Karachi—Safeguard and Design for Change (DFC) Pakistan today announced 35 winning stories by Pakistani children from all walks of life who have demonstrated their commitment to be change-makers and future leaders of the country. The global DFC School Challenge 2011 is the world’s largest movement for change initiated by children. In Pakistan, DFC and Safeguard joined hands to take this program throughout the nation with at least 35,000 children being reached in over 7000 schools.
The DFC program is designed in a simple way where it encourages children to use a simple 4-step process of ‘Feel, Imagine, Do, Share’ to design and implement solutions to the greatest challenges in the country. Initially, children shared their ideas for how they intended to bring about a change in their communities followed by their implementation of these ideas and reporting what impact they had on the lives of people around them. This year, thirty five stories have been shortlisted by an independent panel based on their sensitivity to others’ needs, how well they connect needs to ideas and successfully implement vision while demonstrating personal and community wide change. These stories have been grouped in the following categories: Quickest Impact, Most People Impacted, Easiest to Replicate, Most Environmentally Friendly, Maximum Potential for Long Lasting Change, Boldest Idea and Jinnah Prize.
“DFC believes deeply in the originality and passion of children’s ideas. It is committed to providing our children a platform to translate their sensitivity to problems faced by others into pro-active, meaningful change to better the lives of their communities. At such a crucial, challenging intersection for Pakistan — adults within our schools, our homes and our larger society need to wake up and recognize the potential that resides within every young child in Pakistan. Never has it been more important to empower children to be active citizens who see no problem as lacking a solution and no solution as being impossible to implement.” said Nida Alavi, DFC Global Partner for Pakistan.”It is a mutual undertaking of the importance of enabling children to make their communities better an more responsible that has brought Safeguard and Design for Change Pakistan together in this very exciting collaboration.”
The DFC program is designed in a simple way where it encourages children to use a simple 4-step process of ‘Feel, Imagine, Do, Share’ to design and implement solutions to the greatest challenges in the country. Initially, children shared their ideas for how they intended to bring about a change in their communities followed by their implementation of these ideas and reporting what impact they had on the lives of people around them. This year, thirty five stories have been shortlisted by an independent panel based on their sensitivity to others’ needs, how well they connect needs to ideas and successfully implement vision while demonstrating personal and community wide change. These stories have been grouped in the following categories: Quickest Impact, Most People Impacted, Easiest to Replicate, Most Environmentally Friendly, Maximum Potential for Long Lasting Change, Boldest Idea and Jinnah Prize.
“DFC believes deeply in the originality and passion of children’s ideas. It is committed to providing our children a platform to translate their sensitivity to problems faced by others into pro-active, meaningful change to better the lives of their communities. At such a crucial, challenging intersection for Pakistan — adults within our schools, our homes and our larger society need to wake up and recognize the potential that resides within every young child in Pakistan. Never has it been more important to empower children to be active citizens who see no problem as lacking a solution and no solution as being impossible to implement.” said Nida Alavi, DFC Global Partner for Pakistan.”It is a mutual undertaking of the importance of enabling children to make their communities better an more responsible that has brought Safeguard and Design for Change Pakistan together in this very exciting collaboration.”
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