محضر:Alia Mossallam meeting
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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