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PROJECT MYANMAR 2019 YANGON: CYBERBULLYING AWARENESS TENTATIVE PROJECT PROPOSAL Stake: Promoting the Cognizance of Cyberbullying to High School Teenagers in Yangon, Myanmar Tentative Project Date: 27th July 2019 - 9th August 2019 Tentative Project Location: Yangon, Myanmar Table of Contents I. Executive Summary Page 3 II. Problem Statement Page 3 - 4 III. Objectives Page 4 - 5 IV. Approach V. Local Partners/Companies VI. Curriculum Page 8 - 9 VII. Project Timeline & Project Schedule Page 5 - 7 Page 7 - 8 Page 9 - 11 1 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness VIII. Team Structure Page 11 - 13 IX. Sustainability Plan Page 13 - 14 X. Financial Proposal Page 14 - 15 XI. Fundraising Page 15 XII. Success Measurement & Expected Outcome XIII. SWOT Analysis XIV. Project Co-Leaders’ Biographies Page 18 - 19 XV. Additional Questions Regarding the Project Page 16 Page 16 - 17 Page 19 - 20 I. Executive Summary Cyberbullying is a serious yet overlooked social issue that is happening globally in this era of technology. This issue is rapidly growing and the number of victims from this issue is dramatically increasing throughout the years. Due to the lack of knowledge in how to use the Internet safely and an extremely limited security and protection for cyber users, cyberbullying cases are currently threatening the ASEAN nations. For the case of Myanmar, it is clear that cyberbullying is an alarming issue at the moment, especially with teenagers in high school as this is the age when they start to use the Internet heavily. Therefore, we believe that there is a need of the awareness and advocacy for this issue so that there will be specific events where the local people would know about its root causes, effects and prevention. This can be accomplished through conducting a community project for high school students at our targeted high school. Project Myanmar 2018: Cyberbullying Awareness aims to address this issue by finding a group of people who shares the same passion in advocating for the safety of cyber users so that we can work together towards the goal of conducting an effective community project in Yangon, Myanmar next summer. This project plans to both achieve cyberbullying awareness and members’ improvement towards leadership skills. Firstly, it aims to teach mentors, mentees and targeted high school students the importance of cyberbullying awareness and prevention in which it will be done through discussions, organizational talks and lectures, and community project. Secondly, this 2 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness project also equips young potential leaders with needed leadership ability such as soft skills, teamwork, and project management. We believe that this would be extremely useful for them for their future project implementation either related to cyber security or any topic that they want to do. Lastly, the project aims to provide an effective outcome that is beyond the local level as mentors from Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries will also participate in this project from 27th July 2019 until 9th August 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar. II. Problem Statement There are around 14 million internet users and active social media users, 50.56 million mobile subscriptions, and 13 million active mobile users among the total population of 54.60 million people in Myanmar. 1 In 2016, there were 235 cyber crime cases in Myanmar and 198 of them were defamation cases. In 2017, there were 137 defamation cases from all 193 occurring cyber crime cases. 2 There is also a report from Telenor Myanmar about the cyberbullying cases on children in Myanmar as well. According to that report, it surveyed 12,368 Telenor subscribers and staff members in 2016 and learned that 25 percent of all adult respondents said that they had seen kids being cyber-bullied and 23 percent of the children said that they believed the issue was 12 Myanmar Census Report 2017. Cyber Crime Situation in Myanmar/Mr.Thaung Htwe/Mr. Kyaw Naing Latt/Union Supreme Court/Myanmar a serious one. 1 The research and the statistical data mentioned above prove that cyberbullying is becoming a serious case in Myanmar. Therefore, to prevent this problem from getting worse and worse, the first step needed to be taken is bringing together a team who is passionate about cyberbullying issue and raise an awareness to the community together. It is important because we believe that those who have suffered from being bullied through online platforms by either people they know or anonymous individuals deserve the right to be protected from further incidents like this. At the same time, we also want people who have not experienced this or have no idea about what is cyberbullying to be aware of this problem as well so that they can protect themselves and spread knowledge to others. III. Objectives: 1 Telenor Myanmar Report on Cyberbullying Issue 3 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Based on what have been stated in the previous segment regarding this invisible yet significant issue of cyberbullying in Myanmar, we hope that all human components needed in this service project will be able to achieve these goals listed below throughout the project journey and even after it has come to an end. A. For Project Leaders: - Put their devotion and dedication into transforming the target community into a place where the awareness of cyberbullying is being prioritized. - Be the role models for other current and potential service leaders and cyberbullying advocates. - Unlock their inner passion of serving the community and becoming the type of leaders they have wanted to be. B. For Core Team Members: - Show genuine capability of being on the same path during their journey with the two project leaders. - Transform their insights about the importance of cyberbullying awareness into actions during the two-week-long project. - Prove their ability to play the role of leading and guiding the mentors before, during and after the project. C. For Mentors: - Achieve the hands-on knowledge and experience that is beyond the university level. - Unleash their ability to mentor their mentees’ growth and lead them to success. - Gain full awareness about the causes, effects and prevention for cyberbullying in order to possibly become an advocate for it. - Develop long-lasting bonds with their mentees even at the post-project stage. D. For Mentees: - Improve their soft skills such as leadership, decision-making, project management and way beyond that. - Be able to grasp what they have experienced during the two weeks to become a service leader in their community in the future. - Help spreading the necessity of being aware about cyberbullying issues to their community during and after the project. - Show commitment to potentially conduct a project on the topic of cyberbullying within their school or workplace. E. For Targeted High School Students: - Receive full awareness on the root causes of cyberbullying and how to prevent it from happening. - Spread the knowledge they have received to their peers for a larger scale of overall outreach. 4 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness - Gain deep insights on the topic and practice it, not just keep it inside their mind. F. For Project Partners: Play a contribution in spreading awareness and knowledge about cyberbullying locally and beyond this. Take part in transforming the local community into a place where cyberbullying awareness matters. IV. Approach Project Myanmar 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness aims to transform potential youths into effective service leaders and distribute the knowledge, causes, and prevention regarding risks faced by cyber platform users. In order to reach what we want to achieve, we have planned a three-step approach that must be followed and executed properly to ensure the effectiveness of our project objectives. These three steps are divided into the Planning Stage, Execution Stage, and Future Implementation Stage. Planning Stage During the planning stage, the main responsibilities are under the project leaders and core team members, with some assistance from selected mentors and mentees. In order to ensure that this process is going on the right track, both project leaders must work closely with their chosen core team members on four main components of this project, which include logistics, human resources, document and media, and finance. Selected core team members can choose the roles that they are specialized in or believe they would excel at. After the selection of approximately 8 passionate mentors for this project, those mentors will be assigned into three main teams based on their mentioned strengths and weaknesses in the application form. These three teams include mentee recruitment teams, leadership and curriculum team, and local logistics and finance team for the project. The assigned teams will need to work collaboratively as a team and with other teams as well in order to ensure that the project will be fully prepared on all factors before the D-day begins. It is also important to realize that the project leaders and core team members will be there to assist the mentors with their work progress. Execution Stage 5 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Mentor Training Component Similar to other SEALNet projects, there will be a three-day mentor training and project planning prior to the arrival of the mentees. This mentor training is very essential to all selected mentors because it aims to teach them the skills in facilitating and managing the project, mentoring and leading their upcoming assigned mentees, and raising the awareness of a social issue as a service leader. Besides receiving these trainings, mentors are also expected to to start planning on what they want to conduct for their mentees, regarding the leadership and service components of this project. Like the planning stage, the core team members and project leaders will also participate in helping with the progress of the mentors’ planning process as well. Mentee Training Component This project will also be divided into leadership-focused training and service training and planning for the selected mentees. The result that we want the mentees to get from the leadership training is mainly on how to be an effective leader in terms of leading yourself and other people. This can be achieved through the execution of finalized curriculum designed by the mentors, which will contain talks and discussions on various components of leadership, team building SLEs (Structured Learning Experiences), sharing one-on-one session between matched mentors and mentees, and workshop conducted by both core team members and mentors. Meanwhile, we aim the mentees to be fully aware of the ongoing issues of cyberbullying in Myanmar, Cambodia and their originated nations in which we focus mainly on its root causes, its effects on teenagers and young adults, and how to bring awareness, advocate and prevent this problem from worsening in this society. This can be achieved through the same process as the leadership component, plus a community project and experience sharing sessions from all members in this project on the topic of cyberbullying. It is important to know that all mentors will be assigned to mentor the recruited mentees. This will be done in a one-on-one mentorship approach because we believe that mentees would be able to convey what they have bottled up inside their mind to their assigned mentors effectively in that way. Moreover, it would be a great opportunity for the mentors to learn from the mentees and vice versa, regarding their experience in leadership and cyberbullying. Another important beneficiary is our targeted high school students. During the execution of our community project, we will make sure that the students will receive all the information needed regarding cyberbullying issues so that it will be beneficial for them to protect themselves against any cyberbullying cases, spread the importance of this issue to their peers, and build their passion in this social issue for any of their plans in the future. Future Implementation Stage 6 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness The same as other social issues, spreading awareness and advocating for cyberbullying (potential) victims should not end after the last day of Project Myanmar 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness. The core team will engage the mentees and mentors to implement their own post projects in their nations at their university, workplace or community. More importantly, we want them to be the role model of anti-cyberbullying advocates where young people in their ages can look up to them and follow their footsteps. The project leaders and core team members would also continue to show support on reaching the goal of a society where each and every individual is safe from cyberbullying. V. Local Partners/Companies: Confirmed partners/organizations: 1. ACCTC Myanmar: Guest Speaker(s) ACCTC Myanmar is the Awareness Campaign of Cyber Crime & Transnational Crime Myanmar. They target to give awareness regarding fake news, cyberbullying and cyber crime in general that occur virtually. ACCTC Myanmar will help our project in terms of giving workshops to mentors, mentees and targeted high school students about cyberbullying awareness and how to prevent it from happening. (Has confirmed to collaborate if the final project proposal is accepted.) 2. Myanmar STEM Education Association (MSEA): Guest Speaker(s) Myanmar STEM Education Association (MSEA) is a non-profit social enterprise that works with schools, universities, educators and industrial experts, aiming to contribute to the Myanmar National Education Reform. They will help us in giving trainings to the mentees and connecting us to the high school where we will implement the community project during our project timeline. (Has confirmed to collaborate if the final project proposal is accepted.) Other Contacting Partners/Organizations 7 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness 1. Engineering For Kids Myanmar: Guest Speaker(s) Engineering For Kids in Myanmar is an innovative educational program from the United States, bringing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) to children in fun and challenging ways. 2. Fact R Fake: Media Partner Fact R Fake aims to raise greater awareness among Cambodians, regarding the issue of fake news and media manipulation found on social media, through workshops and conferences. It is important to know that we will contact more potential project partners and sponsors who might be interested in helping our project after we have completely finished our proposal. VI. Curriculum Service Component 1. Cyber Bullying Discussions Recruited mentees are expected to possess some knowledge in cyber issues, mostly about cyberbullying. The service component is intended for them to be ready in spreading what they have learned throughout the trainings to our less fortunate targeted high school students who are at much higher risk of being exposed to cyberbullying. These trainings during the service sessions contain lectures and workshops from professionals about safe ways to use the Internet, cyber protection and security, and ethical manners as an internet user. Mentees will use what they are equipped with to implement their own community development project and hold discussion sessions with the vulnerable high school students during the community project days and even after the project has come to an end. 2. Organizational Visits and Talks Mentees and targeted high school students will be given information about partnership organizations working for the promotion of cyber awareness including ACCTC Myanmar and Myanmar STEM Education Association (MSEA). These organizations are very important channels for us to help convey our messages about the topics of cyberbullying awareness and preventions to our beneficiaries as they will have a chance to visit these organizations and learn from the experts there. They will also be given knowledge about cyber-related laws and regulations as well, which is a topic that all Burmeses should have a clear understanding about. 8 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness 3. Community Project for Our Targeted High Schools It is expected for all PM19 participants to proactively prepare and participate in our community project towards the end of our journey. During the community project, they will be all equipped with both service and leadership skills and as well as the needed knowledge on cyberbullying to effectively share to those high school students through workshops and activities to raise awareness and advocacy for cyberbullying. Leadership Component 1. Leadership and Team building Mentees will be given trainings and workshops on leadership and they will have a chance to find their leadership styles and working personalities. Since they will be working together throughout the whole project, they will be given team building activities as well in order to build stronger bonds between other mentees and their mentors and to bring positive vibes to the project. 2. Project Management Skill Not only the leadership and service skills, but mentees will also be equipped with project management skill. It is one of the most important skills for them to know as they will later be implementing their own post-projects. They will be given trainings and workshops under this topic and get the proper knowledge of the importance requirements in implementing their own post project. VII. Project Timeline and Project Schedule: TENTATIVE PROJECT TIMELINE Gantt Chart Task Timetable Finalize core team and PM Early January Prepare Mentor Recruitment January Prepare Promotional Materials & Create FB Pages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Jan - Feb 9 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Contact more project partners and sponsorships Release of mentor application form & promotion Plan for any logistical needs Interview of mentors Selection of mentors Mentor info package release, intro to project & expectation settings Jan - Apr 3rd week of Feb Feb - April 3rd - 4th week of March 2nd week of April 2nd week of April Prepare mentee application 3rd - 4th week of Apr Contact media partners 1st week of May Mentee application released & Promotion 1st - 2nd week of May Mentee interview 3rd - 4th week of May Mentee selection & info package release (with HR help) 1st & 2nd week of June Finalize venues & materials June Mentor curriculum planning June - July Project Proper July - Aug Post-Project Evaluation August Post-Project Report Writing August - September Post-Project Outreach September Project Leaders Human Resources Logistics Documentation & Media Finance 10 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Mentors Whole Core Team DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT. Day Draft Agenda Day 1 Local project leader and core team members logistical finalization Day 2 Arrival of Cambodian PL and core team members, alongside with all mentors / Team building activities / Introduction to SEALNet and welcoming session Day 3 Mentors Training (Leadership & service component) Day 4 Mentors Training, Planning and Finalization of curriculum Day 5 Mentees Check-in, Meeting and Introduction session. Day 6 Expectation Setting, Training & Lectures on Leadership Day 7 Service Trainings and Workshops from experts Day 8 Planning for Community project/ Talks about Cyber Awareness/ Further Trainings Day 9 Organizational Visits/ Planning Session Day 10 Project Management Training/ Lecture and Talks from partner organizations Day 11 Final Planning, Presentation about Community project plans & Team sharing session Day 12 Community Project Implementation Day 13 Evaluation/ Closing Gala Dinner/ Sustainability plan Day 14 Mentees Send off/ Core team debriefing 11 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness VIII. Team Structure For this project, there will be approximately 24 members that make up the entire human resources component of this project. The team structure will be clearly divided and explained in more details below: SEALNet Project Myanmar 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Team Structure Co-Project Leaders Core Team Members Professional Mentors Mentors (Recruited) Mentees (Recruited) 2 4 2 8 8 Burmese Zay Yar Naing Cambodian Phanith Ketekun Logistics Khunhtun Yin (Contacting) Human Resources Sok Panha David (Contacting) Document & Media Keo Chan Malis (Contacting) Finance Myat Noe Zin Min (Contacting) Cambodian Vongrathayuth Hingphith (Contacting) Filipino Ziggy Nemenzo (Contacting) Mentee Recruitment 3 Leadership & Curriculum 3 Logistical and Finance 2 All Burmese (Preferably university students (17 - 20)) + Project Leaders for Project Myanmar 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness are Zay Yar Naing (18) from Myanmar and Ketekun Phanith (21) from Cambodia. + Core Team Members for this project are expected to consist of 4 members (2 Cambodians and 2 Burmese) (tentative) in which we are at the stage of contacting all of them and waiting for their confirmation. 12 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness - Logistics: The main responsibilities would include preparing and arranging any facilities or supplies needed to be done throughout the three steps of the project. - - - Human resources: The main responsibilities would include preparing for mentor recruitment documents, leading the mentor recruitment process, sending and requesting any necessary documents to and from the selected mentors and mentees, and assisting the mentors with mentee recruitment. Document and Media: The main responsibilities would revolve around preparing all needed documents, spreading the project’s awareness and outreach through both social media platforms and face-to-face communication, and being active on the media side of the project (photography, posters, fundraising video, etc.). Finance: The main responsibilities include updating the financial side of the project, working on the financial documents that are needed to be submitted during post-project period, and ensuring that the project is financially sustained. + Professional Mentors for this project are expected to be comprised of 2 individuals (a Cambodian and a Filipino) in which we are also on the stage of contacting them. Their main responsibilities would include providing advices and trainings to PLs, core teams and mentors, ensuring that the project is executed in a professional manner, helping out with the trainings and SLEs during the project period, and guiding us towards our project’s goals. + Mentors for this project will be solely recruited by the project leaders and core team members and we expect to select mentors from various Southeast Asian nations although we expect that the majority will be from Myanmar. - - Mentee Recruitment: There will probably be three mentors being put in this team. They will need to work together collaboratively in order to prepare mentee recruitment application form, posters and content, choosing shortlisted applicants, conducting online interviews with them, keeping in touch with the mentees until the project today, and executing mentor-and-mentee matching. Core team members, especially project leaders and HR person, will be there to guide them with all the process. Leadership & Curriculum: There will probably be three mentors being put in this team. They will need to work together collaboratively in order to develop the activities and curriculum that are parallel with the leadership and service components of the project and conduct them to the chosen mentees during the project. Project leaders will be there to help supporting with their planning process. 13 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness - Local logistics & Finance: There will probably be two mentors being put in this team in which all of them are local Burmese. They will work together on further planning on all necessary logistical items and financing the project’s revenues and expenses, with the help of project leaders, sponsorship & finance team, and logistical preparation team. + Mentees for this project will be recruited by the mentors themselves, with guidance from the core team. We expect to recruit 8 potential Burmese are passionate in advocating for and/or spreading awareness about anti-cyberbullying, developing themselves into better individuals, and contributing back what they learn to the society. IX. Sustainability Plan For this project to be successfully sustainable, there are two main components that we should consider. These two elements include post-project plans and personal advocacy for cyberbullying issues. On the side of post-project, the participants are expected to conduct a follow-up project or any form of campaign at their university, workplace or community after the project ends on the topic of cyberbullying. This is done to ensure that the impacts from the project will still be there even after they have returned to their hometowns. It is also important to emphasize on the point the the post-projects or campaigns are not mandatory tasks, but more like recommended action plan that members from Project Myanmar 2019 should execute. Furthermore, this is also done to spread out the knowledge and awareness to more and more people as we believe that it will be a situation where everyone benefits from this. In the case of guidance, the project leaders and/or core team members will open for any ideas for the plans that our mentors/mentees have, but we will do the review and check on their ideas if we are needed. Then, we will help with giving them advice and strategies for their project planning and executing process. Another point about the post-project or campaign to consider is that Burmese members in this project can also do a follow-up session on our targeted high school a while after the project ends. This is important because we want to know how much the students have absorbed the knowledge about cyberbullying from our conducted community project and to see how we can be an aid for them in the near future. Since we expect our those high school students to be insightfully aware on this social topic and know how to protect themselves and their peers from facing verbal attack through social media platforms, this makes the follow-up plan even more necessary. Moreover, it is crucial to follow up with the project’s stakeholders for the sake of future collaboration on sustainable projects related to cybersecurity or in any other fields they decide to do. These points also prove to be helpful for the local mentors and mentees who plan to lead the projects on their own in the future as well. The second and most important point that we want all the members to focus on regarding the project’s sustainability is to remain proactive and passionate in spreading cognizance and 14 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness advocating for cybersecurity issues in general as we believe that it all starts with a like-minded group of advocates fighting for what they are passionate in to change in order for the community or even the world to become knowledgeable about what types of causes, effects, and preventions are out there for this topic. By achieving this, we will be able to ensure that everyone in our community deserves the right to be safe from dangers imposed by harsh contents and remarks received from online bullies and anonymous entities in this World Wide Web era. X. Financial Proposal In order for this project to come into life, the component that we should never forget is that financial side. The same as other previous SEALNet projects, we have come up with expected expenses that we will need to make throughout the three stages of the project. This would be discussed in more details through the budget plan table shown below. Item Cost Per Unit (USD) Quantity Days Total (USD) Accommodation (PLs, CTMs, PMs & Mentors) $10 13 14 $1,820 Training Venue $50 1 11 $550 Food (Lunch) $3 24 13 $936 Transportation $40 2 2 $160 Stationery/Printing $50 $50 T-Shirts and Token $100 $100 Other possible expenses $184 $184 Total Costs $3,800 XI. Fundraising As a traditional SEALNet summer project, Project Myanmar 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness is a project where we all start with nothing except a social issue that two project co15 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness leaders have in their mind and want to tackle it together. Therefore, we will need help from various channels to generate our revenue needed to run this project successfully. One major method of revenue generation for our project, which makes up around two-third of the total revenue needed to earn to cover the expenses, is through traditional SEALNet fundraising challenge that all project leaders, members, mentors and mentees need to participate in. We expect them to raise funds through any forms of outreach they can such as through pitching the projects to people who share the same interest as them, promoting the cause of project to those who have experienced this, selling DIY products or any other forms they can think of. Therefore, our goals for fundraising would be: - Both project leaders are expected to fundraise a minimum of 400 USD each. - All four core team members are expected to fundraise a minimum of 200 USD each. - All eight recruited mentors are expected to fundraise a minimum of 100 USD each. - All eight recruited mentees are expected to fundraise a minimum of 25 USD each. However, it should be noted that we would be only able to raise around 2,600 USD if all members actually reach the fundraising minimum requirement. Therefore, we have also come up with other methods of revenue generation as listed below: ● Formal funding from organizations that we can approach. ● Financial and in-kind support from partnership organizations. ● Online crowdfunding channels ● Pitching sessions with SEALNet project leader and member alumni ● Public promotion about the project in cybersecurity-related events ● Fundraising event that will go along with project leaders and/or core team members sharing sessions about their experiences ● Budget plan adjustment to make sure we are financially capable of executing the project. XII. Success Measurement & Expected Outcome In order to measure the success of our project that will meet or even exceed our expected outcome, we have listed the points that we will use to evaluate how successful our ongoing progress and overall results are: We would consider that our project is a successful one when: ● The core team members, mentees and mentors can work together harmoniously and collaboratively to organize the project and grow individually and collectively throughout the entire project. ● All mentors are able to help their mentees in planning for and executing their assigned community projects and possibly post-projects as well. 16 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness ● All mentees are capable of insightfully understanding the importance of cyberbullying cases both in Myanmar and Cambodia. ● All mentees are equipped with given skills related to service leadership and project management. ● We manage to inspire the local Burmese mentees to take part more actively in SEALNet community and possibly form their own SEALNet Club Myanmar. ● All the participants understand their roles and to become active citizens by participating in this project regarding cyberbullying awareness. ● The knowledge received during the project will be transformed into a change for the better in the society, regardless the size of its impact. ● All members manage to cooperatively support and help each other out on any matter throughout this two-week project. ● All or at least most of the project mentors and mentees have plans in their mind of what form of post-project they want to conduct by the time the project comes to an end. ● Local core team members, mentors and mentees manage to come up with future plans to contact with the local community. ● Our project receives adequate financial and emotional support from our partners, sponsors, stakeholders and the public. XIII. SWOT Analysis After going in some details about the goals and missions of our project, we decide to create a SWOT analysis to see what makes our project go smoothly, he points that we need to work on for this project, the potential determinators that will help us moving towards success, and the imposed obstacles or dangers that can disrupt the progress and execution of this project. It will be explained in more details below. Strengths - We were mentors in the same SEALNet project last year in which we managed to learn a lot from each other. We have similar working ethics in which we are both active, determined and adaptable individuals when it comes to work. We manage to compromise with a topic that we both share our passion and interest in. 17 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Weaknesses - We both have not taken the position of leading a SEALNet project or being in a core team before so there might be some qualities that we might be lacking. We both are busy with our academic and professional fields, which might cause us to face some difficulty in completing all the required tasks immediately. We have had some difficult time in researching for statistical data about cyberbullying on Burmese high school students since Myanmar is not a country that is rich in research data and documental resources. Opportunities - - This would be a suitable social issue to be tackled, considering that we all now live in the technological era. We already have contacted and get accepted from some of our potential project partners and sponsors at this early stage as some of them show interest in the problem that we plan to solve. We have identified and contacted all core team members and professional mentors who are in the thinking process of joining our project once we get selected. Threats - - We live in different countries and slightly different time zones, which make face-to-face meetings before the project almost impossible. We might have some difficulty to fulfill the financial side of this project as we want to focus on quality of the project rather than number of participants, which is considered as our major source of revenue. As busy individuals, communication might be our main barrier at least at one point during the project although we are really active in terms of working with each other virtually. XIV. Project Leaders’ Biographies ZAY YAR NAING, Zack 18 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Self-Introduction I am Zay Yar, a third year law student from University of Yangon. I have had a keen interest on promoting cyber awareness in my country and I think it is now time that we come together to tackle this issue and start promoting awareness of it in order to prevent the further threats and causes of this issue. I also believe in myself that I have now become capable of serving as a coproject leader and take this very important role to solve this big issue. Personal Growth After joining SEALNet, I could feel the dynamic changes in my abilities as a leader and as a change maker. Is it surely a life-changing experience and I will try my best to experience the taste of it once again so that I can share the flavor of it back to my community. SEALNet Growth As a SEALNutter, all I want to do is to serve all my best to the SEALNet community as SEALNet helps me to become a better person and leader. Moreover, it is my gratitude to serve back for my community. KETEKUN PHANITH, Kunnie 19 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness Self-Introduction I am Ketekun, a junior majoring in Business Finance at American University of Phnom Penh. As an individual who have experienced bullying at a young age and have seen cyber attack cases becoming indifferent in Cambodia, I believe that Cambodia still have a low awareness level regarding this topic. I think that the most vulnerable group of people in this case is high school students and that cyberbullying awareness must be conducted on them to alleviate this problem in the society. And I would say I am definitely ready to take a role as a co-project leader for Project Myanmar: Cyberbullying Awareness. Personal Growth I would say I start to believe in my own ability to lead a social project and contribute back to the society on the topic that I am deeply passionate in after joining a SEALNet project last year. By this, I want to test my self-limit and apply my gained soft skills from previous projects into a more concrete event like this. For three points that I hope to gain from this opportunity, I would choose enhancing my knowledge about cyberbullying, applying the learned theory into practical actions, and fulfilling my passion collectively. SEALNet Growth Personally, I believe that my previous experience with SEALNet, my passion on this social project, and my potential as a servant leader are sufficient to further enhance the SEALNet community for the better. Meanwhile, I believe that cyberbullying awareness would be an empowering addition to social issues needed to be tackled in Southeast Asia as we currently live in a world where virtual risks can happen at anytime and on anyone. XV. Additional Questions Regarding the Project What is the biggest gap in your proposal that needs to be addressed? We think that the biggest gap in our proposal that needs to be addressed is the exact location in Yangon for our conducted community project and training venue. We also believe that this needs to be specified as soon as possible so that we can move on to plan the logistical part that will 20 PM 2019: Cyberbullying Awareness parallel with our budget capability, alongside with the human resources and partnership sides as well. What are your expectations for this project? Our expectations for the project are that the mentees, mentors and the co-project leaders will have a cooperative working atmosphere, inspire the local people to take part in current and future SEALNet projects, and implement this project successfully together as a complete team. How will you work together as co-leaders? We were both mentors in the Project Philippines 2018 and were both in the same working team during the pre-project preparation. Moreover, we were also roommates during the entire project when we got to know about each other much better. Additionally, as mentioned in the SWOT analysis, our working styles are quite similar in which it further emphasizes our synergy on working towards the same goal for this project. How can your mentors help you in planning and execution of the project? Mentors play an extremely important part in this project as we, only co-project leaders, cannot handle everything at the same time. We need helping hands from other potential young leaders as well. The recruited mentors are those who have the qualities of leaders, but still need to be further polished and also have basic knowledge about cyberbullying. Therefore, they would be very helpful in planning for and implementing this project. 21