Project Duration: One year, but our clubhouse applied and was accepted for second year 
Start/End Date: First year started on April, 2008 ended on 10th June, 2009. Second year started July, 2009 and still running Our exhibition will be in September  

Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) program allows us to provide even more youth (ages 13-18) from underserved communities with breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools.
 http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/youthvoices/

AYV encourages youth to explore and comment on their world, and to make
positive contributions in their communities. Over 30 Computer Clubhouses have already had the opportunity to participate in AYV, and their Clubhouse youth have had amazing, profound experiences as a result. Our clubhouse in Jordan in the second year of this project.
 
As an AYV Clubhouse, we are joining a global network of nonprofit organizations that enables young people to use digital tools to create with purpose, express their ideas about issues important to their lives, and have their voices heard by a wide range of audiences.
 
Partnering Organization(s): Adobe, Computer Clubhouse network

Adobe
San Jose, California, USA
http://youthvoices.adobe.com/
Adobe Systems Incorporated offers business, creative and mobile software solutions that revolutionize how the world engages with ideas and information. Adobe customers include enterprises, knowledge workers, creative’s and designers, OEM partners, and developers worldwide.
Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.
 
 
Intel Computer Clubhouse network
Boston, MA, USA
gbreslow@mos.org
www.computerclubhouse.org
(617) 589-0387
Gail Breslow: Director
The Computer Clubhouse provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology. Using the "original" Clubhouse as a model, the Computer Clubhouse Network supports community-based Clubhouses around the world, providing over 25,000 youth per year with access to resources, skills, and experiences to help them succeed in their careers, contribute to their communities, and lead outstanding lives. The ongoing vision of the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network is to proliferate the highly successful Clubhouse learning approach and establish it as a replicable model for technology learning in community-based organizations around the world.
 
The Clubhouse learning approach is designed to empower youth from all backgrounds to become more capable, creative, and confident learners. This approach is grounded in research from the fields of education, developmental and social psychology, cognitive science, and youth development. It builds on research on the role of affect and motivation in the learning process, the importance of social context, and the interplay between individual and community development. It leverages new technologies to support new types of learning experiences and engage young people who have been alienated by traditional educational approaches.
Type of contribution: Adobe and the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network established a partnership to implement the AYV program in a selected number of Clubhouses. Whereas Adobe donates the CS premium software, amount of money to purchase cameras and other tools, both provide assistance and technical training to coordinators to run the project 
 
Princess Basma Youth Resource Centre
Amman, Jordan
pbyrc@zenid.org.jo
www.johud.org.jo
+962 6 5052431
+962 6 5052435
Jenine Jaradat: centre manager
Jenine.j@zenid.org.jo
The Princess Basma Youth Resource Centre (PBYRC) is part of Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), was established in 2002 in response to the high demands and needs of young Jordanians. The Centre works with young people aged 10-24 from all backgrounds and regions in Jordan. PBYRC’s mission is to promote the active role of youth in society, enhance their participation in the development process and provide them with opportunity, support and freedom to express their needs and shape new realities for their future.
Drawing from past experiences of working with young people, and being a pioneer in initiating programs that reflect youth’s needs, the Centre’s vision is to empower young people to use their voices, participate more actively in their communities, and think creatively and critically about themselves and their roles in society. 
 
Our Beliefs
We believe that all young people everywhere deserve the opportunity to develop their own unique strengths, and their own enlightened consciousness. More than this, we believe that our very global future depends upon the evolution of such an expanded consciousness of citizenship.
Through a rights-based approach, gender equity, participative environment and sustainability which are our core principles, we see our role as providing the space and creative environment for young people in Jordan and of this region. We wish to engage young people in a learning process in which they can reflect internally and externally, developing their awareness of self and consciousness of the world in all its complexity.
 
PBYRC clubhouse contribution:
-                      Participate in AYV training and workshops, and assist the clubhouse members in implementing their projects by providing technical training and workshops to its members
-                      Commitment to lead and guide the youth throughout the year in the creation of youth media using Adobe donated software.
-                      Completion of periodic reports describing our progress, sharing best practices, and evaluating the benefit of AYV to our youth.
 
Project Mission: Adobe Youth Voices aims to empower youth in underserved communities around the globe with real-world experiences and 21st century tools to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.

Project Objective(s): To provide youth in underserved communities with the critical skills they need to become active and engaged members of their communities and the world at large. The Adobe Foundation invests nearly US$7 million per year in the Adobe Youth Voices program, primarily through training, educational resources, and grants. The program also leverages software donations and employee volunteers from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
 
With a focus on empowering youth, Adobe Youth Voices supports young people in and out of school and encourages the use of cutting-edge multimedia tools to communicate and share their ideas, demonstrate their potential, and take action where they live.
 
PBYRC computer Clubhouse site objectives when applied:
- Ability to receive and use the variety of resources that can be provided by Adobe to help us integrate media in our clubhouse. To secure funding to enhance our library with useful tools and resources to help youth express themselves and talk about issues that concern them in their communities using media.
- Participate in the global exhibitions and let our youth voices be heard by others; this will give them motivation to commit to and complete their projects by encouraging them to share their experiences with others.
- Explore new ways to express themselves and encourage them to search for issues that concern them or others and be confident that they can make a difference in their communities, be part of global initiative, be inspired from its success stories, and be able to communicate with others all over the world by using media creatively.
 
Target group(s): Computer Clubhouse members aged between 13-18 years.
our clubhouse target the clubhouse members aged 10-18, Mentors, and the community 

Geographical scope(s) of project : Underserved communities where the clubhouses are located, in Amman and US sites in addition to schools all over the world

Countries Involved: The Adobe Youth Voices global network currently includes more than 557 sites, grantees, and organizations, such as the Intel Computer Clubhouse and iEARN, in 32 countries engaging youth and educators in schools and out-of-school programs.
 
•Canada (7), India (31), London (15), United States (49) Intel Computer Clubhouse 40 sites in 11 countries (Argentina,Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Ireland, Jordan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, United States (26) )

One page summary about the project:  Attached 

US involvement/contribution within the project: Adobe contributed 2500$ for the purchase of cameras or other needed equipment and materials in addition to the adobe Cs3 for the first year,, the second year 1500$ and the CS4 software.
 
Customized training at April 2008 Computer Clubhouse Network Annual Conference, August Teen Summit, and ongoing support throughout the year
Adobe Youth Voices program materials and resources
Connection to a global network of educators engaged in youth media practice
Multiple opportunities to exhibit youth-produced media
 
The first adobe youth voices summit in California was fully sponsored by adobe two youth members along with a chaperone travelled in 2009 to California.   

Achievements/progress to date: . While Adobe Youth Voices youth inside and outside of school are creating high-impact work to share with local and global audiences, they are also building valuable skills that open doors to future success. Since 2006, more than 20,000 youth from over 30 countries have engaged in Adobe Youth Voices programs to develop original, thought-provoking content on domestic violence, environmental degradation, the impacts of war, and other topics. The results are frequently transformative, with youth building valuable creativity, communication, and collaboration skills essential for success in today’s competitive global economy. Through Adobe Youth Voices, educators and youth have easy access to valuable training, mentoring, online collaboration, helpful education materials, exhibitions, and software donations from Adobe.
 
PBYRC computer clubhouse members on 2008-2009 and now achieved the following:
- Many projects were created about different themes and all were about spreading positive messages for change. AYV made our members more focused on quality and the messages their media contain.
We participated in international festivals with our movies “life is not a video game” a PSA that was screened in Lebanon at al jana film festival 2009, 3 other movies added to the one screened in Lebanon were screened at Camera Zizanio international film festival in Greece: “0-7,  earth, Gaza song: may tomorrow be the day” visit www.youtube.com/ammanclubhouse to view some
 
We also had the honor of interviewing HM Queen Rania about women who wear the Hejjab and this was screened at the clubhouse teen summit 2008 and also at camera zizanio international film festival in Greece on 2008
 
- Group work was also more obvious as the members were seeking a higher quality of products; they related to each other in having to complete a piece from story boarding, sound editing, filming, editing and directing. This resulted in many varieties of projects at the exhibit we had where Photogrphay, Music, animation, film making, painting, writing projects were showcased,, The collaboration between the clubhouse and the mediaat PBYRC, added value to our final products, from critiquing their media to arranging two special workshops: one about PSAs; that enriched our event with two pieces: the first about swine flu, and the other was about how life is not a video game. The other workshop was about Arts with Purpose where the members drew and colored their messages on canvases. Adding to this was the collaboration with a local organization represented by Mr. Suleiman who helped by sponsoring the organization in order to buy new RAMS and also to train our members about comic book making.
 
- The members realized the importance of planning, managing and meeting deadlines
 
- The chance that was provided to two of SURA professional members ”Students understanding and relating to arts” to train 16 deaf students from Amal school about the basics of photography, resulted in many nice taken photos by them and gave them more self confidence, especially when they saw their photos in the exhibition. This gave special needs people a chance to use their voices in a creative way.
 
- The Arab Rap band “E3rab” associated with this project was proud of the number of songs they could produce and perform live on stage, their band’s purpose is to spread their stories and their messages in a new way. They are now called on by other organizations to perform in their activities.
 
-Two youth members were selected to represent Jordan at the first adobe youth voices summit in California along with the coordinator who was asked to speak at the final event on behalf of educators .

Contact person for the project :
Suha Al Syouf
Clubhouse coordinator
Suha.s@zenid.org.jo
Tel: +962 6 5052431 ext:214