the ones most affected, due to their vulnerability and dependence. Often this culture of violence manifests itself in the classrooms of Timor-Leste, with physical abuse commonly used to ‘discipline’ children, which has detrimental impacts on children’s development, empathy and, consequently, the nation’s development. Many people do not realize the negative impacts from violence, and have little knowledge of positive-discipline strategies.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Children and their carers need to be empowered with the knowledge and skills to transform their own lives, and to create nurturing, safe learning environments so that children can develop empathy for others and break the cycle of violence in Timorese society. Children themselves need to be able to recognise violations of their rights and work together with adults to find positive-discipline and conflict-resolution methods which respect everyone’s rights and well-being. Recognising this, Ba Futuru’s project provides training on positive-discipline for individuals who impact the lives of children, so they can help to protect children from abuse and neglect, ensure victims’ access to justice, and work directly with children in a participatory process of creating positive-discipline models and stopping the use of violence in classrooms.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
By sharing information about the impact of abuse on children’s development and psychology, children and their carers are better equipped to stand up for children’s rights. This in turn helps to foster children’s psychosocial and empathetic development, which is crucial to creating peace in Timor-Leste. Ba Futuru’s trainings in non-violent discipline strategies have being extremely successful. For example, before following positive-discipline training with Ba Futuru, only 9% of teachers in three Dili schools could list non-violent discipline strategies. However, after the training, 69% of the same teachers were able to list these.
The primary activities of this project include:
- teachers training on positive discipline and child protection, including access to justice
- student briefings on human rights, access to justice, positive-discipline and conflict-resolution
- bi-monthly meetings for teachers, parents and students to develop collaborative solutions to discipline issues appropriate to their own school environment
- develop child-protection and positive-discipline policies for each school
The development of an educational toolkit including a publication and DVD will assist in extending the model to teachers nationally, through teacher trainers who receive coaching from Ba Futuru in Dili and then engage in skills transfer with educators in their own local districts in 2012.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Ba Futuru is Timor-Leste’s pre-eminent local child-protection and positive discipline organisation. Its inspiring, highly-qualified and experienced Timorese staff, including many women, model positive behaviours and share crucial knowledge with local communities. Ba Futuru has strong partnerships with international NGOs, national organisations, government and local community leaders.
Ba Futuru has a strong reputation locally and is growing its international support base. Ba Futuru is involved in national protection networks, which helps us remain up-to-date on protection developments and practices, and able to collaborate with other organisations to ensure we enhance and complement, rather than duplicate, one another’s programming.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Transform school environments throughout TimorLeste by equipping children & teachers with positive-discipline & child-protection skills.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
By adapting international positive-discipline principles to the local context, this project contributes to breaking cycles of violence.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
So far the project has involved three secondary schools in the Dili district, impacting over a thousand students and a hundred teachers, parents and school-administrators. Evaluation results show that participants drastically increased their knowledge and are changing their behaviour to enhance the learning environment and nurture children’s empathetic and psychosocial development.
Before the trainings, 47% of teachers thought that children learn better with the use of physical punishment to control their behaviour; following the training, this had dropped to 25%, with 73% expressing the opinion that physical punishment was not an effective way of controlling students’ behaviour. Bi-monthly meetings between teachers, students and parents, and student peer-mediation groups have been established and supported by Ba Futuru to collaboratively develop positive-discipline strategies for these schools.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
The 2012 continuation of this project will train approximately 90 secondary school teachers in Dili, and 30 teacher trainers representing all districts in Timor-Leste, in child-protection and positive-discipline principles and techniques. Into the future, the Lessons Learned educational toolkit developed from the first stage of the project will allow positive-discipline strategies and information to be extended nationally to more districts and schools than Ba Futuru can physically reach. Through this resource, hundreds of additional teachers will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to empathise with the experiences and development of their students, and protect them from abuse and neglect.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The principle barrier is a history of occupation and brutality, which has led to an embedded culture of violence – this means that Ba Futuru sometimes faces resistance in changing the mindsets of project participants. However, Ba Futuru’s Timorese facilitators represent eleven of the thirteen districts in Timor-Leste, speak more than 10 dialects (which is particularly important due to Timor-Leste’s recent history of regional conflict) and are highly skilled and trained. Another barrier is the potential for election violence in 2012. However, Ba Futuru has successfully met similar challenges previously, including continuing its programming throughout the 2006 crisis.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Expand project’s impact nationwide through engagement with district teacher-trainers & distribution of an educational toolkit.
タスク 1:
Finish, produce educational toolkit (publication & DVD) compiling positive discipline strategies relevant to Timorese classrooms
タスク 2:
Recruit & coach teacher-trainers from all districts of Timor-Leste, monitor implementation with additional teachers in districts
タスク 3:
Implement intensive training & on-going mentoring with 90 teachers from 3 Dili schools to transform local classroom environments
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Children & teachers throughout Timor will be engaged in transforming their schools through implementation of positive discipline
タスク 1:
Secure the support of the Ministry of Education to coordinate the implementation of training in all 13 districts
タスク 2:
Review quality & relevance of project monitoring & evaluation tools to adequately capture the transformation process in schools
タスク 3:
Incorporate lessons learned from evaluation review to enhance the overall effectiveness of ongoing project activities
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
This project builds off of Ba Futuru's years of experience working with children and their carers. Through this work, Ba Futuru staff became increasingly aware that there is a widespread lack of understanding of the negative impacts of the use of violence with children. Despite the Minister of Education’s 2008 declaration of a ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against corporal punishment in schools, teachers haven’t been provided with the skills to change their discipline methods and model empathetic behaviours with their students.
While we may not change the whole world, we can create a ripple effect of behavioural change, one classroom at a time, which makes the world of Timorese children and youth a safer, happier and more positive place, where empathy is modelled and valued.
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This project has been possible through the generous support of the East Timor Justice Sector Support Facility since 2010. An ongoing partnership with the Ministry of Education will allow us to extend the project nationally through district-based teacher trainers, and to distribute the Lessons Learned educational toolkit to secondary schools through-out Timor-Leste. The insights, experiences and strategies shared by project participants to date have informed the ongoing refinement of the project and the content of the Lessons Learned toolkit.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
Ba Futuru has a local staff of over 30 full-time employees, plus eight international staff and various part-time facilitators and volunteers. This particular project team includes a national project coordinator, three facilitators, an international advisor and the support of various part-time facilitators and advisors when necessary. All staff working on this project have considerable experience and training in areas related to child-protection and positive-discipline, and all have tertiary education covering teaching, trauma recovery, and sociology.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Ba Futuru tries to continually update and refresh its project materials to ensure they meet international standards of best practice, while also remaining relevant and appropriate to the Timorese context. Therefore, information sharing is an important part of our networking and development to ensure projects are as effective as possible.
Created on 04/2/2012 by Javier del Cid
ProyectArte es un conjunto de jóvenes dispuestos a trabajar por un mejor ambiente educativo, contagiando de alegria y armonia a quien lo necesite.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠す団体の種類:
Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
Student.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
How long has your solution been in operation?
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Guatemala tiene el índice más alto de violencia en América Latina. Lamentablemente la violencia como agresión física y psicológica se presenta también en un ambiente educativo. Durante el mes de marzo, los periódicos publicaron una serie de noticias sobre el “bullying” escolar que afecta a cientos de niños a nivel nacional. El bullying promueve odio e intolerancia, crea un ambiente hostil y mantiene los ciclos de violencia. Se dice que una de las principales razones que lo mantiene es la incapacidad del agresor de “ponerse en los zapatos” de la víctima. Como estudiantes, hemos sido testigos o víctimas de las humillaciones y las agresiones de este problema, por lo que hemos decidido diseñar un proyecto que trate de solucionar de forma preventiva la violencia en los centros educativos.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
ProyectArte utiliza la literatura, el deporte y el arte como medios para mejorar la convivencia entre la juventud guatemalteca y asi romper estereotipos sociales. En el área de literatura, se tiene planeado realizar una biblioteca con libros que tengan un mensaje que concientice al lector acerca de la importancia del respeto mútuo para la convivencia en una sociedad. En el área de deporte se llevará a cabo un torneo de fútbol en el que participen estudiantes de diferentes entornos y conformar los equipos en base a gustos sobre algún tema en específico, cada equipo debera tener una equitativa cantidad de hombres y mujeres. Al tener un mismo objetivo en mente (ganar el partido), todos trabajaran juntos, fomentando así el trabajo en equipo. Asimismo, se tiene planeado que los niños reciban un taller de arte en el que se les fomente expresar un tema en especifico. En la exhibición de arte, los niños notarán que a pesar de tener estilos de vida distintos, sus sueños y metas son similares.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Según un estudio realizado por Adrianna Jenkins, investigadora y graduada en Psicología en Harvard, se determinó que las personas que comparten ideas, se comunican de mejor manera. El estudio dice: "Investigadores de la Universidad de Harvard, en los Estados Unidos, y la de Aberdeen, de Gran Bretaña, descubrieron que la gente que comparte creencias e ideologías se conecta de formas que pueden ser medidas en el cerebro, lo que ayudaría a explicar posiblemente por qué las divisiones son difíciles de superar. Distintas áreas del cerebro de un voluntario se activaron cuando la persona intentó identificar preferencias como comidas y deportes de alguien descrito con ideas políticas similares y otro con visiones opuestas. Cuando las ideas son similares, se activa una región del cerebro responsable también de la introspección o autoanálisis. Cuando las creencias son distintas, por el contrario, la que se activa es otra región. Esta investigación sugiere que los seres humanos están destinados a establecer lazos empáticos con aquellos que tienen una misma filosofía."
Esto explica el por qué es difícil establecer una relación con gente que no comparte nuestra misma filosofía. Nuestra organización, ProyectArte, pretende hacer que las personas se den cuenta que sus ideologías y metas en la vida son muy similares a pesar de los estereotipos que la sociedad misma impone. Por medio de esas ideologías similares, se espera mejorar la convivencia en la sociedad, al establecer lazos empáticos entre todos los integrantes al darse cuenta ellos mismos que no son tan diferentes.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
En Guatemala, se han creado movimientos juveniles de resistencia que buscan poner fin a la violencia y otros que promueven el respeto, la armonía y la solidaridad. Los grupos que conocemos son, “Jóvenes contra la violencia”, “Rompe el ciclo”, “Hombres contra el Feminicidio”, “Los Patojos”, “La Ceiba”, “Los Scout”, entre otros. Creemos que aunque estos grupos están afrontando el mismo problema que nosotros, su enfoque es distinto. Nos diferenciamos de ellos porque nosotros trabajamos con niños y promovemos la empatía como una forma de fomentar la tolerancia y afrontar las diferencias que incitan a actos violentos, además nosotros trabajamos con niños de diferentes estratos sociales y promovemos la convivencia y armonía entre ellos, tomando al niño o niña como principal agente de cambio.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
ProyectArte es un conjunto de jóvenes dispuestos a trabajar por un mejor ambiente educativo, contagiando de alegria y armonía.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
ProyectArte se basa en las capacidades de jóvenes emprendedores y perseverantes, que luchan día a día por ver una mejor Guatemala.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Por el momento, hemos logrado crear un cambio en la mentalidad de la juventud guatemalteca haciéndoles ver la situación actual de la juventud del país y haciéndoles partícipes de nuestro proyecto; haciendo de ellos los principales agentes de cambio para un mejor país y un mejor futuro. Actualmente hemos estado uniendo cada vez a más gente al movimiento y a nuestra organización, con el fin de llevar nuestro mensaje de empatía y armonía a toda Guatemala y así poder extender nuestra área de trabajo. Nuestra organización está abierta a cualquier joven con ansias de ayudar a Guatemala, así que actualmente estamos logrando reclutar a jóvenes guatemaltecos que quieren hacer un cambio para mejorar nuestro país y se unen a nosotros para luchar todos juntos por un mismo objetivo y en un futuro, lograr ver una Guatemala libre de estereotipos y con una convivencia sana. Por lo tanto, el único impacto que ha tenido nuestra solución es concientizar a la población guatemalteca y así lograr su apoyo.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Para los próximos 1 - 3 años esperamos lograr realizar nuestro plan de trabajo con varios centros educativos al mismo tiempo y poder darle seguimiento a cada uno de nuestros proyectos en los colegios en los cuales se estén desarrollando nuestras actividades. Para los próximos años, esperamos que nuestro mensaje se haya expandido a nivel nacional y que nuestro proyecto tenga un alcance mucho más grande, permitiéndonos tener un área de trabajo mucho más amplia y contar con el apoyo de muchos más jóvenes que esperamos se unan día con día a nuestra organización conforme las actividades de la misma se vayan desarrollando. Asimismo, se espera que se logre concientizar a toda la juventud guatemalteca, rompiendo todos los estereotipos que en su momento llegaron a obstaculizar la convivencia.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Las principales barreras que tenemos a la hora de llevar a cabo nuestra iniciativa es que la población guatemalteca se resista al cambio y a seguir nuestra iniciativa. Este problema lo superaremos por medio de nuestras capacidades como grupo, dado que somos un grupo de jóvenes perseverantes y luchadores, no nos daremos por vencidos hasta lograr nuestro objetivo principal, luchando así día a día por lograr ver un cambio en Guatemala, y superar todas las adversidades que se presenten en el camino por medio de nuestra auto determinación y capacidad para resolver los problemas. Asimismo, somos un grupo de jóvenes líderes, así que tenemos facilidad para influenciar a que la gente siga y se una a nuestra iniciativa.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Lograr llevar nuestro proyecto a 5 centros educativos diferentes
タスク 1:
Reunir 100 jóvenes guatemaltecos que apoyen nuestra iniciativa y formen parte de nuestra organización.
タスク 2:
Establecer relaciones fuertes con el "Centro Escolar El Roble" para la facilitación de las instalaciones.
タスク 3:
Asegurar el apoyo de empresas que nos provean los materiales necesarios para el desarrollo de las actividades de arte y lectura.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Lograr que nuestro proyecto tenga un impacto a nivel nacional y que otras organizaciones sigan nuestro ejemplo.
タスク 1:
Desarrollar una página web para poder extender el área de trabajo de la organización de una manera mucho más rápida.
タスク 2:
Reunir por lo menos 500 jóvenes que apoyen nuestras actividades y sean parte de nuestra organización.
タスク 3:
Asegurar el apoyo económico de empresas con las que formemos alianzas, con el fin de darle seguimiento a nuestro proyecto.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
Nosotros somos un grupo de jóvenes de nacionalidad guatemalteca que día a día vive la condición social y económica que sufre Guatemala. Nosotros somos jóvenes luchadores que sueñan con lograr ver algún día a una mejor Guatemala; y simplemente no nos podemos quedar de brazos cruzados, sino que hemos decidido tomar nosotros mismos la iniciativa para lograr el cambio. Hemos visto recientemente que el principal motivo por el cual hay tanta violencia en Guatemala es por la falta de entendimiento que existe entre todas las ideologías de cada individuo que forma parte de la sociedad guatemalteca. Es por eso mismo que nosotros, como agentes de cambio, hemos decidido tomar la iniciativa y empezar nuestro proyecto, que tiene como fin el romper esos obstáculos que impiden la convivencia y el entendimiento de la sociedad guatemalteca. Nosotros mismos, al ser parte de la sociedad guatemalteca hemos visto cuan importante es el entendimiento para poder lograr una buena convivencia.
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Nuestra principal alianza es el comité nacional de Colegios del Mundo Unido (United World Colleges) Guatemala. Para celebrar sus 50 años, nos incitaron a desarrollar un proyecto sustenible en beneficio a Guatemala. Dicho comité forma parte de la Asociación Becaria Guatemalteca que beca a niños y jóvenes de escazos recursos y les provee educación de calidad. Decidimos utilizar la plataforma que ya tienen establecida y hacer uso de los contactos con los que ya cuentan para promover nuestro proyecto. Asimismo, tenemos alianzas con el "Colegio El Roble", quien nos facilitará las instalaciones.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
Desde 1977, el comité nacional de Colegios del Mundo Unido Guatemala ha seleccionado a jóvenes destacados para asisitir a uno de los Colegios del Mundo Unido (uwc.org). Año tras año, queda una lista de aspirantes con cualidades excelentes que debido al reducido número de becas no fueron seleccionados a una de las becas de los Colegios del Mundo Unido. Sin embargo, son jóvenes emprendedores que creen en su país y quienes pensamos podemos ir involucrando en nuestras actividades. Así que, nuestros voluntarios son personas postulantes a Colegios del Mundo Unido y exalumnos de dichos colegios.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Creemos que nuestra iniciativa puede apoyar a otras iniciativas por medio de la red de jóvenes con la que nosotros ya contamos. También podemos ser voluntarios de otras iniciativas y apoyar con nuestro talento artístico y deportivo, como también habilidad de manejo de grupo, creatividad y capacidad de organización.
Together Against Domestic Abuse (TADA) is an organization that aims to bring awareness to domestic violence through educating teens throughout the country.
Created on 03/30/2012 by sheatre
Through interactive theatre and film, Far From the Heart engages and educates teens to prevent dating violence and sexual assault and create safe relationships.
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Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
その他.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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拡大中（次のステップで、地域または世界規模でインパクトを拡大させる予定）
How long has your solution been in operation?
5 年超
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Sexual Assault and dating violence are serious issues for today’s youth, with long-term consequences including risk of re-victimization and intergenerational impact.
➢ 51% of all Canadian women have experienced at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Close to 60% of these women have survived more than one incident of violence. (Statistics Canada 1993)
➢ 86% percent of all sexual offences reported to the police in 2004 involved girls under the age of 18 (OWD; up from 63% in 1996)
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Far From The Heart (FFTH) engages and educates teens to prevent sexual assault and dating violence. This dating violence prevention program helps our youth create environments that nurture safe relationships. Created in collaboration with teens for teens, the project explores tough issues, giving audiences the knowledge needed to resolve conflict, negotiate relationships and avoid risk. The interactive forum-theatre style production creates a meaningful learning space which catalyzes critical conversations. Using the arts to engage teens in problem solving, safety planning, and community awareness, FFTH works to stimulate discussion and understanding. FFTH is delivered through forum-style theatre in schools (grades 7 -12), an interactive film online, and dialogue in partnership with a broad community network of schools, social services, health care and justice providers.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Our project activities actively engage youth through experiential processes and discussions using the following components. The project is also delivered through an interactive online film and workshops.
Step One: Preparation
Teacher and facilitator training - review the show, activities and the Educational Guidebook filled with resources and engaging lesson plans and learn what to do if a student reports an assault.
In-class preparation and interactive discussions led by teachers in the days before the show.
Distribution of resource materials to students in class, including agency contact cards and stickers.
Step Two: Presentation
• Theatre forum presentation (about 75 minutes):
• 5 minute introduction by the Joker: includes the “rules of engagement”
• 20 min scripted play performance layered with problems
• 45-min forum with “interventions” or audience improvisation and interactions to solve the problems presented in the scripted play performance. This is facilitated by the Joker
• 5 min final wrap by the Joker
• Post-show discussions with social service and health workers from community agencies, police officers and peer group youth leaders (30 mins) connect students with local resources as they process the play and express ideas
Step Three: Integration
• Vital in-class post-show activities, led by teachers in the days following the show, set the students in motion to create and organize their own anti-violence endeavours, integrating, applying and extending their learning, and helping to build a safe, healthy, and compassionate environment
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our model, founded in multi-sectoral collaboration and experiential learning, is unique. We bring together educators, artists, youth, and organizations, each with specific expertise/understanding, to engage students in this essential conversation. Partners provide resources/information and time because we share the stakes and benefits; through FFTH, they often enter schools and touch students directly for the first time. We compete with other school-touring programs. Buyers often have limited resources for which we are competing. High-profile organizations with more substantial marketing and operating resources may offer services at a lower cost. However, no other company offers FFTH’s extensive community support and exciting interactivity.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Using interactive theatre/film, FFTH engages & educates teens to prevent dating violence & sexual assault and create safe relationships.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
FFTH uses innovative, interactive theatre & film so youth can create change in a safe space, supported by community resources and peers.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Far From The Heart has reached about 15,000 people in Ontario and Saskatchewan with its touring production and the film has been used as far away as Trinidad and Tobago. Its effectiveness is currently being studied by the University of Regina. Anecdotal evidence suggests increased reporting and referrals, attitude and behaviour changes, and increased awareness.
Forum Theatre is recognized as an effective tool for change, and in applying this method for FFTH, Sheatre increases the knowledge and awareness of youth about the impact of sexual violence and the risks associated with this issue. At the same time, the implementation of our successful community partnership model promotes capacity building and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental organizations that provide services and support to victims.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We have translated the play into French. We plan to reach an additional 15,000 youth directly through bilingual theatre presentations across Canada. We plan to attend select European and US festivals to seed the project there. We will publish our research document online that speaks to the real impact of this kind of theatre and community education model; there is not much research available currently. We will continue to serve youth through our online presence (website, Facebook, Twitter), giving youth and outlet for speaking to these issues.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
competition for limited revenues; plan - broad range of requests to traditional and innovative funding sources
limited purchasing power of schools: plan - keep price low
Increasing costs for gas and touring: plan - budget carefully
Increased costs of a bilingual production: plan - budget well and fundraise
Challenges of promoting, booking and scheduling a bilingual production across a large region: plan - hire coordinator
Challenges of promoting an online film; plan - contract expert marketers and develop partnerships to continue product exposure and growth
Satisfying demand (we've had increased demand, and haven't been able to go everywhere that FFTH has been requested); plan - create a business plan regarding extended self-production and licensing options to others.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Produce live presentations bilingually in French and English speaking communities in Canada, and support them with resources.
タスク 1:
Collaborate with our partners/peers to continue enhancing our educational resources for new francophone audiences.
タスク 2:
Hire bilingual artists and a production coordinator to promote productions.
タスク 3:
Translate all resource, outreach and educational/training materials into French, including website
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
We will have produced 40 bilingual shows with to between 6000-8000 students.
タスク 1:
Secure bookings for the bilingual production in Northern Ontario and Quebec.
タスク 2:
Contract marketing and communications firm to ensure and boost online audiences
タスク 3:
Update and expand online resources.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
10. The seed project of FFTH (2006) was created in response to concerns expressed to Artistic Director Joan Chandler by Public Health and social service workers. Staff at agencies noted increased levels of dating violence against young women and the prevalence of second-generation women entering the shelters. Public Health Nurses were alarmed at the number of young girls and teens that were involved in unhealthy relationships or couldn't distinguish between acceptable behaviour patterns and abuse.
It was this coupled with a general community climate of denial and hesitancy, and Joan's long-term relationship within the violence against women sector, that sparked this project. With Sheatre’s theatrical expertise and networks, we can reach and educate youth and get them talking with a proven tool: theatre.
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We have achieved unprecedented partnerships with a broad community network of schools, social services, health care and justice providers. We have also received substantial in-kind donations from a variety of businesses, agencies, and organizations. Each partnership is different in the varying communities: one size does not fit all. We’re sensitive to their needs and rely on their knowledge of their community. This increases our efficacy and efficiency in utilizing resources. We aim to continue to streamline our information to allow internal community partnerships without our micromanagement.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
Artistic Director, Co-Producer, Production Coordinator (bilingual), Volunteer Coordinators, Online Communications Officer, Marketing and promotions Director, Fund Development Coordinator, Bookkeeper, Auditor
Post-show discussion volunteers, educational consultants, community support teams (ie. pre-existing community networks/organizations)
Business Consultants re: effective growth of the model, licensing, franchising
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
As leaders in forum theatre and pioneers of this community engaged method, we would advise others as to how to adapt their work; also our research document will throw light on the effectiveness of FFTh and how that might inspire others to adapt our ideas to their projects.) As well as the research document, we have proposed hosting a think tank event in June to discuss research in the field.
Created on 03/29/2012 by ECI2011
ECI will integrate AFFF with the use of peer counseling, cultural methods and technology/media to allow students to share their stories and learn empathy.
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ECI Educational Consultants International, LLC
団体の所在国
United States, FL, Wesley Chapel, Pasco County
Your role in Education
Administrator.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
プロフィール情報（興味、団体情報、ウェブサイトなど）に空欄がある場合、ここで入力した情報が該当の欄にコピーされます。連絡先情報が公開されることはありません。情報をコピーしたくない場合は、このチェックボックスをオフにしてください。.
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
How long has your solution been in operation?
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The students at Kingston High School come from a low socioeconomic background and often times see themselves and others as objects rather than human beings due to the desensitization of violence that is widespread in their communities. The solution is to get students learning about themselves and learning to empathize with one another.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Empathy is a skill acquired after learning and attaining knowledge about oneself and others and requires trust. Trust is an act when one shares their thoughts and experiences with other and in exchange, an understanding is developed. It is important for young people to learn how to understand themselves and the world about them and show empathy and compassion in all their actions as well as being able to identify with their fellow human being. A Friend of a Friend is a Friend (AFFF) is a high school program that teachers and young people gain the necessary skills of being empathetic in and out of school. Teachers would become more compassionate in their teaching and learning approaches and students will be more cognizant of other persons feelings and emotions and be more genuine.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
At Kingston High School, there are many teenage boys and girls from the inner city who have lost fathers, mothers and other family members due to extreme violence they experience in their communities, which leads to serious and erratic behaviors they display in and out of schools. Many of the students have lost touch with their spirituality and now see themselves and others as objects to be used, abused and exploited. This social and emotional developmental program takes into account the sociological and psychological founds of empathy and reintroduces the students to what is means to be an empathetic human being. The peer cultural counseling session will have open and honest discussion about different aspects of life on topics such as (Family, Civilization, Spirituality, Philosophy, Education, Economics, Sexuality, Security, Root causes of Crime and Violence, Culture (Art, Music, etc.), Racism, Sexism and Technology) and students will learn to practice empathy in and out of school. These interventions will show students that adults at school cares for them and want to see them succeed. By highlighting the challenges they experience day to day and ways to overcome could help them to start caring for themselves and ultimately others.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
At this time there are no peers or competitors working with the students at Kingston High School. There are no interventions or programs addressing the challenges the students are facing.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
ECI will integrate AFFF, use peer counseling, cultural methods and technology/media to allow students to learn empathy toward others.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
Use social media as “safe haven” to connect students and promote camaraderie. Audiovisual will be used for data collection/analysis.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
This is a new initiative we are embarking, hence there are no impact to date. We plan to address the academic, psychological, social and emotional needs of students who have never received any assistance to cope with situations beyond their control.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We project that AFFF will impact students academically, socially and emotionally. Within the short term, students will build a rapport with teachers and peer counselors and be trained as empathy leaders, who will further impact their family structure. In the long term, empathy education will be included in the curriculum and the teaching and learning process. We expect to widen AFFF intervention program to the extended family and community.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Some major barriers that may hinder our project are: Family and community pressure on students to not openly disclose helpful information that would assist in their improvement. Resistance to the changes may also hinder the project, but we plan to address these issues in sensitization training to all stakeholders of Kingston High School allowing them to ask questions and get a better understanding of the program and experience the difference it will make in the lives of the students as well as the community.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
August 2012, plan/organize training & intervention program course materials. Discuss implementation strategies & then roll out.
タスク 1:
Intervention and Training materials
タスク 2:
Training and Sensitization
タスク 3:
Data collection, Analysis and Report
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Impact milestone is extending the program to families and community members while addressing community issues.
タスク 1:
Family and Community Involvement
タスク 2:
Partnership with other institutions
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
On a touring visit of Kingston High School and then engaging the principal in dialogue about challenges her students were facing on a daily basis, it came to me that her students need more than academic assistance. Many of the students experience psycho-social challenges that impede their learning. A program that incorporates peer cultural counseling and allow them to learn empathy would be beneficial to majority of the students. If they learned that someone cared about them, they will then learn to care about themselves.
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At this time, the only partner we have is Kingston High School, the institution that will be the recipient of this program. We are a newly operating company and once we get our name established in the community, we will commence partnering with other entities.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
We have volunteer staff with different areas of expertise who will lent a hand with either providing materials for or conduct training with the teachers and students at KHS. These persons feel strongly about wanting to change the lives of students by showing empathy as well as having a vested interest in improving students’ lives.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We are a newly registered company that began operations August 2011. It is our wish to provide educational services to all stakeholders in education.
Created on 03/29/2012 by Pamzah
Program that stirs change through empathy to better lives,create opportunities and inspire futures of the deaf and mute through education and raising awareness
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Student, その他.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
How long has your solution been in operation?
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
In Botswana there is a large number of the deaf and mute community. They have schools from Primary to secondary but the schools do not prepare them well for tertiary and as a result of that, they only go up to secondary schools and they end up living in poverty.
The problem is in their secondary education they are not prepared for further education and there are not institutions that are fit for the deaf and mute community to carry on with their studies and build a career. Many end up roaming the streets subjecting themselves to poverty, danger and abuse from public such as being raped repeatedly.
The futures of the deaf and mute community are doomed, they cannot get tertiary education, good jobs, good medical health, drivers license and even basic services in offices such as banks.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Solution is to transform the deaf and mute schools to teach, empower and ready them for further studies,work and life by getting trained staff to teach them, expose them to different careers,help them see life beyond their disability and equipped schools of all levels of education to teach and train them,
Schools should have programs,facilitators,syllabuses that are equipped to train and ready them for life.Awareness should be raised in organizations and companies,service offices,public and demand rights for the deaf and mute; to have education,medical assistance,driving schools,public services,job opportunities that accommodate them.Fellowships between the deaf and mute students and those without disability; campaigns and summits and seminars to promote sign language and raise awareness of deaf community.They are deaf and mute but they have the ability to go further and live better lives if they are prepared, trained and taught well. They too deserve to grow to their full potential.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
If she had trained teachers and an equipped school she could have been able to further her studies in the university and became the accountant she dreamt of being, she could be driving her own car,having a good medical insurance and able to get a loan because all these people she interacts with understand her and she understands them.
Training summits and conferences should be held to equip staff in schools for the deaf and the mute, the schools should have equipment such as computers, labs,kitchens and many other equipments that are needed to train the students,career-expo's should be organised yearly to show the students they can make it in different industries with their disability.
ACTIVITIES:
-getting educators and organising seminars and career fairs,
-getting equipments for the schools,
-exposing the public to sign language
-Organising conferences and drafting policies to propose to the private sector,and the public sector about employment of the deaf and mute.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Other organizations that are working towards improving the disabled people's lives. But so far they have not made an impact in the lives of the deaf and mute. The challenges that I could get, could be from the education system, appealing for a change in the system.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
A program aimed at getting empathy from the public and students to change lives and inspire bright futures for Deaf students in Botswana
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
My solution sheds a fresh light to the problem, never has there been a campaign to change what the deaf people are taught in Botswana.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
So far my solution is at an idea stage, it has not been implemented as yet. So up to date it has not ad any impact as it has not been implemented.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
This project will bring about behaviour modification amongst the students who have no disability to change their attitudes towards those that have disability, they will be more sensitive too them. The lives of the deaf and mute will be changed, there will be a chance for them to study in higher institutions, the quality of the education they are offered in the institutions that cater for them will be improved, there will be a reduction of poverty amongst the deaf and mute and they will get help from service centres like all other citizens without having to be picked on or misunderstood. The public will also have a different perception about the deaf and mute and a paradigm shift in the mindsets of Batswana concerning the deaf and mute will be achieved. Empathy towards them will be achieved
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The community resisting change: we will hold campaigns that will raise awareness to the public with our deaf and mute students participating fully so that the public can see them and feel their pain.Both students and parents will work together in this matter. Some organizations that are for what we believe in will also be asked for support in this battle for change. Significant leadership will be asked to join hands with us as well as media. We will show the public live in through the eyes of the deaf and the mute and stir within them empathy.
Financial Barriers;fund raising events will be held for the continuation of the project
Education system laws; the system will be challenged accordingly and the project will show the proposed model will benefit the deaf and mute students.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
By six months schools should have adopted the new curriculum, campaigns established and awareness raised, declarations drawn
タスク 1:
Team building, brainstorming and sharing of ideas on how to implement the project. Working committee set up
タスク 2:
Assessment of the existing system in selected schools; to show the existing model and how our model improves it
タスク 3:
the introduction of our model into the school system and evaluating it every step of the way. Quality and control check
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
First batch graduating from our project and about to enroll in higher learning institutions, a full adaptation to our model
タスク 1:
continuous assessment of our model,with changes that it brings being noted. by now we have the attention of all bodies affected
タスク 2:
Higher institutions test driving the new model, courses being availed for them and assimilating the deaf and mute in classes
タスク 3:
Evaluating the progress of the model both in lower and higher learning institutions and in the community as well,service centres
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
The deaf and mute are marginalized, their education is poor and does not prepare them for success and the world. They are not recognised in the society. They face abuse and humiliation. I wanted to end their struggle and their pain, but at the same time not make them dependent on whatever help they get.I knew is was to be done through empowerment, restoration of their dignity and raising public awareness to change their mindsets.Which better way can all this be achieved? I thought about for a very long time and tried to research on what other people are doing but I got nothing that could be,that is when I knew I had to come up with a fresh new idea. This project can achieve behavioural modification, empathy, life transformation and awareness all in one project. Through this project my deaf friend who was raped,out of school, jobless and treated wrongly because of her disability will live to see a better tomorrow and those younger than her will NOT have to go through the same thing.
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we are not yet established, so far we have no partnerships
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
volunteers will be needed to make this project a success. This project will need people who have the passion and heart for the deaf and mute. Volunteers will be involved in the events planning and management that will be held for the course. We will need a few qualified staff to ensure quality work to be done and also for efficiency and effectiveness e.g, programme coordinator and research and publication officer and an overall administration officer. The families of the deaf and mute students will be part of the volunteering body
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Pro-bono help will be essential for the sustainability of the project as well as the legal protection. It will help us to take a solid stand without any threats form any involved bodies.We will need legal representation should resistance be lodged by the involved bodies to comply to the rights of the deaf and mute or what the project represents. Financial help will ensure continuity and growth.
The Dare To Utter explores the experiences of Deaf, Hard of Hearing ad Deaf blind survivors of Sexual violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, Bullying and any other unimaginable violations of being human being. Dare to Utter is made up of collections of Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing sexual violence/ domestic violence survivors' stories. Their stories are told in American Sign Language by Survivors' Allies. Survivor Allies are auditioned and interviewed based on their knowledge of sexual violence, domestic violence, stalking, bullying and harassment.
Created on 03/28/2012 by AsheraRose
Children's Global Peace Project empowers children to find peace within, harmony with others, and beauty in diversity. A world of peace, one child at a time.
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Children's Global Peace Project
団体の所在国
United States, VA, Vienna, Fairfax County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, NC, Asheville, Buncombe County
団体の種類:
Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
Administrator, After-School Provider, Teacher, その他.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
How long has your solution been in operation?
5 年超
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
As we become a global society, the importance of empathy in our relations, and sensitivity in embracing a diverse world, increases. Children are, more than ever, called to be self-aware, deeply listening, creatively responsive in the moment, divergent thinkers who can see past old paradigm solutions to generate new, inclusive solutions that benefit all. Only in this way will we meet the unparalleled challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Empathy must extend first to oneself, then to those closest to us, to our communities, and to the interdependent systems that support our existence. In order to survive and thrive, we need programs that foster the awareness, inclusiveness, vision, creativity, compassion, and empowerment of our youth.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We create customized peace education programs to fit the needs of each community, classroom, and specialty program. We offer a comprehensive year-long curriculum as well as short-term programs that target specific transformational skills and goals. Our curriculums teach to the multiple intelligences, engaging children on all levels -- multi-sensory, auditory, linguistic, kinesthetic, musical, logical, visual, naturalist, interpersonal, interpersonal, and philosophical/existentialist. We weave core components into an inclusive sphere of contribution and belonging -- through self-awareness, compassionate communication, multi-cultural expressive arts, and service projects that empower children to create peace within, with others, and in their community. Our facilitators train teachers, guidance counselors, and others to use core components on a daily basis to deepen and extend the impact on classroom culture and student's individual and shared processes.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
A typical weekly session of 45-60 minutes duration would include gathering children in a circle with two or more peace facilitators. Teachers and a classroom parent are invited to join in. We begin with a welcoming ritual which includes an honoring of each child with a peace-badge/nametag, a brief heart-centered awareness/gratitude process, then an expressive arts group activity that would enliven and connect, such as a peace dance, or thematically-related ice-breaker game. We would then introduce the day's thematic topic/activity with a brief explanation and often a go-round to each participant by passing a talking stick or heart-object, to foster connection and communication. We would then dive further into the topic or skill of the day. In different stages of our curriculum, we focus on different peace skills. In our 'Peace Within' unit, we focus on self-awareness and self-calming activities, with the aim of giving children mastery of one core centering activity (akin to HeartMath), and a spectrum of other activities. In our 'Peace With Others' unit, we focus on such things as the rainbow path, which teaches the stages of conflict resolution, or offer a compassionate communication activity, such as an empathy circle or reconciliation circle. In our unit on embracing our world with empathy (peace in our world), we explore diversity, ecology and service-oriented projects that empower children to make a difference. At the end of our time together, we share a closing ritual which includes a brief centering activity, goodbyes and some 'peace homework'.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We feel that other peace organizations are synergistic with our own, and that we benefit by collaborating with one another. For instance, we use Create Peace organization's peace postcards to send peace messages to children in other countries. We have partnerships/understandings with HeartMath, BePeace and the NVC community. We share resources and support one another. That said, CGPP underwent a mitosis in December of 2011, and a person implementing our program in other countries split off to create his own organization, taking much of our approach with him. We welcome creativity and cultural sensitivity, and are hoping to maintain communication and cooperation with this organization. All in all, it's a big world that needs awareness, peace and empathy and we're glad to share!
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
The Children's Global Peace Project empowers children to find peace within, harmony with others, and beauty in diversity.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
WE ENHANCE the EVOLUTIONARY EMERGENCE of EMPATHY by ENGAGING children in an ELEVATING EMBRACE of synergistic ELEMENTS of EMPOWERMENT.
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What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have worked with over 7000 children between 2007 and 2011 - in Colorado, Wisconsin, Mexico, Nepal, Costa Rica, Uganda and Ghana. We have spawned a sister organization that now works with over 4500 children in Mexico, Nepal and Uganda. We have developed a model and a curriculum that works, and now need to take it to scale in the US. US schools, while challenged to find time and funding, have been thrilled with the results. Comments from administrators and teachers describe the positive impact the program has had. "In all of my years in education I have never experienced a more immediate impact from an intervention. I have seen teachers opening their hearts to their children and to each other in order to address the huge challenges we face here every day. In addition, the children's focus is most noticeably improved." "Sharing out, teachers expressed the energy in the room and how empowered the students felt in their experience. . . You are truly a gift."
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We plan to expand our programs in Asheville, Philadelphia, the Washington DC metropolitan area, to re-begin in the Denver/Boulder area in the fall of 2012, and nurture seed beginnings in Equador and elsewhere. We have the tools, the model, the enthusiasm and talent at the ready, so we simply need funding and opportunities to make even more of a difference. We will continue to target Montessori, Quaker and private schools, offer after school clubs and summer camps in various locations, and implement larger programs in the public schools. We do assemblies and teacher trainings. We will continue to create curriculum. We hope to bring the 'rainbow path to peace' to families as well. Through collaboration, we hope to expand our outreach and impact nationwide and beyond.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
We need to generate a stream of financial support, so we are writing grants, looking at potential corporate and individual sponsors, and exploring alliances with other peace organizations.
We need research to gain credibility within the public school system, so we plan to continue assessments in order to document the effectiveness of our programs. We can also refer to the research of our partnership components, such as HeartMath and NVC, and soon BePeace.
To gain support of our programs, we are enrolling children in CGPP after-school programs and summer camps that offer an immersion in peace skills and perspectives. We are offering summer trainings for teachers. We are generating curriculum resources that will be available through our soon-to-be revamped website.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Complete and publish/re-publish three curriculum resource booklets and three music CDs.
タスク 2:
Revamp our website to reflect our evolving approach, offer/sell our resources and link to our many programs and collaborators.
タスク 3:
Do our first summer camps in Asheville and the DC area, offer further trainings in Philadelphia, Asheville and Denver.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Offer additional programs during and after school in the DC, Philly and Asheville areas in the fall of 2012.
タスク 2:
Evolve the Trustee Council of CGPP to include business, financial and corporate networkers.
タスク 3:
Raise funds through successful fundraisers and grant applications.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
In 2004, Founder Tajali Tolan worked with several first grade classes in Evansville, WI. Over a two-week period, 150 children talked about peace, created peace banners, and participated in peace dances. A culminating celebration gathered all groups together. Peace Banners were sent to four schools in Sweden, Bangkok, and Jakarta. The project impacted the school at its heart, and the faculty began implementing other measures to grow peace. Tajali dreamt of a peace program in every classroom, and held that vision as talented, heart-centered people showed up to help. The following comments were gathered from the children, "Peace to me is being nice to other people-- you can play with the ones you like and don't like." "Peace feels good and happy in me." "Peace is everything I ask for, it means freedom, it is great for the earth, thank you for teaching me about it." "Peace means to me the world could live more and more." "Peace is myself, and peace is my important thing to do."
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We have a partnership with BePeace, which allows us to train our facilitators with their methods and use some of their concepts and classroom curriculum materials. We have a written and verbal understanding with HeartMath, which allows us to teach the basic 'Quick Heart Coherence' method to children. We are in communication with the NVC community, simply to communicate that we are using their approach, and hope to distribute our curriculum resources through them in the near future. We pay BePeace a small fee. Otherwise, our partnerships are basically supportive comradery.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
We need to grow our council to include networkers who not only embrace our vision for peace, but who also understand the financial, legal and business approaches that will help us to launch into a greater sphere of expression nd impact. We already have uber-talented facilitators at the ready, and similar potential facilitators within our greater network. As Director, I am on the creative, visionary end of the spectrum, and need collaborators who are detail and organizationally oriented to balance the equation. We need competent and trustworthy bookkeeper and treasurer to round things out.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We would love to have support and collaboration on all fronts. Our strengths are in our programming content and willingness to innovate. We are ready to present programs in schools, camps and at conferences. We love paid 'gigs', as that's what we need right now. I am available as a curriculum writer for hire. I can train adults to teach peace to children.
