Our focus is simple
Empower creative thinkers to create community change. We seek to instill not just skills, but a mindset that drives positive change using social design principles. Together, we hope to support a generation that fearlessly confronts real-world challenges with innovative design solutions, fostering a community of impact-driven trailblazers.
Human Centered Design
An approach completely rooted in human-centered design and empathy. The power of human-centered design is universal, making our project’s impact scalable and applicable globally.
Community
Foster a deep sense of community and interconnectedness, recognizing the collective power to drive positive change within local and global contexts.
Mind Shift
Inspire a shift in mindset through innovative problem-solving, encouraging individuals to approach challenges with creativity, confidence, and support to effect positive change in their community.
Since 2016
We’ve implemented a cross-cultural applied learning design thinking course—created as an extracurricular initiative tailored for engaged learners committed to making a real impact in their communities.
This unique program instills a deep understanding of human-centered design principles and fostering a culture of empathy and innovation. Witness the evolution of engaged students into empowered alumni, equipped with powerful skills that not only drive positive change in their communities but also serve as a gateway to diverse and impactful opportunities beyond the classroom. Join us in shaping the future of change-makers and unleashing the potential within each student through the art of human-centered design.
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Thinking By Design empowers individuals to approach challenges with creativity and the most relevant solutions that have a lasting impact in communities.
The Thinking by Design program has demonstrated its unique influence by transforming a student from a state of initial hesitation and fearfulness to a confident and articulate participant. There are powerful [student examples] of the impact of the Thinking by Design program in fostering not just academic skills but also crucial life skills such as effective communication and self-confidence.
My daughter is a Design Program graduate at Mtakuja Secondary School. Every one of us in our family who was lucky to meet and live with her could note the difference between her before and after the program, especially her creative thinking skills and her optimistic mind toward different situations in our community.
The Design Program has impacted the lives of both Tanzanian students and alums since the program has made our students confident enough to generate solutions to various problems that arise at our school and even outside the school. This proved the student's ability to innovate and present their ideas fearlessly.
As a Tanzanian who has also been teaching for nearly a decade, I understand that it's not in the nature of Tanzanian students to be outgoing, confident, and expressive. But, after starting to teach the course in my school, all these attributes were evident among my students. Thinking by Design helps a student to believe in themselves and understand that they hold a powerful weapon to solve any challenge.
The program will have a high impact on students who have gone through the program on their futures.
Thinking by Design is where natural problem-solving instincts get supercharged, unlocking problem-solving potential students barely knew existed while helping others "think" outside the box too.
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