June 8, 2017 Meeting with Catalina + IDRC
- Dana Ayotte
- "Global Shapers", part of World Economic Forum
- "the context in Mexico"
- lack of coverage of educational opportunities for youth in general
- a lot of barriers for hiring; you go and work wherever
- proposing to cover through distance education and online platforms
- shock to youth because of lack of digital literacy
- "100 students sign up, but only 60% are going to stay"
- "if my Dad's a painter, I don't need to go to high school"
- People with disabilities community
- very segmented
- very hurt, because system claims to be accessible, but is not; communities are very tight and very close, and don't interact with each other
- "a bridge" between opportunities that exist between digital tools for learning and youth with learning differences
- a "middle thing" that gives them the soft skills to engage in digital education
- teamwork, self-management, executive functions
- communities really dependent on donations and similar
- JUTTA: we want to send resources now to help plot out future directions, "first phase"
- budget stuff - who would be recipient of the funds
- what are social safety nets and barriers youth with learning differences encounter?
- CATALINA: can university work as recipient and administer funds?
- Jutta knows groups in Nicaruaga, Guetamala
- JT: "the space that we're needing to address is not formal education, but what happens when students disengage"
- "fourth industrial revolution"
- "we don't even know what formal education will be in 5-10 years"
- CATALINA: 4 things to work on
- channel for funds to arrive
- names to specific youth movements / groups
- narrative around disengagement and barriers
- challenges that are faced
- listening to stories
- JT: have you connected with Juliana and Karolina