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learn to move mountains®
Empowering children & youth to be optimistic problem-solvers

The learn to move mountains® approach prepares children and young people to meet the challenges of today’s world and lead the problem-solving.

By connecting them to their creativity and capacity to ‘make a difference’ we are giving them a sense of purpose and the ability to overcome challenges, increasing their wellbeing by enabling them to be optimistic agents of change.

We embed the entrepreneurial mind-set skills and resilience that they need to take action and flourish, preparing them to be ‘job creators’ rather than ‘job seekers’ in today’s world.

We want every child to believe in themselves, so our ‘change-maker spaces’ are inclusive for everyone, regardless of their academic ability, to play with ideas for hacking real-world challenges.

Celebrating World Water Day 2018 with students from Lemania-Verbier International School

Building strong foundations

Developing resilience

Young people need to feel empowered and optimistic that their unique blend of thinking and experience counts in problem-solving in their community and globally.

From learning to love their imagination, valuing their creativity and understanding what causes they care about and why, we give them a process for bringing new perspectives to problem-solving.

We explore key techniques for developing resilience, so that young people are better equipped to navigate the challenges that they face now and will face in the future.

They learn to adapt, change perspective and reframe failure as a trigger for creating more effective solutions.

We enable them to move away from perfectionism to problem-solving, from disempowering habits to harnessing their strengths and skills for taking action.

Finding answers and hope

Having entrepreneurial mindset

We connect them to who they are, so that they start to know themselves and their strengths.

They know it is okay not to know the answer; and learn how to use their unique blend of imagination and creativity for knowing how to find answers.

They gain a sense of hope that taking actions in ways meaningful to them will have real impact.

As they develop these practical, social and emotional skills, young people are empowered to be optimistic problem-solvers

Taking the risk on turning their ideas into reality for causes that they care about, provides a pathway to having a sense of purpose, which is crucial for wellbeing.

As they play with ideas and explore how to turn these into reality, they build essential skills for the 21st Century – empathy, communication, collaboration, leadership, citizenship, problem-solving.

We make a space for recognising how global challenges emerge at a local level, giving them a voice to solve real-world problems within their community and further afield.

We encourage them to use their ideas to find new ways of making a difference, instilling the belief that they can be innovators and leaders of change today.

Protect Our Mountains on International Mountains Day 11th December 2017

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Innovation in Emergency Relief Housing Workshop

Student Council as Young Leaders

In April 2016, Elaine France brought the Year 9 students at St George's International School in Switzerland together to explore innovation in Emergency Relief Housing.

Having embedded the ideas & innovation process with the students, by exploring bamboo houses and cities of the future, they were then introduced to how innovation works in disaster relief and humanitarian aid scenarios.

With MedAir as guest speakers, the students were able to hear first-hand what creative solutions happen in real-world situations.

In groups, the students were then able to use materials destined for the recycling bins, to design and construct maquettes of emergency relief houses designed for specific scenarios.

In 2016/2017, Elaine worked with the Student Council at the International School of Zug & Luzern (ISZL) to build their skills as young leaders in two half day workshops.

CAS Student Workshop at International School of Zug & Luzern

As part of the development of their High-School Service Learning Strategy, Flow In Action worked alongside Vicky Wasner, Experiential Learning Coordinator to build greater understanding of 'service' and social impact with all students from Year 10 - 12.

In June 2016, we ran a workshop for 110 students from Year 10, to prepare them for starting their CAS activities.

Using the Learn to Move Mountains approach, they were introduced to CAS and explored how to use their creativity to take action.

In August 2016, we followed up with a further event to reinforce some key messages around creativity and change-making.

The key principles for each young person are that their creativity counts, so that each student understands that their unique strengths are the foundation for positive change.

As part of this process, several students accepted the invitation to set-up an Agents of Change Team to work alongside Vicky Wasner, to encourage their peers to embrace their creativity.

To explore your requirements, contact Elaine France for an informal discussion.
Email elaine@flowinaction.org to set up a time to talk.