Philippines
I CAN
What is Design For Change?
DESIGN FOR CHANGE is the largest global movement designed to give children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a beDer world and put them into acEon.
Children and adults learn through the Design for Change Challenge that “I Can” are the two most powerful words a person can believe in. Through the four easy steps of Feel, Imagine, Do and Share, children are dreaming up and leading brilliant ideas all over the world. Children are proving that they have what it takes to be able to design a future that is desired.
How is DFC impac<ng the world?
Since 2009, the Design For Change toolkit, as designed by Kiran Bir Sethi has been used to enable hundreds of thousands of children across the world to create soluEons for the problems they see in their community. hDp://www.dfcworld.com/
Watch learners take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents in Kiran’s inspiring TED Talk in which she shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can!"
When we listen, we can learn a lot from our children. As long as we nurture their creaEvity, provide opportuniEes for their growth and are inspired by them, together, we can be the change. By reminding children of their inherent beauEful and powerful beingness they go through a process of heightened awareness of themselves, their community, the world and then insEncEvely want to save it. They see the problems and EASILY see soluEons. They then want to spread the word and lead the change. Children being empowered to BE and lead the change in designing soluEons for the global issues we are faced with, could transform our world by reminding adults of their inherent beauty and the power of BEING.
How does the DFC process work? The process involves 4 simple steps to an “I CAN!” a[tude.
What is SOIL and what inner aspects has it added to DFC?
SOIL, Seeds Of Infinite Love is an EducaEon Consultancy providing a range of services in the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, South Africa and India, founded by DFC Global Partner, Juanita Naidoo. She has designed the DFC SOIL Mandala, aligned to the 4 steps of the DFC process, adding three steps that guide towards life-­‐long self-­‐inquiry using a set of over-­‐arching essenEal quesEons.
What am I DOING to be the change I wish to see in the word?
How am I BEING the change, reflec7ng on my personal experiences?
Do my outer ac7ons reflect an inner KNOWING of what I am learning?
Knowing
Being
Doing
SOIL Mandalas are interacEve learning devices, each comprising of three wheels that turn and map the learning process. They each contain a range of quesEons that can be used by learners to reflect on their learning, using rainbow colours, aDuned to the seven energy centres of the body, to self observe, think about their acEons and to assess their a[tude and performance.
What’s been happening in DFC Philippines since 2010?
2010
-­‐Juanita became the DFC Philippines Partner, acer the discovery of Kiran’s TED Talk
-­‐Three DFC stories submiDed
-­‐Country Launch held at Bel Air Village
2011
-­‐invited to do a TV Interview on Expat Insights
-­‐Country Launch at CreaEve Space School, Pasig, -­‐shared DFC through role of Service and Environmental Learning Coordinator sharing the process with teachers to use as part of the school curriculum
-­‐DFC process used by Grade 4 -­‐DFC used by Community Garden students
-­‐JeepneEd joins as a partner
-­‐DFC shared with Joey Ayala and Pauline BauEsta as potenEal partners.
2012
-­‐Feel and Imagine stages shared with Bahay Kalipay Scholars
-­‐DFC shared with Inner Dance Community
-­‐DFC conEnues to inspire the growth of the ISM Community garden
-­‐various events were held both in Manila and Puerto Princesa, sharing the process with teachers, parents and children. -­‐while many showed an interest, and even started and completed projects, due to limited documentaEon, none of the stories were submiDed online.
-­‐some stories received were not shared on the global plaform as they were sEll developing into projects that were more child-­‐led.
2013 -­‐In 2013 Juanita founded SOIL, an EducaEon Consultancy, offering DFC as one of the services offered to schools through the Inner School Outreach Programme -­‐DFC SOIL Mandala designed to sustain and balance, both inner and outer change
-­‐Philippines website has been launched
-­‐TranslaEons are in progress
-­‐Design Thinking Workshops offered in July/August -­‐Pay It Forward Funding launched
-­‐Joey Ayala has agreed to shoot a promo video as an Ambassador for DFC Philippines, and a proposal is underway for future convergences. What partnerships do we envision for DFC Philippines?
1. EducaEon and NGO partners who will use the process to focus specifically on child-­‐led community development.
2. Schools that commit to incorporaEng the process into their curriculum (subject based, acer school or holiday programme)
3. Media partners to provide documentaEon of stories and to to share DFC and stories of change on media plaforms (TV, newspaper, radio, blogs etc)
4. PublicaEon partners who can illustrate, print and distribute the I CAN stories.
5. Designated venues for regular Design Thinking Workshops for teachers to engage in training processes. 6. Corporate partners and sponsors, to provide funding for outreach programmes ie. prinEng of toolkits, DFC on the Road programmes, Design Thinking Workshops via our Pay It Forward Funding System.
7. A Brand Ambassador who will be the face and voice of DFC Philippines, inspiring children to lead the change needed in this period of regrowth, the planet is facing. 8. More school and community involvement in all provinces of the Philippines, with provincial partners, sharing the DFC process in the local dialect. 9. Knowledge Partners who idenEfy with and promote the DFC vision and values.
What could Partners bring to DFC?
1. Partners who are passionate about (inner/outer) transformaEon provide children with a role model, who is insEncEvely and intuiEvely an embodiment of the DFC values and vision.
2. They could share personal stories and advocacies that emulate the “I CAN a[tude”
3. They could share exisEng educaEon networks as DFC partners for long term systemaEc transformaEon of schools in the Philippines. 4. They could dedicate a % of Eme/focus during his/her regular work to highlight the need and value for society to take Eme to listen to the dreams of it’s children.
Indian Ambassador
How could DFC/SOIL add value to the exis<ng advocacies of Partners?
1. DFC is a simple, systemaEc process that can be be uElised in a range of contexts. Whilst the School Challenge highlights and spotlights children as change-­‐makers, the process itself can be applied by adults. Thus the process could be used as a learning resource in exisEng educaEonal workshops of the Partner, aimed at adults who are:
-­‐teachers
-­‐college students
-­‐school administrators
DFC/SOIL could provide the following resources, to the Partner for independent use:
-­‐DFC Toolkit, DFC SOIL Mandala, Global curriculum, Teacher Training Manuals
2. DFC/SOIL could offer scheduled and (eventually regular) Design Thinking Workshops that either are a focus feature of exisEng workshops, or are specific stand alone events.
3. DFC/SOIL could support the Partner’s advocacies by empowering children, alongside the strategies being employed by the Partner’s organisaEon to bring about needed change in the community.
4. DFC can provide training so that the Partner’s team has a fuller experience of the process and can share it, during child-­‐driven community development work. 5. As an Educa<on Consultant SOIL could offer the Partner:
-­‐learning resources in a language or format that is most applicable to the Partners exisEng resources. -­‐ t h e d e s i g n o f C u r r i c u l u m Framework documents
-­‐ t r a c k i n g a n d a s s e s s m e n t materials.
-­‐UBD and Inquiry Lesson Plans, employing the DFC process.