The Brussels decleration PLEDGE TO PEACE

With Skype in the Classroom

 Presented by Ayrton Cable with Charlie Doherty, and hosted by The 100Hours

In June 2014 in London, 11 year old Ayrton Cable launches the new Humanitarian Water and Food (WAF) Youth Award. This Award merges with Ayrton’s “World Food Challenge”, which he launched at International School Meals Day and WE Day London.

There will now be a single WAF Youth Award, challenging young people to sustainably feed everyone in the world, no one left out.

This challenge invites an holistic approach to solving our water and food problems that can be sustained through the coming decades of this century.

Through a series of lessons on Skype in the Classroom, Ayrton, with ace young fundraiser Charlie Doherty, will guide classes in understanding the problems of getting adequate nutrition, and then support the students in getting involved in the Awards process for 2015. The Awards will celebrate those young people who have created (either from scratch or through developing something already existing) the most impactful initiatives to solve our water and food challenges.

C.A.R.E

Informed by the work of its partner and lesson host, The 100Hours, The WAF Youth Awards start from the point of view that brilliant physical solutions to water and food security already exist; the work of the World Food Programme, Mary’s Meals, Growing Power, SEANET, the PRI, and many others demonstrate that. What is missing is enough “care” about the issue to dedicate the necessary resources to scale them. The focus of the WAF Youth Award, then, is particularly on what young people can do to develop great C.A.R.E. (Commitment, Awareness, Responsibility, and Empathy) in the world.

Skype in the classroom

These SITC lessons will offer extensive resources to understand the physical problems and solutions of the issue through world-class partners, such as International School Meals Day.

The WAF Youth Awards are partnered with the United Nations, and form an important component of Ban Ki Moon’s “Global Education First” and its priority of building Global Citizenship.

As a 100Hours’ Youth Ambassador, an important part of Ayrton’s work is presencing the idea that, to a considerable extent, we already know what needs to be done in order to solve many of our greatest problems. What is missing is sufficient “will” to do those things on enough scale. That “will” is missing because there isn’t enough care about the issues, and the suffering of those on the receiving end of them.

Ayrton is speaking at the TEDx Youth event at Hampton Court House in June.

Ayrton Cable: “What is missing from our efforts to change the world?”

At the age of 9, Ayrton premiered his film in the Houses of Parliament, and partnered with four major NGOs, proposing a law for clearer food labeling to end the horrors of factory farming. His film is regularly shown in schools nationwide. Inspired by a TED talk on conflict minerals, Ayrton went on to campaign for a “Fair Trade Mobile Phone”, for which he won an Amnesty International Photojournalism Award. His latest initiative, focused on food security, follows his ITV and BBC Radio report from Malawi on hunger as part of the IF Campaign; Ayrton’s “World Food Challenge”, partnered with the UN, challenges young people to ensure everyone in the world is properly nourished, no one left out. He launched the challenge on International School Meals Day and WE Day London at Wembley in front of 12,000 young people. In June, he launches the new Humanitarian Water and Food Youth Awards in Central Hall, London.

Image: Ayrton with 11 year old Mapangano in Malawi.

Please send us your ideas – vblogs, slideshare or even just an email – about how we can feed everyone in the world, no one left out!

Watch Ayrton’s World Food Challenge! 

What’s your idea?

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Do you passionately want to make a difference in the world?
Would you like the chance to speak to other young people about how they can truly make a difference? 

If you can answer “YES!” to those two questions, then come and join us for an Introduction in March, 2014!

Date: Saturday, 22nd March, 2014
Place: Vauxhall, London

Alongside the fantastic organization Free the Children, we are training young people like you and offering you opportunities to speak. You will learn the keys to inspire and empower other young people to make a difference with their lives.  You will also get to help develop a new film series and you may get to deliver a Keynote Address at Free the Children’s Youth Summits in 2014 and beyond.

Please join us from 10.30am to 4.30pm Saturday, 22nd March in Vauxhall, London. You will learn more about the opportunity, about our approach, and about how you can take part! It will be exciting day! You will learn about how to truly “Be the Change” you want to see in the world, and how to communicate that to others.

We really look forward to seeing you there!

Please email Elite (elitemarriott@100hours.org) by February 14th to let us know you are interesting in coming.

Paul, Ron, Elite, Alex, and all The 100Hours team.

PS If you would like more information, please email Elite at elitemarriott@100hours.org or call 02035880208

April 26^th

June 27^th and 28^th

July 4^th and 5^th

July 11^th and 12^th

The key note speaker will be Rupert Sadler from The 100Hours Youth Team.

Come along!

The 100Hours is presenting on the subject of Responsibility, and how young people can create deep personal and social change using self organized “circles”.

Come along! You can join the convention virtually.

• 24th of June, Kingston University: 100 Hours, opening address
• 25th of June, Kingston University: 100 Hours, Youth Ambassador speech
• 27th of June, Hampton Court House: UNESCO Schools Student Quality Circles Summit

Please email us if you’d like to find out how to attend.

The fishbone cause analysis tool

]]> http://learn.100hours.net/student-quality-circles-convention/feed/ 0 http://learn.100hours.net/4-steps-to-using-empathy-in-design-and-problem-solving/ http://learn.100hours.net/4-steps-to-using-empathy-in-design-and-problem-solving/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:14:23 +0000 http://mbapay.com/100hrs/?p=1594 In this short video from the Ashoka website, Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Director of Riverside School and the Design for Change movement, explains the role empathy has in design and problem solving. It’s not just about feeling for others, she says: it’s about how to distinguish the real issue from the superficial aspects, about stepping back to consider and imagine a solution that involve others in the solution itself, and about sharing and inspiring others.

The 4 steps are: Feel, Imaging, Do and Share.

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Here’s another article from Emma Seppala which was published in the Huffington Post, on why compassion is probably one the most important things in your life. For example, Emma says that brain imaging shows  compassion sends our pleasure levels as high as when we experience receiving gifts or eating dessert. It makes us attractive and sends good vibes all around, making others happy. It also boosts our health and helps us feel better when we’re down.

Read the full article by Emma Seppala on the Huffington Post: 10 (Science-Based) Reasons Why Compassion Is Hot