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Cuatro Tribus: Collective Estrategies

Tagline

Cuatro Tribus is a ludic system that develops strategical skills which allows communities to teach themselves.

Pitch us on your solution

1. After a great amount of research we have found that one important problem communities face is the lack of strategic self-organization.

2. My solution is a game-based learning system with progressive phases in which the community eventually develops the skill to create their own solutions to problems with multiple variables.

3. Through the progressive phases of the learning process there is a potential to grow a strong consciousness about power and conflict. Facilitating that communities embrace social dynamics of collaboration and competition. Enhancing long-term relationships of growth and understanding between its members. The people who have acquired the knowledge have the mission to teach others, this is the essence of a sustainable replication model.

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What is the problem you are solving?

The game itself teaches its players how to develop social strategies that enhance their lives.

Economists have researched the effects of the lack or presence of organization in communities. Evidence suggest that this problem is more clearly observed in the south of Mexico. The essence of the problem is observed to be the same in the centre of America and the Caribbean, with the exception of Cuba.

The problem is systematic, and the culture itself has favoured short-term problem solvers and there is limited evidence on trainings of strategic long-term decision-making. Estimations of how many people are struggling because of this is very uncertain, since there isn't enough data. Our observations however, imply most communities in southern Mexico.

Our solution has spotted that there is a limited access to strategical training and strategic game clubs (such as chess, GO, etc.) as a cultural constant. The culture favours opportunistic decision-making over long-term commitments. This has a profound effect on how people relate to each other and to the community. Lastly, the educational system favours concept acquisition instead of skill acquisition.

Who are you serving?

It has been tested that by developing these kind of strategic game clubs with highshool and middle school teenagers the emergence of leaders that expand the use of the game triggers a sustainable expansion.

We work through workshops and different training sessions.

The game develops of itself by its ludic nature, the social skills of organization that people lack.

What is your solution?

4 Tribus is a game based project that develops social strategic skills.

The solution we pitch includes:
General public licence of the board game, training on the game, and workshops teaching the meaning and use of 4-Tribus as a pedagogic tool.

Materials and Process:

A common licence print/play board game.

Qualified staff and workshop sessions.

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Deploy new and alternative learning models that broaden pathways for employment and teach entrepreneurial, technical, language, and soft skills
Support and build the capacity of formal and informal educators to better prepare Latin American and Caribbean learners of all ages for the jobs of today and tomorrow

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Puebla, Pue., México

Our solution's stage of development:

Growth