Design for change has worked with students in over 35 countries Design for change has worked with students in over 35 countries. All the projects are student-led and address issues in the student’s local communities.

Click on the links below to watch the videos online our story Five years of empowering and enabling change jal hai toh kal hai Satya Bharti school Adhon, Haryana response-ability Payakoi Primary School_Baroda potholes Orchid public School Mysore Here is what the children are changing across the world. Share many more stories of change from www.dfcworld.com with your students to inspire them ‘real’ stories of change

Super Powers is a warm up ice breaker activity to get students to start thinking about the important issues which affect their life and their community. Start, by asking students an open ended question, e.g., Ask them what are they good at- something they do well that makes them proud. If you could turn that into a superpower that could change our world, what would you do with the superpower? For example- If you are good at singing then could you use it to make world a better place.

DO FEEL IMAGINE SHARE Design Thinking Framework ( What is bothering us?) IMAGINE ( Let’s brainstorm what we can do about it!) DO ( What is our plan? Let’s do it!) SHARE ( Let’s inspire others!)

OBSERVE: MAP YOUR WORLD The first step to finding out what you want to change is to look around you and record what you see. In this exercise you will map your world! Create a MAP of your school/neighbourhood and identify the ‘hot spots’ and ‘bright spots’ 10 minutes Here are some ways in which you can observe your world. Look at the physical spaces, think about how you feel when you are at a certain place e.g you are happy when you at the playground. But you are unhappy when you pass by the poor homeless people on your way to school Ask each student to create a MAP of your school / neighbourhood and identify the ‘hot spots’ and ‘bright spots’ ‘hot spots’ are things/places that you do not like and would want to change mark them with frowny  faces ‘bright spots’ are things/places in your world that you like and would like to see more of, mark these with smiley  faces

MAP the ‘Hot Spots’ and ‘Bright Spots’ On this map, let the children mark some of the challenges they see in their community- things in their life that bother them. For example, bullying, health, negative influence of media, discrimination, etc. Now Divide them in group of five and tell them to share their challenges or issues one by one in the group. Also ask the group to categorize the issues so that similar topics are organized together. The groups then discusses the issues that came up. Are their common concerns amongst group members? Why do these concerns exist? Then based on the consensus each group chooses one issue.

SHARE your observations with your group. Each group chooses one hot spot to work on One by one each group presents one issue which they have chosen. After talking about the issues that exist, students should decide which challenge they would like to solve. The group can decide based on consensus or take a vote to see which issue is the most popular.

ENGAGE: TALK TO PEOPLE Let us try to identify the heart of the problem they are trying to change Who is affected? Who and/or what is part of the problem? Why is it the way it is? Step1: Feel – Introduce students to the types of questions they will need to consider in the Feel stage. It is important for you to guide your students to identify the heart of the problem they are trying to change.   For example - take the case study of littering. Children might feel that by cleaning up a pile of garbage in their community or outside their school, they have solved the problem of littering in their surrounding area. However, they might find themselves disheartened when the garbage returns in less than a week. Such a situation is very common and can result in students feeling discouraged from doing any further acts of change. To address this issue, you can guide students to observe the behavior of people who deposit the garbage, and understand their mindset and reasons for their actions. In this way, students will have a much deeper understanding of the problem, and how best to create long lasting change to solve it.

It’s time to imagine ways to address this challenge BRAINSTORM IDEAS It’s time to imagine ways to address this challenge These ideas don’t need to be completely realistic. Think Out-of-the box, it can help bring out creative solutions. Feel free to dream big! Step 2: Imagine – Introduce students to the types of questions they will need to consider in the Imagine stage. Now that the issue has been identified, it’s time to imagine ways to address this challenge. Ask students to individually brainstorm ways they think the issue should be addressed. These ideas don’t need to be completely realistic. Out-of-the box thinking can help bring out creative solutions, so feel free to dream big!

Each group shares their ideas and then votes VOTE: FOR THE SOLUTION YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT Each group shares their ideas and then votes What are some of the most creative ideas? Which idea has the most impact on the most people? Do we have or can we acquire the resources to get it done? Which idea has the most long lasting potential? Step 2: Imagine – Introduce students to the types of questions they will need to consider in the Imagine stage. After students have come up with their own ideas it’s time to discuss as a group. Ask students to share their ideas with each other, if the group thinks up new ideas during this process add them to the list! Ask each student to explain their ideas and stick the post-it notes on a new sheet of chart-paper. After all the ideas have been presented, what new suggestions come up? Ask students to come up with their own criteria to determine which solution they would want to implement. Do they want to implement a plan with the most impact? The least time-consuming? The most creative? The group can decide based on consensus or take a vote to see which solution they would like to implement.

We will need to organize ourselves, devise a plan of action and do it. “Yes You Can!” We will need to organize ourselves, devise a plan of action and do it. How long will it take? What tasks are needed and who will do them? What resources will we need to acquire? How will we document our work? Create groups and assign tasks to each member Step 3: Do– Introduce students to the types of questions they will need to consider in the Do stage. Ask each group to ideate ways in which they can take action – how can they make their imagined solution a reality? Each group should list the action plan on chart paper so it can be posted for everyone to see. How can the solution be put into action? What resources are needed? How many people are involved? How much time will it take? One presenter from each group will be required to present the Action Plan. All other groups will be encouraged to ask questions and challenge the group to think more deeply about their proposed solution. Finally, all the students should vote on which solution they would want to put into action. Determine which plan will get put into action and who will do what.

Share your story help others say I CAN! Document your Story Share your story help others say I CAN! What went right? What will you do differently next time? What makes you all proud? Capture quotes. What was your community like before? How has it transformed? Answer the questions in the submission form Step 4: Share– Introduce students to the types of questions they will need to consider in the Share stage. Give students time to discuss or write about what they learned through this process. What did they like about the project? What have they learned? This can be done either in small groups or as a big group discussion.

Submit your story online Registration deadline: 15th August, 2014 Submission deadline: 2nd October, 2014 Results: 14th November, 2014 You may include Photo & Text ( max 4 photos for each step) Powerpoint ( Max 15 slides and 20 mb in size) Video/ Youtube link ( Max 3 mins long) ONLY If you don't have internet access, send in you submission form to us by post.

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