| Aim | This is a class activity based on imagining the creation of a humanitarian project proposal on human rights. The group will have to design a title, a logo, the objectives, the partners, the specific target groups and main actions of the project. |
| Trainee profile | Any. People with special needs can participate as long as they are able to express themselves. |
| Learning Objectives | To develop knowledge of human rights
To develop team-work competences To stimulate creative thinking To make participants think about possible actions at the community level To intervene and discover the importance of belonging to a certain community |
| n° participants | Maximum 20 people |
| Duration | 40 minutes |
| Materials | Coloring pens/pencils, sheets of paper, Posters, flipchart, Newspapers to cut out |
| Preparation | 1. Divide the participants into smaller groups of 3-4 people each.
Create and print a word file with the following content. On one page, list the fundamental rights: Right to self-determination Right to liberty Right to due process of law Right to freedom of movement Right to privacy Right to freedom of thought Right to freedom of religion Right to freedom of expression Right to peaceful assembly Right to freedom of association
On the other page, make a two-column table with the key elements for the development of an effective project: The objectives and the motivation behind the project The added value of the project and its outcomes The partners and the stakeholders The specific target group The Implementation The project results The impact of the project The title The logo The project title |
| Implementation | 1. Divide the group into smaller groups of 3-4 people each.
2. Prepare the groups to the topic of fundamental human rights, discussing with the participants the main milestones to their development. 3. Hand out to all groups a copy of the paper with both the list of fundamental rights and the table with project key elements.
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4. Give 15-20 minutes to the group to build up and present a project of their own. Participants can propose topics that are close to their realities, as long as they refer to at least one of the fundamental rights. 5. Ask the participants to create a presentation on the flipchart, or on a wide cardboard or sheet of paper, so that groups can, one by one, stand up and pitch their idea. 6. Ask the first group to stand up and give a presentation of their idea. Ask all participants to listen carefully and not interrupt until the presentation is over. |
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| Debriefing | At the end of the activity, all participants gather up and answer the following questions are used to evaluate the activity:
– Did you enjoy working in a group? – What were the difficulties? – Did you learn new things? – What did you like best? – What did you like the least? – What will be the impact that you would like to see? |
| Tips and hints | You may want to use the Design Thinking approach:
The “Design thinking can be described as a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity. A design mindset is not problem-focused, it’s solution focused, and action oriented towards creating a preferred future.” Instructions: 1. EMPATHIZE / INITIATION PHASE: Conduct research in order to develop knowledge about the community you want to focus on. Imagine your goal is to improve on-boarding experience for new users. The first stage of Design Thinking is a deep understanding of the needs and problems of the user. The key is to identify hidden and intuitive motivations that influence people’s choices and behaviour 2. DEFINING: At this stage, the teams make a synthesis of the information gathered in the empathy stage, in order to define what the exact problem is. This stage requires breaking the thinking frameworks and habits that limit the perspective. 3. IDEATION: Ideation phase consists of creation and development of solutions. It is a generative stage of design thinking process. The basic tool here is Brainstorming 4. BUILDING PROTOTYPE: The goal of this phase is to understand what components of your ideas work, and which do not. In this phase you begin to weigh the impact vs. feasibility of your ideas through feedback on your prototypes. Make your ideas feasible. Gather opinions from the facilitators and the agronomist to obtain feedback. 5. PRESENTING THE PROTOTYPE |