Hello friends,
I'm a sophomore in college studying Computer Science, and I'm interested in starting a service for the Crohn's community. I'm currently trying to hone down my ideas to something manageable with a full course load (and symptoms), but still of value to fellow IBDers.
My favorite idea so far is setting up a cohort of people interested in peer mentoring. This mentoring would focus around achieving personal goals in the context of similar disease situations: this might be something as simple as getting outside for an hour a day, meeting new people, picking up a new hobby or anything that mentees decide they would like to work on.
These matches could be: two college students struggling with courses, single mothers of kids with Crohn's, etc...
The premise is:
Please let me know if you would be interested in this program. I am also planning on assembling a 'focus group' of people with Crohn's to discuss their experiences, and share ideas for potential services - if you would be interested in being a part of this focus group, let me know!
I'm a sophomore in college studying Computer Science, and I'm interested in starting a service for the Crohn's community. I'm currently trying to hone down my ideas to something manageable with a full course load (and symptoms), but still of value to fellow IBDers.
My favorite idea so far is setting up a cohort of people interested in peer mentoring. This mentoring would focus around achieving personal goals in the context of similar disease situations: this might be something as simple as getting outside for an hour a day, meeting new people, picking up a new hobby or anything that mentees decide they would like to work on.
These matches could be: two college students struggling with courses, single mothers of kids with Crohn's, etc...
The premise is:
- People sign up online, and fill out a form with their information.
- This information goes through a matching algorithm (similar to a dating service, although configured differently since these are platonic matches).
- Matches are informed, and both people are added to a cohort (probably of limited size, maybe around 30 people).
- The organizing team prods mentees to communicate with each other weekly about goals, but also encourages conversation among the whole cohort.
Please let me know if you would be interested in this program. I am also planning on assembling a 'focus group' of people with Crohn's to discuss their experiences, and share ideas for potential services - if you would be interested in being a part of this focus group, let me know!