Discovery Series

A project base aim at discovering the world creating social impact through the visibility of empowering, developing, and awareness.

About

The idea is to collaborate with umbrella corporation like UNDP and other high scaling organization working in align with the Millennium Development Goals set to accomplish at 2015 to collaborate action in reaching the goals set.

The approach to visit 10 developing countries through AIESEC Volunteer Exchange program which was designed to focus directly on social issues creating avenues by initiating programs that will focus on driving a sustainable change in the world.

The Vision

Everyday, Everybody driving toward achieving the change in the world by 2015.

Why

How

What

To educate on the current global issue using the millennium Development Goals as tool to communicate by creating peer educators in local and international environment.

Collaborate with the Local Committees of the 10 countries to deliver learning and positive impact with support of participating organizations.

The ORBIT model…explains the existence of Discover Series

Inter - quality learning program, diverse knowledge approach, and participation.

The Millennium Development Goals

Adopted by world leaders in the year 2000 and set to be achieved by 2015

..are Human Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

- ½ proportion of people living on <$1 a day

- ½ proportion of people who suffer from hunger

• Achieve universal primary education

- Ensure boys and girls complete primary schooling

• Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment

- Girls and boys have equal access to all levels of education

• Reduce child mortality

- Reduce <5 mortality by 2/3

• Improve maternal health

- Reduce maternal mortality by 3/4

• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major diseases

- Halt and reverse spread of HIV/AIDS

- Halt and reverse spread of Malaria and Tuberculosis

• Ensure environmental sustainability

- Integrate sustainable development into country policies

- To stop the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources

- Halve the proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water

• Develop a global partnership for development

OperationLEADERSHIP movement to 10 countries using GLOCAL Initiative

Global ProcessLocal

ImplementationParticipatory

The concept of GLOCAL is to process key player participating in enabling joint collaboration:

1. Insert the participating local committees2. State joint memo of understanding.3. Initiate program issue, timeline, and description (whether or not the UNDP

program standard can incorporate according to country – local reality.4. Engage learning.

Discovery Series is focused on TWO main Issue According to the Millennium Development Goals

HIV/AIDsPoverty

Every country GLOBALLY is affected

Poverty

1. Get 3 minutes video people living below $1 (at least 10 people) Questions:

i. What is your situation?

ii. Why are you living in this situation?

iii. How do you see yourself going on out this situation?

2. Gather written testimonies of their lives.

This process intensely for 3 weeks getting all the video and testimony materials

There are 2 program stages for the focus area.

Sta

ge 1

Sta

ge 2 1. There will be an event that will showcase few of the stories

and testimonies based on the interviewee approval to

broadcast.

2. There will be Poverty Simulation Workshop for various

participants

The poverty simulation experience is designed to help participants

begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income

family trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation, not a

game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-

income people.

HIV/AIDs

Target: School Student, Young People.

Group-work and role-play are particularly important

methods in which students might discover the

practical aspects of the information they are given.

These methods also allow pupils an opportunity to

practice and build skills

Making HIV/AIDS education effective & Active Learning

Effective AIDS education encourages young people

to participate and engage with the information that is

being presented to them by offering them the

opportunity to apply it.

Find the attached EDUCATION WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Engage your Local Committee

1. Sign up by officially sending a mail for participation.2. Exchange of Memorandum of Understanding.3. Insert your Local Committee in the website.

More Information:

Contact:Abayomi Ogundipe (MCVP ICX & Project 2010 -2011)Email: abayomi.ogundipe@aiesec.netSkype: ogundipe.abayomi.babaFacebook: www.facebook.com/abayomi.ogundipe

Visit Discovery Series portal:www.scenicmemo.wordpress.com