The Center for the Living City (CFTLC) partners with like minded organizations to help expand its OBSERVE program, with the goal of helping many young people to realize their agency in improving their neighborhoods and cities- now, and as they grow up to become active citizens. So the Center is pleased to announce its partnership with Asia Initiatives which will help grow the Observe India program to Asia Initiatives’ various projects in India. The Observe India team, under the leadership of CFTLC board member Vidhya Mohankumar and Jane Jacobs Fellow Vidhya Venkatesan, has designed an online 8 week module that includes videos and practical fun projects for young people to critically look at the issues of water, waste, and other neighborhood matters important to them.
Announcing the 2020 OAN Fellows | Orange People Project, Chhav, Adaptable Contextual Farming Invoking Self Dependency
OBSERVATION & ACTION NETWORK (OAN) Grants Program is a collaboration with the Center for the Living City, the Urban Design Collective and NASA India that invites students who are extremely passionate about transforming their cities/towns for a better tomorrow. This program will utilize skill-sets and tools that both inform action and support students’ developing voices. The OAN strives to create a network where students can involve themselves directly with identifying and solving real urban challenges with people in their neighborhoods while also connecting with other creative leaders throughout the world. The Grants Program is an inaugural part of the OAN, as the three winners become the first 2020 OAN Fellows. Each of the winning individuals or teams will be awarded $500 USD for the implementation of their proposals.
