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Planting dreams in childhood
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Barefoot Foundation
Date
26/5/21
26/5/21

Shakira's fan club, Shakira Bogotá held a contest called Plantando Sueños (Planting Dreams) with students to encourage the writing and development of short stories. 57 students participated in the Plantando Sueños contest.

Planting dreams, according to the fan club, sought to creatively encourage the children's aspirational visualization through a story in which they narrated how they see themselves in the future with a profession achieved and how, from this, they contribute to their communities.

The process

Together with the fan club, we defined three categories to select a group of 10 winners. Then, over the course of a month and a half, more than 50 students between the ages of 5 and 16 submitted their stories to each category.

Once submitted, the stories were posted on the fan club's and FPD's social networks so that followers and members of the Barefoot community could select the 10 finalists.

Each participant let their imagination fly to capture their dreams on a blank sheet of paper and exploit their creativity. We received stories about policemen, singers, poets, lawyers, soccer players and dancers, among many others who wanted to present their future and their life projects.

The award

After the voting results were in, and the results were announced live, we had a call with each of the winners so that the fan club could get to know them a little better and learn more about their dreams and goals to achieve.

Of the 10 winners, the first four places won a Tablet and a special club box.

We are especially grateful to all the children who participated in this first edition of the contest and we hope that this activity to plant dreams in the little ones has been as enriching for them as for the rest of the students.

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