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The team project focused on raising awareness about the needs of individuals with mental disorders in Pakistan, culminating in an 11-minute documentary video. Despite challenges such as time constraints and political unrest, the project successfully engaged the community through social media and garnered positive responses. The team learned the importance of acceptance and understanding over mere fundraising in addressing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

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COMPONENT 3

The team project focused on raising awareness about the needs of individuals with mental disorders in Pakistan, culminating in an 11-minute documentary video. Despite challenges such as time constraints and political unrest, the project successfully engaged the community through social media and garnered positive responses. The team learned the importance of acceptance and understanding over mere fundraising in addressing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

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COMPONENT 3: TEAM PROJECT

Topic: Human Rights

Team Project: Enabled Possibilities for Disabled Individuals

Candidate Name: ABUBAKR BIN USMAN

Candidate Number: 0380

Centre Name: Beaconhouse School System, Potohar Campus

Centre Number: PK072

By: Hamza Zeeshan

Project Topic: Enabled Possibilities for Disabled Individuals

Project Area: Special education

Research Aim and Chosen Outcome

Our team aimed to study

of Project Outcome

In my opinion, we were reasonably successful in achieving our aim of raising awareness


regarding the needs of people with mental disorders. The process was difficult, especially due to
the pressure of other subjects and the political turmoil in Pakistan. Our main outcome was an
11-minute video, discussing the plight of people with mental disorders in Pakistan, and what
must be done in order to give them equal footing with everyone else. It contains reference to
what society must do as a whole to prevent such discrimination, while also highlighting the pain
the parents have to endure to raise them. The documentary also talks about the measures
taken by other countries to help people with mental disorders. This video was shared with our
classmates, teachers, families, and followers on the EPDI social media. We received a
genuinely positive response, assuring support for our cause. Our posters were signed by
numerous students and adults. However, due to a shortage of time and school being closed due
to political revolts in Islamabad, we were unable to give many physical demonstrations
regarding our cause. Our focus on other subjects prevented us from making a thorough action
plan, which made the process even more difficult. However, we did create an Instagram page
(@epdi_bpc), a Facebook page (EPDI), and a blog (http://epdi.liveblog365.com). We did this to
spread our message to people of all ages. We raised a lot of awareness, gaining 72 followers
on Instagram and 44 on Facebook.

By collaborating with trained specialists, we could have established an even stronger base.
Moreover, by approaching NGOs we could have significantly strengthened our cause.
Discussions with experts abroad would have given us a much-needed different perspective.

Evaluation of own work processes

My main contribution was writing interview questions and carrying out interviews of Dr. Seemab
Latif (Founder of ‘Aawaz’), and Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Faisal Nawaz, whose son is
autistic. I also conducted research regarding our topic, mostly through the internet. I helped out
with research regarding the efforts of foreign countries. Furthermore, I chose and wrote the aims
for our project. I participated in designing posters by recommending information to put in them.
Moreover, I worked diligently to spread awareness, both at my school and to the people I know.
I was also the only manager of our Facebook page. Along with this, I helped in editing the final
video. However, due to my poor time management, I often had to squeeze in extra work late,
which may have decreased its quality. Secondly, delays due to my school and the commitments
of the people I interviewed, the interviews were taken long past the planned time.

Teamwork

After a rather long discussion, we settled upon the daunting topic of mentally-disabled children.
The topic was acceptable to all, and thus, we collaborated to achieve our aims.

We created a WhatsApp and Discord group, where we had brainstorming discussions every one
or two days. This allowed us to keep focus on our project. We had daily physical meetings at
school where we discussed our progress and brainstormed ideas. We were somewhat
inefficient as daily schoolwork prevented us from having enough time, and sometimes one of us
was absent. Because of this, we had after-school meet-ups to ensure we stay on track.

Each of us chose tasks according to our skillset and interests. Many tasks were carried out
together, especially the research regarding the topic. Furthermore, each of us gave
suggestions, improving each other’s work; for example, I provided Mahd with information to put
in our posters.
As each of us was competitive, we often argued regarding who would carry out a specific task,
and some of us simply refused to let the other do it. Quite frankly, we changed our plan quite
often and many tasks were delayed. Having planned out a schedule would have improved our
efficiency and output. Furthermore, we were all overburdened by our schoolwork and did not
have enough time. All of us had different points of focus, some on visuals while others more on
information.

Own performance as a team member

As a team member, I often offered help to my fellows and similarly, welcomed their counsel. I
tried my best to be regular and rarely missed a meeting. However, I did find myself lacking in
certain areas. Firstly, as I have no phone of my own, I sometimes missed discussions on
WhatsApp. I would also get annoyed when faced by the stubbornness of my fellows and thus
carried out tasks alone. Unstable political conditions in Pakistan delayed much of my work,
harming our cohesiveness as a team.

Learning about the project

Before I began with the project, I had basic knowledge of mental disorders, knowing only the
lexical meanings of popular disorders, like dyslexia. During this project, I discovered how
diverse mental disorders are, and more importantly, I found out that people with such ailments
are no different from others. Before the project, I had inadvertently formed the opinion that the
main problem was the availability of facilities. However, I encountered a larger and more
damaging problem; the stigma. In Pakistan, even a child’s parents, refuse to accept that some
are “different”, forcing them into situations or places where they feel uncomfortable. Sometimes,
a child is deprived of education, a chance at a job, and sometimes even basic needs. At times,
a child is bullied, mocked, and forced into self-isolation by the rest of society. Due to the
interviews I took, my outlook completely changed. I realized that fundraising is not needed:
acceptance, understanding, and awareness are.

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