Youth Impact Education for Self-Identity, Purpose and Values

For youths with challenges in self-identity,purpose and values; we propose a mindful education.

How might we use a repertoire of tools and strategies for different stakeholders to build a community with disadvantaged youths and equip youth with skills to validate their self-identity, sense of purpose and cultivate good values.We propose the following tools and strategies:

(1) Social Emotional Learning

To equip youth with social emotional skills to recognise emotions, empathy, build and manage relationships.

(2) Impactful Narratives

To equip youth with self-efficacy scripts that impact their cognitive and mental models.

(3) Character Strengths awareness, exploration and mindful use.

To equip youth with knowledge of their character strengths (viacharacter.org), explore further and apply mindfully in their life challenges.

(4)Meaningful Conversation

To engage youths,parents and teachers in open meaningful dialogue in the youth journey of self-identity validation, sense of purpose and values cultivation as a support platform.

To scale this solution, we will need collaboration with international youth organisation, global education institutions and Educational Technologies Providers to reach out and benefit more young people.

Youths face a challenging social environment with difficulties in their self-identity, purpose and values. These will impact their curiosity and love for learning. There are also key influences , parents and schools, that serve as role models in their growing up years.

Our theory of change is based on the premise that a mindful education that focused on the youth self-identity validation, sense of purpose and values cultivation will inspire and imbue passion in their learning. This is a far better educational model and concept to improve quality of learning in young people. Tools and strategies that impact youth psychological development (e.g social emotional needs, character strengths and mental models) will better prepare them to navigate and adapt to the changing workplace of the future. World Economic Forum also emphasised the importance of social emotional learning as part of 21st Century Skills.  

Our solution will impact the disadvantaged youths ( age 13 to 23 ) and the impact outcome will be young people who are inspired , resilient and passionate in their chosen field of pursuit.We could use blended learning to deliver our solution.

Attendance records and feedbacks received. - 5000 youths acquiring social emotional skills.

Blogging records and feedbacks received. - 5000 youths acquiring character strengths knowledge, exploration and application.

Attendance records, blogging records and feedbacks received. - 5000 youths learning the self-efficacy scripts for their mental model development.

Our solution is a targeted community platform which include the youths, parents and teachers . The focus is on the youth personal development of their self-identity validation, sense of purpose and values cultivation. 

The solution is designed for disadvantaged youths coming from low socio-economic backgrounds and using blended approach with their social emotional needs in mind.

The solution is using low cost open source technology platform and as it is also blended approach, we might need local human facilitator if there is no access to wired or wireless technology.

1. Establish relationship with philanthropy organisations.
2. Pitch to impact investment organisations.

1. Sustainability in the long term due to lack of sufficient revenue.
2. Collaboration with the right people and organisation not readily available.
3. Unable to access to the right mentor.
4. Cross border barriers to scale.

To connect with the right mentor,know-how,resources and expertise.

+Acumen Corps (Global)

The Thought Collective (Singapore)

Impact Hub (Singapore)

Partners for Youth Empowerment Global