Ripyl® is TBV’s flagship community programme dedicated to help young people to be more empathic through their journey, getting in the ‘shoes’ of others and understanding their perspective. The programme was piloted in 2019, across schools in the Manawatu. Since, TBV® has made changes to the programme so that all students, from Year 5 through Year 11 can experience the Ripyl® effect.

Ripyl® is currently running in schools across the Manawatu and California, USA. It’s sponsored by our friends at Stewart’s Mitre 10 Mega.

Ripyl® uses design thinking to assist young people in a truly authentic learning environment. Through our programme, students use their creativity to become more curious, more confident, more resilient.

Ripyl® captures raw, enthusiastic creativity and uses the process to mature thinking and develop originality and limitless vision. And being true to our name, the ‘ripyl®’ effect challenges friends and family of our students to think creatively, build empathy and strengthen their own connections and relationships. WHY? Because the world needs more problem solvers!

Here’s what the student can expect -

Student Learning

• Learn soft skills, which we call essential skills, like empathy, compassion, resiliency, team work, communication, and problem solving.

• Create new networks in the community

• Understand that problem-solving is a core tool that everyone needs moving forward

Programme Structure

Ripyl® can be constructed to run in several ways. These are full customisable to you and your school and can be run in a day, a term, across multiple terms or the entire school year. Ripyl® can also be delivered in an extra-curricular setting. The programme structure follows these core principles -

• Empathy

• Problem Solve

• Validation

• Iteration

The Final

Usually, students join teams, work together and produce an outstanding solution to a problem that was defined. The final is the end of the program and can be customised accordingly. Usually, the final consists of either a pitch or demo for a panel of experts.