HOW ARE WE DOING IT
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.
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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'!
January | Featured Stories
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Bangladesh: Expand the knowledge of the community
The children realized that they wanted to learn beyond the limited knowledge in school textbooks. They decided to feed their curiosity by gathering used books and tirelessly making bamboo bookshelves to create a beacon of knowledge; their very own library!
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Brazil: Amazon as a natural laboratory for scientific exploration
The lack of a laboratory and other scientific facilities made learning in Maira Belem State school feel boring. So the students decided to change that by going into the Amazon Rainforest and examining its many wonders to explore scientific concepts in action!
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Malaysia: Saying No to body shaming
Fighting weight issues and body shaming, children from SMK LAMPONG LAUT Malaysia came up with innovative ways to campaign and spread positivity and awareness for the ill effects of body shaming on mental health.
February | Featured Stories
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GHANA : Environmental Wardens
The Environmental Wardens of International Community School discovered the lack of hygene plaguing their community. They decided to fix this by spreading awareness around the importance of staying clean and mantaining a garbage free community.
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IRELAND: Caring For The Homeless
The children of The Donahies Community school wanted to make a difference in the lives of the homeless people in their neighbourhood by raising awareness and taking care of their needs. They toiled tirelessly to create presentations and different carepackages which, ultimately, helped improve the livelihood of the homeless!
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POLAND : Hotel for insect
The students of Linde Primary School realized that bees were growing sparce in their community. They realized that their habbitats were getting destroyed and thus decided to create "Hotels" for pollinating insects on school grounds. In the spring, they recieved their first bee tenants, and are expecting many more to arrive!
March | Featured Stories
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PALESTINE: Lets Make It Beautiful
The Children of Al Naqura Primary School wanted to make their school a happy place for all. To do so, they wanted to bring a positive atmosphere to the school. They worked hard to uplift, clean, and improve their school so that students would feel very motivated to learn.
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MACAU : Fresh Veggies Everywhere
The students of Pui Ching Middle School found out that there was a large amount of plastic bag wastage in their school. So, they introduced reusable plastic bags and contacted other organizations to spread awareness around the importance of recycling.
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LITHUANIA : Noise No, Active Breaks
After discovering that their recess time was inefficient due to children not being physically active, a group of students decided to introduce a variety of fun games to recess to make it very productive.
April | Featured Stories
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BRAZIL: AWARENESS, COLOUR AND ART
Students at Escola Milton Pessoa faced a difficulty in recognizing themselves in their quilombo communities due to distinctions in colour and race. In response to this, students started racism talk circles which fostered pride in the student’s perception of their skin colour and identity.
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ZAMBIA: MY SISTER’S KEEPER
The students of Yengwe Combined School noticed most of their peers came from deprivileged backgrounds, such as orphanages, and had a shortage of resources. They identified certain impacted students and created social circles of support which helped restore greater mental health and realign the impacted student’s focus towards academics.
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BULGARIA: Z-GENERATION DESIGN
Ever groaned towards the youth who simply seem to “have it too easy”? The children at Yane Sandanski Secondary School attempted to debase the stereotype attached to Gen-Z by developing five different business models to showcase the creativity / entrepreneurial skills of today’s youth and their ‘I CAN’ willpower.
May | Featured Stories
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CANADA: SAVE YOUR ENERGY
A student from Canada beat the summer heat by developing a game to help combat the power shortages during the summers. The game raised awareness towards sustainable appliances and how to efficiently use electric energy to prevent wastage and move one step closer to a sustainable world.
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: SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY AS ALTERNATIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Students at Institución Educativia La Herradura had unstable electricity making their classroom environment in-conducive to learn. The students banded together to use renewable energy sources to create a central lighting system that illuminated not only the classrooms, but also the faces of 249 students who could now engage better with their education.
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INDIA: NEIGHBOUR KATTA
Students at Zilla Parishad Primary School showed their relentless dedication to their education as they continued their studies during the lockdown despite the absence of access to the online medium. They created a network of students to play and study simultaneously, spreading the message through social media, welcoming over 265 children to keep learning.
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
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 talks on empathy and problem solving.
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I CAN CHILDREN'S GLOBAL SUMMIT
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Kiran Bir Sethi on Make YOU Happen Show
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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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'CAN'VERSATION with Wendy Kopp, Ceo/ Co-founder Teach for All. Lessons on Leading with Hope and Courage.
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NEWSLETTER April 2021
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Kiran Sethi joins some of the leading minds in a conversation celebrating The International Day of Education by UNESCO
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Fixing the Future 2020 Education
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Conversation with Kiran and Stephanie long from International Baccurelate on empowering and inspiring students
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Kiran Bir Sethi's Podcast for Vital Voices "Power to Empower"
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Is Covid-19 a Speed Breaker, Bridge or a Launch pad? An engaging MasterClass with Mr Andreas schleicher
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In a conversation with Dr. Howard Gardner - Moderated by Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder The Riverside School and Design For Change
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Hundred Keynote by Kiran Sethi where she shares the insights on scale and impact
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I Can Children's Global Summit
Children from over 40 countries around the world poured into Rome at the end of November 2019 to celebrate the first ever, all faith, inclusive ‘I CAN Children’s Global Summit’!
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Eco-Ambassador Program
On Friday, July 12th, the Center for Sustainable Development’s Education Team, in partnership with Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)’s Global Schools Program and Design for Change, began Eco Ambassadors’ workshop to put into motion communal action to protect the environment.
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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.
