Activating Emphathy: Transforming school to teach what matters: Condoms are not only a birth control
We are NGO that support infertile people and have a prevention project for high school pupils to prevent infertility as much as we can.
About You
About You
First Name
Ofra
Last Name
Balaban
Twitter URL
Facebook URL
About Your Organization
Organization Name
CHEN - Patient Fertility Association
Organization Website
Organization Country
Israel
Country where this project is creating social impact
Israel
Is your organization a
Non‐profit / NGO / Citizen sector organization
Your role in Education
Other.
The type of school(s) your solution is affiliated with
Public (tuition-free)
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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Innovation
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
How long has your solution been in operation?
Operating for more than 5 years
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
STD's are the problems no 1 of youth. They conducting relations without even thinking that STD can follow it or even un wonted pregnancy . Lack of knowledge about STD's and the simple fact that use of a condom may save their life if it HIV or damage their future fertility is a problem need to be solved.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
CHEN - Patient Fertility Association started 5 years ago to conduct lectures to youth in high school to teach all about STD's and sexual behavior to youth. We lecture a short, in a simple language lecture with a focus on behavior and responsibility of the pupils to their health. We provide the information cut and clear with the facts, the implications and the signs of each disease. A simple direct explenetion hopfully will lead to use of a condom and less STD's among pupils.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
At the bgining of every lecture te puplis fill a short survey to assist us to map the lack of knowledge. we have 2 rollups with the systems of male and female to explain about the produce of sperm and women monthly cycle. than we move to the specific diseases with thier signs and effects and show the specific organs than are demage if the disease appears. We aummarise by explaining abpout other birth control and the risk of each of them. It is simple but effective.
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?
Our main competitor is the HIV/AIDS association. They lecture too but only about HIV/AIDS. We explain about all the STD's since we believe that in Israel the most important roll is to change attitude and behavior regarding all sexual extivities on one hand and with regard to all STD's not only HIV/AIDS. The chllange is to convice the head master of high school to demonstrate one lecture. than it is easy to enter all classes.
Now that you have thought out your entry, help us pitch it.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
In CHEN we support infertile persons but think of the future by prevention infertility useing th lectures to youth.
Identify what is innovative about your solution in 1-2 short sentences [136 characters]
To lecture to youth at high school age 16 years old and speak about the future and convince youth to change their attitude and behavior.
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
As we know we have changed the level of use of a condom and the companies declare higher level of use. We will have to wait another 5-10 years to see if the mechanical infertility (30% of the cases today) will decline.Up to now our survey showed a large need for more knowledge.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
As mentioned above, the impacts of our prevention project are in the far future but we hope to see improvement in the survey from year to year and hope in about 5-10 years reduce in sterility because of STD's.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
We may upgrade media advertising and increased the budget. folowing it - it will help us to reach more classes.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone
Task 1
A budget to reach more classes.
Task 2
To recruite more volunteers.
Task 3
Advertising the project.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Same but double.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone
Task 1
Ditto
Task 2
Ditto
Task 3
Ditto
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 [125 words]
At the last ESHRE congress (10000 participants in the fertility field) I lectured about the prevention project in front of 2500 people. I could not finish my lecture and could not leave the hall since I have so many questions about it and so many representatives wanted to hear more and more about it. From every country they want me to suplly them with the lectures material and the survey results.
http://cmwebcast.covr.be/presentations/eshre2011/O-151/default.aspx
Sustainability
Tell us about your partnerships
Out partners are the municipality of HOLON. The schools themselves and some of the pharma companies, especially the condoms industry. Last but not least are our volunteers.
What type of team (staff, volunteers, etc.) will ensure that you achieve the growth milestones identified in the Social Impact section? [75 words]
We are volunteers and no one in our NGO has any salary. In the growth milestones we wish to double the number of our volunteers. We need more media assistance to we will double our invetsment in the media.
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 budget or pro-bono assistance in all the above efforts to reach our goal.
 | 17 weeks agoOfra Balaban updated this Competition Entry. |
| 17 weeks agoOfra Balaban submitted this idea. |
