COMMUNITY CATALYST: CHANGING ATTITUDES BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LINKING YOUTH AND SCHOOLS TOGETHER.

COMMUNITY CATALYST:CHANGING ATTITUDES BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LINKING YOUTH

AND SCHOOLS TOGETHER

A Collaborative Project of 3 iEARN Countries

• iEARN Pakistan

• iEARN United States

• iEARN Uzbekistan

Sponsored byU. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES

In Partnership with

ANIMACTION, INC.

Introduction

CATALYST program aims to help youth specially the underserved students of Pakistan, Uzbekistan and the United

States to develop a sense of  responsibility toward their communities through the creation of  animated public service

announcements on the topic of natural  disaster preparedness.

CATATLYST Goals

• To impart a sense of civic responsibility among youth on the margins of society;

• To engage Pakistani, Uzbekistani and US youth in a collaborative digital arts project that builds mutual understanding and respect between the diverse people of their countries;

• To improve natural disaster preparedness awareness among participating communities; and

• To develop youth leaders with the 21st century skills and knowledge to take action and make positive contributions to their communities and countries.

Program Components

The program will have five main components:

• 1) Participant Selection & Support;

• 2) the Virtual Collaboration;

• 3) the United States Program;

• 4) the Pakistan Program; and,

• 5) The Uzbekistan Program.

PARTICIPANT SELECTION AND SUPPORT

• iEARN will work with educators, school administrators, the U.S. embassies and government ministries in Pakistan and Uzbekistan to conduct an open, merit-based selection process in each school to select the two educators and four youth from each country traveling travelling to USA on the program.

VIRTUAL COLLABORATION

• Participation in the iEARN Online Projects NDYS and Civics.

Outcomes:

• Animations containing PSAs presented in the Global Gallery.

• Community Service projects

United States Program

• Training of the teachers from participating schools.

• Pakistani and Uzbekistani delegations, travel to Baton Rouge for a two-week program.

• Baton Rouge delegate to travel to Uzbekistan

• AnimAction Workshops.• Screening of the Animations in Red Stick

Film Festival and other venues.

Pakistan Program

• AnimAction to adapt the follow-up Karachi animation workshops to reflect the outcomes of the Baton Rouge training.

• Community action projects

Uzbekistan Program

• Final round of AnimAction training • 4 youth and 2 educators from USA to

participate in15th iEARN Youth Summit in Bukhara with Pakistani and Uzbek counterparts.

• Final product presentation by all 3 countries

Happy trails………….