Maharati

In 2003, UNICEF Jordan and the Princess Basma Centre for Human Development published a life skills guide to help young people grow, keep them safe and give them a say. Partners, organisations and specialists shaped it together, and it was tested in the field before it reached its final form.

The idea is peer to peer: practical suggestions that help young people teach life skills to others their age, from living healthily to taking an active part in community, civic and economic life. It was used across Jordan and the Arab region, and adapted by different organisations for their own youth programmes.

Syntax designed it as a series of printed booklets first, then brought it online: a website that walks through each skill, with questions to work through on every one. I worked at Syntax as a front-end developer; on this project I did the UX/UI and the front end.