Americana Box - Summary 2022 by American Spaces Paraguay

2022 SUMMARY

Americana Box is an American Spaces Paraguay program targeted towards 7 to 12 year-old girls and boys living in environments with low internet connectivity and of underpriviledged backgrounds.

It is a free service, which uses the subscription box model, in a series of 6 boxes, with differentiated content and on a monthly basis.

Paraguay

Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6

EACH INCLUDES:

VARIOUS ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTS, CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES

which aim to anchor experiential learning; with instructions and all the necessary elements to develop them; an English-learning magazine made exclusively for this program; and

CONTENT-LINKED ENGLISH LESSONS, TEACH MAGAZINE, BOOKS

COLLECTIBLE GIFTS.

The main goal is to bring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and the English language closer to homes; working in alliances with cultural centers, NGOs and public or subsidized schools.

2022 SUMMARY

RECAP! 65 FAMILIES 2020 2021 90 BOYS & GIRLS 5 INSTITUTIONS 3 DEPARTMENTS 200 FAMILIES 349 BOYS & GIRLS 10 INSTITUTIONS 4 DEPARTMENTS

BUT BEFORE... LET'S

benefited from receiving a set of 6 Americana Boxes, with an assortment of educational materials and on a monthly basis.

2022

400 FAMILIES

IN 2022, AMERICAN SPACES PARAGUAY COORDINATORS

SURVEYED ALL 400 FAMILIES

to identify the number of children who would participate in the program, their interests in different subjects, and their technology and internet access capabilities.

participated in this year's program

+12 YEARSOLD

12 YEARS OLD

11 YEARS OLD

-7

YEARSOLD

7 YEARS OLD

YEARS OLD

9 YEARS OLD

10YEARS OLD

CHILDREN 49% 51%

637

NOTE:

FAMILIES AND KIDS CAN HAVE ACCESS EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH AN ALLIED INSTITUTION.

SELECTED

called Allied Institutions.

INSTITUTIONS SELECTED TO INTERVIEW

of them through an intermediary, member of: State Alumni Paraguay,

becoming the first year's Americana Box with 'ambassadors', or better called AmBoxadors.

28 +110 APPLICANT INSTITUTIONS 18 9 INSTITUTIONS

2022 APPLICATION

HIGHLIGHTS

1 5 DEPARTAMENT ALTO PARANÁ DEPARTAMENT SAN PEDRO DEPARTAMENT 1 1 6 4 DEPARTAMENT CENTRAL DEPARTAMENT COORDILLERA ITAPÚA INSTITUTIONS BY DEPARTAMENT DEPARTAMENT CAAZAPÁ 9 Public Schools 1 Public Institution 4 NGO 3 Institutions with other characteristics 1 Cultural Center

DEVICES

All beneficiaries have, at least, one technological device at home. Usually a smartphone, owned by one of the parents.

INTERNET CONECTION

Thus, the is the device most used by the beneficiaries.

9 % SMARTPHONE DESKTOP

Most beneficiaries have some type of internet connection at home. However, roughly two-in-three homes are "smartphone-only" internet users.

FRECUENCY OF USE

Most of the participants have relatively limited access to technological devices.

NEVER ALWAYS RARELY/ OCASSIONALLY OFTEN

FIXED (WI-FI) MOBILE HOTSPOT (DATA)

80% TECHNOLOGICAL

20% 80% SMARTPHONE LAPTOP TABLET DESKTOP 100 200 300 SMARTPHONE LAPTOP 76%

It's followed by the desktop computer and the laptop.

AREAS OF INTEREST

NO INTEREST MEDIUM INTEREST LOW INTEREST OF INTEREST MUCH INTEREST

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH ARTS ENGLISH READING

ALSO SURVEYED ALL 400 FAMILIES, FOLLOWING THE DELIVERY OF EACH BOX, IN ORDER TO COLLECT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES.

TOTAL MONTHLY SURVEYS IN 2022: 2,360

AMERICAN SPACES PARAGUAY COORDINATORS

HOW DID THE ACTIVITIES GO?

INSTRUCTIONS MANUALS EXPERIMENTS

A majority of the participants found the experiments challenging, regarding the level of difficulty in carrying them out.

Most of the participants found the experiments' instruction manuals very easy to understand.

VERY EASY

VERY HARD NORMAL / CHALLENGING

VERY CONFUSING RELATIVELY CLEAR UNCLEAR

VERY CLEAR CLEAR

97% 95%

of the participants indicated that the materials in the box were enough to carry out the suggested activities. of the participants have been able to finish all the activities included in the box.

67%

WEEK &

WEEK

ofparticipantstookoneormoreweekstocompleteallthe suggestedactivities.

Meanwhile,33%indicatedittookthemonetothreedaysto completetheactivities.

20% of the participants shared their experience through one or more photos and/or videos.

LEVEL

OF INTEREST TOWARDS THE CONTENT CARRIED OUT IN EACH ACTIVITY

EXPERIMENT WITH VIDEO ENGLISH LESSONS TEMPLATES CUTOUTS BOOK COLLECTIBLE ITEM EXPERIMENT WITHOUT VIDEO TEACH MAGAZINE NO INTEREST MEDIUM INTEREST LOW INTEREST OF INTEREST MUCH INTEREST

"VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE! IT HELPS CHILDREN DEVELOP THEIR MINDS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR FREE TIME"

"IT WAS VERY USEFUL AND FUN TO LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A DYNAMIC AND PLAYFUL WAY"

"I'M A SCIENTIST!"

"EACH BOX IS A NEW ADVENTURE"

"ITHELPSCHILDRENDEVELOPDIFFERENT SKILLSAND,ATTHESAMETIME,WE PARENTSLEARNTOO"

"ENTERTAINING, FUN AND LEARNING"

"THANKSTOTHEBOXES,THISYEARTHESCHOOLACHIEVEDAN 80%ATTENDANCERATE.

AMERICANABOXWASANINCENTIVEFORKIDSTODEVELOP

THEIRSCIENTIFICPOTENTIAL,READINGHABITS,ANDALOTOF SKILLS,ATURNINGPOINTFOROURSCHOOL.

"GIVES EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE IN ARTS, SCIENCES AND ENTERTAINMENT"

"EXTREMELY INTERESTING FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE AT THE SAME TIME"

"AWAKEN SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY"

HIGHLIGHTS 2020 2022

FROM TO

HIGHLIGHTS 665 FAMILIES 1,076 CHILDREN 33 INSTITUTIONS 8 DEPARTMENTS

DELIVERED

WE LOVE NUMBERS! 2020 2022 FROM TO

4,080

BOXES

YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW...

The American Spaces Paraguay coordinators created a YouTube Channel with videos of the experiments called Xperiment Series, in order to facilitate the carrying out of the experiments, as a support element.

78%

of the participants found the experiments' videos uploaded to YouTube very helpful.

PRIOR TO 2022, 6 VIDEOS OF THE MAIN EXPERIMENTS WERE FILMED.

IN 2022,

ANOTHER 6 VIDEOS WERE FILMED, THUS COMPLETING THE SERIES OF EXPERIMENT VIDEOS.

Emergency parachute Centrifugal force Paddle boat Lava lamp Effervescent rockets Art in the clouds Robotic hand The power of wind Balloon car Suspension bridges Scribble bot Snow at home

OUR IMPACT IN THE PAST!

In 2020, Americana Box arrived at the country's women penitentiary.

Incarcerated women learned English through monthly magazines called made exclusively for Americana Box by American Spaces Paraguay coordinators.

AMERICANA BOX ABROAD

American Spaces in Argentina, Ecuador, Honduras and México replicated Americana Box!

American Spaces Paraguay coordinators provided them an introductory online meeting and a variety of tools in order for them to acquire more knowledge about the program and replicate it in their countries.

American Spaces Paraguay coordinators look forward to helping and seeing more Americana Box replicated abroad.

NEXT STEPS FOR THE FUTURE! 2023

In 2023, American Spaces Paraguay coordinators are planning to launch a new Edition of Americana Box.

While the previous six boxes were targeted at kids, this new edition will be targeted at teens. American Spaces Paraguay coordinators are producing and creating original content for six new boxes.

How exciting is this?

Projections for

2023

6 400

monthly boxes

beneficiaries

2,400 delivered boxes

6 200

monthly boxes

beneficiaries

1,200 delivered boxes

total: 3,600 DELIVERED BOXES

HIGHLIGHTED PROMOTION STRATEGY

In previous years, American Spaces Paraguay coordinators gathered some "influencers" to publicize the program, especially to have a broader audience in promoting the application period to be part of the selected partner institutions. These influencers were TV personalities, influential faculty and STEAM feald references.