i camp children's safety event
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Keeping Children Safe:
ICT4D Solutions Incubator Cambodia
iCamp Prototyping Event
InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia
In April of 2017, the InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia team ran an iCamp event at Trybe in Phnom Penh. The day’s
focus was children’s safety and children’s rights. Members of fifteen organizations including UNICEF, The Ministry
of Education, and Engineers without Borders Australia, participated in the proceedings.
A full list of participating organizations:
Ministry of Education
Cambodia Children Fund
Chap Dai Child Network
UNICEF
NGOCRC
Sunshine Cambodia
Mother Heart
First Step Cambodia
CCYMCR
InSTEDD iLab SEA
Plan International
Cambodia
Engineers without Borders
Australia
Agile Development
M & E Association
Child Helpline Cambodia
MOEVS
CCPCR
Trybe
iCamps are day-long events dedicated to creating prototypes around social issues.
The groups brainstormed possible solutions to issues that affect children, such as
poor education, migration difficulties, child abuse, abandonment, and parents behaviors.
Out of nine potential focuses for the day, three were voted on for further brainstorming and prototyping:
Migration of Family, Promoting Parent’s Skills, and Making Communities Safer for Children.
As groups considered the prototypes, they considered the impact on children and their families, as well as
planned how various groups and members can get involved, such as NGOs, Government, and larger
communities.
Before landing on potential solutions, the members of the groups test their prototypes by exchanging ideas
and filling out visual aids of the challenges faced. The diagram above displays possible issues of migrant
families.
As part of the plan to make communities safer for children, the groups created a front-facing community
project to get individuals involved in free first-aid training. The plan is to train community leaders, and give
outstanding role-model communities the chance to share safety training with other nearby communities.
At the end of the day, relationships are formed, and potential partnerships are beginning.
The SPIDER iCamp event is just one example of how the iLab Southeast Asia is
connecting subject matter experts, designers, and programmers on a local level.
Special thanks to
To learn more about
The iLab Southeast Asia
please visit:
www.ilabsoutheastasia.org
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