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DESIGN FOR CHANGE
IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
THAT CULTIVATES THE
'I CAN' MINDSET
IN EVERY CHILD.
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DESIGN FOR CHANGE PROVIDES A SIMPLE 4 STEP FRAMEWORK TO ACHIEVE THE I CAN MINDSET
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OUR IMPACT SO FAR
2 MILLION CHILDREN
31,000+ STORIES OF CHANGE
65+ COUNTRIES & REGIONS
76,000+ TEACHERS
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DESIGN FOR CHANGE
OFFERS A MARKETPLACE OF
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL GOALS
WHAT IS THE I CAN MINDSET?
The I CAN Mindset equips every child to be
AWARE of the world around them
ENABLED with the skills to take action and
EMPOWERED to design a more desirable
and sustainable future - TODAY!
May | Featured Stories
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Young superheroes from Holy Cross Lutheran, Hongkong were bothered about their school spaces with less greenery around.
They took up the responsibility to get an understanding of different types of plants, how to sow the seeds and how to take care of the plants. They involved other students from their school to take care of the plants and finally were successful to create a greener school.
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These group of students from Peru felt a need to strengthen family bonds as their parents heard them but didn't really listen.
These children teach us the meaning of relationships and the importance of communication in them. While some adults may ignore the quality of communication that exist in their busy lives with their loved ones, these young idealists did not.
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Young 11-year-old superheroes from Charles Rice Learning Centre, USA were bothered about the Trap houses in the community which posed a threat to children's safety.
When the children noticed ‘trap houses’ in their community resulting in inappropriate problems by drug users, they decided to take charge and address the problem. As responsible and concerned citizens, they met the police and made sure that they close down the ‘trap houses’.
April | Featured Stories
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This group of students in Bhutan launched a massive campaign to reduce the plastic waste and encourage indigenous alternatives
After seeing the amount of litter in their community, these students created a zero waste campaign and presented it first throughout their school, then at other schools, garbage festivals and public gatherings across the country - and even set up booths to explain the alternatives to packaged foods.
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Estelle and her three friends created a smartphone application to monitor daily health habits.
This group of 16 year olds from Singapore created an integrated smartphone app, the L.I.F.E (Live It Fully Everyday) App, to help people regulate their lifestyle and collect date for the Ministry of Health.
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Jaafar approached a range of different companies and organisations to persuade them to start allotting particular days for community service.
This 11 year old boy from Jordan convinced corporates and individuals to commit to co-creating a more equal society. Companies and institutions chose a day to give back to the community each year. This even included laptop donation to talented programmers to develop solutions.
March | Featured Stories
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Islaine and her two friends organised professional training workshops to increase self esteem in their community in Brazil
In 2017, these three students realised there was low self-confidence within the community, especially among the indigenous parts of the population, so they created an avenue for these individuals to share their skills with the school and local community through leading professional training workshops - making them feel valued and confident by spreading their knowledge to others.
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Omar and 9 of his Lebanese classmates decided there is enough poverty in the world and arranged a donation drive to clothe the less fortunate.
This group of students from Aisha School recognised that there was a way to help the large amount of homeless people in the town centre of 'Saida'. Last year, 2018, they organised for second hand clothes to be collected at their school, dry cleaned them and distributed them to children, orphans and widows in need.
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Prithi and her 15-year-old friends from India tackled gender equality throughout their school and beyond.
In 2016, students at Chettinad Vidya Mandir, Tamil Nadu, wanted to break gender specific traditions, so they started with their school. They reversed several practices, for example, boys started taking the morning prayers for the first time. They raised funds for education of some girls, spread awareness through street plays, and contacted the Rotary Club for equal health services for all.
February | Featured Stories
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KIDS HELPING KIDS:
CAROLINA AND TWO OF HER DANISH FRIENDS CREATED A TOY RECYCLING ORGANISATION
Last year, 2018, a group of 14 year old girls in Denmark didn't feel it was right for some kids to have lots of toys while others had none. So they started an NGO that provides toys to 'Super Guardians' and when they no longer want the toys, collects and redistributes the toys to other 'Super Guardians'.
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Hélène's FRIENDS IN BENIN STOPPED HER FORCED MARRIAGE, WHICH ALLOWED HER TO FINISH HER EDUCATION
Girls were being denied education and forced to marry due to poverty. They gathered support from school and community leaders, created awareness to get forced marriages banned and bring the girls back to education.
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KARLA AND HER CLASSMATES IN COLOMBIA REJUVENATED A BARREN VALLEY WITH TREES AND PLANTS.
Students at IE Rural Hojas Anchas, in 2014, were disturbed by the lack of green cover in their valley. They created a toy plane "Cigabionica" using recycled materials. The plane would fly over the land and drop seeds, as well as be able to document it. After four months, the region regained its green cover.
January | Featured Stories
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RESPONSE-ABILITY:
YOGESH FROM INDIA DESIGNED A SYSTEM TO HELP BRING HIS FRIEND KAMLESH BACK TO SCHOOL
In 2012, students at Payakoi Primary School, Gujarat, wanted to help their friend with Polio. They first designed a vehicle from tricycle to pull him to school everyday. When it broke, they took turns to bring him to school, sometimes carrying him, and made sure to play games in which he could join in.
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11 YEAR-OLDS LAURA, SARA AND THEIR FRIENDS FROM SPAIN BECAME THE WATER GUARDIANS TO SAVE WATER.
11 year-olds Laura, Sara and their friends at Colegio Santa Teresa De Jesus, Valladolid in Spain noticed that water was being misused and not managed properly. They installed water collection containers for rainwater. In the washrooms, they made an accountability chart to map water use. To raise funds to fix leaky taps, they created craft products and sold them by organising a fair.
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10-YEAR-OLD GEFFEN FROM ISRAEL CREATED A COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERACT
10-year-old Geffen and her friends from Democratic School, Kfar Saba, realised that there was no place in the commuity for elderly people and the community to come together and interact. Roping in primary school kids, they built a sustainable furniture by turning a neglected plot of land into a lush green garden.
MEET THE SUPERHEROES
Children are telling us they don't need permission to make the world a better place. Get inspired by their solutions to some of their greatest challenges.
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Come As You Are
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The Water Guardians
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Healing Child Cancer Patients
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A Safer Neighbourhood for All Children
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Creating a Community Garden
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The Real Social Network: Seeing Past Digital Relationships
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The Power of Language: Wisdom of the Inga Community
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A Toy Plane to Reforest Valleys
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Young Environmental Leaders of Lynn
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The Recycling Wheel
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Response-ability: Helping a Disabled Student
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Fighting Prejudices Against Homosexuality
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Immigrant or Not, You Are My Friend!
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Including Children With Special Needs
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Bringing Light to the Dreams of Blind Kids
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Combating High Drop-Out Rates
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Discovering Teaching-Learning Materials from Waste
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Securing the School Wall
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A Canteen for All
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Bamboo-zled!
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Lobbying for Free Range Milk
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Our Safe Way to School
HOW ARE WE DOING IT
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Feel PROCESS VIDEO
FEEL
This step starts with asking you to slow down and 'understand' the situation before jumping to 'solve' it.
Why is it Important?
It develops EMPATHY.
When you want to design a better solution, you need to move from 'assumptions' to 'insights' - this happens when you engage with the user and design solutions 'WITH', instead of 'FOR' them. -
ImaginePROCESS VIDEO
IMAGINE
This step asks you to brainstorm solutions to improve, enrich, change the user experience.
Why is it important?
It develops ETHICS.
When you choose to offer a solution to change the current situation, it asks you to take the 'responsibility' for the same. This mindset helps you believe that you are NOT helpless, change IS possible and YOU can drive it! -
DoPROCESS VIDEO
DO
This step is about creative agency and the ability to take timely action.
Why is it Important?
It develops EXCELLENCE.
'Action' that follows 'intention' results in desired 'impact'. Furthermore, the focus on details allows the action to improve the 'quality' of the experience, building a habit for excellence. -
SharePROCESS VIDEO
SHARE
The final step is 'Share' - cultivating the abundance mentality.
Why is it Important?
It develops ELEVATION
Elevation is the shift from 'competing' with others to 'completing' others. Inherent in this step is the belief that the 'I CAN' spirit offers hope and inspiration for further change.
Go ahead, be a storyteller and shamelessly inspire others to 'Be the Change'!
The FIDS framework helps to develop the much required 21st Century Skills in children, builds their social and emotional competencies and promotes employability skills. The most unique feature of the Design for Change initiative is that it is not only simple and constructive, it is open-source, accessible, adaptable and replicable.
GLOBAL I CAN TOOLKITS
The quickest way to unleash the 'I CAN' superpower in children is to introduce the FIDS process in a week or a month. Download the toolkit to begin the process with your children.
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GET INSPIRED
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Kiran Bir Sethi awarded the Vital Voice honoree 2018
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Design for -Change A Champion of learning through play
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Design for Change- Teacher Prize
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A message for all the superheroes!
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What is Design for Change?
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Design for Change - Global Impact
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TED talk- Kiran Bir Sethi
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Dr Howard Gardner on Design for Change
WATCH THE WORLD LIGHT UP
Participate in the Design for Change school challenge in your respective Countries and regions and submit your story.
HAPPENINGS
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Design for Change helping children answer their call to action
Montserrat Del Pozo Roselló, Superior General at the Vatican, uncovers how children's projects are generating change.
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REVOLUTIONARY EDUCATIONISTS RESHAPING THE FACE OF EDUCATION
The Better India’s ‘Spotlight 2018’ names Kiran Bir Sethi as one of the individuals transforming the lives of thousands of students.
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Blurring the Boundaries Between School and Life
Kiran Bir Sethi's interview with the WISE- QATAR where she talk about the pedagogy at Riverside School which has a single-minded focus : student wellbeing. Read what she has to say about her approach to education.
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Edutopia features Riverside School
Glimpse through some of the most insightful practices shared by Edutopia on Riverside School that makes this school a beacon of hope today, the curriculum designed using the simple FIDS framework is shaping young lives not only at Riverside but also in more than 60 Countries and Regions across the world!!
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Kiran Bir Sethi awarded the Vital Voice honoree 2018
Kiran Sethi was awarded the Vital Voices Global Leadership Award in Washington DC on 4th April, 2018.
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DFC signed a collaboration with OIEC
The International Organization of Catholic Schools- that takes Design for Change to over 240,000 schools worldwide, and Scholas Occurrentes - the organization that the Pope created in Argenitna in 2001, to make students from public and private schools take action- that takes Design for Change to over 446,000 schools worldwide
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DFC Recognized By hundrED
DESIGN for CHANGE, the largest movement for children, has been announced by global education non-profit HundrED, as one of its 100 innovative education projects across the world, all of which have been gathered over the past two years.
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Wendy Kopp shares about Riverside
Wendy Kopp (CEO & Founder of Teach for America) Last year I visited Global Teacher Prize winner Kiran Bir Sethi, who founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, 15 years ago.
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Riverside featured in Taking Design Thinking to School
Taking Design Thinking to School: How the Technology of Design Can Transform Teachers, Learners, and Classrooms uses an action-oriented approach to reframing K-12 teaching and learning, examining interventions that open up dialogue about when and where learning, growth and empowerment can be triggered.
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DFC chosen as top 10 projects by the LEGO Foundation and Ashoka
Design for Change was selected as one of the Top 10 Champions of the Re-imagine Learning Challenge by the LEGO Foundation and Ashoka.
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Kiran chosen in the top 10 for Global Teacher Prize
Kiran Sethi, Founder- Design for Change was selected as one of the Top 10 Finalists for the Global Teacher Prize. Organized by the Varkey Foundation, in March 2015
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DFC Receives Top Good Practice Award.
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, presented the first place prize for the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards to Dr. Satbir Bedi, Joint Secretary for the School of Education in the Ministry of Human Resources Development of India.
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DFC Mentioned on THE GLOBAL GOALS website
World Leaders have committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality & injustice. Fix climate change. DFC has been recognized as one of the action steps to reach these Global Goals.
