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Our Project

We wanted to focus on the hunger of the citizens of Honduras that is caused by the lack of safety and jobs availability to families

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Poverty and Malnutrition Rates

	Honduras	Percentages
Population	8.098 million
People in poverty	5.1 million	64%
Malnutrition	3.9 million	48%

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Heifer International

Heifers Logo

Our Logo

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Heifer Interview

This is the first time we spoke to Heifer about their background and the life of a person that works there

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Mentors from Folsom Garden Club

Denise Martinez

Barbara McKenna

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The Original Idea

Looking at the massive hunger problem that Honduras was enduring we decided to raise awareness using a method from our main organization Heifer.

The Fair Share Meal

The main idea of the Fair Share Meal was to bring a large group of different age groups together, give a presentation on the situation in Honduras, and then run a simulation of what it would be like if those people were in that situation.

Obstacles

At first this idea seemed fairly simple. However, as time went on we realized the kind of resources and planning an activity like this would take. None of us had the time to set something this large scale up within a community.

Scaling Down

As we realized more and more problems arising we decided to scale our project down and use only students at Folsom High School. Then we came across the problem of the age groups, without different age groups we would be unable to emulate all aspects of the struggle in Honduras.

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New Idea

Our new idea was created after thinking about how we could reach out to the largest group
Then we thought since technology is so prominent in our generation we could do something with that
Since a large amount of people have smartphones we believed this would be the best way to raise awareness

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300,356,092

This is 92% of the U.S. population

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Virtual Reality

Hence we decided we would go about spreading awareness by giving people the chance to see it through the eyes of a Honduran

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What is Virtual Reality?

Virtual reality is the term used to describe a three-dimensional, computer generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person.

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Outline

Research

HONDURAN POVERTY

STAPLE FOOD PRODUCTS

LIFE OF HONDURANS

VIRTUAL REALITY

Product

VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES

SKINS TO WRAP THE GOGGLES AND BRING AWARENESS TO HONDURAS

ENCOURAGING FUTURE GARDENERS KITS

Outreach

SUTTER MIDDLE SCHOOL

WE WANT TO SPREAD AWARENESS FOR HONDURAS THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION

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How We Went About It

At first we created a prototype from scratch
Then we figured out the different materials needed and how many would need to be made

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Materials

Cardboard
Paper
Bi-Convex Lenses
Exacto Knife
Hot Glue
Glue Stick
Pencil
Velcro
Cutting Board
Packaging Tape

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The Road to the Final Product

We faced many problems as they were trying to perfect the VR headset
Vance made 20 pairs of the virtual reality goggles

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The Final Product

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Skin Designs Representing Honduras

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Steps In Making the Goggles

Cut out templates and paste onto cardboard
Cut out Cardboard pieces
Hot Glue Lenses into the correct positions
Apply the skin to the outside of the goggles
Construct Goggles
Apply Velcro

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Skinned Product

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Defying the Beast

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Using our Product

Heifer International Sponsored Races:

Little Rock Marathon
Shamrock'n Half Marathon
Zion Half Marathon
Go St. Louis Marathon
Dick's Sporting Goods Marathon

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Furthering Our Project

Now that we had a structured idea, a finished product, and a plan we decided to meet with our local mentors Denise Martinez
She told us about Sue Bennett
Finally she informed us of the gardening kits she created

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The Kits

There were kits for three different age levels: elementary school, middle school and high school
Each one consisted of a list of materials and how to plant the given seeds

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Our Project’s Progress

April 2017: Secondly we received multiple gardening kits from our mentor which we used in our community to teach about the simplicity of gardening

April 2017: Lastly we held an outreach presentation at Sutter Middle School to teach the youth in our community about the struggles occurring in Honduras

September 2016 - March 2017: We used this time to create our final project idea and execute it i.e. the virtual reality headset

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