Proposal
My project focuses on the Vietnamese boat people refugees in the 1970s and 1980s, which of interest to the community because it gives insight to what happened to some of the Vietnamese people after America left Vietnam. Its purpose is to inform people about these refugees as well as create a sense of empathy for those who fled their country and those who are fleeing their country in the present day. This will be accomplished by creating an interactive website that could lead people through the journey of a Vietnamese boat person by creating a sort of text adventure. This could be supplemented by additional resources (ie different parts of the website) of what happened to these refugees along the way. Sort like this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32057601. The issue I’m addressing is lack of knowledge of Vietnamese boat people and the need for a starting point into research about them. So, my goal for this project will be to create an interactive website that will 1.) Inform people about Vietnamese Refugees as well as 2.) make people empathize with the refugees. My audience for this project are people who are unfamiliar with the boat people and who want to learn more about them. I will reach them by creating this simple and understandable website that could provide an overview of the journey of these boat people and supplements of where they could go for further information on the subject whether it be simpler or more in depth.
Mockup