New Program: Reimagining Global Challenges
An advanced Social Impact Program for Grade 10-12 & College Students.
This is the perfect opportunity to use what inspires and drives you in life for a better cause. It allows you to ask yourself and answer questions about your passions, desires and dreams for the future, as well as steer you in the right direction.
Are you looking to finish your volunteer hours for school or university applications or effectively utilise your free time? TribesforGOOD brings you Reimagining Global Challenges, a challenge that makes you step out of your comfort zone while making a difference. Scroll to know more.
The themes
-Design Innovation x Sustainability
-Intersectional Feminism
-Health & Diseases
-Education Inequity
–Inclusive Fintech
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Global Challenges & Social Justice
ACT-ivism with high-school social warriors!
We believe that the weeks of in-class and physical learning that students have missed out on, and are missing out on – can be replaced by our robust, virtual and relevant – Summer Program!
The program provides students with a basic introduction to innovation and social entrepreneurship through expert-led workshops, learn-by-doing modules, and social impact projects, which will set them on a path of becoming a changemaker. Throughout the program, the students will be guided by an experienced professional or a mentor, who will help them break down their project into sizable parts.
What will you experience?
We believe in “Experiential learning”- learning by doing and not handing over a baggage of theoretical knowledge. Every TribesforGOOD student goes through a 4 week program with a focus on multiple aspects of social work.
- Lay the base: Setting a context and base to bring all the students to the same page
- Meet the NGO: Interact with social leaders and learn from their journeys
- Virtual Fieldwork: Meet the beneficiaries, understand their stories and take necessary steps!
- Network: Start broadening your network by socializing with leaders, professionals and fellow students
- The Crux: Learn how to extract the crux out of any project and present it efficiently through a pitch presentation
How will it help me in the future?
There are multiple benefits of being involved in social projects. We identify it as a key part of holistic education. It helps in building an active citizen who is aware of the social issues, its multi dimensionality and has a sensitive approach/ outlook towards problem solving.
Apart from that, you will get to make your resume unique by adding your social impact journey that is close to your heart. We hope that helps you reach your dream university!
Themes
The program runs every month. You can choose from the following themes:
- Climate Ambition and Sustainability
- Design Innovation
- Education & School Transformation/STEM & Economics
- Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence
- LGBTQIA+ & Mental Health
- Inclusive Fintech & Financial Services
- Food and Nutrition x Gender x Health and Diseases
- Tech & Social Impact
- Research-led Social Impact Projects
- Performing Arts
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Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence
Inclusive Fintech & Financial Services
STEM & Economics
Climate Ambition and Sustainability
Quality Healthcare for All
LGBTQIA+ & Mental Health
Benefits
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to apply concepts in “the real world”
- Positive impact on academic outcomes -problem analysis, problem-solving and critical thinking
Career Development
- Connections with professionals
- Increased Emotional Intelligence Skills
Social Outcomes
- Reduced stereotypes and increased ethical awareness
- Greater involvement in community service after graduation
- Reducing talent gap faced by NGOs
Mentors
Mandeep Kaur
Founder
TribesforGOOD
Zubin Mirchandani
Founder
Eminentsteps
Shalini Datta
Founder
Aftertaste
Santosh Phad
Founder
Thinksharp Foundation
Tena Pick
Founder
Project Kal
Difference Between The Programs
| Young Changemakers Program | Social Entrepreneurship | Summer/Winter Program |
|---|---|---|
| Enhance and build on an established cause within your field of interest | Present and build your own idea | Learn and contribute to ongoing projects that require extra assistance during the summer break/winter break |
| Small batches of students that learn from TFG and each other through group discussions, expert-led workshops and idea sharing/generation | Individual and personalized guidance from the expert TFG team | Small groups of like-minded students using their time wisely during school holidays. |
| Nurtured over time to allow for theoretical knowledge to be applied in practice to real scenarios. | Nurtured over time to allow for theoretical knowledge to be applied in practice to real scenarios. | Intensive and fast paced - lots of knowledge handed over in one month |
Our Alumni Projects
The Problem: Nearly one in every three women in the world — or 1.1 billion — is excluded from the formal financial system.
Globally, women are 7% less likely than men to have a basic transaction account, and this disparity rises among the poor.
With COVID-19 online payments seem to be the means to transact because of the need to limit human contact. While educated people found it fairly simple and have been able to adapt, certain segments of society were completely dependent on others.
Project Scope: Work on training low-income women to be in control of their finances and perform simple tasks like paying electricity, DTH, gas bills, mobile recharges and much more on their own.
The Impact:
- 30+ hours of on-call training
- Women become comfortable with technology post training
- Women paid electricity, DTH, gas bills and for mobile recharges
- Reduced occurrence of Online Frauds
The Problem: Girls in rural areas use unhygienic clothes, ash or hay during their periods and face immense emotional and societal pressure.
Almost 23% stop going to school during their period in India, many have to stay in segregated areas of their house or sometimes even the village and many are banned from participating in normal activities.
Solution: Breaking the culture of shame and silence around menstruation for the last women in rural and slum India and addressing their menstrual hygiene challenges with a Triple A approach: Access, Awareness and Affordability.
Impact: The campaign will help sponsor ‘My Pad Kits‘ to around 400 rural girls in need of Menstrual Hygiene Kits during COVID-19. The pack consists of 8 reusable cloth MY Pads + 1 undergarment, all packed into an outer cloth cover bag. As the pad is often re-used multiple times per usage cost is very minimal.
Topic- Technology for GOOD
Project- Drishti- A website to convert Indic language books into Braille. With Drishti, we aim to empower the visually impaired population with the gift of knowledge.
Website: https://www.drishti.foundation/
The Problem: India is home to one third of the blind people in the world. Yet, the conventional Braille system favours only the English speaking population.
Over two thirds of the Indian population resides in rural areas. India being a developing country, the literacy rate and access to technology is extremely disproportionate.
The Impact: Drishti has been reaching out to multiple non-profits across the country that focus on the development of the visually impaired to provide them with the software to convert Indic language books into Braille for absolutely zero-cost.
The vision is to convert these braille books into audio books for a better experience for the visually impaired.
Topic- STEM Literacy & E-learning
Project- Creating STEM modules and delivering it to underprivileged kids via video calls with an aim to stir an interest in the STEM fields.
“I’ve always been a Math, and Science person. I realized that I had the privilege of being able to heavily study these subjects, with the right resources and environment.
But there were a lot of others, who didn’t have the same advantage. It’s not like people from the low socio-economic sector wouldn’t want to have access to getting the jobs that we might have the option of applying to – it’s just that they don’t have the means to do the same.
Over time, after going through trial and error with TribesforGOOD, we finally curated this compact bridge course – which was full-proof and ready for launch!”
-Aakrit Singhal
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