At the Empathy Factory, we believe that children are innately generous, and that they have some of the most altruistic and wonderful ideas to help their friends, family, community and the world. If there is anything that consistently slows them down from being the change, it's that they lack certain resources. Sometimes that's money, sometimes it's support, and sometimes it's even a belief in themselves. In consideration of this, we've created a program where children can pursue their philanthropic ideas and never have to look back! Read on to hear how we do it:
The Empathy Factory first delivers a highly motivational and educational workshop on the value of volunteering and giving one's time. We help the students feel the rewards and benefits of giving, and help them tap into their own skills of empathy.
Following the workshop, students are challenged to come up with creative and novel ways of helping their community. Working alone or in teams, the students submit applications with their proposed ideas and are judged based on pre-determined set of criteria (which includes: who will benefit from the project, what they hope to achieve, what resources they'll need etc...)
The children are challenged to think generously and creatively.
To promote what the students are doing, we will be putting ads in various media - this will both motivate the students, and reward them for their efforts. We will also be offering limited funding to the projects (up to $5,000) in order to assure that exceptional ideas are not overlooked because of prohibitive costs.
The Empathy Factory will be in charge of all deliverables for the competition. We will also work hands-on with the youth on the winning ideas (two of which will be selected). Through support, mentorship, empowerment, and funding, the Empathy Factory will ensure that students are successful in their philanthropic project.
Thank you very kindly for your interest and support in our endeavor to create a generation of generous, conscientious humanitarians.