Career Exploration Curriculum for children living in orphanages international
Career Exploration Curriculum for children living in orphanages
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Worldwide, 570 million children live in extreme poverty.
151 million children have lost one or both parents and 7 million orphans live in state care.
There are 730,000 orphans in Russia alone. 1/3 of them live in state care.
international A Global Problem
Orphanages are isolated from the society and affect children’s ability to make smooth transition from one development state to another throughout their lives.
Children living in orphanages demonstrate delays in emotional and social development.
While providing the basic needs of food and shelter, the regimentation of orphanage life does not give children the experiences they need to be healthy, happy, fully functioning adults.
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Child Development Problem
Disrupt the isolation of orphanages
Smart long-term volunteering
Provide development assistance programs to facilitate children’s transition into adulthood and help them learn new skills
Create worldwide awareness
international MDC solution
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Career exploration curriculum for teenagers, ages 14 to 16, living in the orphanage in Tomilino village (Moscow region)
international The 2016-2017 pilot project
● Equip children with skills needed for their successful transition into adulthood and professional life
● Provide the nurturing classroom environment in which their talents will thrive
● Provide children with a support group of mentors and young professionals outside of the orphanage system
international Curriculum objectives
international Timeline
Sept-Oct
Creating a safe therapeutic
classroom space for children
to explore their talents and
help to resolve psychological
issues.
Nov-Dec
Workshops with invited young
professionals to gain first hand
knowledge about different
career paths
Jan-Feb
Professional shadowing:
children undertake short-term
internships at local businesses
according to their career aspirations
March-April
Mentorship program:
children are matched with mentors to
receive guidance and create a “road map”
to the profession of their dream
May
Mentorship continues. Children
work on their educational plan for
the remaining years of high school
and the next steps.
- Check-ins and sharing- Sense of Community- Transparency - Journaling
international Curriculum elements
- Team building games - Activities based on
real-life scenarios- Design thinking
- Mentorship- First-hand learning- Field trips - Inclusion
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