Social Challenge 2: How to engage at-risk youth to positively contribute to the society?
Why is this important?
At-risk youth are on the borderline of being trapped into a vicious cycle of crime and substance abuse.
Background
At risk youth generally are in the age range of 12-18 They often times have dropped out of school, have low levels of education, and come from broken families.
Status Quo
There are several government and non-profit programs
targeted at this population, most of them being vocational programs. However,
these programs are usually short-term, lack follow-up, and do not teach skills
that interest the youth.
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Response from Group 3: Born free
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Goal |
Reduce stress level of at-risk youth |
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Solution |
• Root of problem for at-risk youth: stress and
oppression from authority
• To release at-risk youth's stress: combine farm, river school and a
website for at-risk to write their stories |
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