The journey in five acts is designed to provide the participants with all the relevant skills and knowledge needed to start their social project. The entire training is conceptualized around practical, hands-on activities. The chosen case studies and the actual projects become more and more real from act to act.
Act One – Case Study
Participants are confronted with the problems and circumstances of an imaginative country. They are divided into teams that work on a 10-week case study. The teams are taught to solve problems and develop theoretical projects. The given problems are all based on real-life examples.
Act Two – Leadership and Change (with the focus on social marketing)
This act is focused on solving real life problems through social marketing campaigns.
Act Three – First steps to make practical experiences.
In Act Three participants have a chance to implement all acquired methods and soft skills into the formation and management of real projects in the district of Thiruvananthapuram.
Act Four – Exploring the Real World
This act is reserved for an internship in which participants put their acquired methods and leadership skills into practice in an NGO or corporate setting. The hosting party is asked to define a project that the intern can implement within two months. The projects vary from awareness campaigns, development of programs and curricula, conducting needs studies to a fundraiser.
Act Five – Back to the Dream
Throughout the 11-month program, participants have implemented all the acquired skills into the planning of their own projects. Now it is time to finalize their portfolios and if possible, register their organizations. In addition, supporters who are willing to commit to assist financially or through legal and organizational advice are found.