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MAP – A career development and a life planning programme for youth
Career-and-life-planning programmes to prepare youngsters for challenges
ABOUT
Year Established: 2015
Beneficiaries: Adolescents, minority groups such as people with disabilities, new immigrants and ex-offenders
| https://www.mapdream.org | |
| MaP 築夢轉驛站 | |
| Exploring the Possibilities of Youth |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- Educations on planning life and on adversity are lacking in the grades-oriented Hong Konger secondary schools
- Minority groups, like people with disabilities, ex-offenders, past drug-users and new immigrants, are often badly labelled and prevented from finding good jobs
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- An innovative life-planning programme combining sharing of experience from the minority groups and “Life and Career Card” to help pupils find a good plan for their own life
EXPECTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 200 adolescents to join our career development and life-planning programme |
 | 5 individuals from minority groups to receive 32 hours of training to become guest speakers, group leaders and instructors |
 | 2 individuals from minority groups to work with us in the short-term staff |
 | Confidence to be boosted and potentials to be unleashed from the adolescents |
BUSINESS MODEL
MAP gains revenue from education programmes
PROGRAMME CONTENT
“Life and Career Card ” coupled with the sharing sessions by minority groups
Using narrative therapies to design life-planning programmes for local adolescents, helping them find out their strengths and pursue their dreams
Two sets of life-planning programmes for schools to purchase
"Real People Library", and "Dreaming" workshops