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Created on 04/5/2013 by positivevoice
Ath Checkpoint is an HIV prevention center located in Athens, for men who have sex with men. It is designed to offer counseling and information about safer sex, rapid testing for HIV and linkage to health care services in case of a reactive (positive) result. At the Ath Checkpoint you can take a free and anonymous saliva test for HIV as well as counseling for safer sex practices
Organization: Positive Voice
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Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Operating 1-5 years
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Positive Voice is the association of PLHIV in Greece. It was founded in 2009 to halt the HIV epidemic and limit the socioeconomic effects to PLHIV.
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Ath Checkpoint is a community based center for voluntary testing and counseling for HIV. Even though it is based on a model established in other european areas, it is an innovative venture in a national level. The profile of Ath Checkpoint is a groundbreaking project in many levels: it addresses issues of smooth access to HIV testing and counseling for targeted key populations. Making such an important service accessible to men who have sex with men is mainly catered by our networking, roots and deep understanding of the needs of that group. Building that structure we cooperated actively with all organisations, groups and prominent activists and professionals from the local LGBT scene. After half a year of operating in Athens, the response to our services have got very positive reviews and we are gradually being established as a complete one-stop structure for HIV health for men who have sex with men
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Ath Checkpoint was created on the grounds of lacking of HIV test and counseling services, that are convenient and accessible to people that have tight schedules and feel unwelcome to traditional environments and structures for HIV testing. State structures not only they are addressed to the general public, they also are problematic providing accessible services. There are also some other private initiatives addressed to other key populations like intravenous drug users and migrants. Ath Checkpoint is the first structure that offers services designed according to the needs of modern men who have sex with men
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The base of our organizational model is peer-to-peer services with the technical support of the main HIV policy maker in Greece (KEELPNO). Staff is consisted of people from the LGBT community with an activist and/or professional record in the field. Added to this factor, we have designed and customize services adapted to the lifestyle and needs of men who have sex with men of any background. We provide friendly services of testing and counseling, adhering to a model that is: quick, easily accessible, targeted, painless, free of charge, with convenient operating hours. Such innovations are becoming more and more appealing to the LGBT community and men who have sex with men
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
The challenges in the area of HIV prevention are always on the rise in Greece on the background of the socioeconomic crisis. Traditional structures collapse and we try to cover the needs of this key population. We try to introduce multiple methods of testing (saliva and blood antibodies tests), and we plan to expand our services to full sexual health prevention services, introducing testing for more sexually transmitted infections (hepatitis, syphilis etc.). It is also our aim to inaugurate a second prevention unit to the second largest city of Greece, Thessaloniki. As we hope that we will continue to grow, we plan to open our services to more key populations, targeting to each group's special needs
This Entry is about (Issues)
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Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Access to free HIV testing is becoming more and more difficult in Greece. Services once offered for free from public structures thery are now no longer available. Moreover there was never a cultivated ground for accompanying services of counseling for safer sex practices and harm reduction. When it comes to key populations affected by HIV, like men who have sex with men, things are getting worse. The response to the needs of this group was never targeted, as they were practically invisible by public health pro-test interventions. As a result, such structures were less accessible to MSM creating phenomena like late presenters (diagnoses at a late state) and high prevelance within that population, as there was no timely diagnoses and infections were multiplied
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Start-up and growth (pilot is successful and starting to expand)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare).
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
New skills, Consultation, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Ath Checkpoint aim to address the beforementioned issues. Ath Checkpoint:
- offers free services of HIV testing and counseling on sexual health
- is targeted to men who have sex with men, without excluding other key populations or the general public
- overcomes obstacles to smooth and regular HIV monitoring (convenient working hours, easily accessible by public transport being situated in the heart of the city near the gay venues)
- fits modern lifestyle of young and active people as it offers a concise service of rapid saliva test for HIV and counseling
- helps to link people to the health system when there is a reactive test (positive antibodies test)
- offers follow up services, reminding clients to repeat test accordingly
- does frequent outreach to the community
What are your vision and overall objectives?
We aim to provide free sexual health services to the main key population that is affected by HIV in Greece, men who have sex with men. We try to do this not only by providing very friendly and accesible services in an accomodating environment, but also by cultivating a sexual health conscience to people that are most active and engaging to most risky sexual practices. We also try to entrench the LGBT community with positive attitudes towards prevention habits as regular use of condoms and regular HIV monitoring
What is your value proposition?
We want to make Ath Checkpoint a beacon of prevention for men who have sex with men . A stable reference for the LGBT community, cultivating a culture of safer sexual practices and prevention
Who is your customer(s)?
Within the key population of men who have sex with men:
- young men
- gay men
- sexually active men who regularly or occasionaly engage with sex with other men
As we scale up we will explicitly move towards the general public:
- other key populations : women, youngsters, IDUs
- the general public
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
We approach our main target group moving in the frame of their everyday lifestyle. Thus, we use various ways to make Ath Checkpoint recognizable:
- audiovisual campaigns to social medias
- outreach to gay and gay-friendly venues with flyer campaigns
- outreach to the general public and our main target group by distributing condoms and lubes
- participation to gay events and parties with distribution of materials
- constant co-operations with gay enterprises and gay media
- constant presence to gay dating sites
- positioning of condom dispensers with Ath Checkpoint logo to all gay venues
- word of mouth and networking
What are your primary activities?
- testing for HIV
- counseling for safer sex practices
- linking newly diagnosed to the health system
- producing printed and audiovisual material
- outreach with informative materials, condoms and lubes for sex
- research and surveillance on MSM behaviours
- creating events to promote sexual prevention
- presence in gay venues, parties, events
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
We feel that Ath Checkpoint is positioned in a market niche where there are few overlappings.
HIV testing and monitoring trageted to MSM comes to compliment actions targeted to other key populations -like IDUs and migrants- carried out by other organizations.
Our peers to the response to HIV in Greece are other private organizations like Center for Life and PRAKSIS. We also feel that we do not try to compete with traditional state provision services but to overcome shortcomings, trace and cover needs of the MSM population
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
The main obstacle for community based structures in Greece is the current model of providing health prevention services. It is rather a systemic and institutional inertia of traditional state centralized services. For example, introducing alternative technologies for HIV testing (saliva test vs blood test) is not easy, since there are certain health specialties and professionals that monopolise such methods. In co-operation with institutions and by showcasing a consistent body of work, we try to overcome such issues. By scaling up we will be ready to employ more professionals to operate various methodologies.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Our plan is to scale up gradually, and to move forward expanding towards two directions:
- expand geographically: open new checkpoint structure to the second largest greek city and hopefully continue expanding
- encompass more vulnerable groups: we want to address our services to more groups that are affected by HIV
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
We have already a designed and tested model of operating. It is a matter of using current resources to expand the checkpoint project in order to cover more people. Our project has a vast momentum making it a fertile ground for growth
What are your key growth objectives?
We aim to:
- scale up the rate of test and couseling sessions
- communicate and make the structure visible to more than 50% of the MSM population living in Greece
- open a second structure
- cover new key populations and move towards covering the needs of the general population
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
For 2013 we aim to:
- achieve 2,500 testing and counseling sessions
- inaugurate the second checkpoint in Thessaloniki, targeted to the general population
- be present in every big LGBT and MSM-orianted event
- have condom dispensers installed in all gay and MSM-orianted venues in Athens, Thessaloniki and other big cities in Greece
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In the first five months of operation, Ath Checkpoint have become a trusted HIV prevention structure, recognizable by the core part of our target group and present to most related events and venues. We have performed about 800 test and counseling sessions, with a relatively high ratio of reacting (positive antibodies) tests.
We are dedicated in offering a concise experience to our clients and we are especially oriented to following up the procedure of prevention, whether it is rescheduling sessions and reminders or linking individuals to the health systems. We offer a climax of services that clients chose to use: from counseling to full HIV monitoring and HIV educating sessions.
We have established a post-session review system and almost all the reviews we have got until now are very positive. As a result, Ath Checkpoint have greatly been merited from enthralled word of mouth.
Ath Checkpoint is becoming more and more respected by the specials, as it lifts off a heavy amount of work on primary testing and prevention for HIV
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We use indexes to measure:
- the rate of gratification from the part of the customers
- routes of how the customers learned about us
- the actual rate of sessions that help us to plan and scale up future actions
- statistics from the response to our communication campaigns through social media
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
The model of checkpoints for sexual health monitoring has been successful in some european cities. We have drawn experience, directions and inspiration from previous ventures and it seems to be a model flexible enough to be adapted to many regions and specific needs. We feel ready to apply our localized and customized organizational model to northern Greece, adapting a more open approach regarding targeting groups of interest
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Ath Checkpoint is a flexible and adaptable model. We aim to become the first line service for primary sexual prevention for men who have sex with men. We also plan to establish at least one more such structure in the rest of the country. Delivering reliable results will reassure the constant support of our allies
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Ath Checkpoint operates with the financial support of a big HIV-specific foundation. Other supporters are most pharma companies. We also seek and get the technical support from state organizations. Our budget is covered for the current year, with the perspective of continuing on a similar financial model.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Ath Checkpoint is a non-profit structure that operates on donations and private funds. Thus, it cannot generate income. Having our core budget catered from our co-operation from our main funder and various funds by pharma companies, we will seek to achieve extra donations by non HIV-specific companies and organazations that will help to expand our project
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
We work according a very analytical and strict accountability financial model with our main donor. Delivering measureable amounts of work will expand the contracts of co-operation. That model works in a positive way both ways: it helps us to be target-driven and dedicated to achieve our deliverables, whereas our allies see a reliable partner. This healthy and sustainable model of transparent administration we aim to adhere to, also help us communicate further needs with other donors. Having the state health structures collapsing, most enterprises that relate their business plans to locating patients in need seem very willing to support structures like Ath Checkpoint.
Created on 03/14/2013 by McKenzy Haber
Wounded Warriors Happiness Course will help soldiers replace their triggers with happiness on the golf course by skillful teen golfers teaching Wounded Warriors golf and Wounded Warriors mentoring teen golfers. This service will be no sacrifice because everyone shares what they can: wounded warriors-guidance, teens-golf skills, marine officers-administration and players-golf lessons, tee times, and everybody has foursomes of fun.
Created on 03/9/2013 by poweroff
An anti-pornography club that helps and supports people who struggle with addiction, as well as bring about awareness to this growing problem.
Created on 03/2/2013 by atwoodsa
Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
Organization: Ittavi
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United States, CA, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
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Hybrid
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Ending Child Support Conflict
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Public product launch
User Acquisition
Additional funding - Angel or VC
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need assistance defining and executing a digital marketing strategy that will reach our unique markets (single, divorced, remarried parents) and startup / entrepreneur / funding targets. The strategy should be built to meet our goals for the year - customer acquisition & getting additional funding
3.
Collective Responsibility
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Since Ittavi only has 1 product the focus will essentially cross both the company and our product, Ittavi Child Support Manager.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have begun to define our strategy but due to lack of resources have been unable to effectively define and execute the strategy.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Successful launch with increase of press / media coverage by 50%
2.
Acquire 1000 customers by the end of 2013
3.
Meet funding goal of an additional $675,000 in angel funding
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Today we have over 50 beta users that all state that our product, Ittavi Child Support Manager, has help them save time and money while dramatically reducing the conflict that occurs between themselves and the other parent. This is allowing them to focus their energy on raising happy, healthy children.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The future impact is to acquire additional customers who can benefit from our product, untimely reducing conflict between single, divorced and remarried parents. By reducing the conflict associated with child support parents can focus their energy on raising happy, healthy children.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Ittavi (an acronym for “it takes a village”) seeks to end conflict, improve transparency and simplify the process of paying child support while saving parents time and money.
Parents can now spend less time managing child support and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children.
Vancouver Canada
49° 15' 40.4136" N, 123° 6' 50.1372" W
“Be More Than a Bystander” is a groundbreaking initiative between EVA BC and the BC Lions to increase understanding of the impact of men’s violence against women. Sports icons from the BC Lions are using their status and public profile to create awareness about violence and talk to youth. The program is breaking the silence surrounding violence against women and girls by providing tools, language and practical ideas about how to be more than a bystander, how to speak up and how to communicate that violence and abuse is not acceptable.
Created on 09/3/2012 by BonnieFoleyWong
Pique Ventures is an intelligent network of people committed to investing in a different way. We help you meet people before you need to meet them and openly use emotion, intuition, our bodies, as well as analysis to make investment decisions. We connect investors to each other and to investment opportunities and strive to create a diverse investment community.
Organization: Pique Ventures
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Gender of Innovator
Female
Is your organization a
Not registered
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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Pique Ventures: setting the stage for diversity in investing
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for less than a year
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Women are underrepresented amongst investors making decisions about who to invest in and influencing enterprises that successfully access capital. Women make up only 13% of angel investors in the US. It is estimated that the percentage in Canada is not too far off. Amongst senior executives in the financial services and investment sectors in Canada, women represent only 25% of decision-makers and influencers. Many good businesses miss out on investment and development potential because investors don't understand them. They may get called lifestyle businesses or get ignored because their projected growth is too slow. The lack of diversity in investment decision-making creates dominant types of business culture, business growth, marketing methods, consumer attitudes, and societal norms.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
My solution is to create a intelligent network of investors committed to a different approach to investing. The network is founded on two key principles: meet people before you need to meet them and we all make investment decisions using emotion, intuition, our bodies, and analysis. I have found that these two principles resonate strongly with women and social purpose investors. By being open about a relationship-driven approach and about integrated investment decision-making that openly uses emotion and intuition alongside analysis, we create an alternative to the competitive, game-like environment encouraged by an investment sector dominated by men. But we're not talking about only women investors. We are focused on inclusivity and diversity, but recognize that we need to create an investment culture that enables more women to be active participants and also investment leaders.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
When an environment is not attractive or welcoming to women, many voluntarily opt not to participate or they conform. Some women, like myself, manage to work to our strengths and maintain our femininity and individuality, but not without challenges. Women make decisions differently. When we meet together in a woman-only environment, the barriers come down much more quickly than in a co-ed environment. In mentoring circles, when discussing change management, women spoke of gathering information, asking others for their counsel, using intuition, staying true to values, ethics, and morals, just taking the leap and in the same breath spoke of being patient and waiting. This sort of complexity, mindfulness, openness, and integration of different factors and approaches is just as applicable to investment decisions. Pique Ventures creates an investing environment that is similarity to the mentoring environment. Women investors can mentor entrepreneurs and help them navigate through tough choices they make between family, self, community, and business. Having more women investors will create greater diversity in the investment community and enable a more diverse group of entrepreneurs and their ventures to grow on different terms that is presently enabled by the male-dominated investment sector. Pique Ventures give women and men investors the tools to make integrated decisions. Assessments of risk and impact require emotional awareness as well as analysis. Investing in innovation, amidst uncertainty requires intuition because analysis alone cannot predict an unknown future.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
My peers are in the US. Golden Seeds is a highly regarded investor network investing in entrepreneurial women (up to 20% of the network is comprised of men). Astia Angels is forming in San Francisco to invest in women, but the investor based will be a mix of men and women. In Vancouver and Canada, there are existing angel investor networks, but they have a disproportionate number of male members and they do not emphasize an integrated investment-decision approach. There are other organizations that support women entrepreneurs, leadership amongst women and girls, and women in business such as Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Catalyst, Women Executives Network, Women in Leadership, Minerva, and the Canadian Women's Foundation, but none focus on gender diversity amongst investors.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to financing, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
I have been speaking with women and men from all sorts of backgrounds and everyone has spoken of a need for and interest in this. I have already increased awareness just by talking about creating a more diverse investor network and a different approach to decision-making. Experienced women in the impact investing field have come away from our conversations saying that they learned something from me. The combination of integrated investment decision-making and women leaders in the investment world will be a game-changer. I have a handful of prospective members that are interested in joining the network.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
I plan to grow a network of at least 50 active members and up to 150 members that are increasing their awareness and knowledge about investing. The application of an integrated investment decision-making approach will tackle some of the debates and obstacles we have been facing in impact investing. Presently, many community investors still face a bifurcated model with an investment portfolio and targeted financial returns married with a giving program and impact objectives. Integrated investment decision-making will pave the way for impact investment strategies to be more easily applied and deployed. We're leading the way with women, as we have had to deal with the impact (family, self, community) versus return (careers) debate for a long time.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Women may prefer to invest on their own, rather than via a network, however early feedback from women does not evidence this. Concerns have been raised about liability and reputation risk of being an investment intermediary. The network is focused on providing tools for integrated investment decision-making, investor training, and opportunities to meet and mingle with entrepreneurs. We will do some curating of entrepreneurs to save investors time and protect their privacy, but we will not be making investment recommendations nor decisions for our network members. The quality of investment opportunities must be quite good for a successful network, therefore we will work with capacity building organizations to ensure entrepreneurs are investor ready.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Have 5 Founding Members, well on the way attracting 10 more members. First quarterly investor/entrepreneur meet & greet held.
Task 1
Pitch to prospective Founding Members
Task 2
Plan and implement marketing strategy to attract Members and Associate Members, including brand & website refresh, speaking
Task 3
Build pipeline of potential investment opportunities
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
5 Founding Members, 5 Members, 10 Associate Members, connect with >50 entrepreneurs, 2-5 investments totalling at least $500k.
Task 1
Strategic planning and management working with Founding Members and by forming an Advisory Board
Task 2
Marketing and events plan implementation
Task 3
Inaugural investment social to bring wider awareness to men and women interested in investing with their values or for impact
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I am all about decision making and my craft is money and investing. I left investment banking in 2007 and started working with social entrepreneurs. I found myself gravitating towards influencing investment decisions and moving capital towards projects that delivered positive impact or change. I started to attend events for women entrepreneurs and I wondered where were the women investors? Even in the impact investing space, the majority of investors and expert speakers are men. There are more women CEOs and more women on Boards, but they are often still answering to predominately male investors and shareholders. Given the significant inter-generational wealth transfer that is happening over the next 20 years and that women outlive men, more and more women will be controlling or influencing investment decisions in future. Pique Ventures was founded to provide the network and resources to empower women in their investment decision-making, whilst working towards a diverse community.
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I am currently in discussions with an impact investing consultancy and services firm based in Toronto about collaborating. This firm would be an outsourcing partner for entrepreneur capacity building and investor readiness as well as help with deal pipeline and investor connections. No other formal partnerships, although I have had conversations with legal advisors and am working on connections with other women's leadership organizations and foundations.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Ventures in the Ashoka and Changemakers communities will be welcomed as prospective opportunities in the curation process and pipeline for network members. The Pique Ventures network could be a source of capital for growing enterprises that are part of the Changemakers community. I can offer financial and investment decision-making support and tools to entrepreneurs and investors respectively.
HarassMap is a volunteer initiative that works to end social tolerance for sexual harassment using digital tools to support a huge face-to-face community outreach initiative throughout Egypt.
We provide a way for victims to speak out, access services and document harassment and mobilize our communities to no longer tolerate harassers. We work street by street to activate bystanders against harassers and restore our dignity and pride.
Canımız Kampüste breaks the silence on harassment and gender-based violence. Powered by local university students and armed with digital media, Istanbul ‘is alive on campus.’
Created on 08/7/2012 by Brandy
We will train up to 24 Canadians living w/ HIV to become a new generation of HIV+ leaders; Our project will educate the general public about HIV/AIDS, today.
Organization: Does HIV Look Like Me? International Society
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Country where this solution is creating social impact
Canada, BC, Vancouver will be the host, BUT the project will have a national impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
1‐5 years
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Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for less than a year
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
In 2010, the BC government launched a program to “seek & treat” undiagnosed people living with HIV and expand HIV treatment. HIV has changed in BC. HIV+ people are living longer healthier lives, enjoying relationship and having families. However, the way the general public thinks about and the messages surrounding HIV continue to foster stigma. The UN stated, "Stigma remains the single most important barrier to public action...making AIDS the silent killer, because people fear the social disgrace of speaking about it, or taking available precautions." The average Canadian does not know what being HIV+ really means today, people are not getting the message. HIV related stigma & discrimination include being shunned by family, and peers, poor health care treatment, and psychosocial damage.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We will train up to 24 people living with HIV (Ambassadors) to become a new generation of HIV+ leaders; with them producing a larger media campaign, Does HIV Look Like Me? (DHLLM) Canada and begin a network of national projects. The campaign will educate the general public about HIV/AIDS and reduce the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. Leadership training to HIV+ individuals from communities across Canada provides the tools to articulate their experiences & become a point of connection to HIV within their communities. Our HIV+ candidates will receive assistance, seed funding, & mentorship to start an anti stigma project in their communities. Via their efforts and our campaign, we aim to encourage people to get tested, protect themselves, and reduce stigma in their communities. The campaign will show people living with HIV/AIDS that they are not alone, provide them with the tools, skills and networks to take charge of their lives and redefine living w/HIV.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Experience teaches us that a strong movement of people living with HIV or AIDS that affords mutual support and a voice at local and national levels is particularly effective in tackling stigma. (UNAIDS) The idea of involving people living with HIV was formally adopted as a principle at the Paris AIDS Summit in 1994, where 42 countries declared the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV and AIDS to be critical to ethical and effective national responses to the epidemic. The workshops in this training will help young leaders establish their roles as leaders and provide them with the tools needed to be effective leaders, within their school, community or the larger HIV, AIDS movement. We acknowledge that Positive Leaders experiences and perspectives are key to addressing the needs of our communities and are valuable tools to challenge public misconceptions about living with HIV today.
Our 7 day training, project and campaign will give the ambassadors the tools and support needed to affect how they see themselves, and the media campaign will affect how the country sees them—ultimately reducing stigma and helping to change the course of the HIV epidemic in Canada.
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In 2011 Vancouver Coastal Health designed a campaign, ‘It’s Different Now’, to de-stigmatize & normalize HIV testing in BC. The campaign, produced by an advertising company, lacked the voices of people who are living with HIV & experiencing the effects of stigma firsthand. Our approach & delivery of the HIV message is what makes us unique. Our campaigns are written & produced in-house, with the involvement of HIV + people, creating a personal feel while still looking like campaigns created by advertising agencies. Our ambassadors tell their stories, providing the viewer with an honest and relatable perspective. We also provide unique opportunities for HIV+ people to be empowered through training & personal mentorship, so they can be the change they seek in their lives.
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Brandy Svendson was working as the International Campaign Director for the Does HIV Look Like Me? (DHLLM) campaigns. She met and received emails from 100’s of HIV + people from all over the world that were inspired and wanted to be involved. These individuals were seeking both a platform and a community, where they too could help create change and inspire people around the world. Having recognized the opportunity within the success and impact of those campaigns—she envisioned a long term organization dedicated to showing the human face of HIV, and programs and projects that developed the next generation of HIV + leaders. In 2009, Brandy started Does HIV Look Like Me? International Society. To date, they have created media campaigns & leadership trainings that have taken place in several countries. The organization also implemented the first HIV Screening in Dental Clinics Program in Vancouver, soon to be duplicated across Canada.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The overarching goal of our initiative is to change the way the average Canadian views and talks about HIV today. The epidemic and treatment have changed so dramatically in the last 6 years and the messaging and the conversation must keep up. 1:4 Canadians who are HIV + do not know they are (PHAC). We need to capture attention by creating relatable and real content. "There is still much work to be done to undo the blame and shame directed at People Living With HIV everyday," says Dirceu Campos, DHLLMI Board & long-time HIV+ activist. “Our campaigns and projects give us an opportunity to reach out to our communities and supporters around the world to create a cutting edge media and projects, that will help us foster new leaders in the HIV movement and change how Canadians think about HIV.”
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
This project is in the startup phase, we conceptualized the project late last year, and in Dec., 2011, we launched our latest video to kick of support for the Does HIV Look Like Me? Canada campaign and project, called “Stop the Stigma”. It featured 6 Canadians from Vancouver, speaking to how HIV today has changed, and how stigma affects their lives. The video reached over 6000 viewers to date on Youtube, and we have provided several copied to community partners, and have been contacted by organization and people living with HIV to be involved in the larger campaign. Most importantly, this video has had impact on the brave individuals involved in the video, Valerie wrote “I choose to do this video as it needed to be said and it has brought much healing for myself. The message is getting out there that no matter what AGE GENDER or LIFE you lead this could happen to you, it really has made people think! I have always said that I am POSITIVE PROUD & PASSIONATE, and now I truly believe it.”
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
• Educate general public about HIV/AIDS and reduce stigma & discrimination against
people living with HIV/AIDS and enable people to make healthier choices for themselves and improve their quality of life.
- Help shape the next generation of leaders, who will be prominent in the movement
• Provide tools, skills, and networks to take charge of their lives and redefine what living with
HIV is like today
• Provision of additional training and support for up to 24 Ambassadors to be active in their
communities, schools and in the media to advocate for their rights, challenge stigma and
discrimination, change policies, encourage and support testing and access to treatment.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The two largest barriers that would hinder the success of our project are securing the funding and identifying a suitable media sponsor. Our plan to secure funding is to identify and applying for the applicable grants available to our organization. We also hope to find corporate and/or private sponsors for the campaign. To maximize the impact of a Canada wide campaign, we need the support of mainstream media. For media sponsorship we plan to meet with different media outlets with our ambassadors and a proposal package detailing the project, our media needs and the impact the partnership will make on the campaign overall. We hope a formal meeting with our ambassadors will demonstrate the need for a project and campaign, as well as the impact it will have on Canadians and our communities.
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At 6 months e will have all the stakeholders and ambassadors recruited and contributing, and all the training details begun.
Task 1
Recruitment of 24 ambassadors (approx. from each province/territory). To include and strong cross section that represents Canada
Task 2
Recruitment of 12 mentors for each ambassador.
Task 3
Preparation of the meeting and campaign, securing and arranging accommodation, travel and creating the seven day agenda.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Finishing of the training. Campaign & projects launches will be happening w/ support from stakeholders, partners & mentors.
Task 1
Wrapping up of the meeting and reporting all the activities and outcomes with the creation of a best practice Document.
Task 2
Launching the final campaign. Website, radio, web, print, tv etc.
Task 3
Launching the ambassador’s individual, community projects with mentor’s support.
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The campaign is planned and coordinated in partnership with the Campaign Coordinating Committee (CCC), this includes campaign supporters, partners, sponsors, influential individuals, stakeholders, press, CCC and DHLLMI staff and board. Some examples, including, local AID Serving Organizations from each province, including but not limited to AIDS Vancouver, AIDS Calgary, etc. We will also invite local and national health authorities such as Vancouver Coastal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, any funders, and of course will always include people living with HIV in all areas and aspects.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
The general public views HIV as something that happens to ‘other’ groups of people. This line of thinking can be very dangerous as it leaves people vulnerable to contracting the disease. It is our hope to create a larger campaign that targets ALL Canadians with more personal stories and people describing the realities of HIV as it exists today. This is why the recruitment of the ambassadors is to include and strong cross section that represents Canada’s great diversity, i.e race, age, gender and culture. We want people to know it can happen to anyone.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
DHLLM campaigns are planned, executed & distributed in partnership with the Campaign Coordinating Committee (CCC) & BoD. The CCC consists of representatives from sectors including local government, stakeholders, NGOs & service providers, public health officials, HIV+ people & media.
The campaign is co-coordinated by a Campaign Coordinator. This person works with DHLLMI staff during the planning, production and implementation of the campaign and serves as an important liaison between DHLLMI, the CCC and Ambassadors involved in the campaign.
This organizational structure ensures meaningful participation of partners, stakeholders and the Ambassadors every step of the way.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: HarassMap (امسك متحرش).
Created on 08/6/2012 by harassmap
HarassMap is a volunteer initiative that works to end social tolerance for sexual harassment using digital tools to support a huge face-to-face community outreach initiative throughout Egypt.
Organization: HarassMap (امسك متحرش)
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Egypt, XX, Cairo, Giza, Port Said, Minya, Mansoura, Alexandria, Assiut
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Female
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1‐5 years
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How long have you been in operation?
Operating for 1‐5 years
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Sexual harassment in Egypt has reached a crisis level. In 2008, 83% of Egyptian women surveyed were sexually harassed, 50% daily. 72.5% were veiled, and only 2.4% sought help from police. 62.4% of men surveyed admitted harassing women, and 61.4% of witnesses to harassment ignored it, with only 0.1% saying they tried to help (ECWR)
Not long ago, Egyptians were proud of the safety and dignity of our streets. Bystanders used to even chase harassers and shave their heads as a mark of shame, and harassment was rare. Yet today, no social consequences for harassers exist, and harassers are most often excused or ignored and victims are blamed instead. New laws have been passed but yield no change since individual police do not consider the issue important and are often perpetrators themselves.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
In 2009, I heard about Ushahidi and Frontline SMS, which makes it possible for anyone to send reports of harassment by SMS or online, which then get mapped online anonymously. Since 110 of every 100 Egyptians own mobiles, and 1/2 are women, the potential was unprecedented. The NGOs were interested only in advocacy, so as 4 co-founders we developed HarassMap using online technology to support a huge offline community mobilization effort and public campaign.
Reports: Victims tell us what happened online or by SMS, where and help document the problem
Victim services: Contacts for offline lawyers, counseling, self defense sent by autoresponse
Mapping Reports: Our online map communicates the true extent of the problem and breaks stereotypes
Community Outreach: Our volunteers go out each month in their own neighborhoods all over Egypt with printouts of the map to ask shop owners, police and others in the street to stand up to harassers and create protected “Safe Areas” in shops
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
We change the social acceptability of harassment that lets harassers harass and keeps victims silent by combining online and offline tools. HarassMap is the first to use Ushahidi to combine online/offline longterm.
1. Reporting: A victim or witness documents the violation by mobile or online. Ex: "Walking on Syria St in Mohadessin yesterday around 6pm and there were 2 boys, around 10 to 12 years old. They were kids so we didnt expect anything. When close to us one of them took his penis out and rushed towards us. Thanks for this initiative. We really hope it will spark the change"
2. Referral: We autorespond to each with info on getting free help from women's NGOs (police reports, lawyers, counseling, selfdefense)
3. Each report is mapped helping us fight inaccurate, widespread concepts about harassment (it only happens in cities or in poor areas or in rich areas or to girls in miniskirts, etc.)
4. Community Outreach teams, led by trained Community Captains, use the map to help mobilize bystanders in their own neighborhoods (people with presence in the streets, police, shops, etc.) to break the silence, reestablish social consequences and revive our tradition of guarding our neighborhoods from harassment by telling harassers to stop. This should never happen again: "Man on motorbike drove up behind me and grabbed me from behind. I shouted at him immediately and he casually drove away. There were about 10 people in the street when it happened, no one did anything about it or even had any reaction. This was right outside my apartment"
5. Public/media campaign
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are 17 NGOs on the NGO Task Force on Sexual Harassment working on advocacy for a new sexual harassment law and others partnering with the UNWomen’s Safe Cities Initiative on sexual harassment advocacy (both of which HarassMap is a member). The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights also works on advocacy.
While these groups mainly focus on advocacy, HarassMap is the main group working with society.
Rather than challenging our growth, we partner with them and with other initiatives in order to increase the overall impact of the movement. Ex: We publicize the services offered by the NGO task force; we're members of all networks including Safe Cities; we mobilize our volunteers for and help organize joint activities (art exhibition, open mics, performance of our reports, "salasel").
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
PARTICIPATION: Since Dec '10, HarassMap received over 800 reports and over 500 men and women volunteered from all over Egypt - rural, urban, rich, poor. Most mobilize people in their own area to change the environment that tolerates harassers. About 8 of 10 people they approach agree to intervene with harassers and make "Safe Areas" in their shop/area that serve as shelters from harassment. Others give pro-bono help in their field or come to us to work together on creative ideas.
Some people who send reports also use our referral to free legal aid, psychological counseling, how to make a police report, self defense classes, etc (in partnership with the NGO task force) that we send by autoresponse.
AWARENESS: We receive over 20,000 pageviews per month. Our Facebook page has over 5000 fans, many of whom volunteer. Media coverage of HarassMap is high, reaching millions, and our events are well attended.
SCALE: We're coaching activists in 15 foreign countries adopting our model.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We will:
-Expand the number of strong community outreach teams by meeting outstanding demands for training
-Develop and deliver a training curriculum for outreach Community Captains and volunteers to increase their consistency, success and reach
-Train 300 social workers in public schools to do outreach in their schools (requested by them)
-Start work in 6 slum areas of UN Safe Cities
-Implement our planned "Safe Vehicles" initiative
-Strengthen "Safe Areas" network and follow-up
-Collect stories and testimonials from bystanders who intervened and publish them as role models
-Expand our public campaign drastically
-Publish a research project on crowdsourcing's validity and usefulness in sensitive topics
-Design an info packet on work harassment
-Evaluate our impact formally
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Our biggest barrier has been time and manpower. We love being volunteers and we love self-funding our work. But not having an office or staff seriously inhibits our capacity. We will start a research grant soon that will help with this.
The security/political situation since the revolution has made scheduling anything that requires volunteers to attend (community outreach days, volunteers trainings/meetings, events, etc) extremely difficult. We often have to reschedule and struggle with attendance. This will be improved by having a staff person who can focus on volunteer management and developing closer relationships with volunteers.
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start 3 new community outreach teams, "a safe vehicles" in public transport, research unit on crowdsourcing, a public campaign
Task 1
Finalize training curriculum for community outreach captains and volunteers, Design and implement a volunteer management system
Task 2
Hire and start work with fulltime managers for: community outreach, research, public campaign
Task 3
Relaunch our website, adding tools to support strong public outreach using innovative digital media to support offline work
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expand support to 15 global spin-offs, expand public campaign, train volunteers working in 300 public schools
Task 1
Implement a training schedule for the outreach volunteers working in schools and evaluation system
Task 2
Add videos, games, apps, competitions, and other interactive tools to public campaign
Task 3
Provide mentoring by skype once per month, answering questions and creating a closer connection among the spin-offs
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Cairo has been my home since 2004. After experiencing and witnessing repeated harassment, getting no help from witnesses and hearing repeated excuses for harassers - I started Egypt's 1st program on sexual harassment. Later, in 2009, I heard about Ushahidi/Frontline SMS, which can receive anonymous reports and map them online - perfect for breaking the silence on a taboo issue! Since almost all Egyptians own mobile phones the potential for reaching people across all boundaries, cheaply, was huge.
The NGOs weren't interested in the idea, so I assembled 4 Co-Founders to develop HarassMap as an independent, self-funded group of volunteers aimed at changing social tolerance for harassers and reestablishing social consequences for them. The free online/mobile technology lets our voice reach across geographic/social/age barriers to help us organize a huge offline community mobilization effort in streets nationwide. After launch, ideas and effort from hundreds of volunteers flowed in.
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NGOs, activists, networks: strategic planning and activities (art exhibition, live performances of our reports, open mics, anti-harassment graffiti, “salasels” or chains of people holding anti-harassment slogans on signs in busy streets, #endSH blogging days)
Companies: our SMS short code, a voice reporting system, banner ads on high traffic sites (filgoal.com), video production, design, radio PSAs, meeting space, printing (at cost), tech support, Film 678
Institutions: World Bank, Transportation Ministry, UNDP, UNWomen, ILO
We encourage everyone to volunteer their time and talents!
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Every day we are getting more volunteers who contact us because they want to take action. And we try to motivate men and women of all ages and all backgrounds to send us their ideas and support them in implementing them.
We are open to all ideas and all requests for support!
Micro-communities are small groups of men and women focused on deep emotional support and guidance. Reintroducing the experience of small communities of our past, where your friends are more than a passing wave or a Facebook comment. These micro-communities bring back what is missing.
Created on 02/22/2012 by In Your Own Skin
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Yes.
Country of residence of entrepreneur
UK
Tell us about your personal background. Why are you passionate about this issue? Making an idea a reality takes innovation, dedication and strong leadership. Do you have the necessary entrepreneurial skills to realize your vision?
I am passionate about providing opportunities and spaces for people to find community, develop resourceful living and for people to gain an understanding of their incredible value.
5 years ago I experienced a horrible time of illness; panic attacks, anxiety and depression depleted my life to the point where I could not work, or somedays even hold a conversation. Building my life back to 'normality' again was a long road, and my constant source of hope and encouragement was the amazing community I had around me. Without a strong community of caring people who's aim was to see me well again and able to live my dreams, I can honestly say I wouldn't be where I am today.
It is my dream to create spaces for people, in whatever situation in life, to feel nourished, cared for, and valued. For people to be connected into supporting communities who can do life together, sharing stories, and learn from the richness of others. To provide practical tools through courses, workshops and resources that will bring about positive social change in the local community. To set up a care team providing one to one counselling and support for those who need dedicated help to work through life's challenges. To create short films of hope and inspiration of stories form everyday heroes who can share their pain, and their victories. To connect with those who have fallen through the gap...
Throughout my time of illness I was still dedicated to making positive social change happen. I ran a monthly live music night and dinner for the homeless community in Manchester (which is still running now), I ran creative arts and cooking workshops at a local women's shelter, and I co-ordinated a monthly three course dinner for women in vulnerable situations.
I am thoroughly committed to making this vision a reality, and know I have the relevant experience and vision to make it happen. My heart is that through this project people would have their lives changed for the better, that communities would be strengthened, and that men and women would be able to feel comfortable in their own skin.
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Created on 02/13/2012 by John Evoy
The Irish Men’s Sheds Association's vision is for all men to have an opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing by being part of a community Men’s Shed.
Organization: The Irish Men's Sheds Association
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
1‐5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
In 2011 The Irish Men’s Association was a recipient of the Arthur Guinness Fund Award. The Arthur Guinness Fund is an innovative investment vehicle that supports the big ideas and the passion for community of social entrepreneurs, furthering the philanthropic legacy of Arthur Guinness. The fund helps social entrepreneurs deliver measurable, transformational change to communities in Ireland and worldwide. One of the most progressive aspects of The Arthur Guinness Fund is that it not only provides financial support to the entrepreneurs; awardees also have access to practical support, expertise and workshops from Diageo and its partner, Social Entrepreneurs Ireland. In this way, The Arthur Guinness Fund acts as a springboard to enable social entrepreneurs to take their initiatives to the next level, and make their vision a reality. IMSA has received a 3 Year programme of support from The Arthur Guinness Fund including €25,000 each year towards the employment of a CEO to drive the growth and activities of the organization, as well as access to practical support, expertise and workshops. The support from the Fund is making a real difference to IMSA and the aims and activities or the organisation. In addition I received an AONTAS Star Award (Adult Learning) for a previous project I co-ordinated; The Engage Programme, in 2009.
References - Please provide two references with a two-sentence biography, email address, and phone number for each
Professor Barry Golding b.golding@ballarat.edu.au
University of Ballarat,Australia
Patron of the Australian Men's Sheds Association
Ted Fleming
ted.fleming@nuim.ie
www.tedfleming.net
Dr. Ted Fleming has been a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research Centre at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and previously a Lecturer at Dundalk Institute of Technology.
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How long have you been in operation?
Operating for 1‐5 years
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
In Europe,men are more likely than women to die from all the leading causes of death.Ireland has identified men as a specific population group for the strategic planning of health within a national men’s health policy (2008).For an average of 13.7 yrs of their lives,men in Ireland experience ill-health or disability.Men in Ireland have experienced a 2.7 fold increase in suicide rates since 1980;391 male suicides are recorded each year.31% of men in Ireland ‘regularly’ or ‘constantly’ experience stress.These are repeated patterns in many countries and barriers to existing health services still exist in European countries, as well as worldwide.Health inequity is a reality for men.IMSA is solving the problem of how to effectively engage men in improving their health and wellbeing.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
IMSA advocates a model that engages men in their health and wellbeing,by building on strengths.Our aim is to ensure men have opportunities to take part in a community Men’s Shed.We do this by promoting the ‘Men’s Sheds’ model,together with empowering local communities who wish to develop Men’s Sheds.The community Men’s Shed is a version of the shed in the backyard-you might see men restoring bicycles for a local school,fixing lawn mowers,music,metalwork.You would see young and older men learning new skills from each other and learning something about life from each other.Men’s Sheds originated in Australia and “through the provision of ‘mateship’ and a sense of belonging through positive and therapeutic informal activities,‘Men’s Sheds’ achieve outcomes of positive health, happiness and well-being for those men who participate,as well as for families and communities”.IMSA’s solution is empowerment through knowledge and resources for communities who wish to develop a Men’s Shed.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
We make a difference by generating knowledge on ‘what? how? why?’ a Men’s Shed is,and by providing supports to communities who wish to ‘grow’ a Men’s Shed in their area.We do this daily through; website,media and social media; Men’s Shed Start-up Service;Resource and Support Service,community-based information workshops and mentoring.In 2011 I conducted a radio interview within a town in South East Ireland;Wexford.I let the show and it’s listeners know what a Men’s Shed is,and answered queries.A local man from a rural part of County Wexford;Bannow, was inspired by what he heard,knowing that where he lived there were little opportunites for men to come together,other than the local pub!This man rallied a few more together,the group contacted IMSA for advice on how they would best set up a Shed.We met with the group 3 times in their community.This involved;listening to the men’s ideas;directing them to other Men’s Sheds for project visits;providing practical information e.g insurance requirements,and being positive about what the men wanted to achieve for their own community.Bannow Men’s Shed is now up and running,and have received an IMSA Men’s Shed Start-Up Grant 2012;funded by IMSA through the Ireland Funds.The Start-Up Grants were the original idea of IMSA.We recognised the need for financial resources for small rural communities isolated from other community and/or health service providers,who would like to start a Men’s Shed.Through inspiration,listening and the right supports,IMSA was successful in making a difference for men and the community of Bannow,County Wexford.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
No other NGO focuses on the growth of Men’s Sheds in Ireland.Several bodies in Ireland work to improve men’s health;Dept. of Health and Children,Men’s Health Forum, Men’s Development Network.Local community groups are working to improve life for men,such as Family Resource Centres and Local Development Companies.All of these are in receipt of Irish government funding.This is the only challenge which these bodies pose to the growth of IMSA.We envisage being successful in applications for government funding to promote the growth of Men’s Sheds.It is vital that we don’t duplicate work of government services/funded NGO’s.IMSA is unique as we provide a model,and tools,that communities can use themselves to respond to men’s health. We believe that this is real sustainability in practice.
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It was a series of events over time that led to the official launch of the Irish Men’s Sheds Association in October 2010. I had been working in community development for a long time, and was conscious that while it was easy to engage women in local health and wellbeing iniatives, the men were missing!The more I looked into this, the more apparent it became that this was not just a local or national issue, but one that affected men worldwide. Along with colleagues we found a successful model for engaging men in the community in the form of a Men’s Shed movement in Australia. This led to a study visit of Victoria in the Summer of 2009. I remember going into Sheds over there and there was such energy in them. It didn’t matter if it was a Shed that cost thousands to build or one that was just a few pieces of timber thrown together. I thought to myself, this has to happen everywhere! And we started in Ireland. Men’s Sheds can change the world; the concept is simple and effective.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
As a national NGO,with a community development ethos, IMSA is focused on the goal of empowering communities to develop a Men’s Shed.It is important to us that all men have an opportunity to take part in such a positive space as a Men’s Shed.It is also important to us that the good practice model of a Men’s Shed,together with the core concepts of equality,non-judgmental,local governance,activity and community,is promoted and maintained in Ireland and beyond.
Our vision is that all men will have the opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing through taking part in a Men’s Shed.Most importantly,our goal is centralised around a grass-roots approach;IMSA wants to support the ideas/visions of local communities,encourage the volunteerism and social conscious which exists among men.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
To date, since 2010, IMSA has been successful in developing a strong organisation with a Board of Directors comprising of 17 grassroots and expert members, a staff base of CEO, and part-time administrator and funding co-ordinator. We have secured approx, €40,000 funding within the initial year of start-up with a commitment from funders for the next 2 years. On the ground, we have supported communities in over 40 areas in Ireland to set up a community Men's Shed in their area. These Sheds have over 700 men taking part and benefiting from the Men's Shed model. Over 65 Sheds are affilitated with the Irish Men's Sheds Association to date. Our website www.mensheds.ie is receiving on-going increase of sites visits and unique hits, and is a unique webiste offering support and information to communities in Ireland. Our practice has recently received positive reference in both the British Medical Journal (2011), and a recent report from the Irish Institute for Public Health (2011).
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Over the next 5 years IMSA will support the development of min. 200 community Men’s Sheds across the island of Ireland.The health and wellbeing impact of these Sheds will reach a minimum of 8,000 men in Ireland.IMSA will ensure that the model of a ‘Men’s Shed’ is understood within the wider community of Europe as a whole,and that Men’s Sheds are a viable,key part of many rural and urban communities.
IMSA will ensure that Men’s Sheds are recognised at national and European level as key aspects of national strategies for men’s health and well-being, with mainstreamed funding for community Men’s Sheds.IMSA will ensure that Men’s Sheds are strong,sustainable and effective in promoting men’s health and wellbeing,and are a supportive collective,through a network of volunteer Shed Advocates.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Financial resources are a barrier which might hinder the success of planned activities of IMSA.We overcome this already through allocation of resources into generating funds.We have an employee (7 hrs/week) whose role is dedicated to sourcing and completing funding applications,and who will work towards generating income by other strands;corporate and fundraising.This has been successful to date.We plan to gain secure funding from Irish national government or EU health programmes.We monitor our applications and build on the positive aspects of these.We are part of an international research project into the outcomes of Men’s Sheds which will generate leverage for evidence-based applications in the areas of men’s health, wellbeing and men’s learning.
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Services and DVD launched at an inaugaral National Men's Shed Conference, Ireland, August 2012
Task 1
IMSA Shed Advocate Training:a network of community volunteers to facilitate Start-Up Workshops & promote good practice.
Task 2
Produce a DVD/Manual - How to Start Up a Men’s Shed in Your Area, based on experiences of Sheds in Ireland.
Task 3
Organise an IMSA National Conference, proven to be a very valid way of people learning about ‘what works’ with regard to Sheds
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
IMSA will move to a new dedicated premises for the organisation, with funding from both national and EU health programmes.
Task 1
Successfully apply for funding through the Irish Government Dept. of Health and Children to support the IMSA Resource and Suppor
Task 2
Successfully apply to the EU Call for Health Programmes 2012 for core funding to sustain the organisations activities.
Task 3
Secure an accessible, central and affordable premises to accommodate the head office of IMSA, training spaces and grounds.
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IMSA sees the Men’s Sheds in Ireland as our most important partners.Since 2010,we have supported the growth of over 40 Men’s Sheds, and are working together with these Sheds,to ensure the further growth and sustainability of Men’s Sheds.Our funders and also local community service providers are key partners.Currently one of our partnerships is with a local government education provider; County Wexford VEC,in delivering a Leargas funded European Conference on ‘Working with Men’ to generate knowledge among a wider community on innovative ways of supporting men’s health, wellbeing and learning.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
We currently target all communities within the island of Ireland for the growth of Men’s Sheds and to avail of IMSA.We do this largely through media opportunities, our website and a growing ‘word of mouth’.Through Start-Up Grants,we focused on rural areas during 2012 as we recognised that within such areas there is a dearth of support opportunities from other services.We will continue this focused Start-Up Grant for rural Men’s Sheds throughout the year.We are focused on raising awareness among community service providers on what a Men’s Shed is,including training delivery at European level.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
For IMSA, we need communities to believe in the potential of IMSA to support them in achieving opportunities for men in their community, through a Men’s Shed. Maintaining a transparent, accessible, honest, social-minded and happy internal organisation is making our innovation successful.This type of internal organisational together with skill, talent and effectiveness of staff and volunteers,success is happening for our innovation.
It is undoubtedly a better operating environment for IMSA when Men’s Sheds as a concept is understood and appreciated as a tool for improving men’s health, learning and wellbeing.In Ireland, and Europe, there is a growing body of awareness of the potential within Men’s Sheds evident in Ireland’s National Men’s Health Policy among others.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
IMSA is in a strong position to support other initiatives to develop/maintain gender equity within their service provision. IMSA has expertise in developing innovative ways to engage men in their health and wellbeing and we would be more than willing to share this knowledge and our experience.
We recognise that we are in need of additional support in the area of marketing our organisation.
Created on 02/7/2012 by pei.ac01
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PSICOLOGIA Y EDUCACION INTEGRAL A.C.
Organization Country
Mexico, MEX, Naucalpan de Juarez
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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How long have you been in operation?
Operating for more than 5 years
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
A partir del psicodrama, es posible trabajar de manera grupal con las familias como unidad y sus miembros, especialmente en temas como el manejo de la violencia, comunicación, reglas, organización y manejo del tiempo. este método permite el trabajo de manera vivencial, lo que genera un impacto inmediato y profundo.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
El impacto en las familias permitirá mejorar la dinámica en las relaciones familiares, lo que disminuirá los índices de violencia, divorcios, abandono de hogar, adicciones, embarazos no deseados, etc.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
El presente estudio se abocó a validar la aplicación del método psicodramático a la orientación familiar, considerando a la familia como un grupo social primario y eje fundamental de la estructura social, mientras que el psicodrama se conceptualiza como un método de trabajo grupal e individual que, mediante técnicas de acción, permite explorar la situación vital y existencial de la persona. La investigación abarcó dos estudios. El primero consistió en un diagnóstico de las características de la población objetivo, que implicó un muestreo de tipo intencional basado en entrevistas a 12 familias de clase media y la aplicación de una variación de la escala de funcionamiento familiar desarrollada por Palomar. El segundo estudio incluyó el desarrollo, aplicación y evaluación de un programa de orientación familiar (OF) mediante el psicodrama, así como un taller de 12 sesiones, en cada una de las cuales se trabajó un tema específico. Participaron 10 estudiantes de preparatoria con un rango de edad de entre 16 y 18 años (7 mujeres y 3 hombres). Para la evaluación se consideró un diseño pre-experimental pre-postest, en el que se aplicó la escala de funcionamiento familiar completa. Los resultados muestran que los participantes pudieron observar con mucha claridad la realidad de su familia y compararla con la de los otros integrantes del grupo de estudio. Se puede conclui r que los dos campos se enriquecen ampliamente, tanto teórica como metodológicamente.
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El método psicodramático de fundamenta en el pensamiento de Jacob Levy Moreno, y a diferencia de otras formas de abordar a la familia, este presenta una mirada integral del sujeto y el grupo, por lo que los participantes, no solo acuden a un curso o taller, sino que se encuentran con situaciones de la vida real, lo que les permite el desarrollo de habilidades específicas, ademas de generarse reflexiones vivenciales sobre problemáticas éticas o morales.
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Created on 02/2/2012 by Björt Sigfinnsdóttir
Litabók, a coloring book for grown ups. A social platform for supporting sexually abused victims and social workers in a personal way.
Organization: Litabók
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UK
Tell us about your personal background. Why are you passionate about this issue? Making an idea a reality takes innovation, dedication and strong leadership. Do you have the necessary entrepreneurial skills to realize your vision?
Björt Sigfinnsdóttir is a 27 years old Icelandic musician with a creative focus on life.
A naive optimist and a passionated Kaospilot.
"My main professional experience is within creative and interactive social platforms, where human intelligence, inspiration and interaction is mixed together, enabling people to unfold them selves both independently and collaboratively, often with unexpected and extremely interesting results.
LungA, art festival (www.lunga.is) founder and manager since year 2000
Litabók, coloring book for grown ups (www.facebook.com/litabok)
Pálína, creative recidency in Iceland
and many more...
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Organization Country
Iceland, AL, Seyðisfjörður
Country where this project is creating social impact
Iceland, AL, Seyðisfjörður
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A few years back, I asked myself “what makes you angry?” I realized that what touches the angriest nerves in my body is abuse, sexual abuse. It can make me so furious that I just want to jump and scream and go crazy. I told myself that acting out wouldn’t help anybody and I should try to channel my energy in to something good. My thought was, other people must have similar feelings, so how can I create a platform where people are able to show support in their own personal way towards sexual abuse victims around the world as well as towards all the selfless people that work so hard to make the lives of those victims just a little bit more bearable.
An international expression platform, a small contribution towards the war on sexual abuse but a personal contribution never the less.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The name of the project is Litabók, which is the Icelandic word for coloring book. Nice and simple! But what is different with this coloring book from most others is that this one is targeted for grown up people.
The managers of Litabók collect drawings from different people from different countries, different cultural backgrounds, bind it together, print it and then sell in a limited amount of copies to whom ever is interested.
All you have to do is make a drawing that can be colored in on an A4 paper, use a black pen, scan it in and send together with your name and contact information.
You don't have to be a recognized artist to participate and all received contributions will be published (Dieter Roth inspired - Zeitschrift für Alles or Magazine for everything, google it) in the order received - planned coincidence. All the profit will then go undivided to a help center for sexually abused victims in Iceland and perhaps other places in the world as the project progresses.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Most importantly the product creates an social and individual awareness around the subject, both through the promotion of the book as well as for the individual artist while drawing their contribution to the book. The end consumer, buyer and then the person who actually colors in the different drawings will most likely generate some thoughts around the topic as well. I also hope that the project creates discussions between people and perhaps inspiration for further actions, as well as in the end generating money for the help center supported each time.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We have some indirect competitors working with awareness around sexual abuse, but calling them competitors feels kind of weird as it only makes us happy that more people are working towards the same goal. So I guess our main competitors are other coloring book producers all over the world, to many to list up here.
Competitors or possible collaborative partners?
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Operating for 1-5 years
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The project has already raised awareness and I measure this through the feedback i have gotten from people participating or purchasing books number 1 and 2. The project has also received some media coverage in the short time it has been alive.
What barriers might hinder the success of your business? How do you plan to overcome them?
This is an non profit organization, a sponsored project that is run on voluntary work so far. The biggest threat at this moment is that the managers wont be able to put in the work needed when not getting paid. So we intend to fund some money to be able to pay the management team for at least some of their work. We love to contribute without getting paid and that is not the main goal but having some money would enable us to put more time in to the project without it affecting our personal life and actually give it the effort and attention it deserves.
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It addresses social sustainability by raising awareness.
It is financial sustainable as the income is higher then cost.
It could address the environmental sustainability part better, perhaps by printing on a recyclable paper?
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Generally speaking: the main goal of a social entrepreneur must be to enhance the value of life in a larger context. They often do so by creating an awareness around the needs in the world through various businesses and projects, which in most cases aim towards creating sustainable solutions to many of these problems.
This contributes to the improvement of the whole world, including the developing countries.
What aspects of your stay in Uganda as part of the competition do you think you will find most challenging and rewarding?
Interacting with the locals. Getting inspired by the people and challenged by their norms.
Created on 10/30/2011 by mn_r7
Make infertility treatment cost effective and include it in the government health schemes of India.
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Not registered
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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Idea (you're poised to launch)
How long have you been in operation?
Still in idea phase, but looking to launch soon
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Transparency.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
There are number of countries which had been hit with the problem of infertility’ of both the males and the females. As such there is a need to create awareness among these sexes, first on the, ‘diet’ they should follow to bear children. The other which is the most important thing is that ‘infertility’ has become an important issue in almost all the countries and undergoing treatment for this cause has been quite expensive whereby both the males & females have to undergo the medical tests. As such this needs to be included in the government health schemes of India as many couples suffer out of this which is not only a major issue in India but across he world which could also lead to divorce between the couples after their marriage.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
i) Create awareness around infertility & its causes
ii) The need to include infertility issue in the government health schemes.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Have a cost effective method to deal with infertility.
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Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Spreading awareness regarding the problem of infertility with cost effective treatment
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
To make people aware on the issue of Infertility of both the sexes
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Cost and Superstitions. These problems need to be tackled with care
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Task 3
Target the Government for the Inclusion of Infertility in the Government Health Schemes
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Task 1
Target the Insurance Sector
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Work in unison with all the sectors including the NGO's.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
First in India, Will progress to other countries later.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Cool and Entertaining atmosphere!!
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Need to create awareness through a through wide research across India.
Created on 09/19/2011 by laceyas
Prevention needs to be mainstreamed into the lives of young black men in order to take root. However, the social context that many young black men face make this goal particularly challenging. We would like to change this by empowering young black men to become more effective participants in their health and well-being.
Organization: Truth Aid
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United States, NY, New York County
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1‐5 years
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Mainstreaming prevention in young black men
What change do you want to bring to the world?
Prevention needs to be mainstreamed into the lives of young black men in order to take root. However, the social context that many young black men face make this goal particularly challenging. We would like to change this by empowering young black men to become more effective participants in their health and well-being. We will achieve this by providing an intensive summer preventive health program that uses a framework of resilience to strengthening their psychological and communicative resources alongside their critical thinking and problem solving skills as it relates to obstacles to health in their lives.
What are the primary activities of your project?
The Young Men's Health Leadership Institute is in its idea phase but it builds on lessons we have learned working with vulnerable youth in NYC public schools and Philadelphia community youth centers. The primary activity will be running a summer institute with a mentored internship component that helps them practice the skills they learn. More specifically that institute will training young men to: learn effective problem solving skills; enhance communication skills; improve health literacy; foster critical thinking about health; connect them to a wider social network of health supporters from the Truth Aid network; and strengthen their ability to mobilize personal and psychological resources in the face of adversity.
The overall goal is to help participants mobilize untapped personal, psychological, and communicative resources to use as a foundation for mainstreaming prevention in their lives.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
The exclusion that black men and boys experience from the mainstream of American life is a function of social context and a formidable challenge to prevention and wellness. This exclusion creates barriers that prevent young men from accessing resources and developing the necessary skills they need to lead healthy lives. This isolation is also compounded by disproportionate experiences with violence that leave some young men traumatized. For prevention to grow roots in this context it has to be radically different. Instead of brochures and individual counseling, it has to be tactile and holistic. It has to engage the senses, the mind, the body and the soul. The multimedia curriculum we use combined with mentorship and online network of peer support does just that. Participants literally feel the love. This is what makes our approach to prevention in this population so unique. Another innovation lies in applying the science of problem solving therapy to prevention and developing a language for "positive health" that builds on the lessons of positive psychology. Other programs and projects that target this particular group tend to focus on violence prevention as a a path to wellness instead of a more holistic frame that builds on resilience. Although we recognize that acknowledging violence is important and thinking through how to prevent it there is a great deal more to young black men's experiences that are just as important and integral to their health outcomes.
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
Our work to date has revealed that engaging communities that have disproportionate experiences with trauma, violence and adversity requires methods that go well beyond conventional. This is what we try to do. The youth we have worked with in the NYC school system have experiences with foster care, have been disconnected from school in the past, and come from communities where violence is an all too common reality. They are 78% of African American or Latino heritage, and ages 16-18.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
Truth Aid was started by Dr. Mehret Mandefro during her internal medicine residency in the South Bronx as a means of raising awareness about the root causes of HIV in the African American community. Her research project in the South Bronx took her into the homes of her patients to learn about what often goes unsaid. During this work she realized that conversations about HIV prevention had to start with love, trust, identity, abuse, and support in order to make safe sex a reality. Her efforts to uncover this missing dialogue led to Truth Aid and a unique methodology that leverages media and technology to educate vulnerable populations about the social barriers they face. The organization has since expanded its focus beyond HIV/AIDS to include a host of social barriers to well being.
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Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
Our programs with youth have been mainstreamed into the curriculum of a number of well-established community health programs as well as universities. The most successful of which is targeted at college students. Dr. Mandefro was actually asked to join the faculty of the George Washington School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy to help turn the Truth Aid curriculum into the a year-round course. The class she teaches builds on the curriculum from the working with you and is called Health and Social Change. It is a required class taught year round for public health majors. The film that features her work is also being used by over 1000 educational institutions around the world and has been viewed online and on Showtime to an audience of over 7.3 million viewers.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
101-1,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
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Truth Aid has worked closely with college campuses from the its inception and has been building on this base. We will be releasing a film next year that will allows us to reach millions again.
Task 1
Hire and train facilitators to implement the curriculum.
Task 2
Finish designing the outreach guide to accompany the film we are releasing which is focused on race in America called Outside the Box.
Task 3
Host a series of community trainings to test the toolkit and outreach guide that has been developed.
Identify your 12-month impact milestone
We plan to have the film Outside the Box in distribution in 12 months and will use that exposure to help implement Young Black Men Leadership Institutes across the country with our partners.
Task 1
Finish editing the film and raising finishing funds.
Task 2
Carefully tie the lessons from the toolkit into the curriculum of the leadership institute.
Task 3
Publish and package the toolkits that will allows other community health advocates to implement the same program.
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
We will likely incorporate peer advocates that help facilitate the trainings and hopefully transition to a model that is strictly youth run.
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Recruitment in this population is a challenge for a host of reasons not least of which is the logistics of seeking approval to work with schools. In our experiences, building on the charter schools that are more open to letting new ideas in is the way to go. However, we have been successful in working in NYC public schools as well and will continue to build entry ways into the public school system.
Tell us about your partnerships
We are implementing this project in partnership with the Resilience Advocacy Project.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$50,001‐100,000
Explain your selections
We have been a volunteer organization for the past 2 years and are in the middle of our first fundraising campaign. We have raised $200,000 and plan to raise another $250,000 so that we can have full-time paid staff in charge of implementing our programs beginning Summer 2012. When Dr. Mandefro incorporated Truth Aid and obtained 501 c 3 status she was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. As a RWJ Scholar, she obtained a grant for a pilot project that focused on communicating about health disparities called "Showing what is hard to tell". The money from this grant funded Truth Aid for its first two years.
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
We plan on strengthening the project by recruiting talent. We would like to incorporate a component of the performing arts and have had great experiences working with actors who have the training to deliver information in a way that makes it easy for people with low levels of literacy to take it all in. Actors are great facilitators for health programs and we would like to target recruiting this population and training them. This will really strengthen the delivery of the content. We also plan to recruit an advisory board of individuals with specific expertise working with young black men to help inform our efforts along the way. Last but not least, we hope to produce content that can be packaged and delivered in ways that allow our model to be imported into locations that need this the most.
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PRIMARY
Restrictive cultural norms
SECONDARY
Health behavior change
TERTIARY
Incentives for unhealthy living
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
Successful prevention requires combining behavioral intervention rooted in evidence-based science that targets the individual with interventions rooted in advocacy that target structures. This is a difficult balance for any one organization to achieve. However we have demonstrated success in helping bridge this gap by equipping vulnerable populations with the necessary skills to better navigate and effectively respond to environments that make prevention a challenge. In so doing, we help people mainstream prevention into their everyday lives. Our programs impact vulnerable communities by increasing the self-efficacy individuals have to successfully navigate the complexities of living in difficult circumstances characterized by lack of opportunity, poverty, and violence.
How are you growing the impact of your organization or initiative?
Please select up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
SECONDARY
Enhanced existing impact through addition of complementary services
TERTIARY
Influenced other organizations and institutions through the spread of best practices
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
We are concentrating on geographic reach right now. Our implementing partners, the Resilience Advocacy Project, has an established network in New York City that we are using to build upon. Our experience in NYC has been on an invite-only basis to date. But we would like to approach the local city officials about expanding efforts to a small number of schools.
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
NGOs/Nonprofits, Academia/universities.
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
These collaboration help feed the intervention with human capital! There have been so many talented students at all levels that have devoted their time, energy, and smarts to helping run our programs or develop our content. We could not have existed as a volunteer organization with out them. They have taken our lessons and materials into classrooms, churches, community centers, and even prisons.
Created on 09/11/2011 by Apps4Charity
Apps 4 Charity finds digital solutions for the needs of charities by using the of power of smart organization & ICT evolution.
Organization: Apps 4 Charity
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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How long have you been in operation?
Operating for less than a year
THE NEED: Describe the need for your solution and the size/dynamic of the community (ies) you will engage
To use the power of the new computer technology & smart organizations to help those in need.
THE SOLUTION: Please explain what your solution offers and how it is innovative. How will you put your solution into the hands of users or beneficiaries? Be specific!
Apps 4 Charity finds the means to donate custom smartphone mobile applications to charity organizations who cannot afford to purchase their own app to reach their audience.
THE MODEL: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference through use of information technology and media
THE MARKETPLACE: Who are your peers and competitors? What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Non-profit organizations and the people the help
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FOUNDING STORY: We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
Doing homework with my lab partners.
Specify both the depth and scale of your solution’s social impact to date
Apps 4 Charity will impact the iPhone & Android users.
What is your projected impact within the next 1-5 years? Is your idea replicable? If so, how?
One year from now I plan on Apps 4 Charity to have steady funding through donations, charity events and clothing & artwork retail sales. With steady funding Apps 4 Charity will be able to purchase smartphone mobile applications on a regular bases.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and mark growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To generate steady funding in 3 sectors 1) donations 2) bi-monthly charity events 3) online retail store
Task 3
Schedule bi-monthly charity events
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
To have a celebrity fund raiser party.
Task 1
Plan local Jacksonville, FL celebrity fund raising party
Task 2
Set up an algorithm that finds charity organizations & development a solution for their problem
How many people have been impacted by your project?
More than 10,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
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Non-profit
What barriers have hindered the success of your project to date? How do you plan to overcome these and other challenges as you grow your solution?
Exposure has been our biggest challenge, trying to get our name out there. We are use social network tools such as Google+ Facebook Twitter & News media.
How do you see the information-technology and media sectors shifting over the next decade? How will your solution adapt to and/or drive that changing environment?
We are making the transition from the Industrial Age to The Digital Age. With the new computer technology is revolutionizing the quality of life and how we use information.
Failure is not always an option. If your solution fails to gain traction in the next two years, what other applications of the idea could you explore?
This idea is a home run. Failure is not option. It is just a matter of time until Apps 4 Charity gains traction.
Expand on your selections, explaining how you will sustain funding
3 sectors of sustaining funding for Apps 4 Charity:
1) Donations
2) Charity events
3) Retail sales
Tell us about your partnerships
My lab partner Jonathan V Huber and I own Apps 4 Charity 50 50.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section?
William J Hackney (President)
Jonathan V Huber (Vice-President)
Nora Sherlock (Market Rep)
Changemakers is a collaborative and supportive space. Please specify any community resources you would need to grow and sustain your initiative. Select all that apply
Investment, Human resources or talent, Marketing or media, Research or information, Collaboration or networking, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.), Innovation or ideas, Mentorship.
Specify any resources you might offer to support other initiatives. Select all that apply
Marketing or media, Research or information, Collaboration or networking, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.), Innovation or ideas, Mentorship.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren’t specified within the list
We need help finding funding.
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Apps 4 Charity finds the means to donate smartphone apps to charities who cannot afford to purchase their own custom app.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences
Apps 4 Charity finds digital solutions for the needs of charities by using the of power of smart organization & ICT evolution.
Created on 08/17/2011 by savingpromise
Saving Promise is the first of its kind national domestic violence awareness movement that is positioned to have the same impact that has been so effective for breast cancer awareness. By understanding the ways America organize and take action, this new combination of advocacy and action will form a movement of ordinary people, willing to stand up for little girl named Promise and turn domestic violence from a national health crisis into a national priority.
Organization: Saving Promise
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Organization Address
1425 K Street NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005
Country where this project is creating social impact
Is your organization a
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How long has your organization been operating?
1‐5 years
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Saving Promise is the first of its kind national domestic violence awareness movement that is positioned to have the same impact that has been so effective for breast cancer awareness. By understanding the ways America organize and take action, this new combination of advocacy and action will form a movement of ordinary people, willing to stand up for little girl named Promise and turn domestic violence from a national health crisis into a national priority.
Saving Promise has developed a strategic model that proposes extending our focus beyond 'reactive' to 'proactive' by introducing more innovative Research, Prevention and Education, Culture-building Awareness Programs, Empowerment Campaigns, Coalition-building, Public Policy and Cause Alliance.
What are the primary activities of your project?
To transform how the world views and responds to domestic violence and reduce the millions of lives that are affected by this public health pandemic. We seek to:
• Re-energize research to better assess the root causes and propose new solutions;
• Raise a greater level of awareness through innovative prevention, intervention and education;
• Reform advocacy and bring together the various efforts under one movement;
• Revive and empower our families and communities to live a safe and healthy lifestyle;
• Reduce the countless individuals, families and communities that are affected by domestic violence.
Beginning in fall 2011, Saving Promise’s first course of action is to: a) build the organizational infrastructure to grow and sustain the organization and its vision; and b) implement key initiatives, all designed to assess current conditions, start the national conversation, and bring communities together under one powerful cohesive movement. Programs include:
Research—Most available research is outdated. This cripples our ability to pinpoint more progressive solutions. Saving Promise will commission research to assess the root causes and propose solutions.
Gotta Talk About It—Put simply, domestic violence is an issue that society does not like to talk about. Saving Promise will launch its national flagship awareness campaign entitled ‘Gotta Talk About IT’—the first step to breaking the shame and silence.
OneVoice—While there are a number of domestic violence advocates, there exists no lead organization that has been able to mobilize a unified call to action, secure the hearts and minds of the American public, and elevate domestic violence to a national priority. Saving Promise will launch a campaign entitled ‘OneVoice’—a vehicle to unite the disparate domestic violence advocates and the community to build a unified, domestic violence call to action.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
One might ask why domestic violence persists on the heels of the work being accomplished to eradicate it. Saving Promise believes that a) the disparate efforts of the many organizations need a cohesive strategy; b) we must extend our focus beyond ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’—greater prevention, intervention and education; and c) a solution lies not only in the need for more policies, programs and services, but also in transformative solutions to better serve the victims and perpetrators, their families and our communities.
Given the three issues that predominately affect women—breast cancer, heart disease and domestic violence—breast cancer and heart disease are on the decline, while domestic violence is on the incline. Why is this so? It's so because Susan G. Komen for the Cure and American Heart Association have done a phenomenal job branding these issues and putting forth more proactive and preventive models to curtail the number of people affected. To date, there exists no proactive brand or model for domestic violence.
Saving Promise has spent the last three years developing a strategic model that proposes a combination of ‘proactive’ and ‘preventive’ programs over the next 3 to 5 years. By partnering with the existing domestic violence advocacies, and introducing more ‘proactive’ than ‘reactive’ models, we can drastically reduce the millions of lives, families and communities that are affected by domestic violence.
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
In the national consciousness, domestic violence victims fit a very specific profile. We used to think of domestic violence as a problem that only affected “them.” Yet, at the growing rate of incidence, it's just not possible that the problem is limited to just one demographic. We believe that as the faces of our community change so do the faces of domestic violence. Despite current efforts, U.S. studies report that domestic violence has grown to be the leading cause of injury to women ages 15-44, and affects more than 32 million Americans with an annual cost exceeding $5.8 billion dollars. These statistics do not reflect current data since no national studies are undertaken on a frequent basis. Moreover, the stats neither include unreported incidents of domestic violence nor data from outside the U.S. With more than three women murdered each day alone in the U.S., and the rising number of people affected every hour, domestic violence is a public health pandemic.
Our programs will appeal to many demographics including one critical, often overlooked demographic: men. Because men represent the majority of batterers, awareness and empowerment campaigns will focus on finding and directing men to services before they batter or, in a growing number of cases, are victims of violence themselves. Additionally, we plan to develop targeted programs for women, youth, families and the community at large.
In the past, Saving Promise implemented a number of awareness and community programs. For example, in 2010, we launched a national pilot campaign entitled ‘Gotta Talk About It’, where we went to major cities to partner with the community and raise awareness. The results of this program proved two things: a) that people are very much interested in awareness; and b) that a more ‘proactive’ model does work. Refer to the video link under the ‘media’ section to view videos of this campaign.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
Looking to the incredible success of the breast cancer movement in bringing an important health issue out of the shadows, Susan G. Komen for the Cure was instrumental in building its success around two things: the story of a single woman and the passion of her sister, Nancy Brinker, who used her sister’s legacy to change the world. When Susan G. Komen first launched, we didn’t think it was possible to change breast cancer, but now we see that it is possible.
L.Y. Marlow seeks to inspire a similar movement that speaks to those who has been or will be affected by domestic violence. Her story is about four generations of her own family, mothers and daughters [her grandmother, her mother, herself and her daughter], who have survived more than sixty years of domestic violence. When L.Y. discovered that her 22 year old daughter was trapped in an abusive relationship—one in which the abuser tried to kill her daughter twice, and strangle her daughter while her granddaughter named Promise, now the fifth generation, lay on the bed beside her, she founded Saving Promise.
After growing up in one of the most drug and crime infested projects in Phila, a product of teen pregnancy, and escaping unspeakable abusive relationships, L.Y. put herself through 16 years of night school to earn multiple degrees including an MBA; which landed senior level positions in Corporate America. She would later win multiple professional, leadership and advocacy awards. L.Y. Marlow is also the award-winning author of Color Me Butterfly, her family’s story which inspired Saving Promise.
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Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
Saving Promise has implemented a myriad of programs to include a national tour, social media campaigns and public relation campaigns to reach various targeted demographics. For example, in fall 2010, we launched a national awareness tour where we went to ten major cities including Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, and others to partner with the community and raise awareness in that city. In fact, we not only went to places where it is safe to talk about this issue, we took it to where America lives, works and play—to the largest malls in each city. This innovative model allowed us to reach hundreds of thousands during peak shopping times. Next, we launched a series of social media campaigns leveraging facebook, twitter, and blogs. For example, this year alone, we launched a campaign entitled Be Free for 3—a three day campaign to tell as many people as we could about domestic violence; we also partnered with a University of Maryland MBA class to raise awareness about Saving Promise and domestic violence. These campaigns allowed us to reach thousands through the use of social media. Additionally, we’ve developed and hosted various teen dating violence workshops at middle and high schools as well as launched various public relations campaigns to include appearances on local and national television and radio. More recently, as part of our community development efforts, Saving Promise was featured at a national baseball game—the Orioles, where thousands of fans learned about Saving Promise and domestic violence. Finally, Founder L.Y. Marlow is a sought after speaker who’s been invited to speak and share the Saving Promise vision at such venues as the United Nations, Global Peace Conference hosted by the Dalai Lama, John Hopkins University, military entities, and various women’s organizations, colleges/universities and faith-based institutions.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
1,001- 10,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Initial results for Research, Gotta Talk About It and OneVoice campaigns
Task 1
Develop Initiatives Plan—Work with the board of directors and team to develop a plan for Research, Gotta Talk About It and One Voice campaigns
Task 2
Secure Resources—Identify and secure the people and monetary resources needed to execute the plan.
Task 3
Execute and Monitor Plan—Develop well orchestrated tasks and milestones to execute and monitor programs.
Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Final Results for Research, Gotta Talk About It and OneVoice campaigns
Task 1
Develop Initiatives Plan—Work with the board of directors and team to develop a plan for Research, Gotta Talk About It and One Voice campaigns
Task 2
Execute and Monitor Plan—Develop well orchestrated tasks and milestones to execute and monitor programs.
Task 3
Assess and Report Results—Develop metrics and measurement programs to assess and report the results of the effectiveness of the programs.
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
Saving Promise will evolve through the following programs over the next three years:
• National Action Plan— Saving Promise will partner with community leaders and advocates to devise a National Action Plan on Domestic Violence, a roadmap to assess the current domestic violence trends, programs and gaps; to more aggressively and comprehensively address domestic violence.
• Culture-building Awareness & Empowerment Programs—Wide-spread awareness and education programs that are fundamental to change beliefs, attitudes and behaviors.
• Cause Alliance—Leverage corporate America's marketing power to expand domestic violence awareness at a pace and scale that has never before been done.
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Funding: To date, the only funding sources for Saving Promise has been private donations made by the founder and proceeds secured via small fundraising events and campaigns. To expand our funding efforts, Saving Promise has developed a strategic funding strategy which serves to provide a fundamental approach for securing funds for our short and long term goals. Targeted programs includes pursuing social investor opportunities, private foundation grants, expanding our major and individual donor base, corporate sponsorships, consumer campaigns and cause alliance.
Change: One of the most disconcerting problems with domestic violence awareness is the stigma, secrecy and shame. In order to succeed, we realize that it requires a cultural shift to change the attitudes, mindsets and behaviours of society at large. Key to this effort, is the need to employ not just awareness campaigns, but cultural change and empower individuals, families and communities to overcome domestic violence.
Tell us about your partnerships
During the Gotta Talk About It national tour, Saving Promise partnered with various organizations and groups in each of the ten cities to raise awareness in that city. Some of the organizations included were DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Hookup of Black Women, Stop Child Abuse Now, 100 Black Men, Women’s Institute for Family Health, Women Against Abuse, Safe Horizon, Men Can Stop Rape, YWCA, The Mankind Project, Crisis Centers, Domestic Violence Network.
Building on the pilot tour, beginning this fall 2011, Saving Promise will be launching its OneVoice campaign to expand and partner with national and local organizations and communities . Additionally, Saving Promise will partner with an academic and research entity along with a national domestic violence agency on the research program. Finally, Saving Promise will launch a pilot cause alliance program to seek partnership opportunities with corporations that have an affinity for domestic violence awareness such as Verizon, Liz Clairborne and Avon.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$100,000‐250,000
Explain your selections
Saving Promise's primary funding source is donations received by the founder and individual donors or funds raised via small events and campaigns.
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
By implementing the following programs:
• Research—Research is the linchpin for defining the depth to which domestic violence affects our communities. While important research has been undertaken, there is still a noticeable and pressing need to understand the root cause and scope of this pandemic within every demographic of our society.
• Coalition-building and Public Policy— Saving Promise will join forces with domestic violence stakeholders and community leaders to devise a National Action Plan. The National Action Plan on Domestic Violence is a roadmap for the public health communities to assess the current domestic violence trends, programs and gaps; and more aggressively and comprehensively address the growing domestic violence pandemic.
• Culture-building Awareness Programs—Wide-spread awareness and education programs that are fundamental to change beliefs, attitudes and behaviors.
• Empowerment Campaigns—Although prevention and awareness are essential, empowerment campaigns are equally important to effectively reduce the number directly impacted.
• Cause Alliance—Forge partnerships with corporate America to leverage their marketing power to expand domestic violence awareness at a pace and scale that has never before been done.
• Fundraising—Saving Promise has ambitious goals, and a need to build, every aspect of an advanced fundraising program, from infrastructure to portfolio of prospects at the same time the organization is engaged in constructing the programs that will carry out its mission in line with its branding, is critical.
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Please select up to three in order of relevancy to your project.
PRIMARY
Limited access to preventative tools or resources
SECONDARY
Health behavior change
TERTIARY
Lack of access to targeted health information and education
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
Limited access to preventative tools or resources: Saving Promise proposes a number of prevention programs such as developing a National Action Plan on domestic violence; creating national programs for batterers; and awareness campaigns to teach people the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Health behavior change: Saving Promise proposes to partner with the Board of Education to introduce a dating violence curriculum in public and private schools and with colleges and universities.
Lack of access to targeted health information and education: Saving Promise proposes a program entitled ‘Between Us’ to partner with the medical industry to get domestic violence awareness information in patient’s hands.
How are you growing the impact of your organization or initiative?
Please select up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Repurposed your model for other sectors/development needs
SECONDARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
TERTIARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
Saving Promise's vision is to lead the domestic violence awareness movement and serve as an umbrella organization and partner with the existing domestic violence communities and advocates to build best practices and better preventive models. For example, the National Action Plan on Domestic Violence will serve as the platform for this effort.
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
Created on 08/3/2011 by Rebel Media
AfterDark CATV PRO is contemporary, bilingual, culturally competent, experienced, and innovative.
Organization: AfterDark CATV PROductions, Inc
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United States, NY, Bronx County
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Is your organization a
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How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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Established (you've got demonstrated success)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for more than 5 years
THE NEED: Describe the need for your solution and the size/dynamic of the community (ies) you will engage
There is a need to broaden the scope of news information gathering in media today and to be inclusive of citizens as journalists reporting on local, national, & international themes. Viewers are seeking information not influenced by corporate interests and will be engaged by a familiar format, news magazines, but diverse perspectives on news.
Programs such as our project, "Rebel Media", introduces independent sources of learned opinions, statistics, and facts to audiences on a variety of social topics. It will also permit for segments that are local as well as national and international stories.
Urban centers such as New York City are our communities from which we report. Using under-utilized media outlets such as P.E.G. (Public, Education, & Government) Access TV and their capacities for web-streaming, archiving, and on-demand we will reach over 600K households in Manhattan. In the outer boroughs' of NYC production facilities (B-CAT, QPTV, BronxNet, Staten Island Community TV) hundreds of thousands more are accessible. The size of communities where cable television is present like Chicago, San Francisco, and others escalates more communities can be engaged.
THE SOLUTION: Please explain what your solution offers and how it is innovative. How will you put your solution into the hands of users or beneficiaries? Be specific!
AfterDark CATV PRO use of the alternative media outlets such as P.E.G. (Public, Education, & Government) Access TV is an under-utilized source of independent information dissemination. "Rebel Media" will be inclusive of local issues produced by citizen journalists. Segments will include international, national, & local stories. To further engage the viewer, we will in inform viewers that their local Access TV center offers production training workshops that teach basic skills in studio, field, & editing post-production. They become empowered with the knowledge to produce their own programs.
"Rebel Media" will help viewers find P.E.G. TV as a viable alternative to information & entertainment. They will also learn how they can make use of the media to produce their own brand of Citizen Journalism that reflects the reality they are living in.
It will also provided prospective private, corporate, & public sponsorship sources whose mission goes beyond mainstream commercial & public television market constraints with another venue to support and better educate and engage the public in discourse and active participation.
THE MODEL: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference through use of information technology and media
"Rebel Media", P.E.G. Access TV, and the internet have helped bridge the technology gap in low income communities in dense urban centers. My involvement in Access TV in the beginning in the late 1980's assured that centers provide basic production workshops for free or low cost. Participants learn camera, lighting, audio techniques. Satellite production facilities like those created by MNN reduce the obstacle of transportation expense to & from classes making both technology & media more accessible. Production certification gives residents privileges to reserve equipment & facilities for productions eliminating yet another obstacle to marginalized communities.
With your financial support, "Rebel Media" can further new producers work experience with stipend-paid internships to produce segments for the programs. Interns will put into practice their production skills & media literacy working on-line researching for information, updating web-site, and maintaining our accounts on social networking sites further makes technology and the media accessible to viewers.
AfterDark CATV PRO's web site will give viewers the ability to log on and give us their feedback on stories with their own "spin". Information regarding local access centers and their workshops provide access to technology & the use of media to produce programs disclosing local issues and create networks with other communities under that same stresses. These unique perspectives attract viewers wanting wider bases of information and alternatives to the mainstream outlets.
THE MARKETPLACE: Who are your peers and competitors? What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
The unique aesthetics of P.E.G. Access TV is that it encourages collaboration rather than competition. Partnerships with other access production producers in other cities and countries play a part in "Rebel Media" and its growth and development.
Indymedia, Paper Tiger TV, Free Speech TV, are among our peers with whom we will seek to continue collaborations and share information and segments. Each contributing media entity will be given time for promotional messages. We will also provide viewers their web site as a means for augment the information provided in our programs.
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FOUNDING STORY: We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
Specify both the depth and scale of your solution’s social impact to date
What is your projected impact within the next 1-5 years? Is your idea replicable? If so, how?
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and mark growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Task 1
strengthen network with existing access producers
Task 2
Raise $6,000 for production.
Task 3
Sign on at each of the CIty's access centers.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Establish Rebel Media throughout the New York City access centers.
Task 1
Telecast Rebel Media on each borough's channels.
Task 2
Update our web site with a page for feedback.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
101 - 1,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
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Non-profit
What barriers have hindered the success of your project to date? How do you plan to overcome these and other challenges as you grow your solution?
One obstacle is sponsorship for our programs. To solve this, we will seek to create revenue generating events to support programming & and infrastructure development. We will also create associations with other groups to collaborate on fund raising events & activities. Researching on-line for sources such as Changemakers and ASHOKA give us hope that the perspective of private funders is broadening to consider organizations like ourselves.
AfterDark CATV PRO will further its network by working with media activists & organizers in other cities and Latin America in finding ways of uniquely using the Internet & social sites as programming hubs through which the "information highway" (remember that) open.
How do you see the information-technology and media sectors shifting over the next decade? How will your solution adapt to and/or drive that changing environment?
The more that citizens and communities learn to generate programming media will shift towards fluid environments and solutions to many issues. The width of information sources deepen understanding and value of opinion, perspectives, and experiences. Talent and skilled citizens will gain prominence in the media circles and create new sources of information and means of sharing as well as reflection.
Failure is not always an option. If your solution fails to gain traction in the next two years, what other applications of the idea could you explore?
If our news magazine version as "Rebel Media" should fail we are prepared to explore the option of re-creating the concept and produce an entertainment, culture & arts program through which news & information can be disseminated along with interviews, performances, and profiles from performance & exhibition venues in the urban market. Changing its name from "Rebel Media" to "NOCHES DEL CAFE" will give us a second life and alternative means of imparting information through entertainment.
Expand on your selections, explaining how you will sustain funding
We will continue to solicit for funding support from public & government funding sources. We'll also research foundations through the Foundation Center's database available at libraries throughout the city. Collaborations in producing revenue earning events like concerts, theatrical performances, and others will serve to raise revenue. Working in Latin American countries, we will seek to attract NGO's as sponsors.
Tell us about your partnerships
Since we have never received funds from any of the listed agencies we don't have any partnership.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section?
One component often missing in social justice circles is marketing and advertising. Identifying the "market" of people who you want to attract. We will work with a marketing firm to use proven strategies of identifying & attracting specific communities. This will help us to better design our web-site and brand our organization & its programs to funding sources and viewers.
Changemakers is a collaborative and supportive space. Please specify any community resources you would need to grow and sustain your initiative. Select all that apply
Investment, Human resources or talent, Marketing or media, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.).
Specify any resources you might offer to support other initiatives. Select all that apply
Human resources or talent, Collaboration or networking, Innovation or ideas, Mentorship.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren’t specified within the list
AfterDark CATV PRO is always looking for talent and new ideas. Marketing is a constant need in engaging new audiences. We have taught media production to students and community residents throughout our existence. We've even had interns and served as mentor & fiscal conduit. Such is our commitment to meeting our mission of opening the technology & media to low-income and marginalized communities in New York City.
We could use help with legal & financial matters. Legal assistance will help us to navigate entertainment, patent & copyright laws to brand our program & event titles, and merchandising.
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AfterDark CATV PRO offers 20-year of media experience, literacy, employment, and mentorship to people in two languages.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences
AfterDark CATV PRO is contemporary, bilingual, culturally competent, experienced, and innovative.
Created on 08/2/2011 by Kenneth Braswell
Ties Never Broken is a Cause Marketing Awareness Campaign to Strengthen Stronger Families through Stronger Fathers
Organization: Fathers Incorporated
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Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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Start-Up (a pilot that has just begun operating)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for more than 5 years
THE NEED: Describe the need for your solution and the size/dynamic of the community (ies) you will engage
About 80% of African American children can expect to spend “a significant” portion of their childhood living without their biological father. This statistic speak only to a minute portion of problems confronting today’s fathers; particularly African and Latino American. As men of color become more and more disenfranchised; it is our younger population of men who struggle the most.
THE SOLUTION: Please explain what your solution offers and how it is innovative. How will you put your solution into the hands of users or beneficiaries? Be specific!
Fathers Incorporated is working with several outside entities to develop a program we are calling “Fatherhood Marketing”. In a nutshell, we plan to provide American marketers a tool to tie their brand to a strong and actionable message of responsible fatherhood.
THE MODEL: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference through use of information technology and media
By way of example, consider the hugely successful and inspirational Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure program as a model. Just as we all know someone with breast cancer – or someone who could get breast cancer – we all know fathers – and fathers who may need help
THE MARKETPLACE: Who are your peers and competitors? What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We have created an Honorary Board and secured over 50 national partners that will assist in created our ability to reach the communities with the greatness need. We believe that we have devised a way to evoke a viral media campaign.
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FOUNDING STORY: We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
On January 1st Care Fronting–Nigeria hosted a press conference to proclaim 2011 as the Year of Responsible Men in Africa. The event drew the attention of media from all over the country. At the press conference Maji Paterx; Executive Director; pledged his support for Fathers Incorporated’s effort to move this message of Responsible Fatherhood and Mentoring not only in the US, but around the world.
In their continuing supportive efforts Care Fronting hosted a Men’s Round Table discussion at The Baptist Chapel (TBC) in Barnawa, Kaduna, Nigeria. The roundtable discussed how Fathers should serve as role models for those around them. Topics included behaviors in family, academia and employment.
Specify both the depth and scale of your solution’s social impact to date
In just six shorts months we have been able to garner the support of the White House, National Partners, Media and public support around the country. The Ties Never Broken concept is welcomed by everyone we present it to. Its just a matter of time before we arrive at our tipping point of success.
We live in a loving society of caring and concerned citizens. Often and more comfortably so, we turn attention of giving and support to the many deadly diseases afflicting mankind. Mostly these issues command the most public attention. In contrast there are things that plague our families and communities with as much destruction as sickness. Fatherlessness is one of those issues. However, in this instance, we have the resources and power to turn this epidemic around.
This campaign has the potential to reach every corner of the world.
What is your projected impact within the next 1-5 years? Is your idea replicable? If so, how?
It is our hopes to change the social perspective of the critical need for fathers in the lives of their children and positive male role models in respectful leadership positions. We want to impact how media demonizes men and the expense of drawing attention to the real problem creating a disconnect between fathers and families.
The idea of Ties Never Broken campaign is both replicable and supportable. The idea allows anybody to work under the umbrella of the concept of responsible fatherhood and mentoring. Much like the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Pink Ribbon Campaign, people can find there own ways to locally support the work while internationally making an impact.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and mark growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To have several Public Service Annoucements go viral via Social Marketing
Task 1
Distribute 1 million lapel pins nationally and internationally by the end of 2011
Task 2
2. Produce and distribute national public service announcements with an urban focuses in the area of fatherhood and mentoring.
Task 3
Garner the support of at least one Major Sport’s entity.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Task 1
Develop a comprehensive marketing strategy to attract at least 3 corporations to product branding campaign using TNB
Task 2
Create focused materials, messages and products to assist the influential Faith-Based community in supporting the effort thro
Task 3
Develop a TNB curriculum that will assist the campaign in reaching individuals through Rites of Passage programs, events and
How many people have been impacted by your project?
1,001 - 10,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
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Non-profit
What barriers have hindered the success of your project to date? How do you plan to overcome these and other challenges as you grow your solution?
The challenge is finding a CHAMPION funder. While companies love the idea; the task of finding a safe place to engage is necessary.
Fathers Incorporated is planning to introduce the concept of Fatherhood Marketing at an “upfront-style” event targeting brand marketers, advertising agency personnel and the media in early 2012. The plan is to marry presentations from marketing leaders and social activists allowing for a rare combination of education, inspiration and networking that will provide the movement its spark.
From that point we will work with an advisory team of marketing executives and related nonprofit organizations to solicit and pitch charter marketing partners and develop flagship marketing programs.
How do you see the information-technology and media sectors shifting over the next decade? How will your solution adapt to and/or drive that changing environment?
The Ties Never Broken Campaign will heavily rely on Social Marketing vehicles and Media. Its the most cost effective and provides a functional way of monitoring your success and receiving constructive criticisms.
Failure is not always an option. If your solution fails to gain traction in the next two years, what other applications of the idea could you explore?
We have functioned to this point on very little funds..In fact, primarily funded through my personal funds and the support of those who are dedicated to need of the work. As long as there is a to communicate via internet; we can move the message.
Expand on your selections, explaining how you will sustain funding
As long as we remain focused on the issue and cause; we will eventually attract the perfect financially supporter. We will also attempt to try mechanisms of fundraising via social events, product development and support appeals.
Tell us about your partnerships
We have a National Honorary Board, over 50 MOU partners across the U.S. and 2 in Africa. We several media sponsors and a potential viral reach through over 300 websites, facebook pages and twitter. We also have a large informal network of supports via our mailing list, facebook pages and professional relationships.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section?
Currently we have the necessary volunteers and supporters to maintain the work. When we are successful in garnering financial supports, we will then need to hire consultants for most of our work, however there will be a need to hire a few employees to handle administrative functions.
Changemakers is a collaborative and supportive space. Please specify any community resources you would need to grow and sustain your initiative. Select all that apply
Investment, Marketing or media, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.).
Specify any resources you might offer to support other initiatives. Select all that apply
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren’t specified within the list
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Fathers Incorporated; a not-for-profit organization serves as a leader in the promotion of Responsible Fatherhood and Mentoring.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences
Ties Never Broken is a Cause Marketing Awareness Campaign to Strengthen Stronger Families through Stronger Fathers
Created on 08/1/2011 by melissareinke
The Frontlines streamlines resource processes by providing direct communication between the veteran and resource agencies.
Organization: The Frontlines
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Organization Country
United States, TN, Davidson County
Country where this project is creating social impact
Is your organization a
For‐profit
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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Growth (your pilot is up and running, and starting to expand)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for less than a year
THE NEED: Describe the need for your solution and the size/dynamic of the community (ies) you will engage
Veterans and their descendants represent nearly 1/3 of the total U.S. population, and yet only 8 million veterans currently access their benefits (Department of Veterans Affairs, 2010). At least 400,000 uniform record locators providing support and services are listed on the National Resource Directory. Veterans have a lot of information and services available, but no integration, and little consistency amongst them.
Moreover, since 1973, the policy of not drafting civilians contributes to a lack of national focus, and as a result, fewer Americans are taking an interest in our nation's safety. During World War II, 12% of the population fought in the war; 2% in Vietnam, and now less than 1% of Americans fight in today’s wars. (Harvard University, 2007). This lack of personal connection contributes to the overall problems our country faces.
View this video to see why The Frontlines is needed. [video:http://vimeo.com/22499479]
THE SOLUTION: Please explain what your solution offers and how it is innovative. How will you put your solution into the hands of users or beneficiaries? Be specific!
Veterans have a lot of information and services available, but no integration, and little consistency amongst them. The Frontlines (TF) filters these resources and tailors them to the individual needing assistance through use of a comprehensive database and our software. TF is the only dedicated social utility network that enhances communication and information for veterans by uniting these 400,000 record locators and organizations under one common operating system.
In addition, TF is building customized, state-approved, veteran-oriented history lessons for schools across America. Each lesson plan will entail each of our nation's wars and the overall concept that selfless service to nation is also service to oneself. These lessons will not glorify war, but instead focus on the personal stories of service, sacrifice, and commitment to one another. By bringing the stories and veterans to the classroom we seek not to promote military service, but rather make a personal connection with our nation’s youths that inspires selfless service in whatever avenue it manifests.
THE MODEL: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference through use of information technology and media
The Frontlines (TF) accomplishes our mission by providing customized resources, blog, forum, and personalized social networks so that users can interact with one another, and possibly connect with former service members. Additionally, TF encompasses all forms of storytelling by utilizing social media in order to allow individuals to share their stories through videos, pictures, letters, art, or songs. There is also the ability to post book, movie, and gear reviews of items of interest by those affiliated with the military.
The disconnect between resources and veterans prohibits those in need from gaining valuable information. “Today due in part to the surge in claims from Iraq/Afghan wars, VBA has a backlog of 400,000 claims. VBA now takes an average of 177 days (six months) to process an original claim, and an average of 657 days (nearly two years) to process an appeal” (The Long-term Costs of Providing Medical and Disability Benefits, 2007).
A mobile device application will extend the communications methods beyond The Frontlines website and allow veterans to access information from anywhere.
THE MARKETPLACE: Who are your peers and competitors? What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Nearly 400,000 resources are listed on the National Resource Directory, however, none of them are found and accessed under one umbrella until now. The Frontlines is the only dedicated social utility network that enhances communication and information for veterans by uniting the over 400,000 uniform record locators and organizations that support veterans under one common operating system.
In an effort to increase our services, we are grateful to Warrior Gateway who has given us 44,000 services and organizations as part of our growing database.
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FOUNDING STORY: We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
Serving our country for over 17 years has solidified my unwavering belief in selfless service. In addition, it has provided me insight between military and civilian cultural divides. I am continually reminded of our civic duty to care for those who have selflessly sacrificed for our country. Recently diagnosed with a recurrent medical condition, I have confronted the associated stigma of serving my nation within an altered capacity. I frequently travel to Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital. During one of these visits, I witnessed a soldier struggling to adjust his camouflaged backpack. This individual battled silently, without assistance, but instead with stares as he exited the medical hospital. This young soldier was a dual amputee, facing a military discharge, and forced to re-learn life without legs. This soldier inspired me to launch The Frontlines (TF) website.
Specify both the depth and scale of your solution’s social impact to date
Since our November 11, 2010 launch, within the first 90 days I personally collected over 1,000 videos, art, audio, pictures and songs from a wide variety of sources and individuals, and posted them on The Frontlines website. My personal expenses to create, launch, and collect veteran and their family's stories has been $16,861 (as of February 26, 2011). In comparison, the Library of Congress which has an FY 2010 of $699.4 million (increase of $52.6 million, or 8.1% above FY 2009, p. b) and their Veteran History Project has “amassed approximately 60,000 collections” since October 27, 2000 but “with approximately 10 percent of collections digitized’ (Library of Congress, p. 210). While I applaud their efforts, it is my firm belief that in an era of fiscal responsibility we can do better.
What is your projected impact within the next 1-5 years? Is your idea replicable? If so, how?
By expanding the networking capability of the website to better facilitate communications between all veteran-related organizations at the federal, state, and local level, we plan to increase by 75% the number of veterans and their families that access the services of our website and the number of veteran “dossiers” by 90% by January 1, 2012. We also plan to partner with nonprofit organizations specifically serving the veteran community by 50% within two years, 75% within three years, and 90% within five years. Moreover, we plan to increase our web traffic steadily throughout the next five years eventually reaching at least 12,500,000 hits monthly by 2016.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and mark growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To increase number of veteran and family access by 75% and veteran dossiers by 90%
Task 1
Expanding the networking capability of the website to better facilitate communications between all veteran-related organizations
Task 2
Expand Search Engine Optimization to better reach targeted online populations as well as build a mobile application
Task 3
Partner with nonprofit organizations specifically serving the veteran community in order to spread news about TF
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Creation of Korean War, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan history lesson plans to promote selfless service in America
Task 1
Hire program administrators to write plans utilizing gathered veteran dossiers
Task 2
Identify schools willing to implement TF lesson plans
Task 3
Fund lesson plans in schools
How many people have been impacted by your project?
1,001 - 10,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
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Hybrid model
What barriers have hindered the success of your project to date? How do you plan to overcome these and other challenges as you grow your solution?
In an effort to keep the service free to veterans and their families, The Frontlines has, thus far, been self-sustained by founder Nathan Tierney. As a community-oriented business, and not a non-profit, funding has been difficult to come by in the form of grants. Nathan is looking into either becoming a non-profit or selling the company if funding does not come through soon.
How do you see the information-technology and media sectors shifting over the next decade? How will your solution adapt to and/or drive that changing environment?
The Frontlines will not only offer a convenient location for veterans and their families, it will create an online marketplace of ideas, fellowship, and propriety for generations new and old.
Failure is not always an option. If your solution fails to gain traction in the next two years, what other applications of the idea could you explore?
Nathan Tierney's passion for increasing civil activism and ownership will not be bound strictly to The Frontlines. The creation and maintenance of The Frontlines has only increased his fervor. The Frontlines may soon seek non-profit status or corporate buy-out. No matter what the form, The Frontlines is destined to meet the needs of veterans and their families for free for years down the road.
Expand on your selections, explaining how you will sustain funding
The Frontlines seeks to not be a mere tool or application but an ideal and a symbol from which others may be inspired toward selfless service. Expanding the role of The Frontlines beyond a content based storytelling website into a platform that provides resources and education is dependent upon our ability to develop innovative ways of empowering veterans and their families. To sustain the website we rely on Google Adsense and our affiliate with Amazon. These are influenced by the amount of traffic to The Frontlines.
Tell us about your partnerships
Storytellers receive no money for their efforts. However, 100% of all donations made on The Frontlines is given directly to the nonprofit organizations Wounded Warrior Project, or The Fisher House. Future plans are to expand the choices of vetted nonprofits that support veterans and military families. Giving individuals the freedom to choose and donate to vetted nonprofits is essential in creating self governance.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section?
Presently, we have interns and volunteers from Georgetown, Iowa, California, Tennessee, South Korea, Kentucky and elsewhere helping to spread the word about The Frontlines. These dedicated men and women are imprinted with a spirit of selfless service, leaders in encouraging active citizenship, community development, and are building social capital through their efforts on behalf of active duty, veterans, and military families. Through volunteer efforts we serve to enhance engagement and confidence between government, organizations and citizens.
Changemakers is a collaborative and supportive space. Please specify any community resources you would need to grow and sustain your initiative. Select all that apply
Investment, Human resources or talent, Marketing or media, Research or information, Collaboration or networking, Pro-bono help (legal, financial, etc.), Innovation or ideas, Mentorship.
Specify any resources you might offer to support other initiatives. Select all that apply
Human resources or talent, Marketing or media, Research or information, Collaboration or networking, Innovation or ideas, Mentorship.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren’t specified within the list
Spreading awareness about our existence and generating a national/international traction is perhaps the most difficult endeavor of any new idea or movement. While we have been innovative in our methods, new ways of spreading awareness are always of interest.
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The Frontlines is the first social network designed to empower all members of the armed forces through resources and education.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences
The Frontlines streamlines resource processes by providing direct communication between the veteran and resource agencies.
Created on 07/20/2011 by agoldstein
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) strives to improve the quality of life for all persons with bleeding disorders. Through Steps for Living, NHF looks to create, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive online health management program for people throughout their life stages – newborns, kids, adolescents, adults, families, and the aging - affected by a bleeding disorder. By using the Internet, Steps for Living has the ability to reach people in large metropolitan areas as well as rural towns, barrier-free.
Organization: National Hemophilia Foundation
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National Hemophilia Foundation
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Organization Country
United States, NY, New York County
Country where this project is creating social impact
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) strives to improve the quality of life for all persons with bleeding disorders. Through Steps for Living, NHF looks to create, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive online health management program for people throughout their life stages – newborns, kids, adolescents, adults, families, and the aging - affected by a bleeding disorder. By using the Internet, Steps for Living has the ability to reach people in large metropolitan areas as well as rural towns, barrier-free. Steps for Living will help to change the way people manage chronic disease by putting high quality information and education on self-management through life’s transitions, as well as networking opportunities, at their fingertips. Please see www.stepsforliving.hemophilia.org
What are the primary activities of your project?
Since behavior patterns can be set early in life, NHF has focused on helping parents and their children adopt healthier behaviors, and gain confidence and skills in managing their bleeding disorder through Steps for Living. The program is split into four modules:
On the Steps for Living Web site, First Step (ages 0-8) focuses mostly on the basics of bleeding disorders, negotiating parent/provider relationships and childcare issues. Next Step (ages 9-15) provides information about working with schools; gaining independence at home (transitioning to home infusions and to self-infusions, etc.); and healthy decision-making (vacation/travel, organized sports, and nutrition); while Stepping Out (ages 16-25) will cover topics such as disclosure, dating, career choices, moving away to college and adherence.
The final module will be for healthy aging as this is the first time that this community has had an aging population due to better treatments and improved care. Issues for the aging include coordination among medical specialists as many in this age category have been infected with HIV and Hepatitis C through tainted blood products. Additionally, people in this age category have all the natural issues of aging to manage such as heart disease, hypertension, and arthritis to name a few, and it is important to educate this population regarding best practices in the ongoing management of these multiple morbidities.
Furthermore, NHF will create an on-line database of educational activities geared toward these different age groups that our network of 49 chapters throughout the US can implement. Chapters, in conjunction with medical representatives from their local hemophilia treatment centers, will be trained through a Train the Trainer program to run these educational activities at the local level.
Finally, NHF will mobilize its National Youth Leadership Institute (NYLI), a group of 18-25 year olds who have been trained in peer-education and leadership techniques. These young people will be deployed to bleeding disorder summer camps to implement an educational curriculum for younger youth. NHF relies heavily on the proven power of peer-education to reach the younger generations with important health education messages.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
Steps for Living consists of several levels of engagement for affected families throughout the life stages. The first interaction most families have is through the interactive Web site where consumers will find information in user-friendly formats such as podcasts, interactive graphics and pop-up surveys. Secondly, NHF chapters and hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) will be trained by NHF and provided in person educational activities to implement with consumers, allowing them to connect with others like themselves in a supportive environment in which they can learn, share their feelings, tell their stories, network, and ask questions.
Steps for Living is a 'first' for the bleeding disorders community. Bleeding disorders affect a relatively small percentage of the population in comparison to other chronic illnesses. Thus, it is often labeled as an 'orphan disease' and it is difficult to maintain an active community when distances are so vast. Using the Internet connects those affected and creates a larger sense of community support. Chapters and HTCs across the country work to address these same issues, however NHF is in a unique position to provide this service on a national level rather than a local or regional level.
Moreover, NHF hopes that Steps for Living can serve as a model for other orphan disease organizations dealing with similar challenges. We also know that our website is visited often by international users, thus NHF will work to have the Web site translated into Spanish, thus expanding the reach of this project to a large portion of the world.
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
Bleeding disorders affect all people regardless of sex, nationality, religion, socioeconomic status or geographic location. NHF serves the needs of men, women, children, caregivers, and professionals, and has a long history of serving this diverse community through educational events, leadership opportunities, and advocacy.
The toll of viral infection on this population, starting in the 1980’s when blood-derived treatment products stopped bleeds but also transmitted HIV and HCV, has been well-documented. The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its widespread publicity about hemophilia as one of the first infected groups; and, to a lesser extent, hemophilia as a hopeful avenue for successful outcomes in gene therapy have contributed to the public’s awareness. By contrast, lack of awareness of Von Willebrand's Disease (VWD), the most prevelant bleeding disorder, in the general population and the misperception, even among healthcare providers, that women cannot have a bleeding disorder, have contributed to significant under diagnosis of VWD.
NHF has more than a 60 year proven track record of engaging and advocating for this population. NHF's model of working with advisory groups from all our constiuencies (patients, medical providers and chapter leaders) keeps us highly informed and at the cutting edge of emerging issues within the community.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
This project began as a collaborative effort from the Education Department at NHF. In 1999-2000 NHF's Education Department, with the CDC and Macro International did the first random telephone survey of the hemophilia population in the USA. From that, they developed the National Prevention Program and implemented 10 years of programming to reduce the secondary complications of bleeding disorders, mainly through the Do the 5! messages. In 2009, NHF, CDC and Macro International did a follow-up random telephone survey to assess progress. Based on the data from these surveys as well as the input from our advisory groups, NHF embarked on creating Steps for Living.
Our data showed that more and more people access the internet for their health information and want that information delivered to them in creative, interactive ways. Second, our survey showed us that people go to their medical providers for information and resources, thus prompting us to ensure that anything downloaded or printed from the Steps for Living Web site would be unbranded by our industry supporters as medical providers will often not distribute such branded health education materials. Third, that because bleeding disorders are so rare, chapters and HTCs are unable to reach a large section of our population that live outside large metropolitan centers and that we needed to create something everybody could access. Although NHF understands that not everyone has a computer or an internet connection, we felt this was the most barrier-free way of providing necessary education to all.
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Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
The First Step portion of the Web site went "live" in May, thus NHF has not had the opportunity to do extensive evaluation on it as yet. NHF in conjunction with the CDC has developed a comprehensive evaluation plan aimed at measuring knowledge gained and changes in behavior that result from the information acquired through the Steps for Living Web site. Evaluation measures will be taken from pop-up surveys on the Web site as well as independently conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews over the life of the project. Additionally, as chapters are trained to implement the program on a local level, they will be required to conduct pre- and post-tests. This data will be used to improve the Web site, interactive features and local programming.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
101-1,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
NHF and CDC have developed a 5-year program plan for this project. 6 months from now, the next two modules will be finished for the Web site and we will have filmed the first several videos.
Task 1
Research, write and have experts review the content pages that the advisory groups have outlined.
Task 2
Create interactive graphics and the look and feel of Next Step and Stepping Out portions on the Web site.
Task 3
Create, film and edit videos and podcasts for the Web site.
Identify your 12-month impact milestone
The Healthy Aging portion of the Web site, the database of chapter activities and the chapter training program will be ready by NHF's 2012 Annual Meeting (November 8-10, 2012).
Task 1
Create the Wireframe for the Healthy Aging and database of chapter activities sections of the Web site with individual page topics and themes. Research and write the content for these sections.
Task 2
Create an on-line database of programs segmented by age group and topic area for chapters. Research and write the Healthy Aging section of the Web site.
Task 3
Create a Train the Trainer manual and 2-day training program for chapters so that they can effectively implement programs at the local level.
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
Over the next three years, the Web site will be enhanced with new, interactive features, increased number of videos and podcasts, and translated into Spanish. On the local level, we hope to finish training all of NHF's 49 local chapters and be in a position to provide funding to local chapters for related programs.
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NHF has been fortunate to have long standing relationships with both the CDC and pharmaceutical supporters over the past several years. However as the economy has hit hard times, NHF's funding partners have as well. Thus, NHF plans to engage and request support from individuals, foundations, and corporations for Steps for Living.
Tell us about your partnerships
NHF is pleased to have access to the resources and expertise of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a partner in its program, Steps for Living. NHF has an established track record of innovative educational programs and is completing a research project with the CDC in relation to HANDI, NHF’s Information Resource Center, which will identify gaps in youth messaging and work to fill those gaps through a full environmental scan, comprehensive focus groups and message testing. NHF has also created task forces composed of community members and providers for assistance and feedback on each module. NHF has also established a collaborative partnership with Pfizer and receives much in-kind support for developing interactive elements for the Web site.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$250,001‐500,000
Explain your selections
Currently, this project receives funding from the CDC, Pfizer Inc., The Jack and Jill Foundation, Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
NHF is a program partner of the CDC's Center for Division of Blood Disorders within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Thus, there is an established way for us to network and collaborate with other small health agencies who are trying to promote similar messages to their constituents. We, in conjunction with our program officers at the CDC, would like Steps for Living to serve as a model to other agencies with small, hard to reach patient communities.
Second, we believe that by crafting this program as a web-based learning center, there are infinite ways to continually improve upon and add to what is provided in the basic text of the Web site.
Third, NHF has an existing program called the National Youth Leadership Institute (NYLI) for young adults ages 18-25 who apply to be in the program for three years. While in the program, NYLI members receive training in leadership and peer-education. NHF plans to work with the NYLI members to hone their peer-education skills and deploy NYLI members to local chapters and bleeding disorder summer camps to implement a curriculum on physical activity and healthy nutrition for people with bleeding disorders.
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PRIMARY
Limited access to preventative tools or resources
SECONDARY
Lack of access to targeted health information and education
TERTIARY
Health behavior change
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
Our innovation is a Web site that is and will be geared toward providing health information and education to a targeted audience to prevent the secondary complications of having a bleeding disorder.
Not all people with bleeding disorders live near a local chapter or the Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC) from which they receive their care. In fact, a great many of our constituents have to travel more than two hours and some as much as 8-10 hours to get to their local HTC. Thus, the in-person programs that are run for education and support do not meet the needs of a large percentage of our population. Furthermore, from our national telephone survey of people with hemophilia, we know that only a quarter of respondents understood and could recall our main 5 health messages.
How are you growing the impact of your organization or initiative?
Please select up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
SECONDARY
Leveraged technology
TERTIARY
Influenced other organizations and institutions through the spread of best practices
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
We intend to promote our new Web site as much as possible within our community via Hemophilia Treatment Centers, local chapters and national meetings.
We are using a Web based platform to reach as many people as we can, in the most barrier-free way that we can think of. We hope that this Web site will not only be used by parents and people with bleeding disorders themselves, but also by neighbors, friends, teachers, coaches any others close to a person with a bleeding disorder.
By creating a comprehensive, life stages tool for the dissemination of information that will result in distinct behavior change among users, we are hoping that this Web site can be used as a model for other organizations and groups with chronic conditions.
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
Government, NGOs/Nonprofits, For profit companies, Academia/universities.
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
As stated above, NHF works hand in hand with the CDC in the building of the content and design of the elements of the Web site. NHF has also been fortunate to work closely with Pfizer, Inc. Pfizer has provided NHF access to an independent technology company that has developed the Web site, created the interactive features, and will shoot, edit and post videos for Steps for Living.
NHF works closely with other Nonprofits such as the Hemophilia Federation of America, the World Federation of Hemophilia and ATHN to promote the site and build content.
NHF has also a long standing relationship with Columbia University and has collaborated on several projects with them, in particular their National Center for Disaster Preparedness.
Created on 06/28/2011 by Hamadullah.sohu
Through awareness seminars/Trainings/Meetings on that big issue of Sexual Health & Reproductive Health Rights I believe I can do create a great change among peoples of Pakistan than I will transfer this campaign to all over the world. We will have a schedule of Seminars/Trainings/Meetings on this issue......
Organization: Participatory Youth Development Network (PYDN)-Pakistan
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Aware the peoples about SHRHR
What change do you want to bring to the world?
Through awareness seminars/Trainings/Meetings on that big issue of Sexual Health & Reproductive Health Rights I believe I can do create a great change among peoples of Pakistan than I will transfer this campaign to all over the world. We will have a schedule of Seminars/Trainings/Meetings on this issue......
What are the primary activities of your project?
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
We will engage all the ages of peoples because it is an issue which should be discussed to each & every single person of our society.
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Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
Our project is going nicely in Pakistan, we are trying to exceed it to whole country.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
Fewer than 100
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
We will work with more energy and dedication to reach more than 10000 peoples of Pakistan and we know that we can do it because we are already in 27 districts of Pakistan now just we have to do extra work to extend our project.
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Community will be our barrier here in Pakistan on this topic no one is willing to say something instead of that We are taking this challenge to make it Happen and we know that we will do it in a great style to aware maximum peoples of Pakistan.
We can overcome it with the help of educated peoples and officials who will definitely help us to overcome this issue.
Tell us about your partnerships
WFP-Rutgers Pakistan are the partners of us here in Pakistan, We hope that more Partners will come to us & join hands with us.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$1,000‐$10,000
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
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WFP-Rutgers Pakistan are providing us only trainings on this issue
Other all things will be bared by us.....
How are you building in accountability for students' successful STEM learning outcomes? Please provide a summary and examples.
According to need of time
Please use this space to elaborate on your selection above and/or to add needs that may not be listed.
We need only funding which will make us easy to extend our project throughout Pakistan in 1st Phase than to all over the world.
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Human Resources/Talent, Marketing/Media.
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Created on 06/15/2011 by lyoung
We seek to use the power of peer support to help individuals with entrepreneurial talent and capability find resources, partnerships, and investment dollars to build livelihoods for themselves and their family. Specifically, we seek to pilot the Village Capital model—a peer-to-peer investment model demonstrated worldwide at the venture capital level—to enable the 300-plus alumni of Newark Now’s Fathers Now program to build their own small businesses. In doing this, we hope to create a roadmap for peer groups in low-income communities worldwide to create their own prosperity.
Organization: Newark Now
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Newark Now-Village Capital: Using the Power of Peer Support to Build Enterprises and Create Hope
What change do you want to bring to the world?
We seek to use the power of peer support to help individuals with entrepreneurial talent and capability find resources, partnerships, and investment dollars to build livelihoods for themselves and their family. Specifically, we seek to pilot the Village Capital model—a peer-to-peer investment model demonstrated worldwide at the venture capital level—to enable the 300-plus alumni of Newark Now’s Fathers Now program to build their own small businesses. In doing this, we hope to create a roadmap for peer groups in low-income communities worldwide to create their own prosperity. To pilot, we seek to create a $30,000 revolving-loan fund for Fathers Now grads, 90% of whom are ex-offenders, and 100% of whom are parents.
What are the primary activities of your project?
We seek to launch a small business incubator within our Fathers Now alumni network, using the Village Capital peer support model to build and invest in businesses. Applicants will be dedicated full-time to a small business opportunity (e.g. barbershop, pressure-washing business, food truck) and meet weekly for a 12-week program with an eye towards revising and improving one another’s ventures. Applicants will receive pro bono legal, marketing, and finance support as a part of the program.
At the end of the program, enterprises will evaluate one another, and the top-ranked enterprises will receive a small business loan of up to $10,000 with an average loan size of $5,000. The loan will come from a revolving line-of-credit, managed by Newark Now; the repaid balance will be re-lent to another entrepreneur in the peer support cohort. Entrepreneurs receiving loans will receive ongoing mentorship from Village Capital and Newark Now in their first year of business.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
We see 3 key innovations: One, using the power of peer groups to allocate capital & stimulate job creation. Newark Now-Village Capital partnership merges lessons learned from the “self-help group” in microfinance with the incubator/accelerator model used in venture capital.By giving the power of capital allocation to entrepreneurs, we shift the power dynamic between entrepreneurs & capital providers.
The peer allocation of capital dramatically cuts the cost of small business support. In 7 pilots to date, Village Capital has allocated over $1 million of capital at 25% the cost of the traditional venture investment model—in a small business loan pilot in New Orleans,the capital has been repaid to the peer group 8 times,with a 100% repayment rate.
Second, while market forces have been leveraged to create anti-poverty programs in emerging markets (e.g. microfinance),the same has not yet been achieved in the U.S.The cost of living in New Jersey is exponentially higher than in emerging markets.Currently, few market-based interventions are serving our target population across the U.S.
Finally,Fathers Now is the ideal laboratory to explore this intervention because we are specifically targeting individuals who are among the most difficult to employ.Fathers Now serves many ex-offenders,who experience extraordinary barriers to employment.This model—which encourages self-employment through entrepreneurship—can successfully help ex-offenders support themselves and their families.Ex-offenders who find employment opportunities are dramatically less likely to go back to prison.
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
Newark is rebuilding from a tumultuous history of urban degradation after the decline of the manufacturing industry.Years of deterioration, crime and poverty ensued;financial insecurity and poor educational attainment has led to a city with one of the nation’s highest crime and incarceration rates. In recent years,bolstered by a strong national and local economy,Newark began to make significant strides in urban transformation.
Newark has a citywide poverty rate of 26.1% with average household incomes of families with children approximately $50,000 less per year than the state average; half of all residents fall below 200% of federal poverty guidelines. Its poverty rate for its young people is even higher; one in three children live in poverty.Our proposal seeks to empower ex-offenders to create livelihood opportunities.
Newark absorbs an influx of approximately 1700 ex-offenders newly released from New Jersey State prisons every year, with an additional 1400 coming out of the Essex County Jail, located in Newark, monthly. This represents nearly 15% of all prisoners released from New Jersey state prisons over the same period. Further, at any given time, more than 6,500 Newarkers are under Federal Probation, State Parole or County Probation. With a significant population of ex-offenders, the insidious problem of recidivism becomes an even greater challenge; in 2002, one in six adult male Newarkers had a felony conviction. Although more region-specific data are not available, recidivism in New Jersey is nearly 60%.
Newark alone loses $17 million in taxable income each year and costs the State of New Jersey $90 million incarceration expenditures. In 2001, the State spent $15 million incarcerating people from a single ward in the City of Newark. In addition, those deficits represent a significant loss in wages and income to families.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
Cory Booker founded Newark Now in 2003 to empower Newarkers with the skills and tools to transform their neighborhoods. His commitment to urban transformation led him to run for Mayor, and is now serving his second term. He is deeply committed to Fathers Now as a model of both re-entry and family strengthening, both essential components of reversing cycles of disempowerment in low-income communities.
Prior to becoming CEO of Newark Now, LaVar was Director of Fathers Now. LaVar was instrumental in bringing national attention to Fathers Now for its exceptional outcomes with fathers in transition. In the past 8 years LaVar has held leadership roles for several Newark based organizations.LaVar is a father, mentor, and leader who is passionately committed to promoting fatherhood and empowering fathers.
Ross Baird,Executive Director of Village Capital,founded the organization in 2009 in an effort to use the power of community to develop enterprises that address poverty.Ross worked with First Light,a fund that invests in seed-stage social enterprises worldwide,to build peer groups and providing venture capital dollars to high-growth companies in the fields of affordable housing, education, financial services.VilCap has supported over 100 companies worldwide in the past 3 years,and helped create over $10 million in investment.Ross seeks to take his experience from the venture capital level and apply it at the small business level through this project.
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Fathers Now has built an encouraging track record of finding employment and reducing recidivism for ex-offenders who are fathers. Fathers Now has graduated 325 men since its inception in 2008. Of those, fewer than 10 have returned to prison. In 2008, over 70% of graduates were able to secure gainful employment within 90 days of graduation—as compared with an average employment rate of 30% for African American male ex-offenders. As the economy has deteriorated in the interceding years, securing employment for our graduates has become more challenging and drifted towards 50%. To compensate, we now place about 25% of graduates in educational or vocational opportunities. Fathers Now participants are expected to:
o increase 2 academic grade levels over the 8-week course, as measured by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE);
o establish a pathway for meaningful participation in their children’s lives, both socially and financially;
o maintain an average employment rate of 70% within 90 days of graduation;
o maintain an average recidivism rate of less than 10%.
Village Capital has utilized the power of peer support to build world-changing businesses. In 8 pilots, Village Capital has invested over $1 million in for-profit social enterprises, leading to over 100 enterprises trained, 12 enterprises funded, and 337 jobs created worldwide, and over $10 million in additional capital leveraged. 98% of Village Capital entrepreneurs have testified that the program has made their companies better. While Village Capital has worked exclusively at the venture level to date, this unique partnership will take lessons learned from the venture capital world and apply them at the small business level.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
101-1,000
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
1.We will expand beyond our pilot group to other high-risk,high-need populations. Should the revolving loan fund be successful, we'll expand the peer support/investment model to other target groups in Newark Now programs. Our priority will be expanding services to small business owners.
2. We will export this model to other locations. We hope this pilot will turn into a best-in-class program for finding livelihood opportunities for the formerly incarcerated in the U.S. VilCap is exploring similar models in New Orleans and Atlanta based on a successful pilot in Newark.
3.We will scale up the number of people served & enhance the support systems. We hope that this pilot will build infrastructure of Newark Now being able to provide affordable financial services to our target population.
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Low loan repayment rate: the existing relationship we have with our pool of potential entrepreneurs will be helpful as we can monitor and keep them engaged. The peer accountability will be critical in encouraging participants to honor their commitments. As a mitigation of this risk, Village Capital has developed a curriculum that teaches entrepreneurs how to make productive financial management and capital allocation decisions through its 8 pilots.
Investment pipeline: we also may not have enough quality businesses to fund. To mitigate this, we can ,hold back the loan funding—while continuing the peer business support—until participants build a viable plan. If this becomes an ongoing issue, we can consider opening our pool of applicants to include the other Newark Now programs, including our Financial Empowerment Center and Family Success Centers.
Finally, entrepreneurs may not be financially literate to the degree where they can make good investment decisions. Village Capital’s educational program teaches entrepreneurs how to “think like investors”, encouraging them to make good decisions in one another as well as improving their own businesses.
Sustainable funding: If our model is successful, it will be more sustainable than grant-based interventions because (a) our clients are asked to repay their loan, and (b) putting enterprise support in peer groups is more cost-efficient than hiring staff and technical support to run a similar program. We anticipate that this will be a desirable investment across funding streams.
Tell us about your partnerships
Fathers Now is built on partnerships. The Department of Labor provides a full-time staff member to the program, as well as offering organizational support through the local Workforce Investment Board and OneStop Career Center. We work closely with the City of Newark to receive referrals and coordinate strategies with other agencies working in the same space. We also work with the courts, prisons, jails, halfway houses, probation, and parole.
Village Capital has partnered with five incubators worldwide to test the peer support/capital allocation model at the venture level. The Idea Village, founded in 2001, has supported over 1,000 entrepreneurs in its history: they incubate and supports high-impact entrepreneurs to help lead the economic regeneration of New Orleans. Idea Village has partnered with Village Capital to manage a $40,000 small business loan fund that has been structured similarly to the proposed fund in Newark, as well as supporting 20 venture capital-level companies through Village Capital programs. The Unreasonable Institute in Boulder attracts early-stage social enterprises from across the world; last year, Village Capital piloted the model with 25 entrepreneurs from 17 countries. In partnership with the Hub-Bay Area, San Francisco’s premier social enterprise incubator, Village Capital has supported 40 entrepreneurs over the past two years. Dasra-Social Impact is a nonprofit has been around for ten years supporting seed-stage social enterprises in India; Village Capital has partnered with them to support over 20 entrepreneurs in two pilots. Finally, Village Capital is launching a pilot with Merism Capital, a social enterprise seed fund in London, in September.
Village Capital is a creation of First Light Ventures, a fund that invests in social enterprises worldwide. Through Village Capital programs, First Light has invested in 15 companies.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$250,001‐500,000
Explain your selections
Fathers Now is primarily funded through philanthropic dollars. We receive in-kind support from the City of Newark and local Department of Labor. We receive substantial donations of work attire from Men’s Warehouse, as well as other clothing manufacturers.
We are raising grant dollars to pilot this revolving-loan fund with the formerly incarcerated population because most of our entrepreneurs do not have bank accounts or formal credit, and their current alternative options for access to capital are loan sharks or payday lenders. Grant dollars from foundations can provide the risk capital for a pilot; we believe, based on the collective track record of Village Capital and Newark Now, that we can build a financially sustainable model that can scale beyond our initial group.
Once we have built up a track record of businesses supported, jobs created, and high repayment rates, we seek to target regional governments (through job creation-targeted grants and loan funds) and businesses (primarily banks, through Community Reinvestment Act-targeted dollars, and small business loan funds) to scale the program.
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
o We will develop a methodology for recruiting, sourcing, and training the highest-potential small business entrepreneurs,and develop best practices for the peer allocation of capital in order to make targeted loans as effective as possible and to ensure high repayment/reinvestment rates.
o We will develop a template that can be exported to other communities, so that others may replicate the program. We have done this effectively with the Fathers Now program itself , which has been replicated in Camden, NJ, and we are ourselves a replication of the National Comprehensive Center for Fathers in Philadelphia, PA.As such, this is a process we know how to execute effectively.
o Ongoing evaluation will help us ensure high-impact curriculum that gets the best out of our target audience.This will enable us to develop an increasingly talented group of entrepreneurs.
oWe will engage with bank partners to help connect men with the formal banking system as progress allows. An ultimate goal would be to acquire a bank account for each program participant.The City of Newark participates in the national “Bank on” initiative,which seeks to connect the unbanked with basic banking products, such as savings and checking accounts. We would like to leverage the initial grant with Community Reinvestment Act capital from Newark-area banks to increase the potential funds availabe for entrepreneurs.
o We will build relationships in the business community and introduce them to our participants so they can build professional networks and become comfortable and confident in a new peer group.
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Underemployment
SECONDARY
Lack of access to information and networks
TERTIARY
Lack of skills/training
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
Formerly incarcerated often can’t find jobs:they are excluded from the workforce as a result of discrimination;company policies;poor education and work history.
Many Newark Now’s clients have poor information,when starting a business,about practical business matters as well as the network to answer their concerns.Building information networks is time-consuming and cost-intensive—by putting the responsibility in the hands of the entrepreneurs,we are able to accelerate network creation & connect a targeted group of high-potential entrepreneurs to capital providers.
The project curriculum will give entrepreneurial & soft skills,focusing on financial management,budgeting/accounting,& long-term planning in order to ensure our customers are able to build a sustainable business.
Are you trying to scale your organization or initiative?
If yes, please check up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Enhanced existing impact through addition of complementary services
SECONDARY
Influenced other organizations and institutions through the spread of best practices
TERTIARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
This partnership with Village Capital will immediately allow us to expand the scope of our impact, by helping men with little financial or social capital generate both.Fathers Now is well-positioned to leverage a national platform to bring new innovations to bear in fatherhood and reentry. We ideally positioned as a pilot program as we are also able to draw upon the advocacy of our founder and champion,Mayor Booker,to bring our successes to a broad audience.
Village Capital is also looking at this partnership as a growth opportunity. 8 pilots have been executed at a venture capital-level financing and businesses with an international focus; VilCap views this partnership as a chance to extend its activities to the small business level and more effectively address poverty in the U.S.
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
Government, NGOs/Nonprofits, For profit companies, Academia/universities.
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
Our relationships with the City of Newark, the Newark Workforce Investment Board and NJ DOL are critical to the success of Fathers Now. All participants are screened through the OneStop Career Center, and can access governmental resources to complement our philanthropic investment. Additional partners include: Goldman Sachs, which provides men with one-on-one assistance in resume development; New Jersey Legal Services provides pro bono legal assistance; Rutgers University offers health education coursework.
Village Capital is partnered with private investors and capital providers to support participant entrepreneurs, as well as with Emory University to collect, manage, and track financial and impact data for the program.
Created on 09/28/2010 by matt1979
The Men's Health Forum now has a long track record of producing tailor-made health information specifically for men ('Mini Manuals') in partnership with a broad range of other organisations. The Yorkshire Man Mini Manual represents the most recent and best example of this approach to engaging men with a gender-specific health promotion resource.
Organization: The Men's Health Forum
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The Men's Health Forum now has a long track record of producing tailor-made health information specifically for men ('Mini Manuals') in partnership with a broad range of other organisations. The Yorkshire Man Mini Manual represents the most recent and best example of this approach to engaging men with a gender-specific health promotion resource.
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Men's Health Forum Mini Manuals are 16 or 32 page A5 health information guides written and produced by the MHF - they are either available off the shelf or customised. Over 100 different manuals have already been created.
Mini Manuals have already been used by a variety of organisations — public health bodies, multi-national corporations, government bodies and other health-related agencies. Staff health information, customer promotions and local public health campaigns are just a few examples of some of the uses the manuals have been put to in the last few years.
In total over 1,300,000 mini manuals have been printed, making these health promotion resources the leading male-specific health information initiative in England and Wales.
Mini Manuals are designed by Haynes, a UK-based company that is the leading producer of car maintenance manuals. The Mini Manuals look like car manuals and the brand is familiar to, and inspires confidence in, large numbers of men.
The author and editor of the manuals is Dr Ian Banks, president of the Men's Health Forum in both the UK and Europe and former editor of the Men's Health Journal and the UEMO Clinical Journal.
The Yorkshire Man Mini Manual was produced in close collaboration with health promotion staff from Yorkshire and Humber NHS (National Health Service) as well as local NHS staff in Leeds. The manual was also significantly amended after several groups of local men were invited to comment on the manual in a number of focus groups. An important function of the manual is to signpost local services in a male-friendly format.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
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What impact have you had?
Over 1,300,000 copies of 100 different Mini Manuals have been printed to date. We have evaluated several title in detail and they have received an overwhlemingly positive response from healt professionals and individual men.
The impact of Yorkshire Man has been independently evaluated by Leeds Metropolitan University. The report available upon request.
Problem
MHF is a charity that provides an independent and authoritative voice for male health in England and Wales and tackles the issues and inequalities affecting the health and well-being of men and boys.
MHF’s vision is a future in which all boys and men in England and Wales have an equal opportunity to attain the highest possible level of health and well-being.
National statistics reveal that males in the United Kingdom live on average 4.2 years less than women (based upon life expectancy from birth). 40% of men die before they are 75 years of age (compared to 26% of women). Men take more risks with their health (tobacco, alcohol, etc), are less aware of symptoms, and are less likely than women to seek help for health problems.
Men in Yorkshire have the third highest rates of obesity in England. Statistics from the 2002 Living in Britain survey show that men from the region have the highest reported levels of (a) longstanding illness (43% vs. 35% all England); (b) limiting longstanding illness (26% vs. 20% all England); (c) restricted activity in the 14 days before interview (19% vs. 14% all England).
Actions
MHF is working with the NHS in Yorkshire to distribute copies of Yorkshire Man as widely as possible. Large numbers have been distributed to men via sports venues (e.g. Leeds Rhinos, rugby) as well as local employers.
MHF is now seeking to replicate this approach in other parts of England and has already published Mini Manuals for men in Coventry and Fulham (an area of London). We are seeking support from a variety of organisations to achieve this.
Results
Quantitative data was collected using brief questionnaires delivered to all men receiving the Yorkshire man health manual. Approximately 20,000 questionnaires were distributed with pre-paid postage attached. Questionnaires collected information regarding participants, participants’ reception of the manual, and perceived usefulness.
After receiving the manual, a high number of men read the manual in full (56%, n=80), a further 30% men (n=43) stated that they thumbed through the manual. Just one man (1%) stated that they threw the manual away. Thirty-seven percent (n=44) of men stated that they had shared the information with a family member, 13% (n=18) with a colleague, 9% (n=12) stated that they had shared the information with a friend. Thirty-eight percent (n=45) stated that they did not share any of the information they had gained from the manual with anybody else. 9% of respondents (n=12) wentgone on to look at the www.malehealth.co.uk website after receiving the manual (there were links to the website in the manual - this site is also run by MHF).
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Further funding and increased awareness of men's health issues throughout the NHS, public and private sectors.
In relation to the existing evaluation, while the perceptions of the manual were largely positive, men in the focus groups were able to suggest a number of improvements to the manual. There was agreement in the group that the manual would benefit from the inclusion of a section on substance misuse. There was a belief that the inclusion of such a section on substance would be particularly beneficial for younger men.
Year 1
Currently, amended versions of Yorkshire Man have been produced in Coventry and Fulham specifically for men in those areas. These resources signpost local services as well as encourging men to consider a range of vital health promotion issues.
Year 2
The further roll out of Yorkshire Man throughout the Yorkshire region with an associated evaluation to ensure the continued improvement of the resource.
Years 2+3
Funding will be required to develop subsequent versions of Yorkshire Man for men in various locations around England and Wales. This will ensure the needs and interests of men specifically in these areas are reflected in the manual.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Limited funding for roll out to other areas across England and Wales.
Furthermore, the awareness of many health professionals of important gender equality duty is quite limited. Introduced by the Equality Act 2006, this duty aims to achieve a cultural change that will put the recognition of gender and gender inequalities at the heart of policymaking and service provision across the public sector. Although the legislation has the potential to stimulate a wide range of actions to tackle men's health problems, compliance has been patchy to date.
Forthcoming restructuring and funding restrictions within the NHS may also have a negative impact on the further development of these resources.
How many people will your project serve annually?
More than 10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Operating for 1‐5 years
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Yorkshire and Humber NHS, Department of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, Haynes Publishing
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
As a medium-sized public health organisation, the Men's Health Forum strongly believes in working in partnership with a broad range of partners and stakeholders.
Mini Manuals are based on a partnerhsip with Haynes Publishing as well as with a range of other organisations from different sectors.
Mini Manuals have already been used by a variety of organisations — public health bodies, multinational corporations, government bodies and other health related agencies. These resources are always produced in partnership with other bodies.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1. Additional funding from a range of organisations that want to promote men's health in Yorkshire and/or in different parts of England.
2. A greater awareness within the public health service in England that men's health is a significant issue and that the right kinds of action can produce positive results.
3. More men's health champions at all levels, from 'ordinary' men in local communities and workplaces to leading celebrities.
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The MHF first produced health information for men in a car manual format in partnership with Haynes in 2002. The first publication was book-sized and MHF and Haynes went on to produce a series of similar books on a range of health issues (including cancer, obesity mental health).
Mini Manuals were launched in 2003 with the first mini manual focusing on sexual health. These were smaller and much cheaper versions of the books and were designed to reach a much larger audience.
In the subsequent years, the Mini Manuals have progressed and evolved in many regards with a range of styles being developed. The MHF has now produced over 100 different manuals for a broad range of clients.
Specifically in relation to Yorkshire Man, the defining moment came through conversations with leading public health specialists from Yorkshire who had seen previous editions of the mini manuals and who had realised that action to improve men's health was needed in their region.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
The author and editor of the manuals is Dr Ian Banks, president of the Men's Health Forum in both the UK and Europe and former editor of the Men's Health Journal and the UEMO Clinical Journal.
Ian has worked as a GP and as a casualty officer in Belfast. He also represents GPs for the British Medical Association, is a member of Council for the UK and is the BMA's official spokesperson on men's health. Ian also founded the Men's Health Forum Ireland and for six years was the medical editor of Men's Health magazine. In addition to this, he has also published many other books on health and health issues.
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Created on 08/31/2010 by Taniakurdyla
Innovative Campaign on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in pregnancy, delivery and puerperium. It is composed by urban installations, information and opinion shaping activities.Main goal: discourage the idea of pregnancy-illness, pregnancy-medicalization (WHO), responsible of unnecessary practices. Dissociate the "patient" label from pregnant women, as if they were suffering from a disease. Since we
Organization: Relacahupan Uruguay (Red por la Humanización del Parto y nacimiento) REGIONAL PANDO.
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Relacahupan Uruguay (Red por la Humanización del Parto y nacimiento) REGIONAL PANDO.
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Relacahupan Uruguay (Red por la Humanización del Parto y nacimiento) REGIONAL PANDO.
Organization Phone
: 6011462 por la RELACAHUPAN Coordinadora Nacional- y 2956407 por la Coordinación Regional PANDO
Organization Address
Alonso y Trelles 55 bis casi Rosalía de Castro. Paso Carrasco, Canelones Uruguay. (SEDE CENTRAL) Ruta 8 km 35.500 Chacra DON JUA
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
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THE RED TENT Urban Installations
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Describe Your Idea
Innovative Campaign on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in pregnancy, delivery and puerperium. It is composed by urban installations, information and opinion shaping activities.Main goal: discourage the idea of pregnancy-illness, pregnancy-medicalization (WHO), responsible of unnecessary practices. Dissociate the "patient" label from pregnant women, as if they were suffering from a disease. Since we
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The fact that our work focuses on generating bridges between the "regulations" and their fulfillment and appropriation by the population.Thus improving significantly their quality of life. Familiarizing discourses with daily practices.
We understand that in order to be able to enforce a human right, people have to be aware of it first, that is why our goal is that this Campaign reaches and creates awareness on the whole society, both in the health system, women organizations and mainly in women and their emotional environments who planned to bring new lives to the world.
We deal with a significant dimension of structural violence in the Sexual and Reproductive Rights field, in particular in connection with obstetric assistance during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium.
Being said violence invisible in our society, we are suggesting ways to start to eradicate it: by summoning women to take control of their bodies.
The problem is the result of the historical repression on female sexuality, extreme and invasive medicalization of the women's body and the hierarchal and commercial structure of medicine, of the cultural intention to have maximum control over all events of life and sexism and universal gender inequity.
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What impact have you had?
We found that there is an increasing and progressive control of the body, loss of fears, prejudices and taboos when women and their emotional backgrounds are able to participate in appropriate information and training activities about pregnancy, delivery and puerperium processes. Women achieve an improved self confidence and manage to overcome the deeply rooted idea in the health system which considers giving birth as a disease and as strictly medical act, by taking control of the bodies and the vital process. As a result of changing those ideas, a better quality of life is achieved and it strengthens the women's relationships with their emotional environments, thus achieving greater shared responsibility in the sexual division of work.
In Redda's extensive path we have confirmed the "resonances" of the system in the resistance towards developing a new paradigm in terms of human and reproductive rights and women's rights.
We have a long way to go with new proposals aimed at a gender shared action avoiding segregation and in no way replacing one system by the other but like GarcíaMárquezexpresses when he writes about the "very old certainty that the most dreaded of enemies is within ourselves".
Problem
We address this problem since it is a very significant expression of gender structural violence which is slightly visible in our country.
Because it is necessary to create awareness within the women's and feminist movement about the fact that it is enough to leave the sexual and reproductive health process in hands of the medical field (because it is sexist and hierarchical).
Because there must be public debate on the way we are giving birth and being born.
Because we don't have to think only what medicine makes with women when giving birth, but what women do with ourselves and our rights. The effort to restore women and their emotional background supporting her, the place of prominence corresponding to her, without denying nor underestimating the benefits of technological medical advances which have contributed to maternal and baby's health.
The proposed humanization of the process of giving birth in no way implies the abandonment of professional assistance at the moment of delivery. This professional accompaniment (which in low-risk deliveries corresponds to midwives) is essential for the proper development of deliveries.
In connection with the social and cultural context, w
Actions
Campaign's Scope and Strategy:
A. Mass Media: a press conference will be held at the Campaign's launch and dissemination whenever the Tent is set up. Radio sport will sent to main radio stations in the country as well as to communitarian radio networks.
B. Women making use of heath center's services: activities will be disseminated through graphic material. In addition to mouth to mouth invitation generated by over 15 midwives and doulas who belong to the Network and work in those health centers.
C. Women's organizations and movements: they will be invited to play an active role in the Red Tent's activities. Either by supporting the activity as well as by spreading the specific and territorial issues of the gender equity work they carry out in their organizations or groups.
D. Health Programs and Educational Centers: ProgramaMujer y Género -Women and Gender Program- of the Ministry of Public Health and Escuela de Parteras- Midwives' school- will be mainly invited to participate in the Red Tent installations.
E. Actions and agendas wit the various civil society organzations of the country who are interested in promoting the Campaign's development will be coordinated.
Results
Result 1: Uruguayan women have access to quality information to enforce their sexual and reproductive rights during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium.
Result 2: A massive dissemination tool - radio spots - about humanized delivery in Uruguay is introduced and spread within the whole country.
Result 3: Institutional violence towards women in the sexual and reproductive rights field, in particular in connection with obstetric assistance during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium is included in the public agenda in our country.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
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How many people will your project serve annually?
Fewer than 100
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Operating for less than a year
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Yes
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Coordinadora de RELACAHUPAN Uruguay.
How long has this organization been operating?
Less than a year
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
We apply the principle of joint action and unification criteria agreements to influence on the formulation of public policies, dealing with the difference as the basis for governance.
By respecting that although each institution has its particularity it will always need from other entities since we believe that any problem is solved unidirectionally.
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Several years working with women from the most varied socio economic sectors led me to think about the sexism problem and its implications in our lives from the so naturalized everyday vocabulary to the allocation of roles and function, thus discovering the depht of the long learned cultural roots. The gender segregation "new models" left out half of the population involved, thus repeating the same problem the other way round. In this manner the achievements by one party where invalidated by the other party who kept pulling the other to perpetrate the established normality. Thus we thought about unification roads, about bridges who manage to connect both sides of the gap by breaking the "egocentric shield" of the conquered mentality, typical of our Latin America, of each gender and of the collective individualism generated by our society.
The passion for transmitting an ideology able to change the established order is one of the aims shared with the working team.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Since I was thirteen I was influenced by a women who used to visit poor houses in the most impoverish neighborhoods to provide emotional relief to children and women; it was my mother, a teacher who devoted her life to her profession.
I was always certain that I will work on social problems and I gathered experience in different "technical" schools.
I hardly agreed with established and this led me to experience several deserts which although they we long and lonely that left the best lessons of my life, because whenever it seemed that I would die of thirst there appeared water which refreshed and renewed my being, in this manner I meet two people who marked my life, Elvira Lutz and ArnaldoGomensoro, two thinkers, philosophers who say important things with simple words, unyielding critics, integral feminists, unique individuals, my teachers, they changed my life, extended my vision and they still provide me with guidance through this journey of life.
When I was 38 years old I gave birth to Women's Embassy, a bridge, a meeting point, a different way to
actively adapt to the realities that we have to live. By respecting essential Human Rights and the rights of every person to a life free of prejudices of myths and taboos. Shaping critical opinion, educating for life. By fully addressing genuine problems and aiming at generating new lines to achieve more loving and fulfilling lives.
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Newsletter from Changemakers
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New leaders are emerging in the soccer world of Brazil and Argentina who use football as a catalyst for social change and development. They parallel the achievements of Brazil's Seleção and La Albiceleste of Argentina—two of the most decorated teams in football history that have been represented over the years by some of the most dynamic and celebrated players ever to have worn their countries' colors.
During the 2010 World Cup In South Africa, Brazil and Argentina hired Dunga and Diego Maradona, respectively, to manage their national teams. Despite their limited coaching experience, both managed to silence critics with successes on the pitch. Brazil entered the World Cup as the top ranked team and Argentina seemed to have found its form at just the right time.
In 1991, Harish Sadani answered an Indian newspaper advertisement that read, “Wanted: Men who believe that women are not for battering.” He was one of 205 men who responded to the ad, which had been posted by a prominent Indian journalist.
After a year of meetings with those like-minded men, Sadani decided to launch the nonprofit organization, Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA). It is the first men's organization in India to intervene directly against gender-based violence on women.
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“As a man, I always felt uncomfortable when we were tagged as the perpetrators," Sadani said. ”I felt that I could get a mechanism in place that would work closely with men, that this would help change their societal stereotypes. Men have always been viewed as the problem, but I think that it is necessary to involve them in the solution making process, too.”
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Created on 06/16/2010 by Claire Rademeyer
Footballers 4 Life is a national intervention programme conceived by retired PSL players and Matchboxology, guided by JHHESA, with funding, endorsement and support received from USAID and PEPFAR. The coach use their celebrity status to address everyday issues that individuals (particularly men) face, i.e. HIV, sexuality, finance, drinking, drugs, handling stress, violence and problem solving.
Organization: Footballers For Life/ Matchboxology
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Organization
Footballers For Life/Matchboxology
Organization Name
Footballers For Life/ Matchboxology
Organization Address
The Workshop Building, 70-7th Avenue, Parktown North, JHB, South Africa
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For‐profit
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Describe Your Idea
Footballers 4 Life is a national intervention programme conceived by retired PSL players and Matchboxology, guided by JHHESA, with funding, endorsement and support received from USAID and PEPFAR. The coach use their celebrity status to address everyday issues that individuals (particularly men) face, i.e. HIV, sexuality, finance, drinking, drugs, handling stress, violence and problem solving.
Website URL
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Footballers-For-Life/115999951751722#!/pages/Footballers-For-Life/115999951751722?v=info
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Football is a passion of the people so using footballers to communicate a message to those people creates instant interest. From there what creates the connection is that the footballers have come from similar communities and they know what it is like to struggle against alcoholism, HIV, lack of finance and a host of other issues.
With Footballers For Life, our retired professional players are trained in facilitating and educated in life skills and wellness so that they in turn can educate and uplift communities. Their mentoring skills and belief in personal development gives communities hope and the knowledge to do something proactive about their position. The success stories that the coaches have inspired are heartwarming.
When dealing with adults, coaches make use of their Footballers For Life curriculum and when dealing with the youth, use the highly popular Scrutinize facilitation kit (this is HIV-orientated). The coaches are
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What impact have you had?
Footballers for Life have interacted with over 40,000 people in the last two years and now have a Facebook following and peer education programme called ‘Assistant Coach’ which leaves a lasting source of knowledge and inspiration in communities.
F4L also have a strong presence in Correctional Facilities with several inmates declaring their HIV status as a result of a visit by the coaches.
Figures achieved since Oct 2009 to end May 2010 in the categories of Abstinence and Be Faithful (AB), Other Protection (OP) and Counseling and Testing (CT):
Cumulative Total Targets Progress
AB
TOTAL 15,583 12,000 129.86%
OP
TOTAL 10,152 12,000 84.60%
CT PROMO
TOTAL 16,319 12,000 135.99%
42,054 36,000 116.82%
Problem
The problem being addressed is the challenge of not just addressing men, but connecting with them in a way that promotes a true up take of the information and the best chance of changing self-defeating behaviours. F4L methodology is highly involved and participatory and, is designed to be applied to real life. When compared to topics that are quite passively taught, the F4L approach has key life skills being internalized at a deeper yet more assessable level. Added to this, the change agents are men that participants can relate to, and this consolidates connectedness.
Actions
The Coaches’ facilitation skills and knowledge levels are checked, supervised and improved regularly to ensure the programme is offering the best possible training. The content the coaches work with is highly researched and of a high quality, and is linked to national social campaigns. Pre and post session questionnaires are analysed on a monthly basis followed by feedback sessions with the Coaches. Despite making significant inroads in communities, donor funding is becoming limited and so Footballers For Life is making inroads into workplaces that provide revenue to ensure sustainability of the programme.
Results
We anticipate a take up of the programme by other workplaces once the success of the programme in such settings has been demonstrated. We expect to roll out more extensive curricula to their workplaces and develop additional content to be trained. Such growth would require additional retired footballers joining the team and being trained as F4L facilitators.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
2010-2011: we require a major contract for which we have applied to be signed. This will ensure the programme will have the funding to continue its community outreaches for the following year, plus for the programme to gain revenue-earning credibility. This will ensure our high quality levels can be maintained and that further contracts can be sought.
2011-2012: contracts from previous years should be renewed and additional contracts gained. Additional coaches and staff members should be hired to support the growing programme. Development into additional modules and training requirements would be identified and actioned. Once again, quality levels should be sustained.
2012-2013: growth of the programme and its intentions should be carefully monitored. Changes in communities and donor funding should be monitored and appropriate (re)action taken. Quality and attention to learner needs would continue to be a focus.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
A severe cut in funder’s budget, without an alternate revenue stream having been established, would restrict the programme and render it virtually impossible to operate.
How many people will your project serve annually?
More than 10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
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Operating for 1‐5 years
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Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Our umbrella company is Matchboxology
How long has this organization been operating?
1‐5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
As discussed above, F4L has worked in these entities and provided meaning to their training sessions. These interactions have provided F4L with experience and proof of success that will form a base of our applications to other organizations to be paid for our training.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1.Alternate revenue source: this will ensure that as donor funding decreases, the programme is able to continue to operate and grow. To achieve this, sustained efforts are required along with high levels of training quality.
2.Our roll out of the Assistant Coach peer education programme, successfully managing the growth of our Facebook group and intensifying our marketing and public profiling efforts that will assist in growing the programme.
3.The ongoing experience of the Wellness Coaches means that going forward the Coaches will become trainers and not just implementers. This will increase our reach, profile and sustainability.
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Footballers for Life (F4L) was set up as a direct response to a call for male focused HIV interventions by The South African National Aids Council (SANAC) and the Government’s National Strategic Plan for HIV an AIDS. The thinking behind this highly effective innovation was that in order for the recipient of the training to achieve maximum connection with the information, firstly they have to feel a maximum connection with the person who is delivering that information! Men are far more likely to connect with a jacked up, authentic, ex-football star who is ‘real’ as opposed to a disconnected ‘HIV expert’ who merely focuses on content or generic approaches. Our challenge was firstly to get ex-footballers to fully grasp the module content and secondly, to train them on how to facilitate in a variety of settings and with a variety of target groups.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Several personalities were involved in the development of this idea, specifically the creative and developmental experts from Matchboxology (including Thulani Grenville-Grey, Cal Bruns and Racuni Naidoo) and JHHESA funders and communication experts (Richard Delate, Mandla Ndlovu).
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Personal contact at Changemakers
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Created on 06/9/2010 by fverani
Engaging men in critical reflections on constructions of gender roles, through group educational activities for example, are a key part in addressing their use of violence against women. Nevertheless, it is often challenging to recruit and retain men in such groups. To address this challenge, we have developed an intervention within the format of a four-month amateur football tournament (with workshops and a community campaign) in the belief that the popularity of the sport will help to motivate men to join and continue with the intervention.
Organization: Promundo
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Campeonato de Futebol contra violência de gênero - Vencedor prêmio regional - Brasil!
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Engaging men in critical reflections on constructions of gender roles, through group educational activities for example, are a key part in addressing their use of violence against women. Nevertheless, it is often challenging to recruit and retain men in such groups. To address this challenge, we have developed an intervention within the format of a four-month amateur football tournament (with workshops and a community campaign) in the belief that the popularity of the sport will help to motivate men to join and continue with the intervention. Moreover, the idealization of aggression and masculinity that often pervades the sport provides a tangible entry-point for engaging the men in discussions about violence and gender norms. There have been other initiatives which have used football or other sports to work with boys and young men on violence prevention, however, we do not know of any such efforts that have been targeted to adult men. The project is currently in the pilot stage in Rio de Janeiro and we are seeking the necessary funding and partnerships to replicate it in other settings.
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Many other projects use soccer as a tool to work with children or youth who are under 16. This project works with older youth (16-24) and young men (25-39) who, in Brazil, generally already know how to play the sport itself. The project promotes an organized tournament for these young and adult men and to engage them in workshop discussions about masculinity and reflect on non-equitable gender norms and their own relationships. The tournament serves to attract men who may not otherwise be attracted to these types of discussions. The tournament also serves as a community event and communication tool and the sport of soccer serves as entry point to discussing many of the gender stereotypes that are often linked to the sport, including homophobia and aggressive masculinity. Campaign materials have been developed linking the tournament to the themes of Gender Equity and GBV prevention. For example, a weekly newsletter reporting on the tournament and on the themes of the workshops has been developed and 1000 copies are distributed per week. The campaign and campaign materials will be developed with input from the players and community members and are also linked to an ongoing GBV prevention campaign in the country (White Ribbon Brazil).
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What impact have you had?
The project exists as a pilot project at the moment in a low-income community in Rio de Janeiro. It is exactly at the mid-point. The project was able to enroll 14 teams (and 134 men) in the soccer championship and has been rolling out a campaign on the promotion of gender equity and prevention of GBV. During the workshops and during monitoring meetings with team leaders, we have heard that the men have become interested in the workshop themselves, with some of them even saying they now participate in the tournament in order to take part int he workshops. Also, most of the soccer players have said that they feel this tournament has been the most peaceful tournament they have had in the community because of the workshops. In general, the men say they are talking about issues that they never talked about before.
Problem
The project is primarily addressing violence (physical and emotional) within relationships and within the community. It seeks to not only influence men to not use violence within their relationships but primarily to get men to speak out against violence in their community and break the machismo which tacitly supports violence against women.
Actions
The project provides a well-organized amateur soccer tournament.
The workshops include:
1) Testing the manual.
2) Recruiting and training capable experienced facilitators
3) Developing monitoring tools for facilitators and evaluation tool for workshop participants.
Community Campaign
1) Prepare and distribute a weekly 4-page newspaper for the project
2) Prepare posters, flyers and banners for 4 different sub-themes around gender equity and gender-based violence.
3) Develop events to take place in the community to disseminate campaign materials and promote the campaign themes (ex. theater, talkshows, music, etc)
Monitoring and Evaluation
1) Conduct a pre-test and post-test with soccer tournament players and a sample of community members
2) Conduct focus groups pre and post.
Dissemination
1) Dissinate and publish finding from the evaluation of the project
2) Seek partnerships and funding to expand the program to other settings and evaluate the success
Results
The men in the workshops/in the community will become more gender equitable in their attitudes.
The men in the workshops/in the community will report lower rates of usage of violence (physical, sexual and emotional).
The men in the workshops/in the community will report greater comfort discussing violence and criticizing the violence of their friends and neighbors.
The men in the workshops/in the community will report feeling comfortable intervening (in a non-violent manner) when they see or know about violence against women.
Women participating in qualitative evaluation will report lower rates of exposure to violence and more equitable relationships.
And evaluated model of intervention with young and adult men utilizing soccer as a galvanizing force will be disseminated.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
It is hoped that this project can move beyond the pilot phace and can be replicated. If funding or partnerships are found to continue with the project, the first stage is the selection of a community(ies) and the process of involving all the stakeholders and community leaderships. This process is central to ensuring that there is clarity within all the community about the project and its goals and that it will fit in and complement other community objectives and goals. Even if, many community leaders to not actively participate, it is crucial that it be made clear that the doors are open to community leadership and that all have been invited to participate on some level. Afterwards, it is necessary to focus on contacting and working with any sports leaderships within the community which may include any informal, amateur or semi-pro tournaments in the community and any organized teams. Rules and regulations for the tournament need to be very clear and include the participation of the players in the workshops as part of the rules for participation in the games. Lastly, during recruitment, soccer players need to understand the goals of the project and that it is not a simple tournament, but that it has a social objective for the entire community. It is necessary to sell the players on the idea of workshops and make it clear that they are open informal discussions as most will never have participated in a social project and will imagine workshops as boring, formal, classroom-style activities. Clarity about the whole process is fundamental. The greatest attention in the end needs to be paid to the selection of workshop activities and the selection of workshop facilitators. During the course of the three years, constant attempts need to be made to include the soccer players in other project activities, and in the monitoring and evaluation of the project.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
If the soccer tournament is not well-organized, it will lose the support of the players. Also, the workshops are fundamental to their participation, so the workshops need to be structured on reflective group discussions which are dynamic and which allow the men to talk about issues they may never have talked about before. If the workshops do not interest men at all then they will drop out from the project or will begin to try to avoid the workshops by any means. Also, if workshop participation is requisite to participation in the tournament, then a very strict and clear procedure for counting participation needs to be implemented. Players will be aware of any other players who somehow are able to avoid workshops and still participate in the games and the tournament and workshop organizers will then begin to lose credibility with the players.
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
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Operating for less than a year
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
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How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Promundo participates in the Men for Gender Equity Network of Brazil which also organizes the White Ribbon Campaign in Brazil. All the soccer tournament campaign materials utilize the White Ribbon logo and link to the White Ribbon Campaign, in that way trying to guarantee that there is a direct link to an ongoing active campaign after the project ends. Promundo also has a good relationship with the Women's Public Policy Secretariat of Brazil which is important as one of the goals is to support the recently enacted Domestic Violence Legislation in Brazil (Maria da Penha Law).
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1)The evaluation of the pilot project will be needed to determine how well the workshops and campaign worked and where changes need to occur.
2)Partnerships with local or national corporations and sports organizations (including professional players or teams) could help in bringing the project and campaign to a wider audience.
3)The same sports organizations mentioned above need to be open to reflecting on the negative gender stereotypes that are often a part of the sport of soccer and a part of the public lives of many soccer stars.
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The defining moment was when we were seeking to find a method to involve more than a hundred men in a four to five month long intervention with weekly workshops and a social campaign. The idea of using the tournament became the best option we could think of to include men, especially older men who do not typically participate in social projects.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Several people at Promundo were involved in the development of this idea. Promundo has historically worked with men (and also women) in the promotion of gender equality and prevention of GBV. This experience was fundamental in constructing and implementing this project.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Newsletter from Changemakers
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Created on 06/8/2010 by
Somos uma clinica medica de atendimento em psiquiatria com custos acessiveis para pessoas que nao tem seguro saude e tambem não encontram vagas nos hospitais publicos. Nossos profissionais são especialistas e recebem metade do valor integral da consulta, que custa 50 dolares aproximadamente. Ja foram atendidos mais de 3000 pacientes em 3 anos de existencia.
Organization: Policlinica de Neurociencia e Psiquiatria PNAP
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Policlinica de Neurociencia e Psiquiatria PNAP
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Rua Siqueira Campos 59 Sala 803
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For‐profit
How long has this organization been operating?
1‐5 years
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Policlinica de Neurociencia e Psiquiatria do Rio de Janeiro
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Somos uma clinica medica de atendimento em psiquiatria com custos acessiveis para pessoas que nao tem seguro saude e tambem não encontram vagas nos hospitais publicos. Nossos profissionais são especialistas e recebem metade do valor integral da consulta, que custa 50 dolares aproximadamente. Ja foram atendidos mais de 3000 pacientes em 3 anos de existencia.
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Existem tres modalidades de atendimento em psiquiatria hoje: As consultas particulares que são muito caras. Os hospitais publicos que estão sempre lotados. E os seguros-saude que disponibilizam poucos psiquiatras que estão sempre com uma longa fila de espera para quem procura atendimento. Nossa proposta é ter um valor de consulta médio nem tão caro como os consultórios particulares e nem tão barato como os seguros saúde, para que possamos oferecer um estrutura física e humana com qualidade comparável aos nossos concorrentes mais caros. Para isso selecionamos bons profissionais médicos especialistas que aceitem trabalhar por um salário menor que o habitual em uma estrutura particular e melhor que um hospital público.
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Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
Já foram atendidos mais de 3000 pacientes. Já foram feitas mais de 200 palestras em organizações públicas e particulares. Mais de 15 médicos já participaram do projeto. Temos as comunidades mais populosas nas redes sociais do Brasil, como Twitter, Orkut, Facebook e atualizamos um blog sobre saude mental semanalmente atingindo a milhares de pessoas com informação de qualidade sobre prevenção em saúde mental. Temos 3 anos de existência com a mesma base de profissionais até hoje e pacientes que acompanham a clínica desde a sua inauguração. Recebemos o reconhecimento como local de referência no tratamento do transtorno do deficit de atenção e hiperatividade pela ONG mais importante sobre este tema.
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
Cometemos muitos erros administrativos no começo e portanto possuimos algumas dívidas com bancos que não são muito flexiveis em relação aos juros mensais que nós pagamos, precisamos profissionalizar nossa administração e gerenciamento principalmente sobre finanças e marketing, além de nossa infra-estrutura física e de informática. Precisamos amenizar algumas dívidas feitas no passado para pagarmos juros mais baixos.
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. Include a description of the business model. What might prevent that success?
Hoje estou fazendo parte de um programa de empreendedorismo chamado Iniciativa Jovem que é mantido pela empresa Shell e estou recebendo capacitação para reestruturar meu plano de negócios e reposicionar meu empreendimento entre o que queriamos no começo e o que precisamos ser hoje para nos tornarmos auto-sustentaveis.
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
- Conscientização da população sobre as previsões da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS)sobre a depressão e doenças mentais até o ano de 2020 quando estarão no topo da lista de doenças incapacitantes para o trabalho.
- Dobrar, aumentar para 2000 o número de pacientes atendidos ao ano(hoje são 1000 pacientes por ano)melhorando e profissionalizando nossa infra-estrutura.
- Estabelecer parcerias com organizações públicas e privadas e receber subsídios através de um projeto estruturado de captação de recursos.
How many people will your project serve annually?
1001‐10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
A clinica pode se expandir para outros localizações e diminuir o deficit de atendimento nas unidades hospitalares do governo. Alem de chamar a atenção sobre a necessidade de investimento no setor de saúde mental.
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Operating for 1‐5 years
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
No
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
No
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
No
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your Social Enterprise
Nos temos dívidas que restaram do passado de amadorismo administrativo, com juros altíssimos que nos obriga a ter gastos que poderiam ser reinvestidos na clínica e em campanhas de prevenção.
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
Metade do dinheiro arrecadado é para pagar os médicos e profissionais envolvidos a outra metade aproximadamente é gasto com a estrutura de qualidade que hoje nós temos.
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Eu era aluno da faculdade de medicina e assistia diariamente pessoas de diversos níveis sociais e economicos, implorando por atendimento em psiquiatria e sendo obrigadas a esperar por até 3 meses por uma vaga.
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
Sou medico, sempre trabalhei muito e tenho muita vontade de mudar o mundo de alguma forma inovadora e sustentavel.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
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Created on 06/8/2010 by Gift2u
It is about managing change and leadership capacity development in young people as well as community development so as to impact on changing attitudes and assumptions that perpetuate stigma, discrimination, denial, and silence in dealing with HIV/AIDS, Racism, Xenophobia hence reducing vulnerability, increasing personal responsibility and social cohesion.
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Community Matters/Human "Software"
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
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It is about managing change and leadership capacity development in young people as well as community development so as to impact on changing attitudes and assumptions that perpetuate stigma, discrimination, denial, and silence in dealing with HIV/AIDS, Racism, Xenophobia hence reducing vulnerability, increasing personal responsibility and social cohesion.
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My idea involves facilitating workshop processes to groups of young people(20 per six-to-nine month session period)selected from existing Community Based Organisations and to explore the inner landscape of the individual young boy and girl(16 till 35 years of age) highlighting how their (thoughts, drivers, motivators, values, attitudes, goals, feelings, emotions, inner individual belief systems, assumptions, perceptions, expectations, choices and decisions) formulate strategies of engagement with the self and outside environment in as far as they influence relationships with HIV/AIDS, climate change and collective wisdom in their community. The issues that will be solved include capacity building, gender inequality, low literacy levels among them, denial of impact on environment, stigma, blame, hidden agendas, ineffective leadership and promiscuity among the young men of the community and bring them into conversations with their girl counterparts in dialogue about HIV/AIDS as well as patriarchal dominance, relationship dysfunctional beliefs that hinder integration of the community or perpetuate apathy to do something about healing the community.Using the impact of speaking in a circle, where every participant is 'seen' and valued, we tap into the individual personal potential, patience, perseverance, vision and innovation to make inroads into resistance, avoidance, apathy and shame that we assume seems to be holding back many of our communities from coming forward with solving issues within their communities.Workshop proceses help us break through the belief barrier system of participants that are currently preventing the community from being successful, then we clarify with them their most important values and help them learn to overcome values conflicts while together we identify their true and ultimate values then align the values with the version of success that means true to these youths and help them choose to be successful and remain on this path.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
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What impact have you had?
Our experience working in Philippi, Cape Town, has seen us assist youths in raising awareness among CBO members in finding solutions and shift thier mindsets from talking about problems, resulting in them initiating and running soup kitchens for instance, so as to cater for under malnutrition in the community (highest number of malnourished being children) or as well the soup kitchens assist with feeding those taking medication regimes for HIV/AIDS or TB but patients had been absconding due to them finding it difficult to access food(poverty, unemployment etc). We have also impacted on improving organisational aspects of CBO members improving how to do effective meetings, improve documentation, linking them with corporate stakeholders to assist them with products for soup kitchens, coaching them with participating in business competitions, the prices they win were ploughed into developing more sites to feed people. Those youths in urban agriculture we assisted them with visioning, planning and accessing available expertise within reach in the community. We have empowered youths to have fruitful conversations with their 'parents' coming into their midst with political agendas and assist with conflict resolving processes. Some street soccer started but fell on the wayside
Problem
Literacy levels are pretty high leading to organisational issues among the CBO members, meanwhile structured conversations have helped shift perceptions in witholding of information, avoidance of speaking up at meetings for fear of being seen as not knowlegeable. Meanwhile more could be done in managing or sourcing of resources for Early Childhood Development initiatives, organising or implementing Waste Management activities including recycling done by different young people in health clubs. We have also been helping people see opportunity where they consistently experience resignation and speak of their problems more ofetn rather than vision solutions to them. The young people seem to live in an environment where they often feel incomplete and not worthy. Speaking about thier issues sitting in a circle out in the forest helps them liberate some of the heaviness of doing tis work in their "backyard". Governance issues continue to top the list as youth grapple with group dynamics, issues of attention creating disciplinary issues.
Actions
We use constructive feedback, listening and insightful questioning as well as noticing and keeping track of a strong medium in which conversations happen by keeping strong external boundaries in which the issues of confidentiality, risk, transparency and vulnerability take place.We pull our sleeves and start doing it(whatever it is that we agree with youths will work to tackle a situation). We have done exchange trips between youths from the townships with young people from white neighbourhoods, however we mainly meet with groups of young people who need guidance on some current issues in their organisation. In most of interaction they ask for trainings and we have restructured the approach to start using wilderness and bring topics directed at specific topics as well as be more incisive and direct than be simply supportive.We bring stakeholders to support some initiatives so participate as stakeholder interface with community CBO members
Results
Improving of parent-teenage child relationships,children offer entertainment and in the process also give parents an opportunity to appreciate their children showcasing talent at organised events, while giving them peace of mind when they know activites of child when not home thus perhaps reducing tension between parent and teenage child. Inter-organisation relationships have increased thus helping with community cohesion as youths from distant parts of community can know each other, while youths start appreciating issues they have when they share together what they are going through. Somew have started thier own projects while involvement with service providers is increasing
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Identifying 'interesting' places in nature to visit for workshops, keeping a solid workshop programme in place('fresh and intertaining' topics including facilitation styles),maintaining a flow of interested group of young people in the programme so as to infleunce the next intake and so on. As the programme grows monapower increases as well so targeting the right personel with the right mentality for this work to assist to keep the programme going.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
The iteration of workshop trainings enough to draw in effective numbers, sustain them and keep them interested in coming knowing that most youths are seasonal employees or seeking employment, attendance is influenced by many factors and that affects the running of workshops.
How many people will your project serve annually?
Fewer than 100
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
No
If yes, provide organization name.
It was part of an initiative used by Urban Matters Philippi supported by CORDAID but funder pulled out of SA
How long has this organization been operating?
1‐5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
No
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Creating these partnerships is crucial however at present the idea is injecting life into part of what was an initiative operating in Philippi.Ngos and Businesses particularly assisted with resources and it is crucial to re-engage them again once this programe starts to function
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1) Identify and Maintain suitable venues for workshops
2) Target the 'right' kind of mix of participants
3) Innovative facilitation
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We had been working for one year, had build great momentum and the community was now beginning to respond to our facilitation processes then the funder pulled out while everything just started collapsing around us and this is my way to create employment for myself and the youth with whom we were interacting with meanwhile I feel it necessary to carry on in the way the current project is described.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
The tools of facilitation offered by attending trainings with The Mankind Project South Africa(MKP-SA) as an affilliate of MKPI and the way the men who attend these trainings have changed their lives. The work that we did for one year beginning 2009-early 2010 in the very community suggests it is doable and changes people's lives remarkably
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Email from Changemakers
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
Created on 05/28/2010 by Rowan
'Football For Life' is a landmark charitable grassroots project which brings joy into the lives of disadvantaged children in migrant worker communities in China. FFL provides in-curricula coaching courses delivered by British FA qualified coaches and local assistants in an educational and fun English language environment.
Organization: China ClubFootball FC
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For‐profit
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'Football For Life' is a landmark charitable grassroots project which brings joy into the lives of disadvantaged children in migrant worker communities in China. FFL provides in-curricula coaching courses delivered by British FA qualified coaches and local assistants in an educational and fun English language environment.
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Football For Life is unique in several ways. In this competition, we are unique in being the only submission from China, the world’s biggest football nation. Our commitment to community values and the principles of fair play still make us unique in this market today.
FFL is the first time that a registered charity and a community football club have come together in China to provide disadvantaged children with the same high quality experiences enjoyed by more affluent urban kids.
FFL is the first time that ClubFootball’s 90,000+ members and fans (and many more supporters) have had the opportunity to channel charitable contributions directly into football and witness the impact on deserving children in their own communities.
FFL is unique in matching CAI’s network of migrant schools with ClubFootball’s spare coaching capacity. This matching of resources enables us to jointly deliver football courses free to all FFL participants and to start integrating migrant kids groups with the more than 2,000 city registered kids currently playing football at our courses held at nearly 20 locations across Beijing.
At the heart of FFL is the desire to provide positive learning experiences, not just for city and migrant kids, but also for ClubFootball’s international coaches, local staff and volunteers. These innovations make FFL sustainable and scalable directly in line with the growth of football in major cities.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
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What impact have you had?
FFL kicked off in the first semester of the 2009/10 academic year (autumn/winter) with pilot programs running in Dongba Experimental School. The pilot involved approx. 150 boys and girls.
In Spring 2010, Football For Life expanded to reach a total of 242 kids. Substantial media support has been secured and key sponsors & partners are committed for future seasons.
Feedback
At the outset, being unfamiliar with the game of football, many had expected not to enjoy the activity but were unanimously converted come the end of the course! Aside from bringing happiness to the children, they were particularly grateful for the exercise and the opportunity to play outdoors having previously stayed inside for PE classes.
The activity helped boost confidence, self-esteem and energy levels, as well as giving kids the chance to interact more and form stronger, more compassionate relationships with their peers.
In addition, many of the children also mentioned that taking part in the programs had prompted a love of the game that they could use in their family life and intended to watch televised games with their fathers in future.
FFL also helped break down gender-based barriers amongst girls who previously believed that football was a sport for boys only and who now look forward to playing with a newfound sense of confidence in their abilities.
Problem
There are currently 150-200 million migrant laborers who have moved from the countryside into major cities in China. They must either uproot or leave behind their children. In certain regions, 50% of children have parents working in other provinces.
Migrant children are especially vulnerable to low self-esteem and delinquency. They are also the most at risk from human trafficking. Studies show that a large percentage perform poorly in school, are disenfranchised, and develop behavioral issues due to limited social support, poor economic conditions, lack of familial support and low motivation levels.
Migrant children mostly live outside city centers and frequently move with their parents. They lack stability and suffer from limited access to education and government services. Against this backdrop, recent studies show that youth crime in China is escalating dramatically and gangs are attracting children by providing comfort, structure & a sense of purpose.
Actions
With the project now successfully launched in Beijing, our efforts in 2010 are focused on further evaluating the impact, consolidating our current operations (including dealing with the issue of the fluctuating numbers of students at migrant schools) and, subject to funding, extending Football For Life into more migrant schools to reach more deserving kids.
For that we require support from multiple sources and we are working closely with local government, private companies, non-profit organizations and other community groups to secure in-kind and cash donations and sponsorships. We are also actively seeking grants from charitable foundations.
Our aim is to build Football For Life into the primary vehicle for uniting the incredible power of football at all levels in China and directing those combined efforts directly into delivering practical solutions on the ground in the most deserving communities.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE CHINESE VIDEO REPORTS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION WERE REJECTED. WE ARE HAPPY TO SEND THIS LIST SEPARATELY.
Results
Feedback From The Children
“This activity makes me happy and gives me confidence and courage in meeting the challenges I will face. I also felt the spirit of team work too! I really like this activity and coaches. Thank you for helping me to find happiness and courage.”
Sun Lan (Grade 7)
“I really liked this activity. It helped me to change a lot of bad habits. Before I did not listen carefully in class, even fell asleep, but now I listen carefully and do not fall asleep anymore. This is how football helped me to change.”
Yang Mengmeng (Grade 5)
“Every time the coaches came to our school, although we did not cheer out loud, I was really excited inside. When they said hello to me, I only replied simply but I was very happy!”
Wang Jiali (Grade 5)
“I will remember forever that I played football with English coaches and shook hands with them when I was in Grade 5”
Wang Lige (Grade 5)
“Before I usually only played with my best friend and sometimes just on my own, so I felt lonely. My classmates always said I was like a sad, old person! But after I took part in this activity, I smile every day."
Tan Dan (Grade 7)
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
2010 – The successful pilot project provides the practical proof of impact required by many major funding bodies. Our primary objective is to ensure the sustainability of the current FFL project in Beijing by establishing minimum annual commitments from our current supporters and by reaching out for further CSR and public affairs contributions from China-based businesses. We need to further improve the donation process to facilitate smaller, individual contributions and we will further develop corporate schemes that better match client budgets and deliver tangible CSR benefits.
2011 – ClubFootball is in the process of securing private backing for the construction of the first dedicated community football center in China. As our flagship charitable project, FFL will be at the core of the fund-raising activities facilitated by the new venue. In addition to providing further high quality capacity for free coaching sessions, the center will also allow us to host special FFL Football Festivals for all participating migrant children and better integrate our migrant kids groups with their city-registered neighbors.
2012 – ClubFootball is exploring options for the extension of its business into further Chinese cities. We commenced commercial community coaching programs at international schools in the city of Tianjin in 2009 and initial FFL fundraising activities started there this year. As these activities and the associated ‘football-friendly’ network grows, we will establish a permanent presence in the city and FFL Tianjin will be our central community commitment.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
With ClubFootball’s coaching capabilities and CAI’s migrant schools network both in place, the major barrier remains the lack of knowledge about this type of community responsibility among local people and the position of many companies which have funds to allocate for similar projects but have yet to recognize Football For Life as a positive force for good within China.
In China, government ownership of sport, restrictions on the activities of charities and NGOs and the failure of the education system to properly value sport in school, all conspire to make it harder to build community sports networks. As indicated by the lack of entries from China for this competition and China's absence from the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals, football here remains isolated from the world at all levels.
As an organization, ClubFootball is dedicated to building the sustainable infrastructure needed for grassroots football to flourish in China and, with FFL, we are further stating that, as grassroots football finally gets going within major cities, the amateur principles of community support must be proudly proclaimed and delivered from Day One. Given China's population, this is the biggest challenge in the world and we will succeed only if more people and organizations come to share this understanding and actively contribute to ensuring that society's most vulnerable members can enjoy and share the same uplifting sports experiences as the most secure.
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$50 - 100
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Operating for less than a year
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
China ClubFootball FC Limited
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Chinese Football Association – ClubFootball supports the “Schools Football” program in 44 cities nationwide.
Beijing Olympic City Development Association – ClubFootball is partner to the Olympic legacy organization. We work with Beijing Education Commission, British Council and Premier League to deliver coach training courses.
Nike is a ClubFootball partner and donates footwear and balls for FFL courses.
Digitouch Foto supports FFL with in-kind services, including team photos for all participants.
Leung’s Studio volunteered their skills to help ClubFootball and CAI create the FFL logo.
Grassroots sports and charitable giving both suffer from lack of media exposure and we have cultivated relations with media organizations that share our commitment. Media partners distributing FFL information (press releases, news and features) are:
PR Newswire Asia, Beijing Today, Sohu Sports Broadcasting, Jin magazine, iCUBED.us, Global Times, China Newswire, China CSR
The involvement and support of the above organizations is crucial to bringiing the FFL message to the wider public.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1. Secure more funding. We know the exact costs and resources needed to deliver each FFL course and we still have potential capacity within our current coaching teams. Unfortunately, there is an almost endless number of migrant children who have no organized sports activities and could benefit from FFL courses.
2. Official recognition. We work closely with government, business, media and communities, but we still need to gain more official recognition for our work from domestic and international football organizations and supporters.
3. English. The English language environment provided by FFL is key to attracting kids, parents and schools and we need to better integrate fun-based language learning and practice into all our courses. We are exploring opportunities to add "English Through Football" materials to the packs supplied to FFL participants.
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From its inception, ClubFootball has had a very strong community ethic and, in partnership with sponsors including MasterCard and Manchester United FC, we have raised nearly US$100,000 for charities including UNICEF, Red Cross and Huiling since 2004.
While we are proud of these achievements as an example of how social groups can join together for the common good, it became increasingly clear to us that football itself desperately needs support in China and, crucially, that football itself is the best solution for many social challenges addressed by various charities.
Once we identified that our football courses directly address many of the issues being tackled by CAI and other NGOs in migrant worker communities, it was an easy extension for us to move forward together to create a single project that combined those shared objectives and benefits.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
ClubFootball was established by a group of British social entrepreneurs based in China and FFL is just one of the positive results of over 10 years of efforts to instill community sports ethics here.
Chairman Rowan Simons is one of the most respected experts in China’s media industry and a prominent spokesman for the grassroots game. His story of building football in China was told in the book “Bamboo Goalposts” which was shortlisted for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
CEO Keith Bradbury has led our charitable projects since the launch of ClubFootball and he created and now drives forward the FFL project with CAI.
COO David Niven is responsible for building ClubFootball’s junior coaching and league programs and coordinates the schedules of our FFL coaching teams.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Through another organization or company
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
Two separate referrals: Nike China and FA Premier League
Created on 04/21/2010 by pnapoli
A project of the Midtown Community Court, D-UP is a comprehensive, 14-session nurturing fatherhood program, which provides non-custodial fathers with the resources needed to become financially stable and emotionally engaged with their children. The program’s objectives are accomplished through job training, and group and individual counseling.
Organization: Midtown Community Court (a project of the Fund for the City of New York/Center for Court Innovation)
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Organization Name
Midtown Community Court (a project of the Fund for the City of New York/Center for Court Innovation)
Organization Address
314 West 54th Street, New York, New York 10019
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Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
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Dads United for Parenting (D-UP)
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Describe Your Idea
A project of the Midtown Community Court, D-UP is a comprehensive, 14-session nurturing fatherhood program, which provides non-custodial fathers with the resources needed to become financially stable and emotionally engaged with their children. The program’s objectives are accomplished through job training, and group and individual counseling.
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Dads United for Parenting (D-UP) was created to tackle the profound social and family problems that stem from absent fathers. Studies have demonstrated that children who grow up in fatherless homes are more likely to drop out of school, become incarcerated, and struggle with unemployment. While a number of support groups exist for women and mothers, there are relatively few fatherhood programs; D-UP fills this void. Because many non-custodial fathers struggle to find the stable employment needed to financially support their children, D-UP works directly with the Midtown Community Court’s onsite job-training program. It is this combination of job training and a nurturing fatherhood curriculum that makes D-UP unique. Participants receive job skills training, learn how to create a resume and interview effectively, and work with an onsite job developer to find employment. At the same time, D-UP participants engage in a comprehensive parent education curriculum, which explores child safety and developmental needs, communication, structure, and effective discipline. To help participants increase their emotional engagement with their children, D-UP also coordinates numerous events and outings, giving participants the opportunity to spend quality time with their children. A community educator from a local museum also teaches participants about art and encourages them to take advantage of the wonderful array of cultural opportunities that exist in New York City with their children. Finally, D-UP hosts guest speakers who lead program sessions on a variety of issues, including navigation of the family court system, child custody and visitation issues, and other legal issues.
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What impact have you had?
Since the program began in 2007, D-UP has impacted the lives of more than 200 non-custodial fathers. Through their involvement in the program, several fathers have found employment and are now able to financially support their children; some participating fathers were also selected to participate in a paid internship program designed to provide job skills that could lead to full-time employment. In addition, most of the fathers who have participated in D-UP have enhanced their emotional engagement with their children; some were even awarded visitation privileges.
Problem
D-UP was designed to address the large number of absent fathers in New York City who do not provide sufficient financial and emotional support to their children. There are many barriers that impede emotional and financial engagement, including lack of education, unemployment, anger, substance abuse, prior abandonment, or prior abuse. Children who are raised in homes without fathers have a higher rate of unemployment and incarceration, as well as lower levels of academic achievement. By offering job-training and a nurturing fatherhood curriculum, D-UP aims to break this cycle.
Actions
In an effort to ensure that participants do not view the provision of financial support to their children as an empty obligation, D-UP seeks to increase participating fathers’ emotional engagement with their children. The program’s underlying idea is simple – fathers who are emotionally invested in their children are more motivated to provide financial support to their children. The program’s success is achieved through the maintenance of high levels of job placement and participant retention. The Midtown Community Court’s job-training staff and fatherhood program staff work collaboratively with participants to help them find employment; at the same time, staff work to increase program retention through the use of incentives such as stipends, travel reimbursements, and free meals. Because employment is critical to participants’ ability to support their children, the current state of the economy is a challenge to helping our participants find work.
Results
Through D-UP, the Midtown Community Court aims to provide the most effective and comprehensive nurturing fatherhood program in New York City, hopefully serving as a model for other programs. By combining job training with a nurturing fatherhood curriculum, D-UP aims to ensure that the majority of program participants find employment, contribute to their children’s financial security, and become emotionally involved in their children’s lives.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Year 1 - In the first year, program staff would like to: (1) develop a website to promote the D-UP program; (2) increase program enrollment by 10%; and (3) raise additional funds for paid internships and family outings. Year 2 - In the second year, program staff would like to: (1) increase program retention; (2) enhance program enrollment by an additional 5%; and (3) start a campaign to promote awareness of fatherhood issues around New York City. Year 3 - In the third year, program staff would like to: (1) enhance program enrollment by an additional 10%; and (2) expand the program’s job-training component.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Dads United for Parenting faces two primary challenges – program participant retention and limited staffing resources. First, as D-UP does not provide participants with income during their involvement in the program, maintaining a high level of participant retention remains a challenge. Funding for a paid internship and other financial incentives (e.g., weekly travel reimbursements, meals, recreational family activities) would help to increase the program’s participant retention level. Second, D-UP currently has only two full-time staff members. For the program to expand, additional staffing resources would be required.
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Operating for 1‐5 years
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Midtown Community Court (a project of the Fund for the City of New York/Center for Court Innovation)
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Partnerships continue to be crucial to the success of D-UP. The program has been able to increase its enrollment through NGO and government partnerships. Currently, the program recruits fathers from a variety of sources, including local non-profit organizations, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the New York State Division of Parole, New York City’s family courts, and City jails. Additionally, our job-training program partners with local businesses to place D-UP participants in both full- and part-time paid positions. The program also receives food, clothing, and other donations from local businesses and community partners. For example, selected fathers received tickets to a Broadway show that were donated by a local community organization. Lastly, partnerships with local agencies provide the program with guest speakers for educational sessions.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
The three most important actions needed to grow D-UP are: (1) an expansion of awareness of the need for fatherhood programs like D-UP in New York City; (2) the implementation of a paid internship component in the program; and (3) the strengthening of participant retention incentives. First, it is important for the community to recognize the important role that nurturing fathers play in their children’s lives. To increase public awareness, program staff would spearhead a borough-wide campaign to publicize fatherhood services and D-UP. Second, program staff believe it is necessary to incorporate a paid internship program into D-UP’s curriculum. Fathers who are earning income during program participation will be more likely to remain in the program and ultimately contribute financially and emotionally to the support of their children. Furthermore, paid internships could lead to permanent full-time employment for some program participants. Third, it is necessary to provide additional incentives to participating fathers in order to maintain a high level of participant retention. For example, providing participants with weekly transportation costs allows many fathers who would otherwise be unable to participate in the program to continue to regularly attend program sessions.
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D-UP operates onsite at the Midtown Community Court. The Midtown Community Court targets quality-of-life offenses, such as prostitution, illegal vending, graffiti, shoplifting, farebeating and vandalism. Typically in these cases, judges are forced to choose between a few days of jail time and nothing at all—sentences that fail to impress the victim, the community and the defendants that these offenses are taken seriously. In contrast, the Midtown Community Court sentences low-level offenders to pay back the neighborhood through community service, while at the same time offering them help with problems that often underlie criminal behavior. Many of the defendants who come through the court are unemployed; in response, Midtown created an onsite job-training program. Because most of the participants in the job-training program were non-custodial fathers, Midtown staff decided to create a comprehensive fatherhood program that would complement existing job training services. Having an array of onsite comprehensive services fits within Midtown’s mission of ensuring that low-level offenders pay back the neighborhood through community service while they receive help with problems that underlie their criminal behavior.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Jeff Hobbs, the Midtown Community Court’s deputy project director, is the social innovator behind D-UP. Mr. Hobbs has been at the Midtown Community Court since its inception in 1993 and is a passionate community advocate. When Midtown’s project director approached him about the possibility of creating a fatherhood program that would complement Midtown’s onsite job training program, Mr. Hobbs was intrigued. However, he was also hesitant about the program; he was unsure whether many fathers would be interested in participation, given many fathers’ reluctance to speak openly about family and emotional issues. Mr. Hobbs, who leads the program and refers to it as “steel sharpening steel”, has been pleasantly surprised to find that not only do men want a program like D-UP, but many are adamant about needing such a program. A wise father himself, Mr. Hobbs leads these men by example and helps them see the joy and tremendous responsibility of fatherhood.
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Created on 04/12/2010 by Taniakurdyla
Este Proyecto organiza una Campaña Innovadora de sensibilización sobre los DDSSRR. en el embarazo, parto y puerperio. Se trata de actividades de alto impacto socio-cultural incidiendo en los cambios necesarios para lograr la humanización del embarazo, parto y puerperio.
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“LA CARPA ROJA” Instalaciones Urbanas
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Este Proyecto organiza una Campaña Innovadora de sensibilización sobre los DDSSRR. en el embarazo, parto y puerperio. Se trata de actividades de alto impacto socio-cultural incidiendo en los cambios necesarios para lograr la humanización del embarazo, parto y puerperio.
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Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
How many people will your project serve annually?
Fewer than 100
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Don't know
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Created on 03/26/2010 by projectbrainsaver
Putting in place and running a trial of a particular set of, mostly, voice driven 'Meaning Based Computing' Human Rights cored technology that better facilitates the bridging of the 'Gender Divide in Technology' - in order to prove the 'tools' used so they (the tools) can then be used to aid further bridging of any and all negative divides. This is a World wide set of plugins round a power core
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HITEKHEDHELPA - hightechheadhelper
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Putting in place and running a trial of a particular set of, mostly, voice driven 'Meaning Based Computing' Human Rights cored technology that better facilitates the bridging of the 'Gender Divide in Technology' - in order to prove the 'tools' used so they (the tools) can then be used to aid further bridging of any and all negative divides. This is a World wide set of plugins round a power core
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n/a
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It's not being done is the simple answer.
Self learning, language independent, 99% voice input with all types of output, over 1,000 data formats already understandable - programmable in most computer languages, scalable, Meaning Based (MBC)- it actually understands human speech - Capable of automatically combining and utilizing all assets of any number of disparate organizations no matter what language, computer type, database, hierarchy is in place. Comprehends emotions - and silences during conversations, or monologues. It can build new apps automatically based on clients desires or needs.
Put simply it listens to the client then acts on the clients behalf, each client being a single person account with access to any and all of the functions of this technology.
If it doesn't understand the language it learns it. Builds its own taxonomies automatically.
It is fully loaded with the laws of a number of countries, including the USA, the UK, plus others and can be fed with any and all sets of rules.
It also understands slang - the meaning if not the actual word - which it learns. when used to listen to verbal statement from patients regarding their symptoms it is capable of being right in its diagnosis 85 to 97% of the time.
All the technology needed for the above is available now - Proven to usually take around 30 to 90 days for fully automated installation over any scale of organization. for a new use as this is it would take an extra 3 to 4 months to restructure its normal use which is enterprise scale business.
A fully mature horizontal set of applications that are available for building any number of vertical applications for personal and group use with highly professional help and backup.
The best part is that the majority of the interaction can be from anywhere in the world using a any telephone.
https://sites.google.com/a/projectbrainsaver.com/disastertools/
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Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
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This idea was capable of being built in 2003-4 with the technology available then, although with the increase in VoIP usage and the fast growing use of technologies like Vlingo, and the increasing power and functionality of the core specialist technologies it is easier than ever and cheaper than ever to put the core system in place. Now telephones are becoming internet points in their own right the growth of potentioal power users is growing. Power users support limited users.
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
Removing the need to learn computers before there is the possibility of interaction with much of the digital world - removing the digital divide.
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. What might prevent that success?
Been talking to a lot of people and getting the idea out in front of as many people as I can without adding too much pressure on my head by having to meet too many people. (Epilepsy)People inc Autonomy, UN Information and Conmmunications Technology Task Force, The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Welsh Development Agency, Tony Blair PM, Prime Cymru - The Prince's Trust,
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
A major altering in the rates of positive change personally and socially. If you can ask and get real answers you can rely on your steps firm up. If you can be helped by a stranger for no other reason than they can help it gives you a confidence in the society around you. this technology has multiple ways of building links between people, and finding right answers to problems.
How many people will your project serve annually?
More than 10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
This is designed to listen to people. It is designed to hear fear and honest ly meant feelings. allowing the actual voices of the people to be heard and acted upon en masse - This will happily work with millions. Each user is 'the' client to the technology.
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Idea phase
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No
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No
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
No
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2000 - 2002 Listening to BBC Radio 4 driving back in the dark - Mike Lynch was on talking about the Reverend Thomas Bayes and Bayes' Theorum. It was doctor Mike Lynch's discovery of this theorum and a combination of that and Shannon's Law that led to a breakthrough in working with unstructured data. I had spent a number of years looking for a way of allowing people to help themselves and it occurred to me that this technology, if modified from business to personal taxonomies could be of great help to the people I had been talking to many years past.
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
I have spent a major part of my life listening to people with problems, helping to sort problems out with small businesses regarding balance between work and life.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Through another organization or company
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Women’s time poverty, Social norms, Economic or institutional constraints, Women’s lack of involvement in the technology development process.
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Technology design, Market research, Technology introduction, Technology training, Technology supply and distribution, Creation and maintenance of market linkages for women's economic outputs, Assessment and evaluation.
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how you will ensure women’s involvement in each relevant phase of the technology lifecycle.
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If women are a focus of your project, how did this focus evolve?
The project focused on women from its conception..
Which type of women will your project reach directly?
Rural, Peri-urban, Urban, Low income, Middle income, High income.
In what ways does your project team/leadership involve women?
The core project team includes women..
Has your organization formed any new partnerships in response to this challenge? If so, with what type/s of organization/s?
Has your project leadership had prior experience with the following?
Working with women, Working with technologies, Working to increase women's economic empowerment through technology, Working on innovation.
