Scribers World™️

Problem 

Technology. The Internet. Social Media. These are fundamental aspects of everyday life for youth and bring a myriad of positive and negative effects. Global Scribes Inc. Seeks to navigate youth through this new territory, ensuring that technology is applied to develop and empower youth. Combat digital social isolation, as well as, reach all those who are otherwise disconnected from education and social development opportunities. 

Solution

Utilizing cutting-edge technology, as a progressive social network designed to empower and forge inclusivity, regardless of race, religion, gender, or location. 

Scribers World™ is an online safe haven. Offering all youth a virtual interconnected platform to engage in creative, entrepreneurial, and educational activities. Equipping Scribers from varying backgrounds with digital literacy skills and opportunities to use Scribers World™  as a springboard to engage and share their talents in real-time. Contributing to a more inclusive, resourceful life by using technology for a positive youth impact.

Solving the problem of social isolation, lack of inclusive international education, lack of supportive-expressive platform. In 2010 The Mental Health Foundation found loneliness to be a greater concern among young people than the elderly. 40% of 7.6 billion people are under the age of 25. Of 3.0 billion youth worldwide 84% acknowledge having dangerous feelings of social isolation. With current trends in global re-entrenchment and unprecedented levels, the future for our youth could be cataclysmic versus the success Scribers World™ offers, empowering youth with leadership and digital literacy skills whilst fostering digital inclusion.

Scribers World™️ is a ‘Creative Hub for Global Youth’ that engages stakeholders across the ecosystem of educational and professional development, using a digital youth-based platform. It is an EdTech platform that empowers our global youth and future leaders through intelligent connectivity, encouraging them to take charge of their own learning and create.

Scribers World™️  facilitates an interactive network of global peers, designing solutions to challenges that interest them while having fun; alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals to spark innovation, communication, and problem-solving across borders, by encouraging inclusive and sustainable actions at world scale.

Scribers World™️ is designed to enhance the lives of all youth, from all walks of life, regardless of their backgrounds and where they're based globally. 

The current scribers who are currently benefiting from what Scribers World™️ hopes to scale; say, "We value friendship. We cherish meeting new people and making friends all over the world. We don’t see politics or religion, we see a person (Scriber - Altana Namsarayeva)." 

Scribers focus on global journeys through the written word, visual arts, dynamic interaction, and consistent interplay across multiple virtual platforms–Fun, Education, Focused Passion, and Play Intertwined. Without these interactions and creative outlets, Scribers would be deprived of the opportunity to foster global friendships and increase the risk of social isolation for many of our youth. 

GSYUN directly impacts the lives of the people who have helped us to achieve our goals–employees, students, youth, parents, interns, volunteers, teachers, schools, and communities across the globe. 

Scribers World™️ is the Creative Hub for global youth to Create. Connect. Collaborate. Enhancing our current format by streamlining and improving our operational efficiency to include award/reward catalysts, animation, Honour Levels, data-driven solutions, archiving capabilities and so much more. the peer-to-peer relationship network, building, and learning environment form a  universally accessible “place of possibility” for all global youth. In an environment free from criticism and controversy, where there is no failure, our Scribers are learning about themselves, each other. Scribers World™️ harnesses digital inclusion through practical and emotionally intelligent channels. 

Scribers World is in the testing stage.

Scribers World™️ is open to all youth who are digitally connected. (We hope to include the ‘unconnected’ via the launch of our GSYUN Mobile Lounges within the first few years of operation.) Scribers are between the ages of  8 - 25. Our purpose? Intelligent Connectivity. Opening doors of possibility. Augmenting formal education. Youth enhancing the lives of fellow youth. Sparking innovation and problem-solving across borders.

Scribers World™️ has the ability to disrupt and restore the way youth interact with technology. Shifting from meaningless shares and likes; to fostering deeper creativity-driven relationships. 

We are currently serving 2,000+ Scribers in more than 45 countries with the current model.

 In Year 1 after the launch of Scribers World™️, we are set to reach 250,000 youth–how? 1/ we will have the capacity to onboard schools, school consortiums, organizations, including those waiting; 

2/ we will have the ability to go viral, and;

3/ onboard through technology–making the process more efficient and faster. 

In three years, we will serve 5,000,000 Scribers in 160 different countries. In five years, we are set to serve 8,000,000 youth–goaled for at least one youth in every country of the world.

SW™️ will introduce a point system (STARS) to track the participation of the users based on their several activities (Steps 1 to 4) and projects aligning with SDG goals and others. The STARS earned will add up to earn Honour badges, passports, peace treaties, certificates and other rewards. 

This will measure their progress at GSYUN and act as an indicator for SW™️ performance.

Our solution team is composed of Senior Scribers and the Board members who work alongside us as ‘key players’ in GSYUN–most important in our ‘For Youth, By Youth’ environment.

The Tech Team includes professionals; we have 3 developers, 1 UI/ UX, 3 QA, and 1 Account manager. 

Our designs were completed in partnership with TopCoder and brought to life in our full Scribers World™️ prototype by the team of Launchpeer based in Charleston, South Carolina.

Cynthia English, Founder & CEO: The visionary behind GSYUN. After a lifetime of moving schools (22), cities, countries & continents (5), a degree in International Finance (USC/Marshall School) & Non-Profit Management (Duke), Cynthia has become a relentless advocate for bridging world communities and breaking down cultural barriers. Her ideology is rooted in using technology for positive youth influence on a global scale. Through GSYUN & Scribers World™️, she has created an all-encompassing learning platform and social network for youth without segregation or discrimination inspiring communication, curiosity, and fun as catalysts.

Board Members connected with global schools, the United Nations, and successful entrepreneurial entities.

Viraj Abayarathna, Head Developer, and his team: He Has 16 years of industry experience in building Linux-based systems onshore and offshore. He contributed enlarge to the Linux evolution in Sri Lanka. He also contributes to the development of various technology domains such as Internetworking, Open Source Software, Security Best Practices, Systems Interoperability, Cloud Computing, and Mobility, etc. Viraj has worked for several local and global IT organizations for a number of years and moved as an initiator and a trend-setter in new technology businesses. Currently, he serves as the Founder/ CTO of Rype3 Ltd, a leading Sri Lankan Cloud company.

Senior Scribers with more than 5 years of experience with GSYUN.

Our winning formula is a team comprised of amazing supporters from all walks of life. We are an internationally based team that comes together with a shared vision to empower our global youth. Ultimately our team represents the diversity of our youth; who embody global citizenship. Our core values are cultural sensitivity, understanding, and respect. 

MIT is one of the most innovative technology and design institutions both for academic achievement and practical implementation in the world. This incredible prospect to have the MIT Solve and MIT communities onboard with us in this journey through growth and scale, adding invaluable mentors, strategic experts in cutting edge technology, design, security, finance, entrepreneurship. and important partners to help us build a global community which will stand the test of time with a solid foundation made stronger with the help of a global village of committed individuals would be an amazing gift. 

Being a member of the MIT Solve community, having the opportunity to present to MIT faculty and students, and perhaps at the UN General Assembly, will add to our global profile, credibility, and open doors of possibility to vetted collaborators and donors for funding.

Marketing support will also further support our aim to reach as many youth as possible globally, sustaining growth and operations regionally.

Possible Funding:

• The Berggruen Institute and Mr.  Nicholas Berggruen - Potential Pillar Partner with shared values and vision to create global outreach with long-term capital stability. 

• The Aspen Institute - Weave Program / David Brooks - our projects are in alignment, valuable US-focused growth, important credibility and media partner. Our Founder was a guest speaker (TECHNOLOGY & HUMANITY: Blurring Migration & Integration) at the 2016 NAFSA Conference when David was a Keynote Speaker focused on intelligent connectivity to promote peace.

• Generations Unlimited - Unicef - valued partner focused on Private/Public relationships and intelligent global connectivity to open doors of opportunity,

It is a fundamental desire to provide all youth the possibility to connect and improve 'their' world. In 2015, our Founder, was asked by the Director of Zataari Camp in Jordan, if we would extend the age of GSYUN from 21 to 25 to encompass the refugee youth living in camps that suffered from an education/work gap between the ages of 18 - 25.  No online university courses or support was being offered. Without hesitation her answer was 'yes.' We must give our global refugees hope. Open doors of possibility and allow their children to feel cared for, important, and gain important life skills while in transition. scribers World™️ being a cyber-secure, virtual space, with no politics, religion, or socio-demographic segregation of any kind, helps youth feel connected in a youth-led secure space created to support one another in striving to be their best selves.

The Prize will be used to ensure all youth are reached and supported through Scribers World

A study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs suggests, factors, such as socio-economic and cultural; may prevent women and girls from having equal access to digital technology.

Many barriers to women's digital inclusion are traditional gender restrictions, which manifest themselves in laws or socio-cultural norms, poverty, lower educational opportunities for girls and restricted access to labour markets, as well as persistent gender stereotypes.

Our long-term goal is to develop Scribers WorldTM to empowering young women and girls through self-expression and optimal and digital community inclusion. 

Work as Scribers holds a critical amount of impact on the way citizens of the world interact and have fun together. 

Scribers World™️ is a ‘Creative Hub for Global Youth’ that engages stakeholders across the ecosystem of educational and professional development. It is an EdTech platform that empowers our global youth and future leaders through intelligent connectivity, encouraging them to take charge of their own learning and Create. Connect. Collaborate. across borders - to become Youth Uniting Nations®.