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Concept: Activisitism - A bridges-building community support process
Team: Social Avengers
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This is a very interesting and promising concept which can change the way society perceive "activism." It brings social issues in the forefront and recognizes the role of the youth in nation-building.
Nevertheless, I just have a few questions: What are the possible roadblocks of this project and, recognizing them, how do you seek to address them?
Reminds me very much much a Youth Leadership Programm we are currently setting-up in Cambodia; very similar concept. Point here: where is the innovation? Where is the difference to existing programs? Out of my experiences such programs always struggle with the objection of empathy: empathy from university students for communities and other way round. May be this is something to be looked in detail.
good ideas and very necesary to link University students to communities and engage them with development but when I see the presentation, I don´t get a clear picture what is the innovation you are presenting, is it the methodology how to organize camps?
hello there! I'm an upcoming university student and I really think students like me should be involved more in communities!!
I love the idea of getting youth to be more involved in the communities! It looks like a very promising model that will gather support for the community and train activists as well. Looking forward, how would you foster more sustainable and lasting relationships among the stakeholders when the youth from the universities finish their degrees?
Can you tell more about the stakeholders? How do you plan to get them on the table? Where is their benefit?
I like the concept of building bridges across the divides to support communities to access resources and services. I also like that it is targeting youth to get engaged and involved in social activism to build their communities up. However, running youth camps and partnering with universities etc requires a lot of input and investment from the organisers and will need people trained to do that, which this concept does not cover in its planning. Who will organise and run the camps? What is the role of the universities?