محضر:Alia Mossallam meeting

This was one of a series of meetings with ADEF members to discuss Deca and explore ideas of different stakeholders

Feb 5th 2012

• open source is difficult to really do in the 2 weeks of the camps - so Deca would give an opportunity to really develop this work
• zilzal - ppl displaced to the area - so did not really have social structures - big issue of trust
• selma who is now in canada did 'a3dat binat - discussions with teenage girls
• Fathat kheir - they used to do 3 week camps in the summer - charged them 3LE - kids built up for a long time saving up
• if things are free they are driven by you as the workers more
• don't offer a meal to lure ppl in
• did work with street girls at orphanage - was run by qariat amal - a corrupt ngo
• godran in alex - (sameh) did mural work
• using cheap and few materials, ppl bring things, old socks, leaves etc
• deca as a rehearsal space etc - it may be too far out for ppl
• research self-sustainability - and do it from the beginning
• training kids to train etc is really important - keep an eye on the ones with potential