SMALL REFUGEES

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Project Lead:lama bana schadrachcedric nzechukwuemeka Edigetu foretia

Mentor:: amatod

Welcome to OL7, Cohort A! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Leadership Training :tada:.

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Before Week 1 (Jan 29): Your first mentorship call

• [x] Complete the OLF self-assessment (online, printable). If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
• [x] Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 (Feb 5): First Cohort Call (Open by Design)

• [x] Complete Assignment 'Write Your Vision or Mission Statement'. Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call.
• [x] Watch 'Mozilla & Working Open'.
• [x] Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 (Feb 12): Mentorship call

• [x] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.
• [x] Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas). Comment on this issue with a link to your canvas.
• [x] Start your Roadmap. Comment on this issue with your draft Roadmap.

Before Week 4 (Feb 19): Cohort Call (Build for Understanding)

• [x] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.
• [x] Pick an open license for the work you're doing during the program.
• [x] Use your canvas to start writing a README, or landing page, for your project. Link to your README in a comment on this issue.

Week 5 and more

• [ ] Create a repository for your project. New to GitHub? You can fork our templates.
• [ ] Add Contributing Guidlines
• [ ] Add a Code of Conduct
• [ ] Submit your project to Mozilla Pulse, add the tag #mozsprint
• [ ] Invite new contributors to into your work!

This issue is here to help you keep track of work as you start Open Leaders. Please refer to the OL7 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

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Small Refugees Vision statement: We are a team of MIL enthusiasts with a mission to provide an alternative online education to all refugee children in their native language so as to enable them complete their studies successfully and gain eligibility into higher institutions.

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Project Mission: Our project's goal seeks to create an online integrated educational program to increase the accessibility of education, provide Psychosocial support and social emotional learning programs, peer interactions and highlights success stories for out-of-school Syrian child refugees in their own native language (Arabic).

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Inspirational!

[theo-bech]

Very inspirational project! The vision statement is on point too. As someone who's been involved in refugee education, I wish you every success!

[Feng-Gao]

this is a very inspirational project. i'm wondering how will you create the educational content? by partnering with volunteer teachers? by using existing open content?

[SaiThejeshwar]

Hey! we from #21. This is very nice project vision. I guess Creating content would be a major task.

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Open Canvas

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n9C1wJDqtNswdmdqjb0G-wKhK_8dU8XBzf3A45hm-Ww/edit?usp=sharing

[foretia]

Very inspirational project! The vision statement is on point too. As someone who's been involved in refugee education, I wish you every success!

i will gladly welcome your input sir

[foretia]

Hey! we from #21. This is very nice project vision. I guess Creating content would be a major task.

Exactly, at the moment we are currently engaged with a UNESCO team in developing the learning material

[theo-bech]

Open Canvas

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n9C1wJDqtNswdmdqjb0G-wKhK_8dU8XBzf3A45hm-Ww/edit?usp=sharing

Just read the canvas, great work! I have a couple of questions/suggestions:

1. In my understanding, this is going to be a self-teaching, self-paced curriculum. One of the core problems with keeping refugee students engaged with learning activities/material is that they tend to get discouraged, even when there aren't language barriers in the way. It'd be awesome to include tutors/mentors in the app/website to keep them on track! I also think you should consider using the total time spent learning on the app/website as a key metric rather than just focusing on students' transition to tertiary edu.

2. Regarding tertiary education enrolment as a key metric: where is your user base located? I'm asking because not all receiving countries have the same requirements for university entrance exams. In Greece, for instance, you need to be enrolled in school and the entrance tests include a high-factor creative writing/reading comprehension exam (in Greek). There are a few English-speaking colleges offering opportunities, but the positions are numbered and they don't always give out scholarships. If you intend to make your curriculum one-size-fits-all, getting students into college might not be a reliable key metric for your project.

3. (This is just general advice) I think that in order to make your scope as broad and realistic as possible, you should seek out people who are (or have been) involved in refugee education in different receiving countries. Not just in schools, too - people who have volunteered as teachers for NGOs could also offer useful insight. (On that note, if you want input on refugee education in Greece, you can contact me at theodoros.bechlivanis@gmail.com, I'll be glad to hear from you!)

I think that's about it! Sorry for the lengthy response, I'm really excited about your project!

[foretia]

Roadmap for the Small Refugees project

This project seeks to provide an alternative online primary education to Syrian child refugees enabling them complete their studies successfully and gain eligibility into higher institutions. We are going to research on possible online education providing alternatives; gather, adapt and publish study content in multimedia formats (mathematics, science, language, social science and religion); mobilised teachers to volunteer and donate their study content into the platform; design a prototype and test the prototype within a small number of target groups; secure a partnership with UNESCO and Ministry of Education to monitor the performance in order to gain accreditation needed for students to continue their studies and finally build awareness of the platform to reach more refugees through personal referrals.

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Roadmap for the Small Refugees project

This project seeks to provide an alternative online primary education to Syrian child refugees enabling them complete their studies successfully and gain eligibility into higher institutions. We are going to research on possible online education providing alternatives; gather, adapt and publish study content in multimedia formats (mathematics, science, language, social science and religion); mobilised teachers to volunteer and donate their study content into the platform; design a prototype and test the prototype within a small number of target groups; secure a partnership with UNESCO and Ministry of Education to monitor the performance in order to gain accreditation needed for students to continue their studies and finally build awareness of the platform to reach more refugees through personal referrals.

[foretia]

Roadmap for the Small Refugees project

This project seeks to provide an alternative online primary education to Syrian child refugees enabling them complete their studies successfully and gain eligibility into higher institutions. We are going to research on possible online education providing alternatives; gather, adapt and publish study content in multimedia formats (mathematics, science, language, social science and religion); mobilised teachers to volunteer and donate their study content into the platform; design a prototype and test the prototype within a small number of target groups; secure a partnership with UNESCO and Ministry of Education to monitor the performance in order to gain accreditation needed for students to continue their studies and finally build awareness of the platform to reach more refugees through personal referrals.

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Open Canvas https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n9C1wJDqtNswdmdqjb0G-wKhK_8dU8XBzf3A45hm-Ww/edit?usp=sharing

Just read the canvas, great work! I have a couple of questions/suggestions:

1. In my understanding, this is going to be a self-teaching, self-paced curriculum. One of the core problems with keeping refugee students engaged with learning activities/material is that they tend to get discouraged, even when there aren't language barriers in the way. It'd be awesome to include tutors/mentors in the app/website to keep them on track! I also think you should consider using the total time spent learning on the app/website as a key metric rather than just focusing on students' transition to tertiary edu.
2. Regarding tertiary education enrolment as a key metric: where is your user base located? I'm asking because not all receiving countries have the same requirements for university entrance exams. In Greece, for instance, you need to be enrolled in school and the entrance tests include a high-factor creative writing/reading comprehension exam (in Greek). There are a few English-speaking colleges offering opportunities, but the positions are numbered and they don't always give out scholarships. If you intend to make your curriculum one-size-fits-all, getting students into college might not be a reliable key metric for your project.
3. (This is just general advice) I think that in order to make your scope as broad and realistic as possible, you should seek out people who are (or have been) involved in refugee education in different receiving countries. Not just in schools, too - people who have volunteered as teachers for NGOs could also offer useful insight. (On that note, if you want input on refugee education in Greece, you can contact me at theodoros.bechlivanis@gmail.com, I'll be glad to hear from you!)

I think that's about it! Sorry for the lengthy response, I'm really excited about your project!

I'm so grateful for your input, it shows you have a deeper insight on the thematic and I would love to collaborate with you. I'm making the adjustment right away. Thank you @theo-bech Our user based location is Turkey for a start, we looking forward to extend this project to other countries after we must have tested our prototype first.

[foretia]

this is a very inspirational project. i'm wondering how will you create the educational content? by partnering with volunteer teachers? by using existing open content?

I will be partnering with teacher volunteer

[theo-bech]

I'm so grateful for your input, it shows you have a deeper insight on the thematic and I would love to collaborate with you. I'm making the adjustment right away. Thank you @theo-bech Our user based location is Turkey for a start, we looking forward to extend this project to other countries after we must have tested our prototype first.

@foretia don't mention it! looking forward to learning how I can contribute 😃

[foretia]

Draft README

Hello everyone, We are a team of MIL enthusiasts with a mission to provide an alternative online education to all refugee children in their native language so as to enable them complete their studies successfully and gain eligibility into secondary and higher institutions. We are pleased to welcome you and your contributions in making sure all refugee children have access to education. This open project intends to use the Internet and media to transform the lives of children refugees through education, practical tasks and interactive educational games; promote means of communication and expressing themselves through media; build an online learning community to enable peer-to-peer support and highlight their success stories. We are looking towards securing partnerships with individuals and companies that have the same vision of changing lives through education.

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