Safeguard and Design for Change (DFC) Pakistan on Tuesday announced 35 winning stories by Pakistani children who have demonstrated their commitment to be change-makers and future leaders of the country. The global DFC School Challenge 2011 is the world’s largest movement for change initiated by the children. In Pakistan, DFC and Safeguard joined hands to implement this programme throughout the nation with at least 35,000 children being reached in over 7000 schools. The DFC program encourages children to use a simple 4-step process of ‘Feel, Imagine, Do, Share’, to design and implement solutions to the greatest challenges in the country. Initially, children shared their ideas for how they intended to bring about a change in their communities followed by their implementation of these ideas and reporting what impact they had on the lives of people around them. This year, 35 stories have been shortlisted by an independent panel based on their sensitivity to others’ needs, how well they connect needs to ideas and successfully implement vision while demonstrating personal and community wide change. These stories have been grouped in the following categories: Quickest Impact, Most People Impacted, Easiest to Replicate, Most Environmentally Friendly, Maximum Potential for Long Lasting Change, Boldest Idea and Jinnah Prize.
