HANDS!

PROJECT
2014/2015 AND 2015/2016
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
AND OUR FUTURE

May 19, 2015

HANDs! Regional Meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Ai Goto, Assistant Director & Purwoko Adhi Nugroho, Program Associate
The Japan Foundation, Jakarta
HANDs! Project
 HANDs! Project 2014-2020
Hope and Dreams (HANDs!) Project is an annual youth
exchange program for 7 years aiming to foster capacity
building among youth (18 to 35 years old) for learning and
later creating actual projects using creative methods
for supporting communities in making disaster
education.

Offices involved: JF Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, Kuala

Lumpur, New Delhi, Tokyo

Target: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, India,

Japan (more to be added)
Project Development
Previous program

Indonesia Youth Competition

for Disaster Education
(YCDE) in 2012 to 2013

- 2012: 139 groups (536 participants) for 24 seats to Japan

(Kizuna)
- 2013: 319 groups (1276 participants) for 24 seats to
Japan (JENESYS 2.0)
- Received more than 3,800 likes on FB in a week!
Disaster

Disaster
Education
+Creativity
Creativity
 About HANDs
Expected Outcome from Year 1:
Engages and develops a total of 24 motivated youths from Japan and
ASEAN countries
Engages a minimum of 10,000 people digitally
Initiating a network of youths
Creating and realizing new ideas or solutions =>> ACCOMPLISHED
Expected Outcome after 7 Years:
Engages and develops a minimum of 200 motivated youths from
Japan and ASEAN countries
Engages a minimum of 100,000 people digitally
An active self-initiated network
Able to involve the Local and National Government of participating
countries
Able to affect on national educational system in participating countries
=>> DISCUSS MORE LATER TODAY
 Program Outline
Philippines Thailand Japan
Indonesia
Oct 01-05, Feb 15-21, Feb 21-27,
Sept 26-30, 2014
2014 2015 2015

Day 1
Day 2
Half-day
Half-day
Orientation Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Workshop and
group discussion Site visits and Activities with the Making action
Half-day other activities locals plan
workshop and
Half-day site visit
group discussion
HANDs! Time Frame for 2014-2015
Date Action
1 April - June 2014 Program Planning
2 Early July 2014 Approve Project & Budget
3 July 21 Aug 15, 2014 Call for Application for Participants
4 Aug 18 29, 2014 Selection of Participants
5 Sept 1 25, 2014 Administration & Phase 1 Preparation
6 Sept 26 Oct 5, 2014 HANDs Phase 1: Indonesia & Philippines
7 Oct - Nov 2015 Phase 1 Evaluation
Administration Process & Phase 2 Preparation
8 Feb 21-27 2015 HANDs Phase 2: Thailand & Japan
9 March 2015 HANDs 1st Year Evaluation
Program in Indonesia
Program in Philippines
Program in Thailand
 Program in Japan

Learning community Meeting with key persons in

development project in
Fukushima Tokyo
HANDs! Project 1st Year Outcome
Trained the 24 participants from the 6 countries.
Developed 8 action plans to be implemented in 2015.
Outreached to 6.3 million audience via ARENA123 on
TVRI. (January and February, 2015) [Indonesia]
Outreached audience through Thai PBS TV [Thailand]
Outreached audience through TBS TV Jonetsu Tairiku
and magazine Axis through Nagata san [Japan].
HANDs! Project 1st Year Outcome
--Indonesia [outreach event]
Talk-show for UN4U event on
October 17, 2014
Collaboration with UNIC, UNOCHA,
UNESCO, and others.
At Bina Nusantara University
(BINUS)
HANDs! Project 1st Year Outcome
--Indonesia [outreach + OJT]
Evacuation and Three activities at EPA
language training center at Depok.
Target: 267 nurse and caregivers
Objective:
To introduce ways to take care of people in
case of emergency.
To provide opportunity for HANDs!
Members to practice their learning.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RESULTS
Japan Trip
Overall experience with HANDs Japan
Trip
Excellent Good Somewhat good Not good
Life-changing experience with HANDs!
Japan Trip

Very life-changing Life-changing Somewhat life-changing not life-changing

The most significant 2 things participants
gained/learned during Japan Trip

1: Visiting the disaster areas in Tohoku area in Japan,

especially schools are highly valued.

2: Meeting with key persons and learned case study

analysis from various on-going projects.
For whom do you think the HANDs Project is
suitable? Who should join in the HANDs!
Project 2015-2016? (1st year participants voice)
University students
Young Professionals
People from different field with passion about disaster education
People who can stand out and share comment with others
Various expertise with same level and better English
Emerging leaders
Fresh grads
Design & Creative area people
Policy Makers
Social Activist
Youth
Different backgrounds (country, religion, etc)
Students 18-24 years
Strong will and personal capacity
Artist and non-artist, so action plan can more practical
Media People
YEAR 1 REVIEW
 1st Year in Short
Program development: Trial and error
phase
Created basic framework
Wind, Water & Soil type
Started to set up project standards
What to improve?
No Project Scenario

Indonesia: Philippines:
-Program A -Program C
-Program B -Program D
-Program C -Program E

Thailand: Japan:
-Program B -Program C
-Program C -Program D
-Program F -Program G

HANDs! Project
What to improve?
No Project Scenario Create Projet Scenario
Action Action
Plan A Plan C

Set up Indonesia Philippines Thailand Japan

goal and Program A Program D Program G Program J Goal
specific
expected
Program B Program E Program H Program K Achieved!!
Program C Program F Program I Program L
outome

Action
Plan B HANDs! Project
Key: Balance of universalism and localism
What to Keep?

Disaster

Disaster
Education
+Creativity
Creativity
What to Keep?
Other Unique Selling Points (USP)

Multicultural & Diversity

Multilateral Approach Multi-way of learning process

Focus on Human Capacity Development

Community Based

Project Outcome Oriented

Multicutural Approach
(Country Office Initiated)

Small Local Projects HANDs! Project

(Bilateral) (Multilateral)

Japanese Language Fellows Young Muslim Intellectual (YMI)

KIZUNA, JENESYS

(Head Office Initiated)

Human Capacity Development
(Human Capacity Development)

JF Fellows HANDs! Project

JENESYS

(Learning from Japan) (Mutual Learning)

(Non Human Capacity Development)

Impact to Community
(Impact to Community)

HANDs! Project 2nd Year

(Action Plans)

(General) (Community Based)

Intellectual Conferences HANDs! Project 1st Year

(Learning Stays in Participants)

Project Outcome Oriented
(Focus on Follow Up Activities)

Japanese Studies Fellows HANDs! Project

Young Muslim Intellectual (YMI)

(No Specific Issue) (Issue Oriented)

KIZUNA, JENESYS

(Broadly disseminating outcomes)

HANDS! IN 2020
Our Future, Our Long-term Goal
 HANDs! in 2020
200+ ALUMNI MEMBERS
Actively communicating with each other
Passionate about disaster education (and
other community issues)
Continue to collaborate & create projects
HANDS! OUR WAY
What do we value?
 HANDs! values:
1

You are our Hope and Dreams

We are professionals developing human capacity. Any of our

decision making should provide value to the participants.

Questions to ask:
Will this increase the learning of the participants?
What can they get?
 HANDs! values:
2

We are professionals,
serving professionals.

Question to ask:
How can we provide value to the participants,
the organizers, and the program?
 HANDs! values:
3

We are creatives, serving creatives.

Question to ask:
How about, What if?

Not We cannot, because

Think big & long term.

2020 and beyond.

PROGRAM 2015/2016
HANDs! 2nd year
2014/2015 : Trial & Error / Starting Up Phase

2015/2016 : Develop & Standardize

Purposes
To do human capacity development in the area of disaster
education + creativity.

To provide opportunities for participants to have creative

mindset, so that they can continuously change the community.

To create the pool of active alumni who continuously

communicate and create activities.

Q: How much do we want to stick with Disaster Education?

 Outcome?
Expected Outcome from Year 2:
Engage and develop additional 24+ motivated youths from Japan and
ASEAN countries
Engage a minimum of 10,000 people digitally
Initiate a network of youths
Create and realize new ideas and solutions
Continued involving the 1st year HANDs! members
Realize Action Plans from the 1st year
Seek involvement of Nepal (JFND) and Myanmar (JFBKK)
Expected Outcome after 7 Years:
Engages and develops a minimum of 200+ motivated youths from
Japan and ASEAN countries
Engages a minimum of 100,000 people digitally
An active self-initiated network
Able to involve the Local and National Government of participating
countries
Able to affect on national educational system in participating countries
Who are Our Participants?
GOOD PARTICIPANTS
Wind Type (artists/coordinator etc.)
: Having good artistic/creative skills
Water Type (organizers etc.): Having good coordination skills

In common:
Determined/serious about the issues
Eager to learn and collaborate with others locally & internationally
Good communication skills (including English)
25 35 year-old midcareer professionals. + Outstanding university
students.

BAD PARTICIPANTS
come and go, just to add to resume, not putting HANDs as 1st
priority (disappear in the middle of program)
Selection Process
Open competition
Individual competition

Open competition
Group competition
4 ways
Nomination
Individually

Nomination
By group
Selection Process
[2014]
Only sending CV/Bio [Malaysia] nomination
CV + Project experiences + Rough proposal (idea)
[Indonesia] Open call
CV + Idea [Philippines] nomination

[2015] OPEN CALL

Paper / Proposal + Interview or Roundtable Presentation
+ Discussion
What to learn?

Knowledge
Attitude

HANDs!
2014
focus Skills

Learning outcome
Methodology
Two International Group Trips + Some Domestic
Activities

Domestic activities can be organized BEFORE, BETWEEN,

or/and AFTER the group trips.

Our program will offer:

Life-changing experiences. Not just eye-opening.
Inspire to foster creative mindset & design thinking.
 Thank you very much!

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

--Helen Keller