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Poverty Encounter

Opening eyes to poverty around the world through an immersive experience that brings stories to life.

YEAR

2018

STATE/WHERE

Sylmar, CA

CLIENT

Poverty Encounter

Mission: Maximum Impact

Working with Children’s Hunger Fund, a non-profit helping bring food to families in third-world countries, Visioneering Studios designed a full-sensory learning experience like no other.

01  

The Opportunity

Children’s Hunger Fund food-packing warehouse is filled daily with visitors daily from churches, schools, corporations and more. It was the perfect environment to educate people on the impact poverty has on the world’s population.

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The Vision

We collaborated to create a shared vision that centered around taking visitors on a hyper-simulated mission trip through impoverished areas around the world.

visionary architect visioneering studios collaborated with children's hunger fund
eduction immersive design visioneering studios collaborated with children's hunger fund for an immersive experience
education architect visioneering studios collaborated with children's hunger fund for an immersive experience

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The Execution

Using a mock airport and real plane fuselage as the central hub, multiple teams collaborated to created four unique environments where children live in poverty: a Guatemalan garbage dump; a hurricane-ravaged city block in Haiti; a brickyard in Nepal; an underground sewer in Romania. Each environment is painstakingly recreated, including temperature and odors, as told by kids who cling to hope despite their difficult circumstances.

At the end of the tour, students are left asking, “How can I help?” And that transformation is the heart of the project. To bring these students and parents right into the experience of these children in need – ready to respond before they leave. Bringing them to the final stage of the tour where they pack food boxes for families around the world.

visionary architect visioneering studios collaborated with children's hunger fund for an immersive experience