Reflection – Journey Mapping 

 Challenge and selection . 

 Journey mapping is an awesome tool to use when it comes to design thinking . My 

 colleagues and I were presented with the task of finding out how best an NGO 

 institution would be able to aid the street urchins in my locality , as the cases were 

 increasing day by day . Most of these waifs have found themselves in the streets due to 

 diverse reasons . Most people site that it is mostly due poor state of families , being 

 orphaned at a younger age , family conflicts , peer pressure , use of drugs and 

 substances , among others . Often , this kids are looked down and neglected by the 

 society , which makes them to develop negative defensive mechanisms in order to be 

 able to survive a day . 

 We decided to go with journey mapping tool because it would enable us to be able to   fit into the shoe wearer situation in order to have a clear view of how it all happens 

 and how it gets to the point of calling the streets “ home ” . 

 Application 

 My team and I found our way to the streets with this children for   couple of days . We accompanied them in   their daily activities and observed their routines from how they started the day , breakfast , lunch , dinner and   how they slept . We also conducted interview with some of them . The revelations were quite emotional and   devastating as well . 

 We realized that there was more causes and perhaps , that the numbers were going to keep on increasing if   there was no attention paid to most families living in slums and society at large . The families in the slums   needed more sensitization on importance of family , value for human dignity , counselling for conflicting families   as well as mass education as far as street urchins are concerned . 

 Insight and approach 

 Street life is sickening . The kids out there are battling to stay alive and to see that they make it through the day .   They are hopeless with this life and their greatest wish is that some day life will take a different turn and smile   on them . Sleeping and waking up on an empty stomach hoping that a new dawn will shine on them is no joke .   Children parenting their siblings is absolutely heart breaking , not to mention the poor state in which they sleep   in and how they cloth . 

 Definitely , this was an eye opener which enabled our organization to be able to intervein and lender all   possible help it could to some of this children . Indeed , a new dawn had come for them . Being able to shelter ,   feed , cloth , educate , love , appreciate this kids among other things has been a priority for us . However , this is   like dropping a drop of ink in the ocean . More organizations and people are called about to lender help as this   kids are our brothers and sisters . 

 When I used this tool , I never thought so highly of it but now I have a better understanding of how to use it to   illuminate my ideas best for better results . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Journey Mapping 

 Challenge and selection . 

 Journey mapping is an awesome tool to use when it comes to design thinking . My 

 colleagues and I were presented with the task of finding out how best an NGO 

 institution would be able to aid the street urchins in my locality , as the cases were 

 increasing day by day . Most of these waifs have found themselves in the streets due to 

 diverse reasons . Most people site that it is mostly due poor state of families , being 

 orphaned at a younger age , family conflicts , peer pressure , use of drugs and 

 substances , among others . Often , this kids are looked down and neglected by the 

 society , which makes them to develop negative defensive mechanisms in order to be 

 able to survive a day . 

 We decided to go with journey mapping tool because it would enable us to be able to   fit into the shoe wearer situation in order to have a clear view of how it all happens 

 and how it gets to the point of calling the streets “ home ” . 

 Application 

 My team and I found our way to the streets with this children for   couple of days . We accompanied them in   their daily activities and observed their routines from how they started the day , breakfast , lunch , dinner and   how they slept . We also conducted interview with some of them . The revelations were quite emotional and   devastating as well . 

 We realized that there was more causes and perhaps , that the numbers were going to keep on increasing if   there was no attention paid to most families living in slums and society at large . The families in the slums   needed more sensitization on importance of family , value for human dignity , counselling for conflicting families   as well as mass education as far as street urchins are concerned . 

 Insight and approach 

 Street life is sickening . The kids out there are battling to stay alive and to see that they make it through the day .   They are hopeless with this life and their greatest wish is that some day life will take a different turn and smile   on them . Sleeping and waking up on an empty stomach hoping that a new dawn will shine on them is no joke .   Children parenting their siblings is absolutely heart breaking , not to mention the poor state in which they sleep   in and how they cloth . 

 Definitely , this was an eye opener which enabled our organization to be able to intervein and lender all   possible help it could to some of this children . Indeed , a new dawn had come for them . Being able to shelter ,   feed , cloth , educate , love , appreciate this kids among other things has been a priority for us . However , this is   like dropping a drop of ink in the ocean . More organizations and people are called about to lender help as this   kids are our brothers and sisters . 

 When I used this tool , I never thought so highly of it but now I have a better understanding of how to use it to   illuminate my ideas best for better results .
### Output: 