Design for Change (DFC) is the world’s largest movement of children and youth driving change by unleashing their ‘I CAN’ mindset. We design school programs and special projects to give the young an opportunity to express their own ideas for a more desirable and sustainable future. Design for Change has been selected by the United Nations as one of the initiatives to achieve the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, recognising that children have what it takes to drive change in the world. (www.globalgoals.org/take-action/) Currently Design for Change is active in 70 countries.
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Happy Birthday to us!!
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15 years of innovation, impact, and empowering children to lead change for a more desirable, more sustainable world. Here’s to many more years of nurturing young changemakers! #DFCSG15 #Futureready #designeducation #ICAN #FIDS #dfcsingapore #empowerment #designthinking
Know anyone? DFCSG works with over 30 schools each year and is looking for a Program Executive to play an important role in ensuring the smooth execution of school programs and special projects, managing trainer coordination, design simple programs and liaising with schools and partners, to empower the next generation of changemakers! Apply or forward the link below. https://lnkd.in/ggusvq3J
🌟 Join the Design for Change Singapore Superheroes Trainers Team! 🌟 Design for Change Singapore is looking for a trainers and co-facilitators to join our dynamic team. Apply via Indeed and remember to fill in the Trainer Application form via the link in the job posting in Indeed. Trainer Application Form: https://lnkd.in/gY9Rx2Eh Together, we build and impactful journey for students in the classroom and building their I Can Mindsets. Join us in making a difference with Design for Change Singapore! 🙌💙
Building hashtag #Empathy Kudos to all our awesome facilitators (photo)...and a heartfelt thank you to our incredible community partners who helped us to empower 240 teens this week on a curious journey practicing empathy and understanding. Through the DFC's Design Thinking process—Feel-Imagine-Do-Share; our students gained invaluable insights into the lives of seniors, persons with disabilities, individuals with dementia, and children with special needs by engaging them in activities and curious conversations. Thank you 🙏 Loving Hearts, Rainbow Centre, AWWA LTD, SPD, Sree Narayana Mission (Singapore) and MINDS. We thank the school for being supportive. While we can't name everyone individually, we deeply appreciate the many dedicated individuals from each organization who dedicated their time, energy, and passion into this program. Your contributions have been pivotal in inspiring the next generation of compassionate changemakers. Together, let's make the world more compassionate and just, by design 💛 #Gratitude #EmpathyBuilding #DesignThinking #Collaboration #Changemakers #ICANmindset
Want to be part of this Design for Change’s global Be the Change Celebration next year? Calling Schools, partners, teachers, policy makers, parents; break the boundaries and join the Singapore delegation in Japan 🇯🇵 next year 29-30th Nov 2025. Write to us at admin@dfcsingapore.com today to know more. Visit us at www.Dfcsingapore.com
Looking for a superheroes to take the lead to expand our impact in education, by design with design!
500 children and educators from 40 countries with their stories of change 4 days of inspirations and laughter with ONE belief EVERY CHILD CAN! …make a better world, by design. I just returned from the 15th annual DFC’s global celebration - Be the Change Conference hosted by our partners in UAE. The event, each year, is a testimony of our belief in children’s agency. We don’t design for children; we design with them. They were part of each stage of planning, development and execution stage of the event. 11year old Ansh from Bedok Green Primary School was part of Singapore delegation and got a unique opportunity to work with 12 other student council members from across the globe, on a global project on single use plastic which they presented at the event. The event is full with story sharing from our DFC young superheroes from all over the world, discussions, workshops, master classes, bonding activities and lots of hugs! It becomes a place where age and roles are blurred… We thank our DFC UAE partner Nargish Khambatta, leading GEMS Modern Academy,Dubai and her gems Ritesh Dhanak and ERIYAT LAKSHMIDEVI for hosting this year’s event and making it a BIG success. Here’s to many more years of amplifying children’s voices and seeing the ripple effects of their actions across the globe! Next year, we meet in Japan 🇯🇵. Schools in Singapore interested in being part of this unique journey with DFC Singapore can write to us to learn more! PM me or write to admin@dfcsingapore.com. #BeTheChange #DesignForChange #EmpowerEveryChild #ICanMindset
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It's a Wrap 🥰 Our annual Design for Change 'Be the Change' celebration concluded with a resounding testament to the power of student agency and the transformative impact of young minds 🤩 With 500 participants from 30 countries, the event was a vibrant showcase of children’s creativity, courage, and commitment to solving real-world challenges. Workshops, performances, and masterclasses provided a platform for students to share their innovative solutions and amplify their voices 😊 From thought-provoking ideas to impactful actions, the global DFC community exemplified what is possible when children are empowered to lead change. Each story celebrated the belief that every child can drive meaningful progress, leaving participants inspired and hopeful for a brighter, more inclusive future. Thank you to our DFC UAE partner Nargish Khambatta, the incredible leader of the Gems Modern Academy and the incredible team of Ritesh Dhanak and dear Eriyat - the celebration was a triumph! This video is just a glimpse of the final moment which shows that all the world on stage ;-))) #empowerment #studentagency #designforchange
Together, we put our best foot forward! 🦶❤️ Our trainers are our catalyst in nurturing our superheroes! 🌟 At Design for Change, our 60+ trainers are not just facilitators—they are champions of change, enabling children to design a better world. 💡 We deeply value their expertise, dedication, and passion that fuel close to over 100 impactful programs each year, to inspire the next generation of changemakers. A big thank you, your effort drives impact, and your passion sparks change. Leena Vesonathan Vesonathan great work in understanding each one's motivation so we work as team. Photo: This morning with 18 trainers after the briefing to kick off 2 days bootcamp at one of the school program. #DesignForChange #Changemakers #EmpoweringYouth #TrainerAppreciation #BestFootForward
🚀 Excited about our Pitching Session for Design for Change Challenge 2024 - Our 15th Edition! 🚀 The longest-running challenge celebrating young superheroes making the world a better place, by design! 🌍✨ Next week, our 12 finalists from schools across Singapore will take the stage in an exciting Shark Tank-style pitching session, where they’ll share their inspiring stories of change! 🦸♂️🦸♀️ Our young change-makers took a journey applying design thinking in the real-world, and are ready to showcase how they’ve used creativity, empathy, and action to solve real-world challenges like social isolation for seniors, AI in Education, Sustainability practices and many more. A BIG thank you to our passionate Jury, who will be guiding these young changemakers with their insights and time. We look forward to an exciting discussion. Eugene Chin, Jasmine Seing, Iris Lin and Amit Suxena We are also thrilled to have Oracle Singapore host this inspiring event, supporting the next generation to take ownership and shape a better world. 👏 A big shoutout to our finalist schools: Greendale Pri, Bedok Green Pri, Mee Toh School, Yangzheng Pri, St. Nicholas Girls' School, Tampines Pri, Rosyth School, and GIIS! You’ve proven you don't need permission to design and improve lives —now it’s time to share and inspire others! 🌟 Best of luck, superheroes! We can’t wait to hear your inspiring stories of change! 💥 #DesignForChange #SharkTankChallenge #YouthChangemakers #ICANmindset #DFCSingapore #SuperheroesByDesign #Oracle #EducationEmpowerment #CSR #Corporatepartnership
🌟 Join the Design for Change Singapore Team! 🌟 Are you passionate about empowering young minds to become changemakers? Do you believe in the power of creativity, empathy, and action to transform our communities? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Design for Change Singapore is looking for a Superhero Programme Co-ordinator to join our dynamic team. If you're ready to be a part of an inspiring movement and help shape the future leaders of Singapore, we want to hear from you! 🌏✨ 🔗 Apply Now: https://lnkd.in/g_ARGd9K Together, we can show the world that every child can design a better future. Join us in making a difference with Design for Change Singapore! 🙌💙 #DesignForChange #Singapore #JoinUs #EmpowerYouth #MakeADifference #Changemakers
Why we believe Empathy (FEEL) is the most powerful stage? Read on….
Looking for a superheroes to take the lead to expand our impact in education, by design with design!
The Power of Empathy (FEEL) ❤️ Take a glimpse of our ‘Happiness by Design’ initiative 2023 that brought together over 50 children, teachers and parents to unpack and address issues related to children’s happiness. By using DFC’s simple design thinking framework Feel-Imagine-Do-Share, watch what ‘FEEL’ stage looks like in our session. Why we believe Empathy (FEEL) is the most powerful stage? ❤️ Empathy/ FEEL : The Heart of Design Thinking At DFC we give great emphasis on the first step FEEL – to allow children to pause and think and feel with their heart. When empathy is deeply embraced, we can identify the right problem to solve and the solution becomes more relevant to the user, which then leads to impactful change. 🌟 ❤️ Empathy/ FEEL: A powerful and essential life skill 💪 Beyond design, empathy is a crucial life skill that can cultivate stronger relationships and deeper understanding in everyday interactions for better families and communities. Practicing and building this mindset, helps our children and youth to navigate human complexities with sensitivity, fostering harmony and understanding. ❤️ Promoting Children’s Voice and Agency for a better world 🗣 Building a better Singapore requires amplifying children's voices and giving them agency in shaping society. Starting young is vital,—whether 11, 8, or even 6 years old, children CAN contribute meaningfully. DFC Singapore has demonstrated in many of our projects over last 15 years. By valuing children’s perspectives, we empower them to take ownership of the nation and the world. They are not the future, they are the NOW! ❤️ A Better World Through Empathy 🌏 The world today has empathy crisis, from conflict between countries, to disconnect in relationships. As an educator, a parent or as an adult; developing this great life skill in children and youth (8-18yrs) is not only a need it’s a responsibility for a better world. At Design for Change Singapore, we are committed to building a better future by nurturing empathetic change makers today, not by chance, by design. Calling corporates, government agencies, education institutions to jump in to empower children and be part of building a better Singapore! ------------------------------------------------- Happiness by Design 2023 was curated and executed as part of our Empactathon® series, an intergenerational engagement program to co-design solutions for a better world. It was carried out as part of DesignSingapore Council's #Learningbydesign initiative, where children, teachers and parents from Yumin Primary School, Bedok Green Primary School and Lakeside Primary School designed feasible solutions for issues like excessive homework, distractions amongst students, and teacher-student relationships. Thank you Sheena Lai, Ben Tan & team at Dsg for the support; Leena Vesonathan from DFC for an engaging student experience and all others who worked on the project. Read more more about I CAN School Programs https://lnkd.in/g5jbhY8z