STORY PREVIEW

2023

Healthy diet, balanced life

Rising Leaders Academy

Ankara

MENTOR

Belma YILDIZTAS

Step 1 FEEL

List the challenges or problems in your surroundings (school,neighbourhood etc.) that bothered you.

-Exam process homework load -Busy syllabus, -Long class hours -Transportation to school, -Shuttle problem -Cleaning school toilets -Students do not have the confidence to tell theır problems to their teachers at school Peer Bullying And Violence At School

State the problem chosen to work and why.

We realized students can not access proper nutrition which concered us deeply.

Who were the people affected by the problem? What were their primary concerns?

This problem affected students, teachers, the school's boards and the school's staff.

Step 2 Imagine

List ALL the different solutions you came up with.

-Talking to families -Protesting -Changing the menu in consultation with teachers to make them understand the situation in order to change the attitude of the school management -Raising awareness in the school by inviting an expert -Collect information from students by conducting a survey and write a report -Influencing the school administration to change its mind

Which solution from those listed above did you choose to implement and why?

Collect information from students by conducting a survey and write a report: We imagined changing the school boards opinion in order to achive a school environment where students can access balanced nutrition.

Step 3DO

Describe very briefly the process of implementing your solution(s).

1. We decided to find out the opinions of the students in order to change the school management's opinion about the better quality and healthier food in the school cafeteria. 2. For this we prepared a questionnaire and applied it to the students in our schools. 3. We got help from a sociologist to analyze the data from the questionnaire and collected the statistical results. 4. we prepared a report with the striking survey results to present to our school principals. 5. In order for the report to be taken into consideration by school principals, we received the opinions and suggestions of Dr. Hande Gül Gezer from Hacettepe University and added them to the report. 6. We started a negotiation with school principals.

What was the result or impact of your project?

We raised the awareness of students, teachers and school's boards about our problem. We started a negotiation process. we are still receiving feedback while our project is still ongoing.

How many people were impacted by your solution(s)?

136

What did the impacted people have to say about your project? Provide 2 quotes or testimonials:

1. "That is such a great idea! I really don't like the school's food. I hope you will be able to change this.". 2. "I lost hope about this subject, however I have a feeling that you can do something about it.".

What challenges did you encounter while implementing your project, and how did you overcome them?

-Phones were not allowed in schools that's why we had a hard time collecting answers. -Some people didn't care about this concept and didn't want to help us. -Some of us had a hard time finding people that can answer our questions.

How long did it take to implement your solution?

MORE THAN 30 DAYS

Which global goals does your story align with?

Zero hunger

Please explain briefly why do you think so?

We think that our chosen problem alignes with the global goal "Zero Hunger" because we saw that especially students didn't eat during school hours, which created a lack of performance.

Step 4 SHARE

How did you share your project with your school and community? Who did you share your project with? What was their response?

To share our story, we sent our repport to the school's boards, to some student's parents and talked with our friends. We used web pages, social medias and whatsapp groupchats.

Approximately how many people did you share your story of change with?

More than 100

Briefly share your plan to sustain the impact of your project?

We will keep working on this project until the point where we reach a sustained result(s). We will keep organising meetings with profesionals, students and teachers.

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