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Meeting with Raghda Butros - 20/21 Feb 2011

Raghda Butros is an Arab urban activist and social venturer - founder of Hamzet Wasel 

 

Feb 20/21 2011

== Outreach and community ==

== Outreach and community ==

* Has done similar work in Jordan

* Has done similar work in Jordan

* Importance of OUTREACH - no alternative to knowing on people's doors

* Importance of OUTREACH - no alternative to knocking on people's doors

* Go to community through the children

* Go to community through the children

* Importance of speaking to what community/ies want

* Importance of speaking to what community/ies want

* Outreach - start from inside out - ie start with the people near us. The posher kids need this too! Establish a relationship with them from the beginning

* Outreach - start from inside out - ie start with the people near us. The posher kids need this too! Establish a relationship with them from the beginning

* Trust is with people/individuals - not organisations/institutions

* Trust is with people/individuals - not organisations/institutions

* look for people in the area who have the skills you are looking for - eg arrange a 'what can you teach day' in which to explore this

* Look for people in the area who have the skills you are looking for - eg. arrange a 'what can you teach day' in which to explore this

* Raghda etc started a project 'Urban discovery channel' - to get to know the area. People work in groups - with people they wouldn't normally interact with (so the process has a social cohesion element). It consists of clues, tasks etc eg helping out at bakery

* Raghda started a project 'Urban discovery channel' - to get to know the area. People work in groups - with people they wouldn't normally interact with (so the process has a social cohesion element). It consists of clues, tasks etc eg. helping out at bakery

* make the discussions etc open to all the community not just young people

* make the discussions open to all the community not just young people

== Self-sustainability and money ==

== Self-sustainability and money ==

* as principle - should be free for users

* As a principle - should be free for users

* self-sustainability - but not through the kids

* Self-sustainability - but not through the kids

* money, scholarship, support etc - only after have gone through a process together and built a relationship - otherwise it corrupts relationships

* Money, scholarship, support etc - only after having gone through a process together and built a relationship - otherwise it corrupts relationships

* importance of doing things *really* well - also ppl will then pay for services - eg urban discovery channel - tourists and companies pay for this -- ie free for users of space, businesses etc pay

* Importance of doing things *really* well - also ppl will then pay for services - eg urban discovery channel - tourists and companies pay for this -- ie free for users of space, businesses etc pay

* your product /concept can go elsewhere  - not confined to centre

* your product /concept can go elsewhere  - not confined to centre

* not be equipment-centric but relationships-centric, do activities with minimal resources and equipment

* Not be equipment-centric but relationships-centric, do activities with minimal resources and equipment

* expression in safe way - not obsession with quality and output - BUT people should still be proud of the output

* Expression in safe way - not obsession with quality and output - BUT people should still be proud of the output

*Outcome mapping - developed by ICRC Canada - maps behavioural change eg through journals and storytelling

*Outcome mapping - developed by ICRC Canada - maps behavioural change eg through journals and storytelling

* don't target specific ppl - just do first rate programme

* Don't target specific ppl - just do first rate programme

* online presence, online space

* Online presence, online space

* vetting process for staff - reputation, word of mouth

* Vetting process for staff - reputation, word of mouth

* specified person in counsellor role - ppl go to them if there is a problem

* Specified person in counsellor role - ppl go to them if there is a problem

* membership system

* Membership system

* induction of staff re: principles - but try to look for ppl who do not need training

* Induction of staff re: principles - but try to look for ppl who do not need training

* probably won't be a drop-in space because of its location

* Probably won't be a drop-in space because of its location

 

* outcome mapping - very useful monitoring and evaluation system and has been arabised

* How people are taught, not what is taught is important

* continuity is key - eg staff and developing relationships

1. Having visited Zabaleen and areas in Moqattam and learned about some of the projects they do, I think one of the most effective approaches you can take is to find ways to bring the achievements/capabilities of the area to the digital world. As such, you might want to consider organizing activities that would build the skills of children/youth from these communities and organizations to create an online and social media presence for their work, which could feed into a web presence for Moqattam that  brings these different projects together for others to engage with and learn from. You could also add a networking angle to this, similar to this www.7ar.at. By doing this, you will be bringing the different people of the area to work together on a larger project, but with each group working on their specific contribution. Additionally, the site will become a resource for anyone visiting, living, working or wanting to start a project in Moqattam in the future. To prepare the work that needs to go into this site, children/youth would of course learn all the needed skills like photography, filmmaking, animation, web-development etc. The chances of them learning these skills and really seeing their value will rest in the fact that they will be translated into an end-product they (and you) can showcase, and which stems from their everyday lives.  

1. Having visited Zabaleen and areas in Moqattam and learned about some of the projects they do, I think one of the most effective approaches you can take is to find ways to bring the achievements/capabilities of the area to the digital world. As such, you might want to consider organizing activities that would build the skills of children/youth from these communities and organizations to create an online and social media presence for their work, which could feed into a web presence for Moqattam that  brings these different projects together for others to engage with and learn from. You could also add a networking angle to this, similar to this www.7ar.at. By doing this, you will be bringing the different people of the area to work together on a larger project, but with each group working on their specific contribution. Additionally, the site will become a resource for anyone visiting, living, working or wanting to start a project in Moqattam in the future. To prepare the work that needs to go into this site, children/youth would of course learn all the needed skills like photography, filmmaking, animation, web-development etc. The chances of them learning these skills and really seeing their value will rest in the fact that they will be translated into an end-product they (and you) can showcase, and which stems from their everyday lives.