Profile
Our project, Cookies For Hope, aims to collect funds to be donated to a local charity, Yayasan Pulih, to victims of sexual harassment by selling cookies to the public, done in response to a quantitative increase in sexual harassment cases during the pandemic. This is our targeted audience, however it may coincide with those celebrating public holidays around the months of April and May, particularly Easter and Eid-al Fitr, as a form of ‘seasons greetings’ and in preparation of the holiday season as the project targets an ending date right before May 2021. Our purpose in donating funds is to aid local foundations in protecting victims of sexual harassment, advancing legal changes, raising awareness of the issue to the public, and taking action against it in general.
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The reason I wanted to join this project is because in a pandemic, I wanted to help address a cause while being confined to our homes during the pandemic. In these times of crisis it is possible that every individual is dealing with problems of their own at home, of course that is mentally draining. As such I want to help enforce positivity into the community by joining this project of producing, packaging, distributing and selling these food products, the profits of which will be directed to a charity protecting victims of sexual harassment, an issue that has become more prevalent online during the pandemic.
Experiences
Cookies for Hope
Reflection 1
Investigation
Date/Time: 26 Mar 2021
Venue: Online
Team members present: Gabriel
CAS Stage: I/P/A/R/D
LOs achieved:
- Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
- Recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions
- Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
Description
1. How do you achieve this experience learning outcomes in this stage today?
For this reflection I was working on the CAS project proposal. I was one of the group members assigned to do this project proposal along with some others, due to the situation where I am currently unable to leave the home due to safety concerns. As such I decided to commit some of my time to working on project documents. I managed to demonstrate initiation and planning of a CAS experience by working on the proposal, which itself is a planning document for the project, including the rationale, budget, role assignments, deadline schedules, etc. I also managed to recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions by explaining the rationale to this project, that all the profits will be donated to a charity for sexual harassment victims, which happens to be my engagement with issues of global significance, facing the issue of sexual harrassment particularly online and during the pandemic.
2. What was important or influential in this experience today?
I believe the most important aspect is that this proposal can set the foundation for the actions done during the project. It sets a clear outline for the rationale, schedule, and actions needed to be done for the project, makes it more comprehensive to follow.
3. What is the memorable moment in this experience? What went well or was difficult today?
Not much was memorable in writing the proposal, however some aspects were difficult in that I needed clarification from the supervisors regarding some parts of the proposal, for example achievement criteria.
Expressing Feeling
1. How do you feel when you are doing your experience today? Where do you think this emotional response comes from?
Honestly I felt nothing much writing the proposal, in fact it felt a bit of a chore. However I believe this was a responsibility I had to fulfill due to limitations on physical duties as I had to stay home, so I was committed to filling the proposal.
Generating idea and asking question
1. What does this experience mean to you?
It created a foundation for the project to start from, and also outlined clearly the link between the project and the issue of global significance, that is this project will be used to help the issue of sexual harassment by donating to a charity protecting victims of it.
2. How do you think your experience today contributes to the development of your IB Learner Profile attributes?
I believe it contributes to the knowledgeable profile, as this proposal made me as well as my project teammates more aware of the stages of the project and its rationale. It also contributed to the thinker aspect in that I had to account for the problems to be encountered during the project, and we discussed the solutions to those issues in the project in the proposal.
