Make it stand out

ACTION RESEARCH

A student-led ‘I Grow Seeds Campaign’ at Zayed University campus, Jameel community art center, as well as social media in Dubai, UAE

UNC (UAE-Nepal-Connect) 2016 Site Research preparing UNC 2017 Social Innovation Bootcamp in Kathmandu, Nepa.

KULNA SOCIAL ENTERPRISE spun out of Food Revolution for Social Change, structuring building food forest and offering changemaker program (2017- 2020)

I Grow Seeds Campaign

A student-led ‘I Grow Seeds Campaign’ at Zayed University campus, Jameel community art center, as well as social media in Dubai, UAE

Developing KULNA Social Enterprise
(building food forest
offering changemaker programs)

KULNA SOCIAL ENTERPRISE spun out of Food Revolution for Social Change, structuring building food forest and offering changemaker program developed by the KULNA team of farmers, filmmaker, students, faculty and local community of good hearted people (2017- 2020)

UNC (UAE-Nepal-Connect) 2016 Site Research

  • Collaborating with a youth organization and 3 ngos to identify all participants

  • Co-facilitating youth workshop with local youths

  • Site visits to local organizations and social innovation projects with youth (to link youths with local knowledge and expertise)

  • Forming a youth team for organizing 2017 UNC (UAE-Nepal-Connect) boot camp

ME=WE framework + ME=WE changemaker pathway + ME=WE systemic pathway + eco-system mapping

Integrating ME=WE pathway
within Co-Design Process

  • co-designing with students, faculty, staffs, and community of good hearted people locally and internationally.

  • co-creating a safe space for collaborative and interdisciplinary projects among students and faculty research from multiple colleges.

youth empowerment
social innovation
tools development + case-studies

  • integrating design thinking, creative confidence, and ME=WE mindset

  • developing social business model canvas development.

  • collaborating with academia, industry, community and neighbors.