AIDA - An Introduction
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AIDA is a learning program challenging today's youth to become highly skilled, employable, and socially engaged leaders of tomorrow. AIDA is a social enterprise that p rovides free software dev training for brilliant but underprivileged young women, subsidized with fee-based corporate employability skills trainings.
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AIDA - An Introduction
- 3. Gender Composition in India number of females per 1000 males 1000 Indonesia: 988; Japan: 1,055; USA: 1,025 China: 926; Pakistan: 943; Bangladesh: 978 976 980 964 962 960 945 940 920 927 914 900 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Girls 0-6
- 4. India 2000 GDP 1848 ($ billions) 1800 1600 1400 Empathy? 1200 Compassion? 1000 Civic Awareness? 800 Social Consciousness? 600 492 400 274 196 200 68 27 0 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 GDP ($ bill)
- 5. India 2000 GDP 1848 ($ billions) 1800 1600 1400 Education – Employment Mismatch 1200 1000 Skills Shortage 800 Employability Gap 600 492 400 274 196 200 68 27 0 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 GDP ($ bill)
- 6. The Solution
- 8. AIDA Learning program challenging today's youth to become highly skilled, employable, and socially engaged leaders of tomorrow Social Enterprise Provides free software dev training for brilliant but underprivileged young women, subsidized with fee- based corporate employability skills trainings
- 9. EDUCATION FOR LIFE Life Skills Empathy, compassion, ethics, civic awareness, facing change, causing change Job Skills Communication, leadership, team work, critical thinking, networking, lifelong learning Tech Skills Web, mobile, game, animation, and application development; open source
- 10. EDUCATION FOR LIFE Life Skills Essential component of all trainings Job Skills Paid corporate training for young men & women; Also, included in free Tech Skills training Tech Skills Free for underprivileged young women; by international experts
- 11. TRAINING Real-World Competencies Innovative challenge and project based learning; Hard + soft skills; Contests Youth as Catalysts Social awareness as core learning component; youth-led Service Day Near-Term Benefit Better jobs; high growth career path Long Term Impact Social transformation
- 12. OPPORTUNITY = DEVELOPMENT To learn by doing Become lifelong learners To be the change Become active citizens in the community
- 13. The Plan
- 14. Background 2004 – 2013 youth social change trainings all over the world 2007 – 2008 saheli.org essay contests in kangayam, tamil nadu
- 15. AIDA – STARTUP PHASE 2011 in September; 2012 in August & December First Development Academy in Coimbatore Finalize program and curriculum (v2.0) Focus on startup, sustainability, and scale
- 16. AIDA 10 YEAR PLAN 100 Locally-Owned Centers across India 200+ young women entrepreneurs 100 marginalized young women per center/year Impacting 100,000+ youth
- 17. Can You Help?
- 18. AIDA COIMBATORE 1. Give 2. Recruit 3. Mentor 4. Volunteer 5. Promote 6. Build
- 19. WHY? Create a Community Asset Lasting Ripple Effect
- 20. AIDA education for life academy.appropriateit.org info@academy.appropriateit.org February 24, 2013 Photos in the presentation are from various AIDA programs and activities
Editor's Notes
- Based on Census 2011. Sex selective abortions are still prevalent in India, despite it being illegal. The practice of aborting female foetuses not only stemsfrom a demeaning attitude to women, but reinforces it. (BBC on Sex Selective Abortionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/selective_1.shtml#h2)
- India GDP from World Bank through Google's Public Data Explorer:http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:IND&dl=en&hl=en&q=india+gdp
- GDP from World Bank through Google's Public Data Explorer:http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:IND&dl=en&hl=en&q=india+gdpMurthy said the quality of English of the engineering graduates that IT companies employ is poor. "Their ability to write and communicate with Western clients is not as high as it used to be 20 years ago. Therefore, it has already affected our competence. However, we can reverse it," he said. (I feel sad about Indian economy: Narayana Murthy - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/I-feel-sad-about-Indian-economy-Narayana-Murthy/articleshow/14066166.cms)About 64 per cent of employers in India are not satisfied with the skill sets of fresh engineering graduates, it added. (Skill shortage presents hurdle to India's growth: World Bank - http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/news/29623206_1_skill-shortage-skill-gaps-india-ranks-second)
- Photo from AIDA 2011
- Photo from essay contest for high-school students in 2007See more on the contest and winning essays at http://www.saheli.org/
- Photo from AIDA 2011
- Photo from essay contest for high-school students in 2007– cover art of prize-winning essay; done within the time provided. :)See more on the contest and winning essays at http://www.saheli.org/
- Photo from AIDA 2011 – playing on the ipad during break
- Photo from AIDA 2011 – playing a game as part of the class
- Photo from Information & Communication Technology (ICT) training in Afghanistan (2004)
- Photo from AIDA 2011
- Photo from AIDA 2011