Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are promoting early childhood development in Bangladesh:
Suraiya Haque was a well-to-do woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh looking for domestic help. When an applicant came to her door with a child in tow, she turned the young woman away. But the experience ignited a spark in her mind. She began to investigate the sorry state of childcare in Dhaka and came up with a great idea.
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ADD-on-GYAN Educational Services Pvt. Ltd is a venture established in order to reduce the many problems present in the Indian Education Sector and bridge the widening gap between theoretical and practical education in India. We began operations as a Start-up Company at Manipal University - Technology Business Incubator on 20th January and registered as a Private Limited company in July, 2011.
Created on 07/13/2009 by Elizabeth
When it comes to genetic food engineering, claims are often made about farmers ability and interest to adapt. And how about vitamin-rich rice? ... Are these realities or misrepresentations? Tell us what you think here
[Also check out our GMO Risk or Rescue competition. Share your idea or initiative to get noticed and to be eligible for various prizes. Submit your entry by October 21, 2009.]
Created on 06/19/2013 by anjancci
Yearly millions of Indian children die of malnutrition. CINCOMM provides integrated solution (nutrients and services) addressing malnutrition with active community participation with the principle “from the community, by the community and for the community” by leveraging other institutional forces.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
CINI Community Initiative (CINCOMM)
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
India, WB, Diamond Harbour
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
CINI Community Initiative (CINCOMM) is a new organization. The Child In Need Institute (CINI) - the parent organization received many awards in the past.
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CINCOMM Nutrition Service - cocreating sustainable tomorrow
Stage
Growth (the pilot has already launched and is starting to expand)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Yearly millions of Indian children die of malnutrition. CINCOMM provides integrated solution (nutrients and services) addressing malnutrition with active community participation with the principle “from the community, by the community and for the community” by leveraging other institutional forces.
Problem
Access to nutrition remains challenge due to poverty or habitus.
Quality of supply and performance of nutrients are often inadequate or grossly substandard.
Services are plagued by high overheads and often lopsided. Govt initiatives provide nutrition, but lack follow up and monitoring.
Development programs often treat communities as passive recipients. Lack of community involvement and ownership pose challenges to sustainability of program.
Solution
Affordability and Quality: We offer inexpensive organic products with nutrients that fulfill main and supplementary diet requirements.
Integration: Complementary services ensure proper consumption, monitoring and analytics. Solution integrates well with Government initiatives.
Accessibility and Community Participation:With development institutions it co-creates self sustaining localized micro-markets that eradicates child malnutrition and generate livelihood opportunities. Production processes can be manual, automatic or hybrid. Suited to the local condition, CINCOMM establishes local units to be partially or fully operated by local communities driven by the principle of “from the community, by the community and for the community”.
Example
CINCOMM nutrition supplement product provides the right support to the main diet.Service ensures consumption and monitoring in collaboration with ICDS . It involves local community as producer, distributor, evangelist and consumer. Local micro market created where institutions also participate in strengthening the ecosystem.
Our first pilot was in West Bengal in partnership with ICDS and an US based NGO. ICDS identified the malnourished children in a block (around 500) through nutrition health camps and CINCOMM product was supplied as supplementary diet, the NGO sponsored the camps, ICDS ensured daily consumption,we analysed the data for next period’s strategy .Sustainable livelihood opportunities were created for a few needy families .
Impact
The impact of the product was clinically tested and the outcome was published in 'Indian Paediatrics’. The Food and Nutrition Board, Government of India (Eastern India) & Quality Control Laboratory certified our product [Ref no.16 B/QCL/FNB/ER/3424,18-Mar-2010].
Presently three district authorities in West Bengal and a number of leading NGOs use our solution that covers more than 3000 children every month. Our parent organization - CINI uses the product as part of its holistic and integrated approach toward health, nutrition, education and protection.
One district authority has intimated us in writing about the positive impact the collaborative solution has made. The administration of another district recommended the solution to the blocks within that district.A few leading institutional players now want to collaborate with us in taking the model to remote and isolated locations.
Marketplace
We consider organizations similar to us as partners than competitors. Competitors face few challenges - quality,growth,cost, customer retention and sustainability.
Our integrated solution is low cost, scientific, embedded in the societal context, community driven and can be integrated with other development initiatives.
We don’t try to change the world alone - we try to co-create asustainable tomorrow. Our marketplace is multi layered - organizations and individuals for product, Govt and large agencies partner for integration and we are approached to build units in the remote areas.
Sustainability Plan
We generate surplus through social ventures to support funding of CINI. Our venture generates surplus. We consider donations as reusable seed capital. Our sustainability comes from renewed and new partnerships. Seed capital remain a challenge . As hybrid – we approach donors, CSR and social sector investors for capital. At an operational level, we have built effective systems and processes in managing the cash-flow for growth and reduce risk.
Founding Story
CINCOMM was the culmination of a joint initiative by CINI and action researchers from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Initially the product, serving as a stand alone offering from CINI, was struggling to find a direction. It faced with internal and external legitimacy issues. The prognosis was that the initiative to be converted into a social business entity offering integrated nutrition solution. An agile collaborative model integrating the entity with other institutional initiatives in a community participatory mode was envisaged and presented before the board. Almost everybody was consumed by the idea and a collective 'aha' gave birth to CINCOMM. At CINCOMM, we co-created the 'aha'.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Presently we have limited control on the quality of the ingredients. The added capacity will extend our value chain to include the farming community strengthening our co-creation approach.
Healthy environments will actually boost our conception of creating local micro-markets. At this moment, such micro-markets need institutional support. In a healthy environment, with a changed and improved mindset, as the community participates, sustainability of the solution as well as the micro-market will be solidified.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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Yearly millions of Indian children die of malnutrition. CINCOMM provides integrated solution (nutrients and services) addressing malnutrition with active community participation with the principle “from the community, by the community and for the community” by leveraging other institutional forces.
Created on 06/18/2013 by kitechild
Kitechild develops micro-farms in orphanages around the world. Produce from the micro-farm transforms the children’s diet and reduces the home’s dependence on foreign donations. The farm also creates opportunities for the home to earn income and educate orphan children on sustainable farming.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Google Grant Recipient
Guidestar 2012 Top Rated List
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Micro-Farms to Improve Orphan Nutrition and Food Security
Stage
Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Kitechild develops micro-farms in orphanages around the world. Produce from the micro-farm transforms the children’s diet and reduces the home’s dependence on foreign donations. The farm also creates opportunities for the home to earn income and educate orphan children on sustainable farming.
Problem
Orphanages around the world are dependent on inconsistent foreign donations and struggle to provide their children with proper nutrition, education, and care. Homes are often forced to choose between feeding their children a well-balanced diet, supporting their education, or employing a sufficient number of caretakers. As a result, children in orphanages subsist on starch-based diets with very little access to proteins and other micronutrients.
Solution
The Kitechild solution is to establish micro-farms at orphanage homes. When homes grow their own food, they are not dependent on foreign donations to purchase food, and are not vulnerable to skyrocketing food prices. Kitechild works with orphanage directors to establish their own source of protein, fruits, and vegetables, so they are able to provide their children with nutrient-dense diets without sacrificing education or quality of care. Capacity building and training ensure the success of the micro-project, and with a farm on property, children have the opportunity to learn about sustainable farming. With time, homes have the chance to sell their produce and earn income they can use to provide an even more varied diet for the children.
Example
Grace, a Kenyan orphanage director, was only able to feed her children starchy meals, and only twice per day, due to high and unstable food costs. Her ability to provide vegetables or protein depended on whether or not she happened to receive any extra foreign donations that month. Kitechild developed a chicken coop on orphanage property that revolutionized the children’s diets and the home’s finances. We funded the coop construction, necessary training, the hiring of an experienced farm worker, and the chickens. The children now eat eggs at least twice per week! The home hatches some eggs to grow its supply, and sells additional eggs at the market. Grace now uses her newfound earning power to add variety to the children’s diet.
Impact
The previously described Kitechild chicken coop added 12 g of weekly protein per child to the diets of 45 Kenyan orphans. Our latest project (cost: $4,000) is an Aquaponics Farm at a Honduran orphanage. The sustainable system will yield between 1,100 and 1,500 lbs. of vegetables and 400 to 500 lbs. of tilapia each year, and will save the home $12,000 in annual food costs. The farm will provide 27 orphans with vegetables three times a day as (up from once a day) and tilapia (an excellent source of protein and micronutrients like Vitamin B and potassium) three times per week. The home will reallocate money formerly used for food to pay for educational expenses and hire more caretakers. When the aquaponics system is complete, we hope to bring the concept to other orphanage homes in the region, transforming child nutrition and giving homes the power to provide quality orphan care.
Marketplace
Many organizations, such as DIG, also promote sustainable farming in developing countries, but the most marginalized children - orphans - are seldom included in the solution. Other nonprofits aim to improve orphan care by funding basic needs. Yet most of these groups do not address the long-term issues of financial independence and food security. A home that uses donated funds to purchase food is vulnerable when the inflow of donations ceases or food prices increase. Our model reduces that vulnerability and improves orphanage food security and orphan nutrition in a sustainable manner.
Sustainability Plan
The micro-farm is inherently sustainable in that it saves and earns money for orphanages. The timeline of a project spans two years, during which Kitechild covers startup costs, monitors results, and ensures that saved funds are reinvested in the project and allocated towards specific needs (like improving nutrition). After Kitechild exits the project, the home independently operates the farm, which continues to grow in its impact.
Founding Story
Polly Salas-Urueña, one of the founders of Kitechild, visited international orphanages as a child with her missionary parents and witnessed children’s poor living conditions first-hand. Forever impacted by the experience, she returned to the homes as an adult and noticed the same desperation for foreign assistance. She realized that the best way to make a difference in orphans’ lives was to help those promising homes- with loving directors and high levels of transparency- help themselves. She teamed up with Jacqueline Herrera, a fellow UCLA International Development student, to bring the idea to life. By collaborating with orphanage directors, the concept of income-generating/money-saving projects was born, and they began to guide homes down the path to financial independence, with the ultimate goal of improving children's quality of nutrition, education, and care.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
The added capacity will help sustain our service of bringing the micro-farm concept to other orphanage homes. The grant will help us control the quality of our current projects by funding proper vaccinations, veterinary visits, and on-site consulting. This will improve our efficiency and effectiveness in implementing and operating our micro-farms, allow us to expand to other partner orphanages, and provide more nutrient-rich diets to more children. Successful projects serve as models for other homes, and can even help provide startup materials, i.e. donating eggs for another home’s coop.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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Kitechild develops micro-farms in orphanages around the world. Produce from the micro-farm transforms the children’s diet and reduces the home’s dependence on foreign donations. The farm also creates opportunities for the home to earn income and educate orphan children on sustainable farming.
Created on 06/18/2013 by RealImpactKenya
Imagine if leaves from a tree could solve micro-nutrient deficiencies for thousands of children. Imagine the leaves were produced by a network of vulnerable groups, and their profits allowed them to start businesses. Imagine the leaves were produced using sustainable agronomic practice.
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Miraculous Moringa: Nutrition for Health and Economic Development
Stage
Idea (poised to launch)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Imagine if leaves from a tree could solve micro-nutrient deficiencies for thousands of children. Imagine the leaves were produced by a network of vulnerable groups, and their profits allowed them to start businesses. Imagine the leaves were produced using sustainable agronomic practice.
Problem
This solution targets both producers and consumers: producers are identified as vulnerable groups such as women, youth and persons with disability (PWD), those who face particular difficulties accessing finance, inputs and markets in Kenya. Consumers are orphaned children: 30% of all children suffer from nutritional deficiencies. Nutrition is key for children to get a healthy start in life, concentrate at school & find employment later in life.
Solution
Real Impact will form a network of out-growers consisting of vulnerable groups. Groups will be trained on agronomy, business & livelihoods management, provide seeds and other inputs at cost price. The unique aim of this project is for out-growers to create enough capital to exit the programme and start their own business. New vulnerable groups are then invited to the network to replace graduating groups. At each harvest Real Impact will buy fresh leaf from the network, dry and process it into moringa powder. The powder is incredibly nutritious, offering high quantities of protein, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and selenium. The powder will be sold to Macheo Children's Home, a local orphanage, which feeds 12,000 kids each day.
Example
Mary is hearing impaired and unable to find employment. She is a member of a PWD group which has a five acre plot. The group decides to join the Miraculous Moringa programme, seeing it as an attractive opportunity to gain training, farming knowledge and income in order to later develop a fruit orchard business. Partners develop a business plan for production and an exit strategy after one year of taking part. Within that year, 20,233.5kg of powder is harvested. Selling at 200 ksh per kg = 4,046,700 ksh per year ($47,230). This is enough for Mary and her group to graduate the programme and establish their fruit orchard. Real Impact supports the group design a business plan for a propagation house, drip line irrigation & charcoal cooler.
Impact
Macheo Children's Home, for 12,000 children, requires 60kg of moringa powder per day (5g powder per person per day). That's a total of 120m2 of to be harvested each day (0.5kg yield per m2). On a 90 day regrowth cycle, that’s 10,800m2 to be in continuous production. If 2/3 of an acre are in production at any time (due to access paths and field boundaries) that’s 43.5 acres of coppice required to supply Macheo Children’s Home. If the average plot size is 5 acres, that’s 9 partnering out-grower groups at any one time. Each group may consist of 5 people, therefore 45 out-growers graduate each year, supporting themselves out of vulnerability and into self-employment, self-empowerment and economic stability. The World Food Programme wants to work with Real Impact on a moringa programme to supply the 650,000 children they feed daily, building scope for quick up-scaling of this project,
Marketplace
Two moringa-based projects have applied to Nutrition For All, demonstrating the drive to promote moringa projects. It is an important solution because it is botanical and easy to cultivate. It is also suited to semi-arid growing environments, where food and nutrition security are most needed: moringa is grown throughout the tropical belt where malnutrition is most prevalent, maps of the two fit each other almost perfectly. Our solution differs because it is designed to also benefit the producers, offering them a pathway to establish their own businesses and become economically empowered.
Sustainability Plan
Real Impact has a strong ethos of financial sustainability and is unfunded for day-to-day activities. We require support to get this project off the ground, but have designed it to soon pay for itself and allow groups to graduate from the programme and into self-employment. Macheo is financed by donor support, however it is expected that the moringa programme will significantly reduce costs on healthcare due to boosted nutrition and immunity.
Founding Story
Moringa has progressively gained recognition for it's seemingly magical properties. The moment Real Impact knew it could do something special came about during talks with Macheo Children's Home. Working out the quantities required demonstrated a need for substantial land area. As a food security and livelihoods development organisation working closely with PWD, the solution of creating a network of out-growers who graduate the programme after some time hit two members of Real Impact at the same time. This is too good an opportunity to miss and we would relish the chance to test it and see it succeed with the support of Ashoka Changemakers and the Nutrients For All programme.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Whilst moringa powder for human consumption is known to have benefits to human health, additional benefits abound. It is a future aim of Real Impact, an organisation centred on food security through agro-nutrition, to develop an organic fertiliser made from nitrogen-rich moringa leaves, and powdered moringa seed used for water purification. It is poor human nutrition, access to clean water and ecologically sound agricultural inputs that are the most limiting factors to development, not just in Kenya but Sub-Saharan Africa. Moringa is for a more sustainable, healthy & secure future.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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Imagine if leaves from a tree could solve micro-nutrient deficiencies for thousands of children. Imagine the leaves were produced by a network of vulnerable groups, and their profits allowed them to start businesses. Imagine the leaves were produced using sustainable agronomic practice.
Created on 06/17/2013 by leila ojjeh
Spirulina is an affordable, wonder nutrient-rich micro-algae with proven efficacy against malnutrition. This project aims at saving 1 Mio Indian children and 400’0 lactating mothers by combining a Spirulina enriched diet with a behaviour change strategy and BOP marketing for sustainable impact.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Antenna Technologies Foundation
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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1 Million Plan: Spirulina's Market Driven Approach to Combat Malnutrition
Stage
Growth (the pilot has already launched and is starting to expand)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Spirulina is an affordable, wonder nutrient-rich micro-algae with proven efficacy against malnutrition. This project aims at saving 1 Mio Indian children and 400’0 lactating mothers by combining a Spirulina enriched diet with a behaviour change strategy and BOP marketing for sustainable impact.
Problem
In India up to 42% of children under 5 are underweight and up to 59% are stunted (Hungama study 2011). The impact is huge: malnourished mothers will give birth to children with retarded growth rates and lifelong health, physical and cognitive development issues. Local diet lacks in essential nutrients such as Vitamin A, iron and protein and getting the right and sufficient nutrients within a rural community is extremely difficult.
Solution
Partnering with Ambuja Cement Foundation and Child Fund India, the plan is to locally produce and distribute large scale Spirulina and Spirulina-enriched foods (candies, cereal snacks, baby-food) to reach 1 Mio children and 400’000 pregnant/lactating mothers using the “Anganwadis” network (local government childcare centers). Each child/mother will receive a daily portion of Spirulina-enriched foods over 6-month (1g Spirulina/day corrects micronutrient deficiency of a small child) together with a personal growth chart measuring progress. Mothers will be empowered through nutrition and cooking best practice sharing "PD Hearth" sessions promoting “kitchen garden” and Spirulina as a sustainable solution to combat micro-nutrient deficiencies.
Example
Asha is a 3-year old malnourished girl. Every month she visits the Anganwadi in her village with her mother where she is weighed and receives her spirulina candies. She loves their taste! Her mother attended the PD hearth session, and learned many hygiene tips (e.g. washing her hands before cooking) and how / what to cook using local vegetables, that she is now planting in her kitchen garden. Asha’s mother is very happy: she grows her own vegetables, made great contacts in the community, but most importantly she sees how her daughter improved her growth path in the last 2 months, moving from being severely malnourished into the moderate category. For sure she will continue applying these learnings and buying Spirulina foods!
Impact
Antenna Technologies has been active in the research and diffusion of Spirulina for the last 20 years and through its various ongoing field programs in India and Africa has saved thousands of children from malnutrition to date. Based on its success, this project aims at taking Spirulina to the next level to increase its impact. The first target will be India with the 1 Million plan. This pilot will be used to test a large-scale model, gather data on Spirulina efficiency and establish an efficient last mile distribution system for Spirulina products to facilitate their availability in rural areas as a sustainable and viable solution to fight malnutrition. It will then help rally other organizations and allow the deployment of similar programs in other parts of the world. Our dream is to save 10 millions children by 2016 and significantly increase awareness on Spirulina!
Marketplace
In India, the Anganwadis governmental network provides daily meals to children but depends on external help. Other initiatives by private or non-governmental institutions focus on the provision of micro- and macronutrients – but they are costly, synthetic, imported and only cover partially the solution. Our solution is 100% natural, locally available, low cost and provides all the essential micro-and macronutrients and promotes education and behavior change. Furthermore, it is embedded and replicable by the community itself while reinforcing the existing Anganwadi network.
Sustainability Plan
Our partners will provide large scale production of Spirulina and support the roll out of the program. But we need financial support for product development and social marketing campaign to create the market for Spirulina at the BOP, a sustainable value chain and last mile distribution strategy. By reaching 1 Mio children, Spirulina will be well known, accepted and bought on a daily basis thus creating a sustainable model to combat malnutrition.
Founding Story
Denis Von der Weid has always been engaged in the fight against extreme poverty and especially hunger. 20 years ago, he came across the fascinating story of Spirulina, a micro-algae harvested and consumed by the the Kanembou tribe in Chad that demonstrated incredible health status despite extreme conditions, correlated to their Spirulina intake. Indeed Spirulina has impressive nutritional properties – with its extremely high content of bio available proteins, rare essential lipids, and numerous minerals and vitamins, it represents a real solution in the fight against malnutrition. From there on, he decided to invest heavily in R&D and developed a sustainable local cultivation method that he then successfully diffused in Africa and India.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
First, the financial contribution will help us to invest in product development and social marketing of Spirulina and Spirulina-based foods to create strong acceptance, raise awareness and allow for a great educational campaign. Second, the prize will provide excellent visibility, recognition and help raise awareness on Spirulina in the field, among governmental, non-governmental agencies and private sector. Finally it will help fund internationally recognized clinical studies supporting scale up of Spirulina in the fight against malnutrition.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Spirulina is an affordable, wonder nutrient-rich micro-algae with proven efficacy against malnutrition. This project aims at saving 1 mio Indian children and 400’000 pregnant/lactating mothers from malnutrition by combining a Spirulina enriched diet with a behavior change strategy for sustainable.
Created on 06/15/2013 by Nik-Knight
Food for mothers is a recomposed traditional nutritional foods/ food product mix that has been targeted towards the better health of undernourished mothers. These foods have been thoughtfully recomposed to use selective nutrition to counter the problem of malnutrition & other nutrient deficiencies.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanStage
Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Food for mothers is a recomposed traditional nutritional foods/ food product mix that has been targeted towards the better health of undernourished mothers. These foods have been thoughtfully recomposed to use selective nutrition to counter the problem of malnutrition & other nutrient deficiencies.
Problem
In India, for about 27 M children born each year, about 3.5 M die by the time they are 5 years. WHO and UNICEF estimate that 1.5 M infant lives could be saved each year through increased breastfeeding but that could happen only if the pregnant women are healthier. Approx. 27.5 million adolescent girls are undernourished in India (from Campaign against Malnutrition, Govt. of India.) and may deliver weak and undernourished babies in the future.
Solution
MKN has recomposed a traditional food mix that provides pregnant women with almost all nutrients required by their body at the time of delivery and helps them to recover fast. It helps pregnant women to regain their strength back, increase their immunity and enable them to get back to their regular chores healthier eventually helping women to breastfeed their newbies regularly. This food is a perfect blend of all natural food products that have been administered to pregnant women from ages in our community that includes edible gums, dried ginger, betel nut powder and others. The best advantage of such mix is that that it has an extended shelf life and does not have any chemical supplement/ nutrient added.
Example
Our team has observed many pregnant women over last 2 years and have found that many become really weak after the delivery. On close observation we found that women administered with this all natural food mix showed a gradual weight decrease but never reported getting weaker.
Initially we ensured that every pregnant women in our family or friend circle consumes this natural food mix at the time of delivery and post delivery period. It was found that women reported getting back to their strength faster than their previous delivery when they did not consume this mix. Women also admitted a swift increase in their physical strength that eventually helped them to support breastfeeding to their babies for a longer period of days.
Impact
Quantitative Impact:
• In a span of 2 years over 5 women have been administered with this traditional food mix while many have been observed taking the similar mix made by themselves at their home.
• Over 100 women were taught about the importance and impact of sole breastfeeding for initial 6 months of childbirth.
• Final composition of the mix has been produced after testing 3 different compositions.
Qualitative Impact:
• Every mother impacted directly impacts the health of her child.
• All women reported gradual weight loss to normal with no reduction in energy levels.
• Women reported better health and physical fitness to support breastfeeding for longer period of days.
We intend to run a pilot with approx. 250 pregnant women (economically deprived) in coming 6 months by providing them this food mix through the help of network of city gynecologists and maternity centers.
Marketplace
There are products like Baby and Me nutritional supplement from Nestle, Mother's Horlicks from GSK etc. in the market that are targeted at the similar customers. MKN's food mix differs from others in the sense that our product is all natural with no addition of chemical premixes. The constituents of our mix are something that people have used in their kitchens but in different compositions for different purposes. As our target market comprises of low earning people where current products in market fail to reach, our list of constituents gives them a feel of indigenous food and a sense of trust
Sustainability Plan
We have been operating at a very small level with kind funding from family and friends. We are reaching out for philanthropic donations for our pilot to help us test our product with a larger chunk of users and validate the results before reaching out to securing investments for scaling up of the project.
We have also started recomposing and reviving other traditional foods to target different health issues to create a line of natural products.
Founding Story
Our founder Nikhil had been working on nutraceuticals, Spirulina, Probiotics etc. during his under graduation and always felt that there is so much to offer for human health through traditional foods which has failed to reach out to majority of people. He observed her grand-mom making a special kind of food mix for every to-be mom in his relatives but while working with rural communities, he found that most of the moms there are devoid of any such nutrition and many are effected by malnutrition. So he decided to take these household compositions to a higher level; recompose it and make it available in packaged forms to a larger customer base who are devoid of any such knowledge and benefits.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Full nourishment foods.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
The impact of our product on human wellness and vitality would help us validate our compositions and would help us enhance our product efficiency. It would help us to iterate our product development process till we develop cost effective high nutrient products.
The positive impact of our products on human wellness would boost us to develop more such products.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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Created on 06/12/2013 by Kristina Saudargaite
inBelly aims to improve food quality. Our website and mobile app make scientific and legal info about health risks of certain food additives available to everyone, in a second, in a shop. Educated consumers vote with their feet, thus producers are motivated to remove harmful additives.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
inBelly - know what you eat
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Sweden, XX, Whole Sweden and Europe
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
inBelly received international recognition as a finalist (6 out of 600 start-ups) of Global Social Venture Competition 2012 in Berkeley, California. inBelly also was awared as Kairos 50 on NYSE.
inBelly was awarded Stockholm Innovation 2012 award in service sector.
inBelly has won Idejakten 2012 – competition for social entrepreneurs.
inBelly has been a speaker at many events including Destination Innovation, European Networking, Stockholm Business Region Development Breakfast panel discussion, etc.
inBelly is alumni of Shifts - business accelerator for start-ups that create resilient future.
inBelly is alumni of Start-up Sauna in Helsinki.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName your entry
inBelly - know what you eat
Stage
Growth (the pilot has already launched and is starting to expand)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
inBelly aims to improve food quality. Our website and mobile app make scientific and legal info about health risks of certain food additives available to everyone, in a second, in a shop. Educated consumers vote with their feet, thus producers are motivated to remove harmful additives.
Problem
In the EU food additive legislation is harmonised. However some additives allowed in the EU are restricted in other countries i.e. CA, US, AU. Some of them are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as possibly carcinogenic, or linked to ADHD.
Although food additives are the main concern regarding food for Swedish consumers, there is no solution enabling you to check if a product has harmful additives, while shopping.
Solution
inBelly contributes to raise consumer awareness of additives in food. inBelly app enables users to understand product content, and provide consumers with additive-free nutritious alternatives. The app database compares legislation and scientific articles on food additives. This helps consumers to avoid products with additives that are restricted in other countries or may be harmful to children or people with poor health.
To make it financially sustainable, producers of additive-free products are offered to show their products as alternatives in the app, at the time of purchase in the shop. It both helps consumers to know what they eat, and enables additive-free food to be shown as premium.
Example
A shopper that wants to avoid dubious food additives will scan the barcode of a product, e. g. a softdrink, in the shop with inBelly app on his/her smartphone. Sodas and processed meat often contain e. g. the preservative E211 that may react and create benzene, a known carcinogen. E211 is restricted for kids in some countries. The app will show a red symbol of caution and provide information about the additive. The app will also suggest additive free products, if the consumer asks. This is a market based mechanism to improve the quality of food.
The app makes the information on the ingredient list understandable to consumers. If the product is not in the database users upload pictures of the product and its ingredient list.
Impact
We started the web-based initiative in Lithuania in 2009 and now every third Lithuanian has visited our online guide (1mln unique IP addresses). The demand for additive free products has doubled within a year after our launch. The campaign has lead to banning 39 additives that are harmful, according to scientific studies, in schools and preschools in Lithuania. Our app in Sweden has been downloaded 2500 times. When we reach a large audience in the second country, the campaign can influence legislation on EU-level. In the future we want to apply the same model to safe cosmetics.
This is also a new tool for additive free producers to advertise their products, and show that real food without additives is available and non-toxic.
Marketplace
inBelly’s competitive advantages over other food consumer guide mobile apps are scalability and objectivity.
Only inBelly uses crowd-sourcing to expand the product database, and an IT-system categorises products based on additives with objective criteria based on legislation and scientific papers. As we don’t assess each product individually inBelly can scale without extra resources. Other guides, i.e. GoodGuide and FoodUcate get information about each product from manufacturers for their assessment. Thus their evaluation is based on cooperation, rather than objective criteria.
Sustainability Plan
Additive-free food producers will have the opportunity to buy product placements. When a user shakes his/her phone for a healthy alternative their products will be prioritized. The pricing model is pay per ‘shake’ (Google rev. model). We have two interested customers and 2500 app users.
Web and app is in beta version and needs development. We have an angel investor and applied to Swedish governmental funding. Most costs are IT/marketing/staff.
Founding Story
We often believe that the products in our supermarkets are safe. When Kristina realised that some of the additives approved in the EU are not approved in some other countries she got curious. She also learned that some are in fact possible carcinogens or cause ADD.
Together with friends in IT, they started to gather an additive database. Then they encouraged citizens to gather ingredient information on a website. Over 1 mln users got involved and it had the desired impact of removing 39 additives from schools and preschools in one EU country. The demand for additive free products doubled within a year of the launch. Now we want to replicate the impact across Europe, let consumers choose with their feet for better food.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Currently we are implementing app user feedback – add GPS, create more browsing options, integrate ‘shake for alternative’ functionality for adds. We have already 2500 downloads, and want to reach 100 000 by the end of the year to attract advertisement. We would use additional resources to reach more users and increase traction with focus on parents with young kids. Today we partner with a preschool and a school for a pilot study to advice kitchens on food additives. We want to increase the scale to ensure better food for kids as well as reach a stable revenue stream from advising kitchens.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
inBelly aims to improve food quality. Our website and mobile app make scientific and legal info about health risks of certain food additives available to everyone, in a second, in a shop. Educated consumers vote with their feet, thus producers are motivated to remove harmful additives.
SPOON Foundation is the first organization worldwide to protect children without families from the debilitating, yet fully preventable, consequences of improper feeding and nurturing, and malnutrition.
Created on 06/5/2013 by bressjn
Global Strategies is committed to finding health solutions for children. Information shared about an ill newborn in a rural US setting need not be limited by its modality. Real-time lab data, video and remote neuro-monitoring will improve rural newborn care by expediting the initiation of therapy and transport.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Improving Immediate Birth Asphyxia Care in Rural America
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Inadequate oxygenation to a newborn's brain can result in severe and even fatal brain injury. Recent developments in cooling protocols and other neuro-protective strategies are helping to minimize these injuries. Such advanced therapies are concentrated in major urban centers, but the patients are frequently born in rural settings. Decisions about sending air transport and initiating therapies are made by information shared by phone between a primary rural provider and an expert in an urban center. The telephone is a poor modality for transmitting the desired information about the neurologic exam and ongoing assessment of these critically ill babies.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Interactive and trackable algorithms, secure video and remote neuro-monitoring in an integrated approach and coupled with existent rural provider education programs will significantly enhance the information received by referral centers and allow for more accurate and timely decisions regarding passive head-cooling and transport. With real-time lab data, video allowing the referral center to evaluate the baby's clinical appearance and neuro-monitoring to detect abnormal brain wave patterns, the babies who need therapy can have that therapy initiated promptly and unneeded and expensive transports can be avoided.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
A baby is born at 3AM following a difficult delivery in rural Yreka, California. The nurses initiate standard neonatal resuscitation techniques and delivery oxygen through a bag mask. They call for help. A physician intubates the baby. She is pale and not moving, but has a heart rate. The primary team calls an urban referral center in San Francisco through a video-conference and using a tablet opens up a step-by-step guide that instructs them to place umbilical lines and draw blood gases. The neonatal experts guide the team through the neurologic examination and watch it being performed. The laboratory studies are entered into the tablet and are immediately visible to the urban referral center. An aEEG, a neuro-monitoring tool to assess brain activity, is attached and the readings also appear at the urban referral center. Confident in the data and physical exam, the referral center can now make a decision regarding cooling therapy and air transport. In follow up, experts from the urban center visit Yreka and review the case using the video and data and address areas for improvement.
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?
A large percentage of neonatal intensive care units across the country provide advanced therapies for newborns suffering brain injuries. In states with rural areas separated by large distances from urban referral centers, timely and accurate diagnosis is critical to preventing long-term neuro-cognitive deficits. Significant resources are being dedicated at academic institutions and large neonatal units to advance the neurologic care of newborns, but these therapies require early identification of severe injury by providers for whom a critically ill newborn is a rare event. Urban centers that offered this technology and service would become preferred referral centers for rural hospitals.
Created on 06/5/2013 by cbalkrishna
Nutrition is basic needs for children and pregnant women, if a child is born malnourished s/he might not be the good asset for country. More than 80% of total brain development happens before the age of five for a child. So, a healthy child is more significant than 1000 pages constitution of Nepal.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Yes, it has received numbers of honors and appreciation from Government of Nepal and Civil Society Organizations even by UN ECOSOC.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName your entry
Improving nutritional status of children and women in Nepal
Stage
Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Nutrition is basic needs for children and pregnant women, if a child is born malnourished s/he might not be the good asset for country. More than 80% of total brain development happens before the age of five for a child. So, a healthy child is more significant than 1000 pages constitution of Nepal.
Problem
About six million people of Nepal’s population is undernourished and half of all the children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition and stunting. Although, the agriculture sector dominates the economy providing 35% of the GDP but still stunting (41%), waste (29%), and underweight (11%) are the major problems on nutrition. Poor people (Dalit and ethnic minorities) are suffering from problems of malnourished because of inaccessibility.
Solution
The root causes of problems regarding nutrition can be addressed into two ways (i) Awareness building and capacity building of children’s club and mothers groups (ii) response of local authorities for collaborative approaches. The active participation of child clubs and mothers group in planning and decision making process contributes capacity building to promote food and nutrition security at local level. The collaborative efforts of right holders and local authorities contribute in devising appropriate approaches and programs to improve on food and nutrition security. Similarly, improving response of local authorities contributes institutional support and sustainable eradication of food and nutrition insecurity from poor communities.
Example
Indigenous populations are deprived from fundamental rights of nutrition and basic education. Korak, Gelu and Jante Village development committees (VDCs) have majority of ethnic minorities. The ethnic minority people of those VDCs have very poor access to have health and nutrition services. The Government of Nepal also provides very low level of health and nutrition services from their service delivery points. These VDCs also have lack of physical infrastructure so that they can grow green vegetables and crops to feed their children. Currently, my organization is implementing education component but there is lacking of intensive nutrition services. School children will be mobilized to build awareness on nutrition and access to services.
Impact
Currently, government has positive discrimination policy to mainstream the marginalized people but still poor and ethnic minorities are out of nutritional services. The sub-health posts and health post are continuously organizing growth monitoring clinics but due to lack of awareness poor people are not attending such types of clinics at all. Even, immunization campaigns have only 70-80 percentage coverage for children. The idea of this intervention will enhance capacity of school and out of school children and marginalized people so that they can claim their rights to enjoy nutrition services in local areas. A total of 1485 malnourished children will be benefited from the intervention of three impoverished VDCs of Nepal. Awareness and capacity building events will support children and their parents to involve in decision making process at local level so that including plan be developed
Marketplace
Department of Health and Services of Nepal is trying to address the same type of problem but they are mobilizing their own networks and personnel. The proposed solution is planned to mobilize school children and out of school children including their parents. More than 18% of children are out of school they will be targeted for this intervention. In this solution, school children be mobilized school as green school. They will be sensitized on nutritional promotion by nature conservation. Nutrition issue will be one of extracurricular activity in school curriculum 'children as change agent'.
Sustainability Plan
The financial sustainability for this solution is that children of local level they will do the advocacy and lobbying activities with local authorities. Firstly, local authorities will take responsibilities so that they will incorporate nutrition issue in their planning process. Secondly, schools will endorse nutrition sector in their curriculum and continuously teach nutrition and nature conservation to their students.
Founding Story
When we visited three impoverished VDCs we see the reality of children in regards to nutrition. The health facilities exists their but their coverage is very low but they have platforms where nutrition components can be accelerated. All three VDCs have been covered with green forest and fertile lands but bared for 3-4 months. Children seem with dirty faces with thin and lean body. When we talked with school teachers about these solutions, they were so happy and eager to support the interventions in schools. The teachers really want to establish school as green school concept because the environmental situation around school is quite favourable. The local authorities were also so positive to start the solution in their VDCs. So, we felt Aha
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Healthy environments., Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
This intervention will help to interact with other experts linked with Ashoka Nutrient for All which will enrich my knowledge and skills on nutrition and nature conservation sector. It will also be the part of advocacy and lobbying tools with local authorities to formulate better policies in favour of poor and marginalized children and people. The nutrition component would be additional support for our projects which we are implementing in three impoverished VDCs of Nepal for school going and out of school children.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Nutrition is basic needs for children and pregnant women, if a child is born malnourished s/he might not be the good asset for country. More than 80% of total brain development happens before the age of five for a child. So, a healthy child is more significant than 1000 pages constitution of Nepal.
New early childhood language development business in Pre-Kindergarten market.
• Very innovative language learning systems through e-learning.
• Babies learn best from mothers. We enable mothers to become child’s first English teacher.
• Sales are international with initial market in China.
Created on 05/29/2013 by pbenjam2
Our goal moving forward is to provide new services aimed toward youth in the diverse areas of New York City, beginning in Brooklyn and Queens. Delinquent behavior is harmful to communities, TBL combats delinquent behavior by enlightening youth on facts like never before.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanURL Facebook
facebook.com/thebiglivetv
Borough(s) where you are creating or plan on creating impact
Brooklyn, Queens.
Negara Organisasi
United States, NY, Brooklyn, Kings County
Country where your solution is creating social impact
United States, NY, Jamaica, Queens County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Bisnis
References - Please provide two references with a two-sentence biography, email address, and phone number for each. These can be personal references (teachers, coaches, mentors, etc.). If you are entering a solution on behalf of an established organization please list references that can speak to your organization's work.
Tyrique Mckay
Director of Student Service
tmckay@schools.nyc.gov
Tyrique was my Spark counselor in high school. Since founding The BIG Live, he has offered countless guidance and served as a positive role model for my life.
Zannie Viard-Alouidor, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
zviard-alouidor@hotmail.com
Zannie ad I have worked in PS 105 several times. She is the counselor on staff and has seen the impact our program has on inner city youths.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
The Need for your solution: What problem or challenge are you trying to solve?
The BIG Live Corp (Being Involved Greatly Living in Various Environments/ TBL) is a for-profit vendor ( New York City Department of Education Vendor Number 452924918) servicing the public school system of New York City. The BIG Live Corp services the community by providing intervention within the New York City Department of Education.
TBL is focused towards raising the social status of deserving young individuals within our communities through awareness, including but not limited to incarceration, teenage pregnancy, drugs and alcohol use, teenage violence and self-esteem.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
#TheBIGLiveTV is a mentorship program that uses reality- television concept to align and educated youths within a elementary- middle school demographic to build better habits that prepare participants towards high school. The purpose of #TheBIGLiveTV is to enlighten youth participants on relevant statistics within high risk communities, aligning participants with common core standards, while building habits that promote higher education.
Youth participants collectively work in teams to earn points. Behavior, attendance and participation are all factors within the point system. Teams collectively work to produce a thesis, objective and collectively present their case study. Team with the highest points at the end of the program WINS!
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities that are involved in your solution. Consider telling us a story about the solution in action and how it creates impact. For idea-stage pitches, consider providing a hypothetical example
During the summer of 2012, HCC (Haitian-American Community Coalition), The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health at SUNY Down State and TBL collectively participated in a summer internship program. The program consisted of twenty-five groups of interns that were spread throughout local CBO’s to work towards a case study on a health disparity within the local community.
While many of interns chose heart disease, diabetes or obesity; TBL interns chose a social disparity, incarceration and recidivism. The two interns, Gregory Rousseau and Davis Jacques collectively worked to gathered surveys, compile data, conduct interviews and researched statistics on their case study. The young men were completely vested, as the weeks progressed, so did their work. Each week, they demonstrated the data on a project board that would be presented at the end of the program at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
With only the top five being selected to present, Gregory and Davis were not only selected to present at Brooklyn Borough Hall August 3rd 2012 (YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/CXVRjGo2qZ), however they were the only group of interns that had a video documentary that supported their thesis.
The Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem that you are addressing with your solution. And how does your proposed solution differ from or build on these approaches?
TBL is actively building with other organizations that stress social awareness. Drive Change is a start-up NYC food truck business that hires, trains, and empowers formerly incarcerated youth (ages 16-25). Drive Change aims to provide young people with the re-entry support that they need to generate a vibrant and opportunity filled life. Drive Change provides great opportunity to reduce recidivism, however TBL aims to influence youth prior to the initial arrest.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding Story: Share a story about the “Aha!” moment that led you or the person who came up with your proposed solution to get started and/or to see the potential for it to succeed.
During high school career, I was highly active in “Teen Club”, a youth initiative that has been a part of my parish (Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ) for over 40 years. While there, my faith not only grew, but I was also able to share and build with other adolescents in the community. After high school, obtained an Associate Degree in Networking & Computer Tech in 2006, and in 2010 I obtained a Bachelor Degree in Media & Communications.
In the fall of 2010, I became a Teen Club leader and realized how valuable intervention is to adolescents and teenagers. If building the community would be possible, youth should be its focal point. After one year of being a Teen Club Leader, I wrote the first marketing plan for The BIG Live Corp.
Impact: What is the impact of your solution to date? Also describe the projected future impact. (If your solution is an idea you can just describe projected future impact.)
TBL Impact:
VOYAGES Preparatory High School
East Brooklyn Access Academy
Brownsville Academy
Linden Learning Center
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Youth Ministry
YBE (Youth Basketball and Empowerment) Sports
P.S. 105 (Youth Summit)
P.S. 183 Mentorship
Youth Basketball Empowerment (YBE)community awareness & support: Brookville Park, Rosedale NY Summer 2012
Providing meals through Summer Foods to YBE Summer Camp through fiscal conduit with Haitian-American Community Coalition (HCC) Summer 2012
Registered Trademark company logo & form of business The BIG Live Corp®
New York City Department of Education Vendor Number 452924918
30,000 total views on YouTube 2,000 Facebook Likes, 20k Twitter followers
Full Impact Potential: How do you plan on spreading your solution moving forward? (Please consider spread within New York City or beyond, policy reform, how you might get others to replicate/adopt your solution or other mechanisms)
TBL wishes to implement #TheBIGLiveTV program actively throughout the regular school year. It is important that TBL work closely with faculty and the community to ensure wrap around services are being implemented and objectives are being met in order to spread our mission. Moving forward, TBL will launch additional community initiatives that aim towards building awareness, while urging participation from our schools, communities, and community leaders.
We aim to spread our cause with innovative techniques and programs that align with youth participants with innovative techniques and the influence of popular culture. This is #BIG! #TheBIGLiveTV
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCurrent annual budget, in US dollars (if your solution is an idea please estimate what your budget will need to be in order to carry out your solution)
$50.001 sampai $100.000
Tell us about your partnerships. If your solution is an idea tell us about who you would partner or plan on partnering with in order to make your solution a success.
TBL has a partnership with HCC is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization created in 1982 which served as a network of activities and development efforts for eight Haitian community centers located throughout New York and the Metropolitan area. The centers worked to help new-arrival Haitian immigrant youth adjust to their new environment and helped their parents establish themselves as productive, self-sufficient residents/citizens in the US.
The Communication DEALL program was developed by Dr. Karanth,as a self sustaining model to bridge the gap between the large numbers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and the near total lack of services for the same,in the context of an emerging economy.
Created on 04/29/2013 by anacsucupira
The objective of the Project is to provide women without family support with conditions to exert maternity. The support is given by the 'Social Mom", someone from the community, selected, trained and paid to operate next to the pregnant/mother with no family support, with clinical and social risk.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Sobral - Ceará
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
entitas pemerintah
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
1st Place in Free Subjects of IV the Integrated Brazilian Congress of Ambulatorial Pediatrics - Brazilian Society of Pediatrics - 2003
Honorable mention in the II National Shows of Family Health - Health Ministry 2004
Public administration and Citizenship Prize- Getúlio Vargas Foundation /Ford/BNDS Foundation - 2005
Honorable mention Bibi Vogel Prize - innovative actions supporting breast-feeding - Health Ministry - 2005
Millenium Development Goals Prize - 4th Goal - to reduce infant mortality - PNUD/Federal government - 2005
1st Place in the Social Innovation Prize - Economic Commission for the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean - Cepal and Kellog Foundation - 2007
Honorable mention in the Safe Maternity Prize - Organização Panamericana de Saúde - OPAS - 2011
1st Place in the APRECE Prize - Innovative City in the Reduction of Infant mortality category - Municipalities of the State of Ceará Association- ARECE - 2012
1st Place in the category Implemented Actions - 4th Prize Social Innovation Medical Services - Sanofi - 2012
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.
While analyzing infant and maternal deaths, a decisive factor is the lack of family support for care along the pregnancy and with the baby. Even though resting was necessary, the pregnant woman wouldn't rest, because there had to be someone to take care of the other kids and because of difficulties in taking care of the newborn or breast-feeding.
How to best support a woman in these situations? That's how the idea of the Social Mom came about, to support mothers.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanExplain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
The Project Trevo de Quatro Folhas (Four Leaf Clover) was implemented in 2001 in Sobral, a city in Ceará - Brazil, with 200.000 inhabitants, where most of them are low-income citizens. Its name (Four-Leave Clover) reflects the 4 operation phases: pregnancy, parturition and puerperium, birth and the 2 first years of life. The analysis of the infant and maternal deaths showed that the rest prescription could not be followed by mothers with no family support, and that is a risk factor to the premature childbirth.
If a mother that breastfed a newborn had to hospitalize another son, she would have to wean the newborn to stay with the hospitalized one. Many absences at the prenatal appointments occurred because the mothers didn't have someone to leave her children with.
The objective of the Project is to provide women with no family support, with conditions to exert maternity. This support is given by the 'Social Mom", someone from the community, who is selected, trained and paid to operate next to the pregnant/mother with no family support, with clinical and social risk, or with general difficulties in caring for herself and the baby. The social mothers are registered in a database and receive a daily equivalent of a minimum wage per worked day. The Health Unit identifies the women that need support from the Social Moms and forwards the solicitation to the Project team, that visits the family to evaluate their needs. The social mom takes upon herself the house and health care duties. The support is guaranteed by the Social Godfathers and Godmothers, people from civil society and enterprises that provide a monthly contribution to the Child and Teenager Municipal Fund, being able to discount this money from their income taxes,
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
The government's propositions for reducting infant and maternal mortality are related to investing in technologies and equipments that improve care with the woman and the baby. However, infant and maternal deaths express a social questions and they happen mostly in low income families, that have no family support and cannot afford other options of care. The investments made by the government are very expensive and little effective. The most important aspect is to provide the woman with conditions to exert maternity. Another innovative aspect is involving the civil society through their financial contributions, as well as the discussions about the results in social events where all the ones involved in the project attend.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The project was initiated in December 2001 and the achieved results led to the municipality voting a law that made it Public Policy in 2010, which guaranteed governmental resources to complement the civil society financial contribution. The project has a team (nurse, social assistant and nursing technician) that has developed relevant experience in selecting and training social moms and in evaluating the families that need social support. The results have touched the emotional nerve of the civil society leading each time to a greater participation. The events attended by the mothers, social moms, godfathers, godmothers and the society in general contribute to the mobilization of the population and general participation.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
A source of information for innovations in the Project is the analysis of the Maternal and Infant Mortality Prevention Committee, also implemented in 2001, that gathers monthly to identify the factors leading to death so that new strategies can be developed, with the objective of lowering the quantity of deaths. A challenge that the project has been facing in it's growth is working with the mothers that use 'crack' (drug) - in guaranteeing the development of their intra uteri and the care after the babies are born. Another challenge is to provide better conditions for child development in the first two years of life, with trainings so that the social moms could be agents who stimulate the development in the first childhood.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Maternal care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Intervention, Follow-up, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
The reduction of maternal and infant mortality through supporting the women in exercising motherhood, Providing conditions so that mothers who have no family support and show clinical and social risk can take care of their pregnancy and baby. Through identifying situations that lead to abortions or premature childbirths, we try to intervene and avoid these events. Premature babies need special care that the primiparous with no adequate support cannot provide.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), Lainnya .
If other, specify here:
Apoio às mulheres para o exercício da gravidez
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
New skills, Education/training, Others.
If other, specify here:
New ways of caring with pregnant women and children
Please describe your solution in more detail
The innovative solution is the intense and differentiated care, to avoid avoidable maternal and infant deaths. It is a simple low-cost model that consists in training people from the community to help at risk mothers to have as safe pregnancy, breast-feed their babies and promote the development of the children. These assistants, Social Moms, are initially trained and accompanied with permanent education. The supervision is done by the project's nurse and by the health team of the Unity where the family is registered. The Social Mom stays in the family's house until necessary, working eight hours per day. She can accompany the other child during hospitalizations, so that the mother can nurse and breast-feed her baby.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
The model is centered in the vision that infant and maternal mortality have an important social component that the organicist biomedical model cannot take into account. Before a needy population, other factors are fundamental in determining the harms. The model uses as reference the social determinants of health according to the Dahlgren and Whitehead model to identify what are the main interventions to be done when aiming to reach better health, education and social development levels. The general objective is reducing infant and maternal mortality and provide adequate conditions for pregnancy and child development. Besides that, involving the civil society in the responsibility for the infant and maternal survival.
What is your value proposition?
Since this is not a traditional business, it is difficult to estimate a value proposition.
Below is a breakdown of the costs of the Project:
The cost of the Social Mothers in the period of 2001 to 2011, was on average U$ 24.191.91 per year.
The human resources are tied to Sobral's Municipal Secretariat of Health, as well as the costs from logistic and the infrastructure of the Project.
Who is your customer(s)?
The customers of the Project are the pregnant women, women in labor, mothers and children attended at Sobral's Primary Health Care that show clinical and social risk and are identified by the Family Health team, from Sobral's Basic Health. The Family Health teams are composed by 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 1 nursing technician and 4 to 5 Community Health Agents (CHA, members of the community who is responsible for the relations between people from the microarea and the Family Health teams of this microarea.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
There is a close contact between our team and the municipality Health Family teams.These professionals identify the pregnant women and mothers who need social support and forward a request to the Project, that visits the family to evaluate their conditions and needs.
To increase the number of participants, we promote the project in the media and through social events to get new partners.(social godfathers and godmothers and private companies) and so that the women in need can also request this support.
What are your primary activities?
Evaluation of the Social Mothers' work
Care services to the mothers, in the house and health care duties
Accompaning hospitalized children so that the mother can nurse her baby
Mobilizing social godmothers and godfathers and private companies that empathize with the project
Training and permanent educating Social Mothers
Analysis of the infant and maternal deaths of the municipality
Identifying new problems and new strategies to solve them
Evaluation of the activities developed by the project
Monitoring and evaluating the municipality's infant and maternal indicators
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
In this Project we only have pairs and partners. The pairs are the health professionals who provide different health services in Sobral's Health Secretariat, specially the Family Health teams. The partners are the Social Godfathers and Godmothers, the solidary private companies, the Children and Teenager's Right Municipal Fund, the Tutelar Council, the city's Social Assistance Foundation. Given the characteristics of the Project, we do not have competitors, because we work together with all the health professionals of the city and count on the support of the municipal managers and the civil society.
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?
We have not identified challenges that can hinder the future success of the Project, because we currently count on the support of the public managers and the federal government through "Rede Cegonha", that ensure us of the growth of the project.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Associate with the strategy of the Health Ministry's Rede Cegonha, a policy of the federal government that aims to improve the conditions of care of the pregnant women, the childbirth, the puerperium and the baby, with the objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality.
This network (Rede Cegonha) counts on great financial resources that are transferred to the municipalities for improving the hospital and ambulatorial structure.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New regions(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
The team's experience, the consolidation of the work organization and the instruments utilized, the support of the municipal managers and the results achieved in reducing maternal and infant mortality. Moreover, the positive feedback of the women that received support from the Social Mothers. The proposal is to expand the project to neighboring municipalities that are part of the Northwest Region of the state of Ceará.
What are your key growth objectives?
Develop new strategies in the care of premature and low weight infants
Increase the number of Social Mothers
Increasing the number of Social Godfathers and Godmothers
Reduce premature childbirths and the birth of low weight babies
Early identification of women who need support of the Social Mother
Publicize the Project in the media
Eliminate avoidable maternal and child deaths
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
In one year - increase the contribution of the partners and the number of Social Moms
In one year - implement the continuing education process of the Social Mothers
In three years - reduce infant mortality to 1 digit
In three years - eliminate avoidable maternal deaths
In three years - expand the project to other municipalities.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) that in 2001, the year of implementation of the Project, was 29.6, dropped to 13.6 deaths per thousand live births in 2012, a decrease of 55.4%, one of the lowest rates of Ceará. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) presents oscillations and is still a challenge. In 2001, the MMR was 27.9 / 100,000 live births, before the creation of the Committee on Maternal Mortality, when there was no investigation of women at childbearing age's deaths, which may have contributed to the underreporting of such deaths. In the years 2009 and 2010 there was no recorded maternal death. In 2011 the MMR was 94.3 / 100,000 dropping to 63.4 in 2012. All deaths were analyzed and classified as to their preventability, and intervention measures were proposed to avoid further occurrences. The early neonatal mortality rate was 68.7 in 2002, dropping to 52.2 per 1,000 live births in 2012.
The inclusion of a considerable number of women, Social Mothers, in the marketplace. Besides that, new jobs were created for these women who are being hired to take care of people by higher income families.
Altogether 21,007 families were accompanied. In its 11 years of Project, 3,723 women had the Social Mother support, being 563 of them pregnant women, 7 women in labour, 1,915 puerperal, and 1,238 mothers of children under-2-year-old.
A key aspect in the impact assessment are the reports of the pregnant women and mothers on the importance of the support gotten by the Social Mother and how this support was crucial for the survival of the infant and under-2-year-old children.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We use the epidemiological indicators to assess the impact of the measures taken: Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR); Proportion of live births of low weight (<2,500 g)
Rate of Premature Births; Early Neonatal Mortality Rate (TMNP
Number of pregnant women who entered prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, number of pregnant women who underwent complete examinations in prenatal care.
Interviews with pregnant women and mothers who received support from the Social Mothers.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
We are thinking of expanding the project to municipalities in the Northwest region of Ceará, which has a population of 1,288,545 inhabitants and 47 small towns, which have a population with similar sociodemographic characteristics to Sobral. These municipalities have as secondary health reference, Sobral's health services.
In addition, the project has already been presented in other countries of South America and Mexico that have demonstrated interest in implementing this strategy. Currently Rede Cegonha intends to implement the project in the towns that participate in its network.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
The infant mortality rate in Sobral today is 13.6 deaths per thousand live births. The projection for the next three years is to reduce this rate to one digit. The Maternal Mortality Ratio is 63.4 / 100,000 births and we intend to reduce it by eliminating all preventable maternal deaths.
Reduce the number of low weight newborns to 5%.
Extend the support of social mothers to all women who need it.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
Resources from the Social Godfathers, Godmothers and collaborating companies monthly contributions.
Budgetary resources from the local government due to the fact that the project is now a public policy approved by the Municipal Law
Strategy development to increase partners contributions, through promoting the Project in the media and social events with the civil society.
Waiting for Rede Cegonha's resources.
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
The ultimate goal is to raise funds from the Federal Government's Rede Cegonha.
Increase contributions from Social Godfathers and Godmothers as well as collaborating companies.
Conduct social events that may lead to resources for the Project.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Created on 04/8/2013 by darnellc
Telehealth Solutions for Schools provides school-based health programs with access to primary, specialty and pharmacy care. Ultimately, this tele-solution will reach elementary and middle school children around the globe, and will greatly enhance access to primary, specialty and pharmacy care, reduce health related costs, and improve quality and outcomes while addressing disparities.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanOrganization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
tidak ditentukan
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Idea phase
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Not only did I receive a "community grant" from the March of Dimes to further a telehealth needs assessment study at the state-level, but a related project was implemented for high risk OBGyn services to numerous locations.
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.
After listening to a presentation on telehealth for stroke, I realized such a model could be used to improve access to underserved communities, advance medical education, address health disparities and enhance the value (cost and benefit) of care. This "aha" moment led to my dissertation which was on telehealth, my grant from the March of Dimes, and later my transformational idea.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Telehealth Solutions for Schools
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
Though not new, telehealth is an innovative solution to many of today's health care issues. Such a model enables medical experts from anywhere in the world to provide education and consultation to individuals anywhere else in the world. The only requirements are a computer and internet, so access is convenient and relatively inexpensive, and yet the benefits are extraordinary. Telehealth Solutions for Schools provides school-based health programs with access to primary, specialty and pharmacy care. Ultimately, this solution will reach elementary and middle school children around the globe, and will greatly enhance access to primary, specialty and pharmacy expertise, reduce the cost of care, and improve quality and outcomes while addressing disparities,
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
While various organizations are building telehealth programs, Telehealth Solutions for Schools provides access to primary and specialty care, as well as pharmacy expertise for school health programs around the globe.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
There is tremendous momentum for telehealth solutions, so the three primary factors for success are 1) finding start-up support, 2) identifying a physician champion (which I have done), and 3) collaborating with a school or school system to innovate.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Given the continuous changes in technology, there will be ongoing innovation as it relates to telehealth solutions. This program will build on the innovations to reach new schools, and therefore school children and school-based health care providers, around the globe.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
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?
Many children go without preventive, primary and specialty health care. There are many reasons for this, but Telehealth Solutions for Schools offers an innovative way to reach children via a new and different channel.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New approaches to distribution of health products and services, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), Lainnya .
If other, specify here:
Also offers an opportunity to educate school-based health care providers.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Consultation.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Telehealth Solutions for Schools provides access to primary, specialty and pharmacy care for children through partnerships with school-based health program around the globe. Services can includes primary and specialty care; dietary and social work support; pharmacy expertise; and potentially behavioral care.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
The model is simple:
Using the internet, Telehealth Solutions for Schools will connect with school-based health providers around the globe, and will offer consultation and education aimed to improve overall health status for children in elementary and middle schools.
What is your value proposition?
The short-term value proposition includes improved access to primary, specialty and pharmacy care, reduced costs, and enhanced outcomes.
By focusing on the intersection of education and healthcare, we can improve upon both - that's the long-term value proposition.
Who is your customer(s)?
Children via school-based health programs around the globe.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Outreach to schools, school systems, and school-based health care providers.
What are your primary activities?
Consultation services for primary, specialty and pharmacy care.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Limited competition; only barriers to entry mostly related to paradigm shift.
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 only foreseeable problem relates to the new care delivery model. Working through school bureaucracies might present problems; however, the value proposition should resolve this issue. Also, in other countries, there will be questions related to licensing, malpractice, etc, but those questions will be sorted out.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Should be able to expand rapidly. One provider should be able to support between 10 - 20 schools, so growth will be largely dependent on the addition of schools.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
One provider has capacity to see so many "visits" in a day, at multiple locations and at different times, so growth will be dependent on how fast those slots get filled. Once filled, another provider will be needed. That'll likely be the only barrier to growth.
What are your key growth objectives?
1) Establishing relationships with schools
2) daily "visits"
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
The timeframe for growth is as follows:
1. Find start-up support
2. Identify provider(s)
3. Build infrastructure (internet connection, computers, training)
4. Establish relationship(s) [with school(s)]
5. See patients
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
This proposal is in concept/ ready to launch stage; however, there are numerous successful telehealth program examples, and the impact is significant. There is much research to support the potential of improved access, reduced costs, better outcomes and enhanced overall health status.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We should be able to identify and report on health/medical quality indicators like immunization rate, diagnosis, obesity rate, reduced ER visits, and much more.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Endless opportunity - can work wherever there is a computer and internet access
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Will partner with multiple schools and provide care for many children at various locations around the globe.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
At this point, we need start-up funding to get started.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Others.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
The revenue strategy is multi-faceted:
1. If possible, bill third party payors in the US
2. Offer a per member (student) per month option for children at schools
3. Make available a service agreement arrangement which could be supported by an array of possible sources including Foundations, NGO's, businesses, school systems, etc.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Will pursue diversified strategy.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
The strategy to make Telehealth Solutions for Schools sustainable includes:
1. Bill third party payors when applicable
2. Offer a per member (student) per month option for children at schools
3. Make available a service agreement arrangement which could be supported by an array of possible sources including Foundations, NGO's, businesses, school systems, etc.
4. Pursue philanthropic gifts
5. Work to secure grants
Created on 04/3/2013 by ummeedcenter@gmail.com
Ummeed Child Development Center helps children with developmental disabilities or at risk of disabilities achieve their maximum potential and be included in society. Ummeed achieves its objectives as follows :
1) Providing clinical services for children with developmental disabilities.
2) Capacity building of other NGOs through in-house training programs built around early childhood development.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Ummeed Child Development Center
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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.
Ummeed is a non-profit organization set up in 2001 with the objective of helping children with developmental disabilities like Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Learning Disability, Autism, and Attention Deficit Disorder. Ummeed helps children with disabilities, or at high risk for disabilities, reach their maximum potential and be included in society.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Early Childhood Development - Scaling Reach
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
At least one in ten children has a developmental disability. Extrapolating from this India has 52 million children with a developmental disability. Ummeed at its Center provides transdisciplinary care for children with developmental disabilities through best practices developed in-house and recognised globally. Each year, Ummeed reaches out to over 1200 children through around 6100 visits through its Center.
The best practices developed by Ummeed also go into development of curricula of training programs which are targeted at building the capacities of community workers of other NGOs and building the capacities of NGOs working with children to address issues around Early Childhood Development and developmental disabilities. Each year, Ummeed serves an additional 25000 children and their families through these training programs imparted to other organisations.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Ummeed at its Center develops unique best practices which then form the basis of the curricula developed for the capacity building training programs.
In addition Ummeed develops training modules based on the needs of the organisation as assessed by Ummeed. The training modules are exhaustive in nature and comprise of both theory and practicals at the field level.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Ummeed at its Center provides transdisciplinary care for children with developmental disabilities through best practices developed in-house and recognised globally.
Ummeed has a team of highly trained and skilled professionals providing care and expertise to Ummeed's activities.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Ummeed's greatest challenge currently is the immaturity of the market and understanding of the need of early childhood development among organisations working with children and organisations working in the area of disabilities. Ummeed is now developing a competent team to create the necessary environment and build the "market" to be able to scale up its reach in the field of early childhood development.
Ummeed has also developed short term training modules to meet the challenges of manpower stretched organisations who may not be in a position to spare their team for the comprehensive training programs.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Disability
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Over 52 million children in India have a Developmental Disability or are at risk of acquiring a disability. With little or no awareness and facilities to address the issues around Early Childhood Development, these children and their families will have no recourse to any facility or knowledge on working with their special child or mitigate the incidences of developmental disabilities. Ummeed works at different levels to address this issue through its clinic while building the capacity of community workers and other organizations to address the issues in their communities through its training programs .
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Scaling (growing impact on a regional or global scale)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), Lainnya .
If other, specify here:
All care provision is family centric and not just child centric
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
New skills, Consultation, Education/training, Others.
If other, specify here:
Empowering other organisations through our Community training programs developed based on best practices at Ummeed..
Please describe your solution in more detail
Almost 15% of the children in India have or at risk of a Developmental Disability.It is a known fact that early detection and care especially during the age of 0-6 years helps a child attain his/her maximum potential. In India almost 65% of the population lives in the rural areas which would mean that around 35 million children who have or are at risk of a developmental disability, are from these areas and hail from low income families, with little or no access to information and resources on issues around Early childhood Development. Ummeed through its training programs builds the capacity of organizations working in these under-served communities to work in prevention & mitigation for children and families at risk while building resources for the care of children with a disability.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Ummeed helps children with disabilities or at risk of disabilities attain their full potential and be included in society. Ummeed endeavors to scale up its training programs and using this vehicle be able to reach out and change the lives of 40,000 children each year, by 2018.
What is your value proposition?
Ummeed will reach out to 40,000 children at risk or with developmental disabilities, annually, at half its current cost per beneficiary.
Who is your customer(s)?
1.Community based gov’t organizations ( Anganwadi's, Balwadi's etc)
2.Community based NGOs
3.Orphanages, Remand homes for juveniles
4.Disability organizations
5.Schools
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
1. Word of mouth - recommendations by other organizations who have undergone the trainings
2. Awareness creation among the target group and enlisting of support telephonically by Ummeed's team
3.Ummeed's network of NGO's and well wishers
4. Going forward will do face to face Awareness creation and assess needs among the target group and enlist support
What are your primary activities?
1. Provision of Clinical services for children and families of children with Developmental Disabilities.
2. Training and capacity building of community workers of other NGO's and of organizations to take forward the work in their communities.
3. Advocacy
4. Research - Currently doing research for developing a tool for monitoring Early Childhood Development sponsored by the National Institute of Health,USA.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are few organizations In India which offer some of the services Ummeed offers but No organizations offer the trainings programs offered by Ummeed especially in the area of Child Development Aide's.
We do not see any real problem being posed by the organizations, as we have also trained a number of community workers from these organizations to work or add - on, the Early Intervention program in their communities and in their portfolio of services offered. They are our partners in growth.
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?
1. Reaching out to organizations with access to young children
who have or could develop disabilities.
2. Convincing Organizations the need to invest in Early Childhood Development
The way Ummeed proposes to overcome these challenges is by building its organizational capacity by hiring personnel with strong networks and training capabilities to supplement the current team. The manpower requirement has been identified as ;
1. Senior Program Manager - Training ( 1 no)
2. Asst Training Coordinators ( 2 nos)
3. Fund raiser ( 1 no)
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Ummeed proposes to train community workers of NGO's and organizations working with children with a view share our knowledge to build their capacity to address issues around Early Childhood Development in their communities. Ummeed proposes to train a 100 community workers from organizations to reach out to 40,000 children annually by 2018.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Ummeed has been working in the field of Early Childhood Development for the past 12 years and has developed best practices that are incorporated into the design of the curricula of the training programs. These trainings have been piloted and modified over the last 3 years to give the form and readiness to help achieve Ummeed strategic goals and for taking Ummeed's reach to scale through trainings.
What are your key growth objectives?
1. To reach out to 40,000 children at risk of developmental disabilities,annually by 2018.
2. Reduce the cost per beneficiary by half the current cost.
3. Create necessary awareness among organizations on the need for adoption and implementation early childhood development programs in their communities.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
2013-14 - 11,500 beneficiaries reached @Rs. 440 per beneficiary; 2014-15 - 18,500 beneficiaries reached @ Rs.335 per beneficiary ; 2015-16 - 25,250 beneficiaries reached @ Rs. 295 per beneficiary; 2016-17 - 33,000 beneficiaries reached @ Rs.260 per beneficiary. 2017-2018 - 40,000 beneficiaries reached @ Rs.236 per beneficiary.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Approximately 200 words left (1000 characters).
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
Ummeed receives 34% donations from individuals, 32% from Foundations & Trusts, 25% from Clinic Fees, 8% from Corporates/Events, 1% from Others. Ummeed currently has strategised to increase contributions from the corporate sector by capitalising on the new laws passed by the Government of India on CSR. Ummeed also will increase its quantum of unrestricted donations from individuals to increase Ummeed's reach to low income families while ensuring sustainability.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
34% donations from individuals, 32% Foundations & Trusts, 25% Clinic Fees, 8% Corporates/Events, 1% Others (interest on corpus)
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
Friends and family, Individu, Patients, Private businesses.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Others.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
34% Individual donations - sourced through personal networks, parents of beneficiaries and "walk-in" donors.
32% Foundations & Trusts - A large portion is the grant received for the research project for developing a tool to monitor Early Childhood Development by NIH, USA. The balance amount is a combination of funding from Give India & CAF towards provision of subsidy for treatment for beneficiaries of low income families.
25% clinic fees - This is the amount received as fees (Full & Concessional) from beneficiaries for clinical services.
8% Corporates/Events - Fund raising activities such as the marathon, walkathon, IPL, etc.
1% Others - Interest received from corpus investments.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
75% share of the total income of the organisation is philanthropic in nature.
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Each year the carried forward commitments from the unrestricted grants forms around 12% of the targeted requirements. Reserves have been created for programmatic funding to meet the requirement of ongoing programs which forms around 18% of the target. Regular donor commitments meet around 15% of the annual target. The balance of the requirements for the year will be raised through the fund raising efforts of the team being put in place for the purpose from corporates, foundations and trusts.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Ummeed has created a corpus of Rs.1 Crore (Rs. 10 Million) the interest on which will go towards meeting funding requirements. In addition to this, clinic fees will help meet a portion of the clinic expenses and the fund raising team would raise the funding required over the next three year period.
Shailah Interactive is dedicated to embracing the latest touch-free mobile technologies and adapt them for inclusive education content.
Created on 03/31/2013 by Magical Voice
Most people’s lives are limited by their thinking.
The Magic of Think™ helps children overcome self-limiting thoughts by teaching and reinforcing the core values of inner strength before bad habits become entrenched. Strong children create strong adults.
The world of “Think” incorporates award-winning songs, fun stories, animated characters, games, lessons and activities dealing with some of life’s most difficult problems.
Activity & Audio Books with Music CDs in a 7 book series based on social and emotional learning. Progressing to multiple platforms.
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Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
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The Magic of Think: Everything begins with a thought. We help children improve their thinking.
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Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Most people’s lives are limited by their thinking.
The Magic of Think™ helps children overcome self-limiting thoughts by teaching and reinforcing the core values of inner strength before bad habits become entrenched. Strong children create strong adults.
The world of “Think” incorporates award-winning songs, fun stories, animated characters, games, lessons and activities dealing with some of life’s most difficult problems.
Activity & Audio Books with Music CDs in a 7 book series based on social and emotional learning. Progressing to multiple platforms.
Creates meaningful discussions between a mentor (teacher, parent, grandparent, guardian, friend) and child benefiting both.
Like a nursery rhyme, our messages are remembered for a lifetime becoming a positive anchor in times of need.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Help children worldwide
2. Find a partner or sponsor to help expand the program to reach more children
3. Generate sales to continue our work
Need #1
Message & Brand 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 your help in increasing brand awareness and generating sales.
1.
A passionate and sincere long-term desire to help children worldwide
2.
A partner that is comfortable being instrumental in bringing change to the way children learn
3.
A partner that sees the power of brands like Harry Potter, Club Penguin, Hello Kitty, etc. and uses that platform to educate
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will be focused on our organization overall. We need help progressing to the next stage.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
The University of BC liked the project and helped with the curriculum. We also received help from an outside contractor with our Facebook page.
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.
Identify the strongest segment of my market and brand
2.
Establish a long-term partnership
3.
Increase sales and distribution
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We won Best Song at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, received a fantastic review from Billboard Discoveries, and were chosen to be in the Grammy and Oscar gifts to the nominees. The University of BC Education Department helped us develop lessons and activities for our series of books (K to Grade 3.) We test marketed The Magic of Think™ with teachers, homeschooling mothers, and grandparents. The testimonials have been phenomenal. The children in both public and private schools have been captivated by the stories performed “in character.” The children love the music and listen to it day and night. We have also been receiving enthusiastic reviews from parents with Special Needs and Gifted children. Children open up on issues that have not been discussed before. Eg. being bullied.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Receiving support from American Express would greatly assist us in achieving our goal of reaching and helping every child in the world. Rich or poor, regardless of color or nationality. Long term, stronger children become stronger adults, who will be more equipped to make the world a better place.
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Created on 03/29/2013 by azinicus
We're committed to making learning fun by applying deep concepts of play into our educational applications. We want children to have fun while learning key concepts and be challenged to grow their understanding. We feel that this can be done effectively using the principles of play and using the concept of flow that has been so prevalent in the gaming world, but applied to learning.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanTitle
Founder and Lead Brainiac
Negara Organisasi
United States, DC, Washington
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
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Awesome Education Apps with Highly Engaging Gaming Principles
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Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We're committed to making learning fun by applying deep concepts of play into our educational applications. We want children to have fun while learning key concepts and be challenged to grow their understanding. We feel that this can be done effectively using the principles of play and using the concept of flow that has been so prevalent in the gaming world, but applied to learning.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Increase our existing application's revenues to sustain continued development of both the company's growth and that of our app concepts.
2. Raise any additional funding to help support development of 2 new core learning apps that have gaming as a fundamental method behind learning.
3. Work with both educators and gaming experts to build the a standards based body of knowledge for a broader community of app developers and educators to use to gain greater impact with these concepts.
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
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!
First we need key skill sets filled in the areas of mobile development, design and game/education theory. I see a staff of 4 being fully capable of building the initial 2013 apps that will prove these strong concepts with real and profitable products. With a small core team of awesome designers and developers, we will have all the tools necessary to build and iterate on some really amazing apps that will inspire young minds. We already have a great team of designer, developer and founder/executive, now we need a gaming and learning thinker and funding to support the staff full time to really kick things off.
Our first play + learning concept, Secret Agent Alpha, is a game that is oriented toward building strong penmanship, alphabet and word learning skills, as well as potentially foreign language learning eventually as we expand the concept. We hope the principles of competition and rich gaming based character shorelines will help children learn key skills while having a blast doing it.
2.
High standards and expectations on delivery
3.
A deep belief in play/gaming as a vehicle for learning
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Organization overall. We would need infrastructure support, marketing support, and all the relationships that a startup needs to fully succeed. We have a very agressive and serious goal, and we don't want to do this lightly or timidly, so we need exposure to the best people in the areas of gaming, learning and mobile design/development.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have not worked with outside consultants yet, but we're very interested in collaborating with forward thinking organizations like the Institute of Play, Disney, PBS, and others who are currently trying to bring their traditional publishing models and rich assets into the modern digital world.
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.
2 Profitable play based learning applications by end of year 2013
2.
A highly connected network of changemakers who have a passion for education and gaming that will support our initiatives
3.
The foundation of some really key principles of play and learning that we can share with others and push the field forward
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have had 92,000 paid downloads for our existing app My Story which is a rich story telling app that allows children in K-8 to tell their stories using rich drawings, pictures and audio and publish their books as assignments or to share with their family and friends. This app is very well received in classrooms, and we hope to build on those relationships as we move further into the concepts of play + learning. My Story also makes us profitable, which is a great place to be compared to other startups who have to raise seed or angel level funding first.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We feel that with support from American Express, we will be able to fund the design and development of our first of two play based learning apps for 2013. It will not provide all of the funding needed, but the exposure and networking support will actually give us a lot to work with that we would otherwise have to build manually. The funds will also help pay for some expert consulting on the concepts of play within gaming so we can put a solid foundation behind what we're going to develop and put on the App Store.
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Created on 03/29/2013 by davidalevine
We are at a crisis point in education today. Many teachers and children are feeling disconnected, stressed out and unmotivated. The pressures brought on by the new mandated instructional practices from both Federal and State Departments of Education are felt by all members of the school community. There is a decrease in pro-social skills and an increase in anti-social behaviors. Most answers to this problem focus on programming. My approach focuses on building a new consciousness within the school community.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, NY, Accord, Ulster County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, NY, New York, New York County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
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The School of Belonging Learning Institute
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Penyekalaan (langkah selanjutnya adalah menumbuhkan dampak pada skala regional atau bahkan global)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We are at a crisis point in education today. Many teachers and children are feeling disconnected, stressed out and unmotivated. The pressures brought on by the new mandated instructional practices from both Federal and State Departments of Education are felt by all members of the school community. There is a decrease in pro-social skills and an increase in anti-social behaviors. Most answers to this problem focus on programming. My approach focuses on building a new consciousness within the school community. This consciousness is based on creating an authentic learning environment through open and often vulnerable communication that emphasizes compassion, empathy, collaboration and problem solving. My work focuses on facilitating emotional safety for all members of the school community.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Complete, publish and market The School of Belonging Learning Institute's newest resource: The School of Belonging: Empathy in Practice (in process).
2. Implement The School of Belonging Learning Institute with three unique learning communities: New Directions Alternative Secondary School in the Bronx, NY, Hunter College Magnet School (grades k-12), in Manhattan, NY, and with Beacon Secondary School (grades 6-12), in Beacon, NY.
3. Run four School of Belonging Learning Institute training sessions at the Fellowship for Reconciliation training site in Nyack, NY. Schools from New York City and the New York metropolitan area will be invited to take part. This will be followed up with a 5 day School of Belonging Certification Program in the summer, 2014 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
The School of Belonging Learning Institute (SBLI), has evolved over the past 30 years into a unique and innovative culture building process. Institute creator David A. Levine has created authentic learning experiences which facilitate self-reflection and behavior change through his music, cutting edge books, meaningful dialogue, applied skills, and classroom demonstrations. The SBLI process has consistently created systemic transformational learning which has proven to be life changing for many teachers, leaders, children and parents. David wants SBLI to be a robust process that will make significant social change in our schools and communities. In the past year, he has established relationships with several foundations who are devoted to social and emotional learning and he is currently negotiating with school districts from a variety of socio-economic realms. As creator of SBLI, David needs help in branding his vision and marketing his work in such a way that schools from all over the world, who are in need of creating caring and empathic learning communities, will want to implement The School of Belonging Learning Institute for their teachers and students .
1.
Open commuication through dialogue and non-judgment.
2.
A belief in the creative potential of synergizing ideas.
3.
Regular check-ins, celebration and authentic feedback.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I would like support in my organization overall. I have been working on my own since 1992. After meeting several colleagues through Ashoka, I realized that I needed to scale up my work to make a greater difference in the world. Creativity, passion and belief do not always equal a sound business plan and that is what I need assistance with. In the past few weeks, I have been approached by three different school districts looking to establish a long-range working relationship with The SBLI process, and I now see the need to refine my focus on marketing, capacity building. and service delivery.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have always worked on my own, often thriving with minimal marketing or a strategic plan. Whenever I thought of scaling up, I wasn't sure how to do it as my work was so uniquely connected to my personality and expression. Last October while speaking with the Novo Foundation about social and emotional learning, I was told me how much in alignment they were with me but that I needed to move my work from being "boutiquey" to being "robust". This wasn't exactly a business consultation but it did help change my thinking in terms of what was needed to scale up The School of Belonging process.
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.
To create an educational framework devoted to enhancing the uniqueness of student expression to the world.
2.
To equip young people to be socially conscious as they make their professional mark on the world.
3.
To establish on-going community of practice teams for educators around the globe focused on authentic SEL initiatives.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Since 1992, David A. Levine has developed and implemented School of Belonging concepts in app. 400 schools, impacting 10,000 teachers and 52,000 youth. He has worked with students, teachers, principals, parents and central administrators, running workshops and teaching classes on building classroom communities, creating emotionally safe schools, ,and working effectively in teams. The greatest successes have been demonstrated by teachers taking David's ideas, modifying them to match their own teaching styles and the unique needs of their students, and integrating School of Belonging practices into their classrooms. David's work has influenced teachers, leaders and policy makers across the United States, in Guam, New Zealand, India, and Canada. Many pre-service programs use David's books.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The School of Belonging Learning Institute will become a known entity in the United States and beyond, establishing a further reaching voice, influence and impact in creating schools that truly meet the social and emotional learning needs of their students. The changes that will come about from infusing School of Belonging principles into a school's cultural practices, will have a profound effect on the future well-being and life success of our most critical sustainable resource: our children. Over the next three years, in addition to the US, SBLI will have a presence in New Zealand, England, Canada and Australia, helping to make schools places where children learn the life skills of empathy, compassion, problem solving, collaboration, self-reflection, and leadership.
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This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: GestyMe.
Created on 03/29/2013 by ebar
Shailah Interactive is dedicated to embracing the latest touch-free mobile technologies and adapt them for inclusive education content.
A growing number of children and young adults facing autism and other developmental with Complex Communication Needs [ CCN ] (many of them non-verbal and motor-skills impaired) who depend on special tools and personal assistance to communicate with their surroundings - over 2.5+ million early-learners in the US alone.
Advance is measured in Levels of Learning instead of the traditional “Grade” structure.
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Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
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Penyekalaan (langkah selanjutnya adalah menumbuhkan dampak pada skala regional atau bahkan global)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Shailah Interactive is dedicated to embracing the latest touch-free mobile technologies and adapt them for inclusive education content.
A growing number of children and young adults facing autism and other developmental with Complex Communication Needs [ CCN ] (many of them non-verbal and motor-skills impaired) who depend on special tools and personal assistance to communicate with their surroundings - over 2.5+ million early-learners in the US alone.
Advance is measured in Levels of Learning instead of the traditional “Grade” structure.
GestyMe offers new tools for developmentally challenged children to explore, learn, connect, express themselves, and socialize with minimal caregiver assistance.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Monitor our first product in the market - the world-first touch-free educational mobile app controlled by hand gestures
2) Launch simultaneously on a multi-platform mobile devices and the Leap
3) Move forward fast with developing other apps and edugames quickly
Need #1
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Outreach & Validation. We are launching a whole new concept and approach for inclusive-education involving communication and developmentally challenges early-learners. Experts in this growing filed of mobile learning
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Giving early-learners with Complex Communication Needs [ CCN ] a better chance than ever before
2.
to increase their odds of success and improve their social interactivity, by becoming better self-directed,
3.
better self-expressed, and therefore more independent, and a more active and contributing part of society.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Absolutely. It will give us extra support and tools in a sensitive time - while we are launching our debut product and need the outmost outreach amongst an extremely needy population of very special kids, most of them non-verbal, and that are facing an immense challenge touching or fine-pointing - therefore allowing them, many of them for the first time, the ability to use tablets and smartphones for increased communication, learning, exploring, self-expression, and beter self-direction - leading to a more independent life.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We are in research and development phase for the past three years. We are the first to use full, real, image-based, touch-free control of the tablet and smart mobile phones.
We consulting with Dr. Howard Shane of Harvard Children’s Hospital, Boston, who works tirelessly researching and developing new ways to assist kids with communication, speech, and language disorders.
We are also consulting with Prof. Kimberly Kerns, of the University of Victoria, an expert in developmental and pediatric clinical neuropsychology who uses video games with kids facing severe developmental challenges.
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
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We are just about launching out first product next month in strong collaboration with Autism Speaks and other prominent organizations supporting children with severe autism, cognitive, developmental, or physical challenges.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Absolutely. It will give us extra support and tools in a sensitive time - while we are launching our debut product and need the outmost outreach amongst an extremely needy population of very special kids, most of them non-verbal, and that are facing an immense challenge touching or fine-pointing - therefore allowing them, many of them for the first time, the ability to use tablets and smartphones for increased communication, learning, exploring, self-expression, and beter self-direction - leading to a more independent life.
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Created on 03/29/2013 by Linda Katz
Unlike children from more affluent communities, children who live in low-income neighborhoods don't have much access or exposure to a wide variety of professionals. Therefore, they have a limited vision of the careers towards which they can strive. This career day program seeks to change that by helping such children, at an early age, identify what they love to do and explore careers that reflect their passions. Students have an individual interview yearly, during which they tap into their interests, learn about 40-50 careers, and then choose two careers to learn about for Career Day.
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Light My Way ~ Career Day
Negara Organisasi
United States, NY, New York City, New York County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, NY, Bronx, New York, Bronx County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
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Light My Way ~ Career Day
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Unlike children from more affluent communities, children who live in low-income neighborhoods don't have much access or exposure to a wide variety of professionals. Therefore, they have a limited vision of the careers towards which they can strive. This career day program seeks to change that by helping such children, at an early age, identify what they love to do and explore careers that reflect their passions. Students have an individual interview yearly, during which they tap into their interests, learn about 40-50 careers, and then choose two careers to learn about for Career Day. By 5th grade, each student has had 7 interviews and met 14 of these role models, experiences which will be invaluable to them as they make choices in their adult lives.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Business Plan
Creation of Accountability and Evaluation tools
Replication of the program in other schools.
Need #1
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Need #1. I need to develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the program short-term and longitudinally. My research on the web cannot find a single child-centered program geared to the individual elementary school student. Consequently, I have no standard, accepted tools of measurement for comparison. I need to build measurement standards, not just for accountability to funders, but because the feedback will help me to build in a continuous process of improved effectiveness. #2. I have chosen to serve a NYC public school in the poorest Congressional district in the country. The children's education is compromised, as school staff, students and their families feel pressure to test well in order to give the school a good performance grade to avoid being shut down. The pressure to meet immediate testing needs deters administrators from investing their limited time on extra non-academic programs such as mine, that focus on long-term career goals.We need a strategy to become more effective in working within this stressed educational system and in getting administrators and teachers to “buy in” to the notion that our program can be complementary to their mission.
3.
Empowering individuals through the finding and recognition of their strengths.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I will need overall help in the following areas but can choose just one to focus on during the internship. I would like help with any one of the following areas: the creation of a business plan, create accountability measures, the replication of our program to another school and with fund raising.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have not worked on any of the above areas (except for creating accountability measures) with an objective outside consultant. I met with a researcher for a year the first year we were up and running in 2009, but was not convinced that he had a clear understanding of the programs objectives.
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.
Students will have access to community role models who discuss the discovery of and educational path towards their career.
2.
Students will use the skills they learned from the program to make informed and meaningful career choices as adults.
3.
Replication of the program in other schools to create a national program.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
1.) A large number of students report in post career day interviews that they can see themselves having the career they learned about on Career Day. Students are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about attending career day and love being interviewed. The Principal said it is their favorite day of the school year. 2.) Children often come to the interview with preconceived notions about the careers they would like to learn about but once they have tapped into their talents and passions and learn about a wide variety of careers, their choices often change. We have not seen the long term effects of the interview process but would like to create a longitudinal measure of the effectiveness of our intervention/interview. 3.) I have not begun working on a solution as of yet.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
I am hoping that the consultations will help me to see if the post career day interview is a good measure of the effectiveness of the program. I am hoping that I can secure an effective strategy to work with very stressed clients, (the NYC public schools) to facilitate a greater collaboration in my present school and in future schools.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/28/2013 by Heidi Echternacht
Kinderchat is dedicated to fostering a global dialogue among the Early Childhood community. Educators are often stressed and isolated both from each other and the larger educational community. Kinderchat creates a joyful global community space for those working with Young Children.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Kinderchat is dedicated to fostering a global dialogue among the Early Childhood community. Educators are often stressed and isolated both from each other and the larger educational community. Kinderchat creates a joyful global community space for those working with Young Children.
Open, constructive and engaging dialogue is a simple and yet continually overlooked strategy for improving education, schools and the teaching practices of those working with Young Children. Through Kinderchat, Early Childhood educators have the opportunity to connect with other innovative and creative educators, researchers, parents, companies and policy makers, keeping our vibrant community at the cutting edge of innovative educational practices and Professional Development.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Formalize operations, grow and develop more positions and responsibilities within the community, seek financial support and advice to insure stable future of the community.
2. Expand, deepen and strengthen connection to more in the Early Childhood community, including policy makers, organizations and the public.
3. Continue to develop and support our teachers. Professional Development credits for participants, develop teacher leaders and localized chapters, continue to connect classrooms through high and low tech, increase overall reach and impact.
Need #1
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need help understanding the reach of our organization and the challenges we face as we move forward. We need help to identify the strengths and weaknesses of our community and where we can improve and further scale the project. We need help creating specific roles that adress the needs of the community and a set of outside eyes to help us think about where we realistically want to be in five or ten years both financially and structurally.
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Positive working relationships, solid ethics, knowledge base and experience
2.
Honesty, humility, hard work and good communication skills
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express would be focused on the overall organization of Kinderchat. Working with a company like American Express would be more than we could ever have dreamed of for this labor of love we call Kinderchat!
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
While we have been operating for three years, have stayed true to our goals and continue to grow at exponential rates, we haven't received any formal advice or structural help from any organization or company. Our mentors and friends include iEARNUSA and various individual researchers and educators. We work to continuously craft the community under the "form follows function" mantra. Kinderchat is a grass roots, flexible, creative, dynamic and continually evolving community, firmly committed to the structure and function of an organic network.
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.
Know where to begin to seek funding
2.
Know where we need to strengthen and improve our methods and reach
3.
Increase focus and targeted approach to further develop and strengthen the community
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Increased job satisfaction among Early Childhood Educators, a deep sense of community leading to global classroom exchanges among classrooms of Young Children. We've developed teacher leaders and community moderators who give passionate testimony that the community has revitalized their teaching, saying they couldn't imagine us not being there. In three years, we have become a key hub for those in the Early Childhood community, creating global databases of Early Childhood blog directories and an accessible library of resources for the public.
We've hosted Raffi and Ellen Galinsky, been mentioned in Forbes magazine, academic publications, research papers and community directories. Kinderchat is considered an outstanding example of an educational online community.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Streamline "work flow" and know what jobs are of high priority and how and where to focus efforts moving into the future. It's hard to choose only two of the supports as there is a little of each that would be incredibly helpful! I am just grateful to have the chance to apply to work with American Express and to dream of the possibilities of making this labor of love something that will live into the future for teachers, classrooms, young children and the public.
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Created on 03/27/2013 by MobiStine
MobiStine is a start up company specialized in developing trusted healthcare applications (Apps) on smartphone for new parents in Arabic language as the 1st segment. Beside the apps, we will build dedicated healthcare social network to share the experience. Will include for the 1st time Human Sense Detection Technology, to prevent/ alert women doing risky or unhealthy actions even during sleeping.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanOrganization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Bisnis
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Operating 1-5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Yes.
- Best Business Plan in Palestine by INTEL international.
- Grant from PICTI (Palestine ICT Incubator).
- Prize from First Hi Tech Hub- Palestine
- Among 3 winners at BiD Network, The Netherlands.
- Among top 5 paid medical apps.
- Among top 5 free lifestyle apps.
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.
When I had my first baby, she used to cry most of time, we took her to doctors but with no result, until my married sister came & checked how my wife prepare extra milk (milk powder) she got shocked as my wife was feeding the baby with diluted milk, instead of 4 spoon of milk powder she put 1.5!!
We want to create innovative smartphone apps to teach & help new parents in their new lifestyle.
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Healthcare Apps for New Parents
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
MobiStine is about developing a new interactive mobile solution for the Arab World (population: 380 M) Trusted healthcare applications (apps) for new parents in Arabic language. The apps will be fully talking and interactive with alerts, reminders, daily tips, daily exercise, nutrition guide, sexual guide, etc. We will include for the first time in the Arabic market, a new technology which is Human Sense Detection, to help the pregnant avoid doing any risky actions and help the doctor later to diagnostic her case in accurate way.
The apps will include GPS to locate the nearest medical clinic, pharmacy, targeted shopping centers related to pregnancy and baby stuff, etc. In addition, we will build Arabic language healthcare social network to act as support group for parents to share their experience. We will introduce for the first time, MobiCare, which is a rating system, where pregnant or new parents can write reviews and rate the service they got from the medical clinics and hence, we will change the world and change the culture as we will make medical clinics compete between each other to provide better healthcare services for new parents in specific and the community as a whole!.
Our apps will be of two models, paid apps and free apps to enable the maximum number of new parents use our apps and get benefited from.
We have partnership with leading medical and healthcare institutions.
In English, there are over 150 apps but in Arabic there are only 5 very simple & static apps! Arab new parents is our first segment, however, we will move to other languages later.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Currently, MobiStine is first and only company in MENA specialized in developing Arabic language trusted healthcare apps on smartphone. We will also introduce for the first time in the Arabic market, human sense technology for pregnant to avoid doing any risky or unhealthily actions during their work or even while sleeping (gives immediate alerts). We will include GPS to locate the nearest medical clinic, doctors, pharmacy, etc. We will include also (through GPS) shopping centers related to pregnancy and baby stuff. Beside all, we will build dedicated healthcare social network (in Arabic) to act as support group.
In short, our solution will be a one-stop shop, everything related to new parents needs!
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The new parents by nature are inexperienced couples and they lack trusted healthcare info related to their new lifestyle. Arab culture is different, the couples feel shy to talk or ask about pregnancy stuff, hence, the apps will be a great wizard for them.
We have a great Advisory Board of gynecologist, maternity hospitals, healthcare institutions, business and marketing stuff and others who will add a great value to the solutions we provide.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
The biggest problem in the Arab market is the huge shortage and lack of Arabic content on the web which equals to <3% only while Arabic is the 5th language on the internet.
We will have a continuous R&D team to keep updating our offering and adding new technology and features to make sure we are ahead of our competitors. Currently, we have over 25 Apps on iTunes, so we have a solid experience, we are pretty sure, we can be always better and ahead of others. We have plans for hundreds of features to include in our solutions even the English apps do not have such features. Our main assets are our great team who is working together hard and do believe we can do it.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Maternal care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Arab new parents suffer from the shortage of trusted information related to their new lifestyle, pregnant women lack the knowledge related to pregnancy and they always feel so scared from delivery, there are so many Caesarean cases due to improper practices. The culture for the Arab pregnant, they do feel shy to ask about stuff related to pregnancy and so they do need a trusted source of information to guide them and answer their concerns.
Our solution and technology will alert pregnant immediately up on doing risky practices and will also help her avoid disease or minimize their effects if happened.
We will have dedicated healthcare social network as support group to share their experience. Apps will include GPS to locate the nearest hospital, medical clinic, etc.
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), Lainnya .
If other, specify here:
Building healthcar awarness for pregnant (women care) and child care
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
We will have a one-stop shop as follows:
1) Smartphone Apps in Arabic (niche market): fully talking and interactive apps, full of human sense detection, alerts, reminders, daily tips, daily exercise, sexual life guide, fetus changes and development, labor courses, etc.
2) Human Sense Detection Technology: to prevent or alert the pregnant do any risky actions during work or sleep.
3) Healthcare social network: dedicated social network for new parents in Arabic language to act as support group and share experiences.
4) MobiCare: a rating system where patients can write reviews and rate the healthcare services they got from the medical clinic, which should improve the services.
5) GPS facility: to locate nearest hospital, medical clinic, pharmacy, shopping center (targeted).
What are your vision and overall objectives?
We develop paid as well as free apps (with ads) on all smartphone devices, and so we generate revenue from both income streams. We have several partnerships with international ad agencies to integrate ads from advertisers.
Below is a list of main revenue stream:
• Direct sales: (download from the iTunes and other smartphone stores).
• Retails sponsorship: through Ad banners related to pregnant and baby stuff.
• Retail partnership: to have percentage on sales come through us (baby and mother stuff), TBD.
• Hospitals and medical clinics partnership: we can create a list (inside the app) of recommended clinics/ hospitals for delivery and mom/baby care, in return, we will have a deal from them, TBD.
• Margin from sales from the shopping centers we include in apps.
What is your value proposition?
The big one is Arabic language over the English ones.
Existing Arab competitors currently address only one or 2 aspects of MobiStine value proposition. Competitors include: Few Arab individual developers, Health websites and very few smartphone apps.
We are the first company in MENA to be specialized in developing Trusted Arabic healthcare apps. We have an agreement with leading international medical associations, so data is trusted and accurate. Moreover, we will enjoy competition as we are sure we can always do it better and provide better services to our users.
Moreover, we are the only who will offer human sense detection to prevent pregnant from doing any risky actions while working or even sleeping.
Who is your customer(s)?
- New parents, includes:
- Pregnant
- Husband.
- Adults.
- Medical clinics
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Shopping centers (who sell pregnant and baby stuff).
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Our apps will be sold mainly through the online App stores and their 100s of distributor channels all over the world.
MobiStine Marketing Strategy will focus on and utilize the following tools to attract clients:
• Advertising campaigns and promotions (E-marketing campaigns using digital media and social networks like Facebook, Google ads and others for getting more downloads of our apps.
• Article writings in specialized and related journals, blogs, forums, LinkedIn targeted groups, etc.
• Partnership with Pharmaceutical companies and medical devices to have sponsorship ads.
• Partnership with hospital, medical clinics, medical laboratories and the like for ads sponsorship.
• Partnership with NGOs and other institutions that have same target market as ours (who focus on pregnant
What are your primary activities?
- Develop and keep updating the smartphone Apps.
- Build the healthcare apps.
- GPS, adding and updating clinics, doctors, shops, etc.
- Marketing activities of our apps and solution
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Our peers (Ecosystem):
- Hospitals, medical clinics and doctors
- Insurance companies
- Medical Labs
- Shopping centers that sell pregnancy and baby stuff
Our competitors:
- Few healthcare website
- 5 smartphone apps
I don't think the above peers (Ecosystem) will pose real problems for us as they will be with us and want us to succeed, since they get value from our apps. This value is direct and indirect; we promote their clinic and we create awareness for patients. There will be win win situation with them.
As for the competitors: There are very few Arabic trusted healthcare websites, they are not even designed for mobile use and so, they may pose some minor problems if they decide to do a mobile version, however they are general ones and not focused on the new parents as ours
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?
If the (few) Arabic healthcare websites or individuals decide to create a smartphone apps in Arabic for new parents, however, as we are currently the first and only company specialized in this, so first comer is first winner, also, it is not easy to establish partnerships with leading medical organizations to make the apps fully trusted and accredited. In addition, we have a solid advisory board with R&D to keep enhancing and creating more value and benefit to our users especially we have developed over 25 smartphone apps and so we learned a lot in terms of user experience and how to attract users. Our team believe we can always be better.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
We will release free as & paid version of the smartphone app, to enable to maximum number of users to use our apps, once they use it, we are sure they will stick with us due to the value they get day by day. We will include ads in the free apps and so we get income from both revenue stream. We will have sponsorship ads as 3rd revenue stream where our ecosystem will be delighted to do ads with us
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
70% or Arabs are young and our solutions is targeted to youth who are likely to have smartphones and they do lack the trusted healthcare info related to their new lifestyle including child care and how to plan for next baby which is a problem in the Arab world as they keep on having new baby one after the other. Moreover, mHealth is estimated to be $ 38.8 billion by 2016.
What are your key growth objectives?
Partnership with big pharmaceutical companies and medical & healthcare organizations, NGOs who support healthcare issues in addition to governments who fund and support healthcare awareness.
We will do the smartphone on iOS (iPhone) and Android and later to other platforms (Blackberry, Nokia and Windows phone).
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
We need 4-5 months to release our first smartphone app for pregnant, 2 months for awareness and baby planning app, 1 month for building social healthcare network. 6-10 months to have a matured GPS ready to located the nearest medical clinics, hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and shopping centers targeting pregnant and baby stuff.
We will do regional workshops and events for professional and those who work in the medical and healthcare sector to introduce the first solution of its kind in the Arab world.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Currently, we have developed over 25 apps in Arabic in health and personal use and we have hundreds of thousands of users who are using our apps. Some of our existing apps were among top 5 (in fact the first of the top 5) paid medical apps in Kuwait and top 5 free lifestyle apps in Saudi Arabis (KSA).
From the feedback we receive from our users, it helped them and created a strong healthcare awareness for them and for their families. Our apps help to avoid diseases or at least minimize their effects if occurs.
By now, have a database of almost 20,000 email addresses from those who send us their emails to add them in our newsletters to acknowledge them for any new app we develop. We receive over 100 emails everyday from those users who use our apps.
The impact will be: Arab pregnant and new parents will have easier and healthier pregnancy and life. To avoid disease/ minimize their effect, through trusted healthcare information on smartphone and dedicated healthcare social network in Arabic.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Through our healthcare social network, we will build a rating system where users will write reviews and rate the healthcare services they receive from medical clinics.
We will run periodic surveys to our users to hear their feedback, comments and impact so as to have a quantitative KPIs to keep enhancing. We do concentrate on the user experience and their valuable feedback to keep improving, we will make medical clinics compete between each other to provide better healthcare services to the new parents in specific and other patients and community as a whole.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Sure, we did a market research and decided to start with the new parents apps in Arabic market since it is a niche and untapped market as there are no similar apps exist. Once we are done with the Arabic segment (market) we will partner with local selected organization ((for culture issues)) to duplicate our solution in other languages and will start with the most needed and untapped countries/ market. So, we could have our apps localized into multiple languages including English, to make other nations benefited.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
- Reduce the risky and unhealthy practices by pregnant women.
- Provide better healthcare services by medical centers.
- Create healthier families.
- Better baby care.
- Better pregnant and women care.
- Create a scientific and healthy culture for baby planning.
- Avoid disease or minimize their effects.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
During the last 19 months, it has been self financed. Currently, we are talking with potential investors who showed interest to invest and partner with us to make this happen. We are exploring different options and once we decide and choose the right investor (who will provide added value service beside the money), we will start immediately.
On the WORST scenario, if we did not get investment, I will execute my crazy backup plan.. do you want to hear it? well, it is to sell my home, yes sell my home and I told my family once we succeeded (and we will), I will buy you a palace in stead of the flat. I know it is crazy but I will go for it as I do belief in it!!
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
Friends and family, Individu, Patients, Caregivers, Private businesses.
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
LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Others.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Our revenue generation will have the below main revenue streams:
1) Paid apps: the price for each app will range from $ 1-4).
2) Ads revenue from free apps: we integrate ads inside the app through leading international ad agencies and networks.
3) Revenue from sponsorships ads: from pharmaceutical companies, medical clinics, baby milk producers, baby stuff manufacturer.
4) Sales margin from shopping centers: sales that come through our apps and solutions to shopping centers that sell pregnant and baby stuff.
5) Healthcare outsourcing projects: for government, NGOs, companies who want to develop medical/ healthcare systems.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
We got a grant of $ 5K in cache after winning with a business plan, other than that, we never had a cache money. However, we got some in-kind support it terms of training, consultation and alike.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
We will have more investors to come in as we gave share and equity. However, we will need just one year (after the development) to get the breakeven point and later we will be having revenues which should cover the expenses and have enough net income.
But our door is always opened for investors and new ideas moving into new segment or localizing the apps into other language since it will cost us very little since the core data and technology already there.
Created on 03/26/2013 by Kids' Own Wisdom
Brain science confirms: Humans are hard-wired at birth to empathize + to cooperate. So, why do we see rampant dysfunction and disconnection between people, nations, and the environment? Failure to engage + exercise inborn sensitivity to the interconnectedness of all life on earth is a major factor.
As with any natural born talent or skill, deep-seated tendencies (to empathize, etc.) need to be consistently drawn out and exercised for authentic development + integration. Lectures, at a certain point, are counter-productive.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, CA, Sausalito, Marin County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, CA, Sausalito, Marin County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Brain science confirms: Humans are hard-wired at birth to empathize + to cooperate. So, why do we see rampant dysfunction and disconnection between people, nations, and the environment? Failure to engage + exercise inborn sensitivity to the interconnectedness of all life on earth is a major factor.
As with any natural born talent or skill, deep-seated tendencies (to empathize, etc.) need to be consistently drawn out and exercised for authentic development + integration. Lectures, at a certain point, are counter-productive.
KOW's researched + tested, wide-ranging, open-ended questions engage groups of students in relevant, age-appropriate, enthusiastic discussions that consistently activate + consolidate emotional intelligence, critical thinking + win-win problem solving abilities.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. To be recognized and respected as change agents in the area of social-emotional learning that spurs creative critical thinking, throughout the United States, other English-speaking countries, and Spanish speaking-countries, as well. (KOW is currently in the final stages of being professionally translated into Spanish.) We will achieve recognition and respect through: expansion of our materials into many more schools, speaking engagements, more active social media, creating mutually supportive professional alliances, and publication of a book (in the works) that describes the rational, research and results behind the design and unique approach of KIDS' OWN WISDOM.
2. Within a year: develop, classroom test and start selling the next 2-4 levels of KIDS' OWN WISDOM. (Our goal is to produce at least 10 more levels of KIDS' OWN WISDOM, serving all children, 4-15 years of age.)
3. To enlist adequate numbers of qualified sales representatives / trainers (preferably former or current teachers).
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Our most pressing specific project need is to develop a stand-out presence in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) market with a powerfully compelling/coherent message that positions KIDS' OWN WISDOM (KOW) as the uniquely valuable resource it has proven itself to be. Once KOW gains national recognition, advanced levels of the program can be produced and distributed.
In addition to the logo we recently acquired, the following would help to create the stand-out presence KOW deserves: √ Consistent brand messaging that reflects KOW's vision and values, as well as its short and long-range benefits √ A more effective web site, capable of securely accepting credit cards √ Search engine optimization
√ Podcasting √ Video series √ Social media management √ Database integration
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Shared values as the basis of solid trust.
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Mutual respect for different, complementary strengths, making it possible to achieve far more than we could separately.
3.
Open, honest communication that prioritizes Big Picture goal of bringing KOW to maximum number of schools, worldwide.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Our organization, overall, is in need of solid business savvy in the following areas:
1.) Marketing the cumulative, multi-dimensional benefits derived from regular use of KIDS' OWN WISDOM.
2.) Accounting and database integration.
3.) Forging professional alliances, creating speaking engagements, interviews, etc.
... I'm completely open to guidance about what other activities and achievements are necessary to promote progress in this area.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have given some attention to the above area, but never in a consistent way, because I had no confidence in how to achieve significant results. I've never formally worked with outside consultants, but the time is now for professional business guidance.
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
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To rank as one of the most highly regarded approaches to impacting significant growth in empathy + critical thinking skills.
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To be internationally adopted as a tool for sparking and engaging kids' capacity to think + collaboratively problem solve.
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To activate the positive potential of education + to counter-balance the "standardizing" effect of most educational systems.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
With accurate and consistent implementation of KIDS' OWN WISDOM, teachers report: (1) More cooperation between students during indoor and outdoor activities = reduced bullying, reduced cheating, reduced pushing. (2) Even the most shy students participate in, and contribute to, KOW discussions - a crucial and important school readiness/success skill. (3) Distinct carry-over influence, both short and long-term, at taking more personal responsibility for decisions and choices. (4) Reduced need for repetition of instructions and behavior modification. (5) Marked increase in children's awareness, empathy and sensitivity towards others.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Functioning within the guidelines of a legitimate and successful business model will enable us to more quickly achieve one of our major goals: to donate KIDS' OWN WISDOM resources to schools, after school programs, institutions, etc, that cannot afford to purchase them.
We fully expect to be adopted in developing nations, as well as developed nations, and we project powerful alliance building with organizations that demonstrate similar values and results. Examples of 3 organizations we'd love to coordinate efforts with: Ashesi University Foundation, in Ghana (http://www.ashesi.org/), Shanti Children's Foundation, in Nepal (http://www.shantichildrensfoundation.org), and The Communiversity of South Africa (http://www.thecommuniversityofsouthafrica.com/).
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This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: WINGS Soars!.
Created on 03/22/2013 by adampom
WINGS is working to solve poor long-term outcomes of low-income students with our innovative social and emotional education program. WINGS teaches kids how to behave well, make good decisions, and build healthy relationships by delivering a social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program. We serve at-risk, low-income kids 3-hours per day, 5-days per week, for the entire school year – more than 500 hours annually.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, SC, Charleston, Charleston County
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United States, SC, Charleston, Charleston County
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Penyekalaan (langkah selanjutnya adalah menumbuhkan dampak pada skala regional atau bahkan global)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
WINGS is working to solve poor long-term outcomes of low-income students with our innovative social and emotional education program. WINGS teaches kids how to behave well, make good decisions, and build healthy relationships by delivering a social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program. We serve at-risk, low-income kids 3-hours per day, 5-days per week, for the entire school year – more than 500 hours annually.
Research shows social and emotional education delivered in the after school setting increases academic achievement, school attendance, and student behavior. Evaluations of our program show WINGS kids make better grades, score higher on standardizes tests, attend school more often, and have better behavior than non-WINGS students.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Develop a long-term strategic plan – we are working to identify strategic opportunities for the long-term growth and sustainability of WINGS.
2) Continue with our evaluation efforts – we will be entering the second year of a randomized control trial study on our program effectiveness, the gold standard in program evaluation.
3) Increase the number of students we serve – we are currently in four Charleston, South Carolina schools and two Atlanta, Georgia schools. We are working to increase enrollment in our current schools by more than 25% and add a new school in rural South Carolina.
Need #1
Opportunity Analysis
Need #2
Staffing Capabilities
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need to develop and refine our long-term strategic plan through opportunity analysis in order to maximize our impact and to achieve systemic change. Currently we are in an expansion phase, adding new programs each year. We are also in the midst of a randomized control trial study, which we anticipate will definitively document the positive outcomes of WINGS. When we receive our positive evaluation results we need to be prepared for widespread demand.
Our current direct service model is very good at achieving impact, but it is labor intensive and we are only working with a handful of schools. If we were to double our number of schools each year, it would take 14 years for us to reach the nearly 100,000 public elementary schools in the US. Given our current model, that type of growth is unrealistic. In order to achieve real systemic change we need to evaluate the best delivery mechanism of WINGS. Now is the time for us to evaluate the overall marketplace and to identify opportunities where we can achieve the greatest impact, whether it is through our direct service model or another avenue.
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Partners who challenge us in our conventional thinking.
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People are who willing to make a real commitment to working with us, just as we are willing to make when working with them.
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We share common goals of what we want to achieve.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
The only service we currently provide is our direct service after school program, so support will be focused on our overall organization. As a result of the consulting support it may be determined we should pursue an alternative service delivery option, such as a training and curriculum service in order to increase our impact. We are anxious to for the insight the consultants will provide as we go through this evaluation process.
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
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Better understand the marketplace in which we operate
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Explore alternative service delivery options to maximize impact
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Initiate the framework to develop a more detailed strategic plan
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2010-11 we partnered with UVA researchers for a preliminary outcome study. The results found executive function skills improved by 21 percentile points and applied problem solving skills improved by 8 percentile points. Increases in these areas are predictors for positive long-term outcomes: improved high school graduation rates, higher income potential, and reduced rates of criminal behavior.
Due to these results, the researchers wrote and received a $2.8 million grant from the US Department of Education for a randomized control trial study on WINGS, the gold standard of program evaluation. Previous evaluations by Yale University demonstrated WINGS kids attained higher math and reading scores and better grades and school attendance than non-WINGS kids.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We are currently serving 650 kids each day in six low-income elementary schools, and we anticipate expanding our services to more than 900 kids next year. While this is a significant year over year growth rate, we are still falling short of achieving systemic change – we are only hitting a small percentage of all at-risk students. By working with the professionals with American Express we hope to identify a way for us to greatly increase our scale. We realize we will not be able to serve all students in the next year, but we believe this will help us lay the framework for widespread scaling and systemic change.
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Created on 03/21/2013 by projectshwas
Shwas Lena Hai, which means "to take a breath," is the only wearable sensor to detect signs of respiratory distress in infants, which causes 648,000 annual deaths in India. These tragedies can be avoided with the sensors developed by HITLAB and Zansors. Shwas Lena Hai is novel, low-cost sensor tech that alerts parents to seek medical help with beeping sounds when the infant breathes irregularly.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, NY, New York
Organization's Country of Operation
United States, NY, New York
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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.
An “Aha!” moment occurred when Cole Manship of HITLAB realized that the existing relationships that HITLAB has with Indian partners could be connected with new wearable sensor technologies from Zansors. HITLAB and Cole saw new ways to help parents and infants of India with technology. HITLAB and Cole took the time to talk with partners in India and at Zansors to validate the “Aha!” idea.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Shwas Lena Hai ("to take a breath")
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
HITLAB and Zansors are developing the only wearable sensor to detect symptoms of respiratory distress that is designed for a resource constrained environment. This offering is a joint venture called Shwas Lena Hai meaning “to take a breath” and Project Shwas henceforth. Every year 1.8 million children under the age of five die from respiratory distress. In India alone, WHO estimates that annual mortality from respiratory distress among infants exceeds 648000. Many of these deaths can be prevented by known, simple, and affordable low cost interventions and home-care. Project Shwas has identified an innovative model to alleviate unnecessary childhood deaths from respiratory distress in which novel, low-cost, sensor technologies can be used by parents in India with newborns and infants living in rural and poor regions. The sensor patch measures the respiratory rate, breathing patterns, and quality of breathing. Proprietary algorithms will be able to detect the earliest signs of breathing complications. The simple, easy-to-read LED display and “beeper” alert parents when poor breathing is detected. Using this system, parents will be alerted of potentially life-threatening breathing problems at the earliest signs of complications. Our solution will save lives by providing parents with a long enough window to seek appropriate medical treatment before their child stops breathing.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Project Shwas connects sophisticated sensor technologies and education pamphlets to parents living in India who want to feel empowered in the care of their newborn or infant. The innovation is that parents receive an experience from both the sensors and education material. HITLAB’s model qualifies the sensor technology by ensuring the semiconductor-based sensors are designed with technical precision, fabricated with high-quality, and tested. HITLAB’s knowledgeand network in India ensure that the educational material and sensor solutions are adapted to a consumer product that can be meet price points and sustain in resource-constrained areas. HITLAB will ensure that the sensor solution includes the following features: used at home, low-cost, wearable on infant, wireless, easy-to-use.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
HITLAB is a for profit company with a not-for-profit mission to promote social good based on its three core values of innovation, partnership, and evidence-based research. HITLAB has two locations that provide a global awareness; located at 1) Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and 2) located on the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi. Stan Kachnowski, Director of HITLAB, has an appointment at IIT-Delhi enhancing this proposal’s network in India. HITLAB participates in partnerships with many diverse organizations to understand health needs in developed and emerging regions: Johnson & Johnson, Wellpoint, American Diabetes Association, etc. HITLAB is working with a sensor technology small business called Zansors to develop the sensor patch.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
HITLAB’s diverse team allows it to constantly innovate. The team consists of engineers, business managers, data scientists, economists, public health professionals, and clinicians, who share ideas and review programs to ensure adaptability and growth. As part of its activities, HITLAB has evaluated many different types of technologies to prepare and assess technology trends and stay current. Some of these technologies include activity monitoring, mHealth, electronic health records, clinical trial social networking tool assessment, and online self-care platform. HITLAB produces publications that allow it to stay current in a changing world.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Child mortality in India is a major issue to be solved based on the UN’s Millennium Development Campaign. In 2010 WHO reported, 1.8 million infants die before age 5 in India and 7.6 million world-wide. Respiratory distress in India is a major cause of death for infants with 648k annual deaths due to respiratory distress. Many parents do not know the signals of respiratory distress before it is too late. Additionally, parents in India especially resource-constrained settings do not have access to home monitoring devices available to parents in developed parts of the world. 75% of infant mortality in India arise from specific high-risk states: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, and Gujarat.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Piloting (a pilot that has just begun operating)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New approaches to distribution of health products and services.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Our low-cost, disposable wearable micro-sensor technology can help prevent the deaths of the 645,000 children under the age of five who die annually of respiratory distress in India. Project Shwas addresses India’s high neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rate by monitoring the quality of the respiratory system in the home environment using simple to use wearable sensors. This endeavor is in-line with the goals of UNICEF through their Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) program, which encourages home-based care solutions. The algorithms being developed will be capable of alerting parents at the earliest signs of respiratory complications, giving them additional time to seek life-saving medical care.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
The vision is to empower parents in India to utilize low-cost technologies designed for resource poor environments to reduce infant and childhood mortality relating to respiratory distress. The overall objectives include 1) developing products using technologies that are high-quality and low-cost in rural health settings; 2) educating parents about respiratory distress and infant mortality; 3) creating a distribution system where products are accessible to masses.
We want to empower a new segment of the Indian population to be health consumers of services for their infants. These individuals will have both the access and spending power to purchase affordable consumer health products that are of sophisticated sensor technologies.
What is your value proposition?
HITLAB and its partners will offer parents in India with a wireless wearable sensor patch to monitor the breathing of their child to serve as an alert monitor when infant stops breathing. The embedded algorithm on the sensor collects objective, standardized breathing data to determine good, mediocre, or poor breathing with outputs of LED color displays of green, yellow, and red, respectively. The consumer sensor product will be low-cost and accessible to Indian parents who currently do not have technology tools to prevent infant respiratory distress and infant mortality. The combination of education and technology provides an entire experience for parents.
Who is your customer(s)?
Project Shwas will focus on customers such as state governments, local clinics in the states, Indian healthcare delivery systems, NGOs, and parents with disposable income to purchase the proposed product. In Year 1, the focus is to complete a pilot in state of Assam so the customer is Assam's Ministry of Health and its leading hospital, Guwahati Neurological Research Centre. Project Shwas will identify local health clinics in Assam to serve as customers too. Project Shwas will also identify customers who have vast health delivery networks in India like Apollo Hospitals. In Year 2, the Project Shwas will focus on high-risk states besides Assam. In Year 3, full awareness, marketing, and advertising can focus on customers like parents expecting children or with infants.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Project Shwas has its own network to reach its customer however certain organizations can help bring awareness. For example, Project Shwas can get the help of Save the Children’s Smita Baruah who is Director of Global Health Policy and Advocacy. Project Shwas will reach customers by getting its educational material and sensor product to be perceived like any other consumer product. An ideal partner may be an Indian consumer company selling baby/infant products as a distributor. These firms already have access and contact with parents and the educational material and sensor patch can be co-marketed. HITLAB can be innovative and even partner with a firm like Coca-Cola to help extend reach into rural areas and bring awareness of the sensor patch and educational material.
What are your primary activities?
There are five primary activities. First, educational material about infant mortality and respiratory distress need to be developed that will accompany the sensor products. Next, the sensor product has to be designed, fabricated, and tested. Thirdly, pilot testing of the program and experience from the educational material and sensor products must be completed. Fourthly, research and connections with the Indian government and NGOs must be made when bringing to products into the country. Finally, the full ramp-up of the education and product distribution must take place.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Current competitors are baby monitoring firms like Fisher-Price who currently do not cater to resource-constrained regions like India to address infant mortality especially respiratory distress. Also these types of firms do not have expertise in mobile health sensor technologies. Other NGOs like the Gates Foundation may deploy technologies addressing respiratory distress. The saturation or contact of the same Indian partners or individuals may make it harder for the implementation of Project Shwas.
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?
HITLAB manages many different programs besides this proposal. The proper attention and focus is required for a project like this where overseas coordination is required. Success can be ensured with an assigned, formal project manager so that all objectives and day-to-day activities are addressed.
While India's economy is growing, we don't know if the growth will sustain. Project Shwas assumes consumer spending empowerment where they can afford consumer health products. These parents can be of any socio-economic background and any educational level in India but the product will be priced at <$20 US or lower assuming consumer can afford this - similar to throw-away cell phones available in India.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Invest in educational programs and partnering with marketing providers. These programs require making parents aware of the need for home-testing of respiratory distress to prevent death. Awareness can start as posters or pamphlets in pediatric clinics and other health clinics. Foster partnerships with local clinics, NGOs (Save the Children), and health delivery systems (e.g. Apollo Hospitals).
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Project Shwas has a full prototype that can measure respiratory rate, breathing rhythms, and quality of breathing. The prototype adheres to the “lean startup” methodology being a minimum viable product. India is considered a growing economy with a new middle class in all socio-economic groups and adopting technologies like cell phones. Healthcare for newborns/infants will be in high demand.
What are your key growth objectives?
The first objective is to partner with the state of Assam in Year 1 and then create local awareness and education about respiratory distress and home monitoring systems at pediatric and health clinics in Assam. The next objective will be to reach out to other state governments in India and leading health delivery networks like Apollo Hospitals to ramp-up in Year 2 and 3.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
In Year 1, the goal is to produce 100 units of the sensor monitoring units and then test with 20 – 50 infants in Assam, India as a pilot study. Also, Project Shwas will develop initial awareness and educational materials to be placed in approved clinics in Assam to help parents understand the importance of respiratory distress and home monitoring. Finally, Project Shwas will cultivate strong relationships with Indian state governments, health delivery systems like Apollo Hospitals, and NGOs like Save the Children. In Year 2 and 3, Project Shwas will have expanded into at least two other high-risk infant mortality states. The selection will be determined by feedback from Indian government, NGOs, partners, etc. Also, in Year 2 and 3, Project Shwas will be able to produce thousands of units.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
To date, Zansors has developed a minimum viable product capable of monitoring respiration rate, breathing rhythms, and quality of breathing. Once piloted and taken to market, our product will begin having an immediate impact by providing parents of children with a tool to address respiratory distress in the home especially for the first 28 days. Project Shwas has no impact at the moment because it is new and disruptive. HITLAB and its partner Zansors have been conducting internal development. HITLAB needs the current time to coordinate with its India office to not only organize the optimal education program for respiratory distress and infant mortality, but HITLAB wants to optimize the value proposition in order for the pilot and full launch to be successful. Also, HITLAB and Zansors are optimizing the wearable sensor patch. The impact will occur when the education material and wearable sensor are in the hands of parents.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Project Shwas will measure social impact primarily by the diffusion of the product throughout India. The diffusion across India will be highly influenced by the ability of the product to be adopted by partnering clinics and health delivery systems in India and also average consumers. An indirect method of social impact can be to measure the discussion on social media like Facebook regarding the solution. A continued promotion and praise of the solution will indicate the social impact as a new entrant/solution. Also, HITLAB will conduct surveys and observational research with users to determine satisfaction levels from parents as users. Parents can provide rating on usefulness of the program in order for HITLAB and Zansors to fine-tune the offering.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, the education material on respiratory distress and infant mortality and the wearable sensor patch monitoring system can be scaled to other resource-constrained areas such as Africa. Project Shwas is designed to be flexible and scalable for other regions of the world. A successful demonstration in India, which is resource-constrained in many areas, provides strong chance to sustain in other emerging regions.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Project Shwas is focused on India, where 648k children die each year of respiratory distress and the impact will be the parents in India with newborns/infants. We will start with an initial focused pilot, and then expand into the eight high-risk states of India: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat, and Assam. In Year 1, the launch of a pilot in Assam will allow good user testing and user experience from parents relating to the education material and sensors. In Year 2, full scale education, advertising, and awareness of the program will begin. In Year 3, full deployment into the remaining high-risk states and throughout the country can begin with distribution partners. By year 3 we will have capacity to supply a volume of at least 2M units.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
Project Shwas is a joint venture of HITLAB and Zansors. HITLAB brings both the operational and leadership of the venture while Zansors is a sub-contractor with expertise in wearable sensor technologies. HITLAB conducts hundreds of technology assessments and its mission is to create philanthropic, global outcomes. HITLAB has strong and deep relationships with both angel investors and venture capitalists (VC) in New York City and India. HITLAB plans to utilize the winnings from this competition to fund further development of the device’s algorithms and launch a preliminary, small-scale pilot on 25 to 50 at risk children. Leveraging the results of the feasibility pilot, HITLAB will then seek investment of approximately $200,000 from an angel investor in the Indian Angel Network (with which HITLAB has deep connections) to refine the product, develop educational materials, and establish strategic partnerships with health clinics and distribution centers in Assam. By year 3, as the project expands beyond pilots conducted in Assam, we anticipate that project will be self-sustaining.
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
Individu, Patients, Caregivers, Private businesses.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Project Shwas is an idea incubated at HITLAB. HITLAB and its partner Zansors are operational entities receiving funding from their respective sponsors and investors. As the Project ramps-up in Year 1 and 2, it will seek growth capital from investors. Project Shwas’ overall goal is to create a product that generates revenue through direct to consumer sales to independently sustain the Project. HITLAB and Zansors are developing the product at a cost that is low enough to achieve a price point that can be easily reached by parents of at risk infants in India. The technology will become increasingly affordable from scaling. While initial testing and product refinement will require investment capital, we anticipate the project to have achieved sufficient scale to be self-sustaining by Year 3.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
HITLAB seeks to improve the quality, affordability and accessibility of healthcare worldwide by investigating the innovative use and clinical effectiveness of information and communications technology. In partnership with others whose missions align with ours, we independently and ethically research and communicate the role technology can play in improving the provision and outcomes of healthcare.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
HITLAB has deep relationships with the Indian Angel Network. HITLAB will leverage these and other relationships to secure the funding required for Project Shwas and to run the necessary pilots. HITLAB will then leverage the results of these pilots to secure additional seed funding. Seed funding will be used to secure marketing and distribution channels, develop marketing materials, After the product is ready for market, HITLAB will do a soft launch through a strategically selected partnering hospital. By the end of year 3 we anticipate to be self-sustaining.
Created on 03/19/2013 by Kimberly.Svevo
CCWF reduces violence/hate by teaching parents to model pro-social behavior. ICDP strengthens parents' empathy-based interaction in showing children love, communicating, learning and self-discipline. Parents build confidence and thus support children’s development, preventing conditions that lead to abuse/neglect.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Changing Children's Worlds Foundation
Negara Organisasi
United States, IL, Geneva, Kane County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, IL, Chicago, Cook County
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a. Nirlaba
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Changing Children's Worlds Foundation (International Child Development Program-USA)
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
CCWF reduces violence/hate by teaching parents to model pro-social behavior. ICDP strengthens parents' empathy-based interaction in showing children love, communicating, learning and self-discipline. Parents build confidence and thus support children’s development, preventing conditions that lead to abuse/neglect. An assets-based psycho-social program, ICDP's 8 simple evidence-based Guidelines, shared experientially with parents & teachers, support children's social & emotional development, reducing bullying/violence in families, schools & communities. ICDP-USA aims to reach 500 at-risk parents in Chicago & New Orleans in 2013-14.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) To establish ICDP-USA, as ICDP is established in Norway, Colombia and 22 other countries around the world, as a unique empathy-based program strengthen parent/caregiver capacity to raise safer, pro-social children;
2) To evaluate ICDP-USA pilot and new project outcomes in its second year to strengthen our appeal to partners, donors and our target audiences: parents, caregivers & school and community leaders.
3) To expand the International Child Development Program in the Chicago area, New Orleans and beyond.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
1) As UNICEF, Governments & major Public Relations Companies have supported ICDP Messaging/Branding in Norway, Colombia, etc., we need high quality support in Chicago/USA to communicate and realize the potential that CCWF/ICDP offers families, schools and communities (and possibly internationally). ICDP is aligned with the emerging & important USA schools and child development initiatives on Social Emotional Learning to Reduce Violence in Families & Communities. The program (and related materials) needs to be adapted to demonstrate their close alignment with USA SEL objectives and standards in 2013, in order to meet program and funding criteria for maximum implementation.
2) ICDP-International offers international evaluation instruments and methodology, which CCWF/ICDP-USA needs to adapt & apply with high quality assistance in order to evaluate & assess our competitive positioning. A unique & highly needed program, it requires a 2013-14 performance evaluation to measure the program's outcomes effectiveness with current & new 'pilot' parents, schools and communities, to establish it as best practice for optimal fundraising, staffing and replication with various US constituencies.
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Commitment to serve at-risk children/parents with high quality programs, relationships, communications, evaluation & results.
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Commitment to achieve high (maximum) productivity and program impact with limited resources (especially financial and human).
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Respect and transparency embedded in our communications and work objectives: throughout our projects and relationships.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
American Express support will focus on our organization overall: Changing Children's Worlds Foundation (CCWF), which has an ecological framework encompassing: 1) Public Awareness/Engagement; 2) Education/Training; 3) Social Action & Programs/Services; 4) Advocacy for Policy & Social Change -inclusive of children/youth/ parents/community/ professionals for a holistic approach to capacity development and peace-building. The International Child Development Program is our major, anchor program (supplemented by others) with great potential & global evidence of its impact on families & communities.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Not yet for ICDP-USA although we need to. We have a formal agreement with the ICDP-International organization in Norway, which recently had a major Public Relations firm redo its international branding and materials pro bono. We need an adapted, unique approach for the USA, which we are building slowly. I have worked with outside consultants before, and have done international strategic planning as well. We highly value this opportunity to gain high quality professional assistance to help establish ICDP-USA solidly through message/branding and the critical benchmarking/evaluation process.
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.
A strong articulated CCWF/ICDP message brand strategy (partners, funders, parents, professionals, schools and governments)
2.
An assessment of Changing Children's Worlds competitive positioning based on current and potential programs, and resources.
3.
A Peer Benchmarking Analysis to assess ICDP's competitive positioning through evaluation of its performance and impact.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
ICDP was introduced to American parents, teachers, social workers, psychologists, university professors, child abuse prevention professionals, parent advocates & churches. All identified ICDP as a unique program which supports children's positive development and protection by supporting their parents, better than anything available. Currently 3 Trainer Trainees, 24 Facilitators/Trainees and over 75 Parents/Caregivers were trained or participated in ICDP (at nearly 100% retention/positive impact on parents/caregivers as well as on their children), impacting 200+ children. Partners from schools, to social service and mental health agencies, to churches are engaging their leaders and professionals to be trained in ICDP. A church called ICDP a miracle and an answer to parents' prayers.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
American Express support will ensure CCWF has a recognizable brand and messaging strategy, based on evidence of its distinct universal value to all parents and children, but also those with higher risk of violence. CCWF will engage partners and funders to adapt, pilot and evaluate our ICDP and related programs. We will then target large-scale implementation for parents/caregivers in Chicago Public Schools, county Public Health Departments, as well as agencies and institutions providing universal support to families, parents & children. CCWF would also reach out specifically to military family parents; pregnant mothers (all parents) in prison; to parents in the juvenile justice & foster systems; and to parents of special needs children; as well as mothers impacted by Domestic Violence.
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Created on 03/13/2013 by bfastudent
The problem we face right now is the missing link in the ojibway language. Not only are we the generation left behind to pick up the pieces from the effects of the residential school era, we are also responsible for putting those pieces back together! Our elders are slowly leaving us and without their knowledge of our traditions, languages and practices, we are going to lose it fast! I'm also in the process of learning and teaching the language to my son everyday, little by little he is learning and so am I. This is truly a double healing process for both parent and child!
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanTitle
Bachelor of Fine Arts and minor in Anishinaabemowin
Negara Organisasi
Canada, ON, Sault Ste Marie
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Canada, ON, Sault Ste Marie
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Ojibway Language Books for Children
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
The problem we face right now is the missing link in the ojibway language. Not only are we the generation left behind to pick up the pieces from the effects of the residential school era, we are also responsible for putting those pieces back together! Our elders are slowly leaving us and without their knowledge of our traditions, languages and practices, we are going to lose it fast! I'm also in the process of learning and teaching the language to my son everyday, little by little he is learning and so am I. This is truly a double healing process for both parent and child!
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Creating a business plan to find retail space for my book store
Visiting local First Nations communities across Canada to give them a baby book for their local daycare centres
I would also like to create native baby apparel that would include dresses, shirts, ties, hats, etc.
Need #1
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!
I am a full time student and a stay at home mom. I always found it hard to learn from the business sector of things. I would really love to learn more on how I can develop my business at home while still being able to spend sometime with my son.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
With support from American Express, I will be purchasing more fabrics for my books, looking for ways to market my baby books. I'm hoping to find a publisher that would create these books in fabric but still have my thoughts and inputs to create the designing process. It will also help me with travel cost and shipping!
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
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.
Available resources for children in the Ojibway language
2.
Fully functioning business
3.
Able to do the job I love while making changes in our world
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
I donated my first Baby WayNa book in a giveaway on my facebook page to promote my books and to spread the word about Baby WayNa! I have now sold five books to customers located in Terrace Bay, Montreal, Sudbury and had the honour in making a baby book for the seventh generation midwives of Toronto that will be located in their centre soon. I was personally selected to be a host on Native American Calling in regards to our languages being offered in American and Canadian school curriculums and why parents need to start educating their children at a young age.The demand is truly unreal for the needs of these books and I only expected it to be higher if we don't act now!
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The idea behind my innovation is the lack of linguistic resources available for first nations, metis and inuit children to learn their own cultural identity which should be locally available in all educational centres across Canada. Researching and growing up in a world without this sufficient need has truly devastated my upbringing and made me more eager to end this silence! In this generation, we are slowly losing our elders dialect and traditions. We need to act now before we will no longer have them around to pull together this missing link we call language! This right here would end the loss of our language and rebind the links that were once undone.
We will finally have the available resources in our schools, public libraries, book stores all across Canada and the USA.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/11/2013 by ahardin4
Water Ecuador is committed to providing communities with sustainable clean water sources through a broadly replicable and scalable business model. The organization's water centers are designed to be financially autonomous, paying for maintenance and repair costs through water sales. To ensure continued community uptake, Water Ecuador performs aggressive educational work in conjunction with its water center construction. Volunteer staff in the United States educate others about water health through social media and raise money for the construction of new water centers.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, MA, Cambridge, Middlesex County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Water Ecuador Digital Media Outreach
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Water Ecuador is committed to providing communities with sustainable clean water sources through a broadly replicable and scalable business model. The organization's water centers are designed to be financially autonomous, paying for maintenance and repair costs through water sales. To ensure continued community uptake, Water Ecuador performs aggressive educational work in conjunction with its water center construction. Volunteer staff in the United States educate others about water health through social media and raise money for the construction of new water centers. Future efforts will be directed at developing a franchise model whereby aspiring local entrepreneurs borrow to obtain a water center, which they will operate as a franchise under the auspices of Water Ecuador.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Broaden donor base in Untied States through improved use of grassroots marketing and social media
2) Build Water Ecuador's brand awareness in Ecuador as a step towards the development of a franchise model for scaling operations
3) Hone business model at existing water centers through experiments in outreach and marketing
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!
Water Ecuador has begun developing a strong online presence through its website (waterecuador.org), facebook, twitter, and linkedin. However, Water Ecuador has struggled in converting hits on the website and followers on social media into donor dollars. Water Ecuador needs help in designing and implementing digital marketing strategies and partnerships that result in increased donations for the organization, thereby allowing the organizations to improve the services it provides for families in Ecuador.
Specifically, Water Ecuador would like help in analyzing the relative utility of the following strategies:
1) Google AdWords spending
2) Facebook advertising
3) Partnerships with US companies for online matching of donations
4) Inbound marketing strategies through development of manuals or informational web books
5) Creative mass donor campaigns such as those on kickstarter, charitywater.org, etc.
5) Merchandise sales on website or elsewhere
In addition to identification of areas of focus, Water Ecuador seeks advice and technical assistance in implementation of these approaches, given the limited technical skills of Water Ecuador's volunteer staff.
1.
Outcomes-based approach to problem
2.
Equitable sharing of opportunities and resources between partners
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support from American Express will enable Water Ecuador to increase access to clean and affordable water and education related to water, sanitation, and hygiene issues by providing overall support for all aspects of the organization's holistic approach.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
While Water Ecuador has a digital media presence currently, it has not focused on any of the specific tasks listed above and has not developed a digital marketing strategy directed specifically towards increasing donations for the organization. Currently, all digital media efforts have been performed by volunteers who are unable to provide advanced media services that the growing organization needs.
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.
Increased donations driven by digital media presence
2.
Increased awareness of Water Ecuador and its work
3.
Improved branding of Water Ecuador in both US and Ecuador
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Water Ecuador focuses on two tasks to fulfill its mission: providing access to clean and affordable water and providing education related to water, sanitation, and hygiene issues.
Internal studies to date have shown a statistically significant 52% lower rate of diarrheal disease among households consuming Water Ecuador's water.
Water Ecuador operates six water centers providing approximately 2,000 people with water every day.
The organization educates hundreds of children in the US and Ecuador every year and has begun implementation of a peer-to-peer exchange of information between elementary school children in the US and Ecuador related to water issues.
Additionally, Water Ecuador's water centers provide sustainable employment for six locally-based water center managers.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Increased funding will allow Water Ecuador to expand from six water centers in one isolated sector of Ecuador to a nationwide network of about one hundred water centers by using a franchise model to reduce capital expenditure and overhead burden on the organization. This transition will require a strong brand presence and development of an efficient organizational structure in Ecuador. Furthermore, it will require the water centers to be refined with a scaled up production capacity that will allow them to be more rapidly deployed in new communities in cost-effective ways.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/7/2013 by Surya Karki
We are fed-up of our people living in poverty. Another armed revolution or an 'Occupy Movement' will not change our future. We opened a school of love. Free education in exchange for two days of volunteering work.
Maya Universe Academy (MUA) provides quality, community run private school education to children in rural Nepal through a system based on the sharing of knowledge rather than money.
Created on 03/6/2013 by Anna Alisjahbana
Integrated Early Childhood Center for HIV Infected/ Affected Children and Their Family: one stop health, nutrition, and psycho-social development service to optimize children’s potential in order to ensure a good quality of life.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanOrganization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Anna Alisjahbana was elected Ashoka Fellow in 2009.
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.
Though born innocent, HIV+ children have to cope with problems and stigma attached. As most HIV cases in Indonesia are among injecting drug users, they are also impacted by parents’ drug addiction and prolonged family conflict. Lacking socio-psychological and health support in golden age period, they potentially become the next lost generation.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Integrated Early Childhood Center for HIV Infected/ Affected Children and Their Family
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
The innovation is about our understanding of the arising demand for new service from the target population and the integrated service model that we offer.
1) Various studies have shown that HIV has spread among general population, beyond those supposedly at risk group. Accounted for this population is children, who are in fact the victims of their parents’ behavior. However, curative and preventive services are still mostly focused on adults, almost none available specifically for the children.
2) Parents/ caregiver play an important role in early childhood development to optimize children’s potential in order to ensure a good quality of life. Health, nutrition, stimulation, and affection are the necessary elements for proper growth and development. This intervention is designed to assist parents/ caregiver in addressing those needs through capacity and community building. For families in conflict due to drug addiction problem, a referral would be made to Rumah Cemara rehab program using peer to peer approach.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
By far, no organization in Indonesia has provided service like Integrated Early Childhood Care for HIV infected/affected children and their family.
F2H has developed such program with Taman Posyandu, however it’s for public/ general population. Considering that stigma on HIV/AIDS is still strong, it might be difficult for them to access the service. Thus we have to start from exclusive center prior to working toward inclusive service.
Some organizations are serving HIV+ children through hospice, together with late stage cancer patients. Public hospital gives medical service (but not specifically differentiated between paediatric and general medic care for adult).
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
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]
Intervention, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
A data from Rumah Cemara shows that at least 300 children (Aged 0-19) are recorded as HIV+ in West Java.
While some have accessed Anti Retroviral Treatment, many have to cope with other opportunistic infections which include multi-drug combination for treatment. Vulnerability to side effects and lack of knowledge among home caregivers have caused these children to suffer health problem.
In terms of socio-psychological problem, many of these children have to bear witness of their parents’ drug addiction/ illness/ death and rejection from family members and society. Such emotional trauma in golden age period will affect children’s socio-psychological development.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Consultation, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Our solution is Integrated Early Childhood Center for HIV infected/affected children, in which we provide:
1) Day care, respite care, and 24-hour emergency care in a safe, loving environment for children infected & affected by HIV/AIDS.
2) Parental education and caregiver training enhance the quality of care, and thus quality of family life. Included here referral to rehab program for parents with drug addiction problem.
3) Public education about HIV/AIDS to prevent the disease from spreading and to eliminate the stigma. In collaboration with other community resources the center will also prepare pre-school children for inclusion and entry into primary school
What are your vision and overall objectives?
We envision that every child (including HIV infected/ affected) can access the service needed to ensure optimal growth and development toward a better quality of life in the future.
Objective:
a) To fulfill children’s physical and psycho-social need through health, nutrition, and development program
b) To educate parents and caregiver the know-how of optimizing children growth and development
c) To educate public about HIV/AIDS, thus preventing the disease and eliminating the stigma
What is your value proposition?
Integrated Early Childhood Center: one stop health, nutrition, and psycho-social development service for HIV infected/ affected children and their family to optimize children’s potential in order to ensure a good quality of life.
Who is your customer(s)?
HIV infected/ affected children and their family.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
We use both direct approach through existing community (HIV and IDU support group), also referral system from hospital/ medical facility/ health infrastructure.
What are your primary activities?
1) Day care, respite care, and 24-hour emergency care in a safe, loving environment for children infected & affected by HIV/AIDS.
2) Parental education and caregiver training enhance the quality of care, and thus quality of family life. Included here referral to rehab program for parents with drug addiction problem.
3) Public education about HIV/AIDS to prevent the disease from spreading and to eliminate the stigma. In collaboration with other community resources the center will also prepare preschool children for inclusion and entry into primary school.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
By far, we saw no competitor providing service like Integrated Early Childhood Care for HIV infected/affected children and their family.
We expect to collaborate with the following: organization working on HIV issue, medical institution/ professionals, early childhood education institution/ professionals, also health related governmental bodies.
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 biggest challenge is environmental: the stigma of HIV/AIDS in the society. Thus this initiative must be coupled with efforts to educate the public about the truth and myth of the disease, such that they can avoid the virus, not the people.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Replication of the pilot nationwide, particularly in areas where HIV case rate is high among general population. To do so we aim to collaborate with local and international NGO and government.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New regions(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
With a decade of field experience, F2H has already the expertise and network needed in implementing integrated childhood care and development. We work in partnership with Rumah Cemara, as a pioneer in integrated IDU and HIV community based program, adding the expertise and network needed from HIV field.
What are your key growth objectives?
To make the service accessible nationwide (particularly where demand is high/ high number of target population) on the first stage, and preparing a transition to inclusion of such service in the existing infrastructure on the second stage.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
Growth milestones:
1st year: pilot is up and running, ready as a franchise model
3rd year: replication in most affected area (presumably Papua and Nusa Tenggara), in partnership with NGO and government
5th year: preparation of inclusion to existing infrastructure (e.g. hospital, public school)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
We aim to first start piloting one center serving Bandung area. In 10 years we expect that HIV+ children and their family will have the access to integrated quality care, be it in an exclusive or inclusive environment. Just like how parents of autistic children have now various options of treatment/ program in either specialized clinic or public hospital and school, the HIV+ should be fulfilled of their right of better life quality.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, particularly in areas where HIV has entered general population. Some of our planned priority target areas in Indonesia are Papua and Nusa Tenggara, where HIV problem is combined with poverty and lack of knowledge about the disease.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
To finish piloting the service for Bandung area, and prepare replication of the model in Papua and Nusa Tenggara.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
For this initiative, currently we’re looking for funding from philanthropy (e.g. Rotary Club), Corporate CSR (e.g. Johnson & Johnson), and development agency to start. Apart from that we also have small amount from community saving. Some possibilities for the future are service fee (with cross subsidy system) and franchising.
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
Friends and family, Individu, Patients.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
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
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: The Bullying Academy.
Created on 03/2/2013 by twalser
The problem we are trying to solve involves reducing the growing trend of young people hurting themselves and others as a result of bullying and cyberbullying. I felt that education in the classroom setting was the proper place to begin tackling the root of this problem, but there were little to no anti-bullying resources made for classroom use.The solution involved creating the Bullying Academy which is an interactive and completely web-based program that provides anti-bullying and cyberbullying curriculums for 4th-8th grade students, and soon 9th-12th.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanURL Facebook
facebook.com/BullyingAcademySITK
Nama Organisasi
Students in the Know Foundation
Negara Organisasi
United States, FL, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
The problem we are trying to solve involves reducing the growing trend of young people hurting themselves and others as a result of bullying and cyberbullying. I felt that education in the classroom setting was the proper place to begin tackling the root of this problem, but there were little to no anti-bullying resources made for classroom use.The solution involved creating the Bullying Academy which is an interactive and completely web-based program that provides anti-bullying and cyberbullying curriculums for 4th-8th grade students, and soon 9th-12th. The curriculums contain professionally developed, age-appropriate content for each grade. Being that the program is completely web-based it is immediately available to all schools throughout the US with internet access.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1.) Increasing the reach of our marketing efforts aimed at school communities. Although the final users of the Bullying Academy are children, the design of the program is tailored for a classroom environment requiring us to market to educators and administrators. Our immediate goal would include developing strategies to deepen the relationships with existing school communities as well identifying the best avenues for engaging new schools in adopting our program.
2.) Diversify funding by requesting grants/donations from private foundations interested in promoting a program like the Bullying Academy. Our organization recently became a Guidestar exchange partner and is in the process of developing letter of inquiries and other marketing materials for introducing our program to grant-making private foundations. We need to develop procedures for not only initiating contact, but also to foster continued engagement which would include more detailed grant proposals, budget schedules, and program projections.
3.) Develop staffing and management strategies that increase productivity and staff engagement. Our organization could benefit from more defined job responsibilities as well as encouragement to take on special projects of interest. We have the ability to recruit interns but need to establish a framework for delegating appropriate taks to them.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Staffing Capabilities
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need to establish an effective and cost efficient process for advertising and initiating contact with schools to make them aware of our program. During the first academic year, 2011-2012, that our program ran we participated in conventions, and mass email marketing campaigns through agile educational services in order to raise awareness of our product. While the conventions generally resulted in low registration counts, the email campaigns resulted in hundreds of schools registering to use the program being that it was a free service. The second academic year, 2012-2013, we implemented a small fee for each participating school in an attempt to have the program be self sustaining, resulting in the user rate dropping significantly. Moving forward the general plan was to target private foundations for direct funding of schools within a specific geographic region. Using this strategy requires us to develop a means of directly contacting schools, and letting them know the program is available free of charge thanks to grant funding. This marketing plan is still flexible and alternatives strategies should be explored.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will be focused on the specific needs of expanding and enhancing our Bullying Academy program.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Our organization has not worked with outside consultants to meet the objectives listed previously. Our directors did work with a sponsorship specialist for about 6 months in order to develop a strategy and marketing material for contacting corporations that might have been interested in partnering with us. The hope was that the corporations would provide funding in exchange for brand association and media coverage related to our program. While the development of a sponsorship component was enlightening, we have stopped pursuing corporations and are focused on private foundation grants.
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?
No
1.
Identify various methods of attracting new schools to utilize our program.
2.
Develop procedures for fostering relationships with those schools.
3.
Assess what are the best opportunities for diversifying funding.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The program is currently only available to schools in the United States. We had over 500 schools registered to use the program with at least one school in every state. Since the launch of the program in September of 2011, we have recorded results for 45,000 participating students. We worked with a company called SEG Measurement which confirmed the evidence-based nature of our program. The results demonstrated the progress of student learning by measuring the difference between their pre-quiz and post-quiz results. We are empowering students directly with the proper responses and preventive strategies to ensure bullying doesn’t escalate into a tragic situation.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
After working with American Express our organization will be in a better position for ensuring continued growth of our program. We need to learn what works in terms of acquiring new users of our anti-bullying educational services.
This Entry is about (Issues)
This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: Feeleez.
Created on 03/2/2013 by Feeleez
Feeleez offers tools to build and support emotional development in children and their caregivers. We have made it our mission to help children, parents, teachers, therapists, counselors, and caregivers receive and offer empathy. Our tools are used by, and made available to, a diverse global community.
The centerpiece of the Feeleez mission is our matching game. Twenty five pairs of sturdy card tiles use facial expressions and body language to illustrate brave, sad, worried, surprised, amazed, etc. With ideas for use at play and in the classroom.
Our entire line of tools include:
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, MT, Misla, Missoula County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, MT, MIssoula, Missoula County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Feeleez offers tools to build and support emotional development in children and their caregivers. We have made it our mission to help children, parents, teachers, therapists, counselors, and caregivers receive and offer empathy. Our tools are used by, and made available to, a diverse global community.
The centerpiece of the Feeleez mission is our matching game. Twenty five pairs of sturdy card tiles use facial expressions and body language to illustrate brave, sad, worried, surprised, amazed, etc. With ideas for use at play and in the classroom.
Our entire line of tools include:
A matching game.
A poster.
A learning guide.
An ABC eBook.
Parenting with empathy workshops.
Parent coaching.
Life coaching.
An empathy hotline.
Please visit us at:
www.feeleez.com
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
- Increase awareness of our message and brand
- Increase our market
- Develop additional tools
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Since Feeleez is already generating sales the goal is to increase the market penetration of Feeleez .
We need to increase brand awareness. Feeleez branding has already been well received by Ashoka, educators, therapists, parents and others but increasing awareness is crucial.
We need to establish channel/distribution partners to introduce not only our mission but also our product.
We need to develop a more enhanced digital market presence through additional search engine optimization.
We need to expand into other, more defined, markets. Feeleez is a small business, and thus far our focus has been on local and internet sales.
Also, our project is in great need of consulting help, especially with regard to developing a SWOT analysis for the company. Aid of this sort will allow us to better understand the market in which we play.
There is a need for Feeleez in both the marketplace and the social structure of our community so once consumers become aware of our product they are excited to forge a relationship with Feeleez. In this light our challenge is simply to make our mission and our product better known and profound social impact develops from there.
1.
Communication. We strive to be extremely timely, empathetic, and sincere in our communications with our partnerships.
2.
Mission driven. Our message is simple and direct. Supporting children and caregivers in developing empathy is what we do.
3.
Innovative. Our product and aesthetic are unique. We aim to bring this fresh form of emotional education to our partnerships.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Nathan McTague and I (Natalie Christensen) are the heart and soul of the Feeleez organization. We have created a product, manufactured it, and have sales to show for it. Feeleez is now at a point where we need help taking it to the next level. We consider sales to be the benchmark for success in that regard.
We believe that a focus on the centerpiece of Feeleez- Matching Game, makes the most sense at this point. We have found that the game is often the initial purchase our customers make and that this purchase serves as the bridge to further purchases of additional products and services.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
No, we have not received help from outside consultants before. Our success thus far has been entirely based on word of mouth, social media marketing, and a successful product that fills a need in the marketplace.
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.
Access to Amex's ability to transform Feeleez by linking into, or creating a strategy for establishing larger distribution.
2.
Benefit from Amex's ability to elevate the level of our brand - i.e. make Feeleez a household name.
3.
Utilize Ashoka and AMEX to help deliver our mission of empathy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Feeleez has been in business for five years. In that time we have developed five potent products, a website, two social media blogs, and a system of emotional support for caregivers by way of coaching, consulting, courses, and community. We sell to accounts and customers throughout the United States and Canada and receive requests for distribution in Europe almost weekly. We have sold over four thousand empathy games alone which are shared with innumerable children via parents, therapists, teachers, and social workers.
Each time a child is offered the chance to play the Feeleez Empathy Game they are being offered the opportunity to be heard, to develop emotionally, and to establish a sense of empathy for others. We believe that the impact of greater empathy in the world is priceless.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Receiving professional support from American Express would have a great impact on our company and on the world at large. Feeleez would use this support to grow our audience and penetrate further markets. This not only makes a difference to the bottom line of our company, (increasing our sales many times over), but to the social community in general. For each game purchased by a parent, or teacher, there are many children that have access to that game. The game symbolizes the opportunity to develop emotionally. This increased emotional awareness and sense of empathy is then shared with that child's circle - including children on the playground, adults in their neighborhood, and members of their family. Empathy is the antidote to aggression and bullying, and the foundation for peace.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/2/2013 by Nandini Mazumder
Kutumb was founded in 2002 to address the gap in the education system that is accessible to the children living in the underprivileged sections of society (in urban slums). Many of these children went to government schools and had challenges in learning due to lack of infrastructure available (or unavailable) in these schools. As a result of the poor quality of education, many young people faced severe learning disabilities and often dropped out of school after class 5 or 6.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
The Kutumb Foundation - Enabling People (NGO)
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Kutumb was founded in 2002 to address the gap in the education system that is accessible to the children living in the underprivileged sections of society (in urban slums). Many of these children went to government schools and had challenges in learning due to lack of infrastructure available (or unavailable) in these schools. As a result of the poor quality of education, many young people faced severe learning disabilities and often dropped out of school after class 5 or 6. Kutumb's main goal was to make learning a fun through non-traditional methods and creative processes,to address different learning needs in children, inculcate the value of self-learning in them and prevent them from dropping out. Building language skills for a holistic personality development is the focus at Kutumb.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
The organisation is striving to develop the alternate-education program, INDRADHANUSH. We are trying to bring a more strctured and planned approach to the program to add value to the existing practices. The biggest goal of the organisation is to engage young people and educate them to enable personality development for better career options and also to serve as intelligent and healthy members of their community who will be the spearheads of social change and progress in the coming future. The 3 top priorities of the organisation is therefore to build internal resources and facilitate organisational growth.
a. Fundraising and Resource Mobilization
b. Build staff capacities to implement the the alternate education and sports based life-skills to promote holistic development. The two main values that will be promoted through Kutumb's core programmes are: i. gender sensitivity and equity and ii. active pluralism or promote ideas of understanding and celebrating identities, communities, ethnicity and cultural heritages and
c. The 3rd priority will be to use resources to train young people as community leaders and create peer-leaders from each of the 3 communities where work.
Kutumb envisions that eventually all of the programmes at Kutumb will be spearheaded by Kutumb peer-leaders and they will receive due honorariums to motivate them as most of them belong to extremely poor backgrounds. All of these programmes will need much of investment in terms of energy, ideas, time and financial resources and hence resource mobilization and fund-raising will be at the base of all these initiatives.
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need engaged and skilled professionals who can help us build our educational and sports based programmes to promote gender sensitivity and equity, and build the active pluralism project to promote ideas to enable an understanding and celebrate diverse communal, ethnic and cultural identities and finally, a team of dedicated community workers to create peer-leaders from each of the 3 communities where Kutumb works. However, this means the growth of the orgaization has to be synchronized with the growth of the staff and aims and goals have to be clearly defined. The staff need to monitored and evaluated at regular intervals to boost performance and keep motivation levels high. To constantly update with the latest techniques and best practices across development organisations all over the world.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Funding and resources are a big issue and hence resource building will be a major need. Capacity building in the staff will be another crucial area of work. The motivation of the staff and synchronizing their goals with the organisations goals will be very crucial too.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Previously we have worked with consultants from IBM through an independent initiative called 'Whiteboard'. Whiteboard members meed regularly and help NGOs build capacities for better functioning. Whiteboard members are all mostly from corporate backgrounds and some are from development disorganization who have enough experience on administration, fund-raising and management and impart their knowledge as volunteer-consultants.
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
3.
Aligning organisational growth with the growth of individual staff
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Kutumb is a grass-roots level organisation that began working on education for children living in the slums and streets of Delhi in 2002.The original community - the Khan Market Labour Camp Slums were demolished in February, 2009 and mostly displaced to Savda-Ghevra J.J. Colony, 35-40 kms away from Khan Market. So Kutumb's students are mostly from immigrant, servant families living in the servant quarters around Khan Market, Pandara Road, Golf Links, Lodhi Estate and Kotla. In 2010, we expanded Goal of Life, Kutumb's life-skills based football programme to Nizamuddin and in 2011 program won an award! In 2011, we connected to Kutumb's original community in Savda-Ghevra and initiated a health program and started a computer resource center in 2012.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Fund raising and resource mobilization for organisation building.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/1/2013 by iambmiller
This project creates ecologically and economically self-sustaining communities with over 100 new jobs, clean water, healthcare, education, activities and more, providing the opportunity for families to have a decent quality-of-life. It does this with no government money and no ongoing donations. All profits from the community businesses are used for building what the community needs, operations, maintenance and to begin the next community. Thus the self-sustaining communities are self-replicating.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc
Negara Organisasi
United States, CO, Denver, Denver County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Sustainable Family Communities (that are self-replicating)
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
This project creates ecologically and economically self-sustaining communities with over 100 new jobs, clean water, healthcare, education, activities and more, providing the opportunity for families to have a decent quality-of-life. It does this with no government money and no ongoing donations. All profits from the community businesses are used for building what the community needs, operations, maintenance and to begin the next community. Thus the self-sustaining communities are self-replicating.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Tactical plan for acquiring corporate sponsors
Acquisition of the land on which the prototype community can be built.
Acquisition of the sponsors needed for the construction of this first self-sustaining community.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Clarification of how to present this large and comprehensive project in a way that is quickly understandable to potential sponsors, supporters and foundations. An "elevator pitch" for corporate sponsors and foundations.
1.
Ability to see the big picture and the capacity to understand a truly visionary project
2.
Experience in implementation of large multi-faceted projects
3.
Ability to facilitate access to corporate sponsors
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
It will be focused on the overall project and how to gain the support and sponsors needed to proceed.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Three years ago we did have one consultant from S.C.O.R.E. who did give us some GREAT ideas.
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 demonstration of the viability of a Sustainable Family Community.
2.
Ecological, economic and social sustainability for each community.
3.
Demonstrate that the project model/framework can have a significant impact on poverty and the welfare of children.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Based on a recent trip to speak to Rotary Clubs in Mexico we find strong desire there to see these communities implemented in their country. We are working to build the relationships to gain the support needed to implement the first community there. I will be returning to Mexico at the end of April for three weeks of meetings with more than ten Rotary Clubs across the country.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The assistance we receive will enable us to be more effective at partnering with individuals, organizations, sponsors and foundations to enable implementation of the prototype community.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/1/2013 by infopointers
The objective is primarily to promote artisans, technicians (skilled workers) through publicity and training. The web database on-line directory is designed to advertise and create links to all categories of skills and the individuals practising this profession for easy patronage and evaluation.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Hybrid
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Promoting and Creating Opportunity for Artisans
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
The objective is primarily to promote artisans, technicians (skilled workers) through publicity and training. The web database on-line directory is designed to advertise and create links to all categories of skills and the individuals practising this profession for easy patronage and evaluation.
The training programme is targeted towards improving customer care attitude, service packaging and personal relationship between technicians, artisan and the vast clientèle engaging their service through the on-line organization. This will help to facilitate better relationship, trust, confidence and by extension attracting more apprenticeship.
It has become almost a generational curse in Nigeria that persons practising these skills are under rated and lacks on-going support
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
We are creating the enabling platform that will make this informal sector to thrive in-other to attract more youth entrepreneurship. To that end, our top three priorities in the next year
- To have conducted training for an upward of 10,000 artisans enlisted on our on-line directory(www.techniciansonline.org)
- To have assisted upward of 10,000 artisans gain access to Pension Scheme, Mortgage Scheme etc
- To have assisted upward of 2,000 including hearing impaired once to acquire skills in various technical acquisition sector we are promoting.
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We will be glad to work on your review, suggestions and technology exchange in making the on-line technician’s organization directory www.techniciansonline.org more attractive. We are desirous of your input on the website management and promotion. Model for conducting training for our community is another specific project need.We also be appreciative of your effort in handling logistic and awareness creation.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
We are working towards a healthy mutually benefiting relationship, hence we will appreciate support focused on our organization overall which includes
- Sensitizing and Awareness creation
- Logistic Management
- Website Management
- Endorsement
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
In sensitizing and creating awareness we run an educative weekly program on a Federal Radio Station (Radio Nigeria 1 103.5) where we interview guest artisans who are unit head in their associations. This forum create avenue to look into challenges,complains and effort directed into correcting complain coming from those patronizing their services
we have prepared an incisive book,translated it into the four major languages in Nigeria-including the English, Igbo,Hausa and Yoruba which is a hands-on self help tool on Modern Computer Appreciation, Internet Usage.No outside consultants yet
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.
Empowerment of Nigerian artisans and technicians for better business patronage
2.
Provision of better services and value for money
3.
Improvement of the quality of lives for artisans and interest attraction for apprenticeship.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Though with several limitation including financial constraint, we have succeed in enlisting over 400 artisans on our directory, we have also assisted upward of 30 artisans to access the Federal Mortgage National Housing Scheme that is beyond the reach of grass-root self employ worker even though the law of the country makes provision for them to participate in. We have encourage over 20 artisans to duly register their business name in accordance with the cooperate affairs commission to position them for better business patronage.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
In our commitment and drive to impart positively in the lives of players of the Nigerian informal sector. Our goal is to repackage these individuals thereby making attractive their individual skills and capability, positioning them favourably for better business patronage and interest attraction for apprenticeship. With your support we would succeed in reversing the generation plague affecting this sector thereby creating the level playing ground for many teaming Nigeria youth in search for white-collar jobs to learn, practice these handy-skills and become gainfully employed.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 02/20/2013 by melissajdiamond
This program will train mothers of children with autism in the West Bank to work in a cooperative-model ABA therapy program to help their children.
T.H.E company helps future students find the right college,that MEET there requirements.
Created on 02/9/2013 by jeremiah.johnson1@usbank.com
T.H.E company helps future students find the right college,that MEET there requirements.
Created on 02/9/2013 by SarrellDental
Sarrell Dental is a non-profit organization that provides dental and eye care to underserved communities. Sarrell collaborates with community partners to make sure that each and every child has access to quality oral healthcare. Since 2004, they have seen over 400,000 patient visits, and have been praised nationally for their innovative model for oral healthcare reform.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Sarrell Dental & Eye Centers
Negara Organisasi
United States, AL, Anniston, Calhoun County
Organization's Country of Operation
United States, AL, Anniston, Calhoun County
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Sarrell Dental has received numerous honors and awards, including Alabama Head Start's Corporation of the Year in 2010 and 2012, National Children's Oral Health Foundation Affiliate of the Year in 2010, Outstanding Website Award by the Web Marketing Association in 2011, and Outstanding Organization by the NFL Alumni Atlanta Chapter every year from 2006 through 2012.
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.
As a fledging non-profit, with no fulltime dentist, we convinced a retired corporate CEO, Jeff Parker to join our organization. We were able to phase out reliance on cash donations and grants, we instilled best demonstrated practices, hired new staff and changed the culture. Since 2004, we have seen over 400,000 patient visits without a single patient complaint filed with the Dental Board.
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Improving Access to Oral Healthcare
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
We are a federally qualified 501(c)3 non-profit, however, we do not rely on cash donations or grants to operate. We have opened 14 state-of-the-art offices and a mobile dentist bus with cash from operations. We carry a $2M line of credit with no balance. We employ 56 licensed Alabama dentists and 44 hygienists. We are the high paying dental employer in our state. We are operate like a hospital, with a CEO for the business side and a Chief Dental Officer on the clinical side. Nearly 70% of our 225 person staff (no volunteers) have a bachelor's degree. About 30% have an advanced degree.
Most important, we are eliminating cavities in the poorest counties, in one of the poorest states in the US. In 2005, our reimbursement per patient visit was $328. In 2012, our reimbursement per patient was an industry low $125 per patient visit. In 2012 only, we saw over 130,000 patient visits. This includes general dentistry, pediatric dentistry and using oral surgeons all who are paid excellent salaries.
We received national recognition and praise by PBS Frontline and The Center for Public Integrity in their June 26, 2012 one hour documentary, "Dollars for Dentists." This documentary can be found on the PBS Frontline website or at www.sarrelldental.org. Our segment begins at 26 minutes.
We have experienced over 400,000 patient visits without a single patient complaint to the Alabama Board of Dental Examiners.
We are a national model, not only for our good works, but because we have done so without incurring long term debt or using cash donations or grants.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
We have been told by many, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to The Pew Center for the States to various USA dental school faculty, that we are the first in the USA to successfully execute a highly successful, growing, sophisticated, self sustaining non-profit dental practice in the USA. This is a model that is new to dentistry that has empirical data to support its amazing patient outcomes.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Our clinical data speaks for itself. Under the leadership of Mr. Parker, we have been able to recruit top, young, business talent to our organization. We compete successfully for the brightest young talent out of undergraduate, MBA andJD programs. The average age of our managers is 26, and the best want to compete with the best. While there are many charitable opportunities available, Sarrell's high paying, career-building positions offer a unique career opportunity. At Sarrell young, talented leaders are promoted based on ability. They work with us because they can make a good living and help the many, underserved American children, who lack access to dental care. It is a rewarding experience to grow a non-profit, make a meaningful contribution, and serve less fortunate children.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
We invest in our patients, our people and our infrastructure. We have a Community Outreach person in every area we have an office. We have a Hispanic outreach team specifically targeted to that segment. They screen children for dental issues in schools, day cares, Head Start programs and at community health fairs, free of charge. We also provide dental education at the aforementioned events.
We pay industry high wages for our state. This allows to attract the best in class of clinical and business personnel. We receive about 20 unsolicited resumes a day and are now able to reject 2-3 dentists a month, who apply with us. We have a waiting list of oral surgeons wanting to work part-time with us.
Last in IT, we have purchased a state of the art, VDI system from Cisco and Citrix.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
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, Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Only 60% of America's Medicaid-eligible children see a dentist regularly, due to a lack of access to care. In Alabama, 66 out of 67 counties have a shortage of dentists, according to federal guidelines. The dentist shortage, compounded by those dentists not wanting to see Medicaid eligible children, further exasperates the problem. Due to the poor US economy, we have ever-increasing Medicaid roles and more children going unseen, and Sarrell Dental has experienced 31 consecutive quarters of record patient growth, serving over 130,000 patient visits in Alabama only during 2012.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Scaling (growing impact on a regional or global scale)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, 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, New financing strategies for health.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, New skills, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
By using a motto of "treat every child as your brother, sister, son or daughter" we have created a patient-centered model, where the child truly comes first, not just in words but deeds. As an example, our larger offices are open 8-6 daily, utilizing an 8-5 and a 9-6 shift to stay open 10 hours a day. Over 80% of our patients are not old enough to drive, so they arrive, in general, via transportation provided by an adult. If a patient shows up late for an appointment at 6pm (closing time), if the dentist is still present, we turn back on the equipment and treat the child.
On the business side, we handle all non-clinical functions, freeing our dentists and hygienists to provide world class care. All personnel, financial, support functions (IT, etc), are handled by business side personnel.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Our vision is to provide quality oral healthcare to communities that have an underserved population. We believe in treating every patient with dignity and respect, and it is our goal to eliminate the access to care problem in every community that we open our doors.
What is your value proposition?
Traditional non-profits often fail to achieve their objectives because they rely on donations and volunteer efforts. While these may contribute to the overall good in some scenarios, we believe a complete business model that focuses on organizational efficiency, accountability, and hard work will be more effective in creating a long-term, sustainable solution. By combining a talented workforce, proven business principles, and clinically-focused dentists, we can achieve what other non-profits and governmental entities have not.
Who is your customer(s)?
Sarrell treats the dental and optical needs of lower income children in underserved communities that might otherwise not have access to dental care. Generally, these are Medicaid and SCHIP eligible patients ages 1-20.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Sarrell operates 14 clinics in underserved communities as well as a state-of-the-art mobile dental bus that travels to areas where dental care is not otherwise available. This dental bus has two fully-functional operatories and digital radiograph equipment linked to electronic health records.
Our Community Outreach personnel provided dental education and screened over 50,000 Alabama children in 2012.
What are your primary activities?
We provide dental education, screenings and comprehensive dental work (everything but orthodontics) to under served Alabama children between ages 1-20. We do so without the need for cash donations or grants. We grow organically using best demonstrated business practices and have created a new, effective and proven dental model. The first self sufficient, not for profit, dental model of this kind in the USA.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Competitors are: for profit Medicaid dental providers, FQHC's, dental schools and private practice dentists who see Medicaid/SCHIP patients. However, we feel we have no competition because of the lack of access to care in Alabama and the USA. The majority of Medicaid/SCHIP children still cannot access a dentist for their needs. With Medicaid roles growing, the need will only worsen.
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 single biggest hinderrance to our growth out of Alabama is individual states' Dental Practice Acts (DPA). Most do not allow non-profit organizations to operate, even though we use only fully licensed dentists. In fact, We had to change, via Sarrell Dental legislation, the law in Alabama in 2011. Even though most dentists in Alabama do not see Medicaid patients on a regular basis. This was a battle covered numerous times by prestigious journals such as The Non Profit Quarterly (type Sarrell Dental in the search box on their website), PBS Frontline (see PBS Frontline website) and many other publications (search Sarrell Dental).
Dentistry is about 20 years behind the medical field, as far as consolidation and the use of alternative providers (i.e. nurse practioners). DPA's must change.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
We are currently poised internally to expand our model to other states. At this point we are seeking partners to help us accelerate our growth and optimize community impact before we open our next office.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New regions(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
We have developed our infrastructure, particularly in IT and management know-how, to be scaleable. We currently have no long-term debt and have a large, sustainable, growing record of growth.
What are your key growth objectives?
To expand our services outside of Alabama. Particularly into nearby states where we can manage our culture, business and clinical practices to ensure continued our proven track record in serving children who need our care the most.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
We are ready, willing and able to expand at the moment. The ONLY resistance we receive is from dental trade organizations, both on the state level and nationally.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have had over 400,000 patient visits in Alabama alone. Medicaid dental utilization in Alabama has risen over 5% since Sarrell began operations, and in many of the 14 areas where we operate clinics, Sarrell is the only full-time Medicaid dental provider.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We look at the number of patients treated, cost efficiency of dental care, patient satisfaction, community feedback and awards, and we use advanced data analytics to track more complex operational measures.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Our solution is readily expandable to almost any other state in the union. The infrastructure upgrades we have made to allow video conferencing, remote digital imaging, and EHR (to name a few) have placed us in a optimal position to expand. The states most favorable to our expansion are those with the greatest need for Medicaid dental care and with community health providers open to partnership and collaboration.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
If we expand out of Alabama, we can conservatively impact over 100,000 patient visits over the next 3 years.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
Sarrell operates primarily on Medicaid/SCHIP reimbursements and does not solicit cash donations or grants.
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
Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
We survive primarly on Medicaid and SCHIP reimbursements for the dental work we perform. We do not rely on cash donations or grants for our operations.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Single strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
If someone asks to donate cash, we generally accept it. In the past, we have accepted used equipment but as we have grown, we have found it generally not to be the quality we use. What we accept is generally used only short term or for spare parts.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
We will continue to utilize our self-sufficient non-profit model. To expand, we would consider accepting cash or grants from acceptable donors.
Created on 01/24/2013 by ssindakis
The Center for Positive Behavior 'Happy Dickens' is a non profit organization, which offers practical solutions to a number of challenges and issues faced by children (aged 18 months to 14 years old), parents, teachers and caregivers.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Happy Dickens - Center for Positive Behavior
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
tidak ditentukan
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Idea phase
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
No, Happy Dickens has not received any awards or honors
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.
This idea came up when I was discussing with a friend-educator about the change in children's behavior, because of the everyday pressure due to the country's economic challenges. The first thought was "We ought to do something about this. Return the smile on kids' faces".
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Happy Dickens - Center for Positive Behavior
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
The wide range of customized services and the highly educated and experienced personnel make this initiative an excellent choice for parents and schools. 'Happy Dickens' s innovative approach regards the way experts treat children and educate caregivers. The key is to listen the children’s voices, understand their needs and develop offerings that meet them well. The Center has also developed educational programs that reach schools and child care centers, aiming to increase the number of people who acquire the skills to manage children appropriately. The experts of 'Happy Dickens' develop effective, tailored developmental programs for children and their families. The Center seeks to develop cooperation with parents and teachers, aiming at long-term and lasting changes in their lives.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
The Innovation Model of the Centre is based on the establishment and cooperation of a scientific team of experienced specialists from different disciplines (e.g. child psychologist; special educator; social worker for children; musicologist, etc), who offer practical solutions to a number of challenges encountered by children but also by those who are responsible for children’s care (e.g. parents; educators; caregivers, etc) during the building of their character.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The establishment of a cooperative non-profit organization with an emphasis on collaboration, along with the development of a team involving experienced specialists from different disciplines make this initiative a success.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
The continuous innovation of the Center is achieved by developing partnerships with university faculty, funding joint research projects and providing fellowships to young scientists, aiming to promote research as a tool for development. Furthermore, the adoption of knowledge management tools (e.g. AssocioNet, Triple Creek, KM training & education, etc.) and innovation models allow both the development of new services and the involvement of customers in Center’s innovation activities and also strengthen its position against external challenges.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Realign the incentives in the public healthcare system in mature markets, or
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Children need help and support, especially in this uncertain and violent environment. Some of the problems is childhood depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem that many times lead to a poor performance at school. On the other hand, parents and educators need some guidance on how to treat children to develop balanced and creative personalities. Many parents and teachers do not know how to cope with the challenges encountered in the nurture and upbringing of a child. Due to the poor economic situation, Greek state fails to create those structures that would help children overcome their issues and also seems to be unable to train and guide parents and teachers to properly manage those challenges. There are around 1,300 schools with more than 300,000 children at the chosen area.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, 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
The goal of 'Happy Dickens' is to provide the necessary resources and knowledge to help children develop a creative and firm personality, by offering high quality customized services, such as counseling, coaching and specialized day programs. On the other hand, 'Happy Dickens' aims to offer training and workshops to parents and caregivers, schools, child care centers and more in order to help them succeed in the difficult task of raising and upbringing a child.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
The Center for Positive Behavior 'Happy Dickens' is a non profit organization, which offers practical solutions to a number of challenges and issues faced by children (aged 18 months to 14 years), parents, teachers and caregivers. The goal is to help children develop a creative and firm personality and also to support and guide the people who care to do the hard work of raising and upbringing a child.
What is your value proposition?
Parents interact with schools, childcare centers as well as with the extracurricular activities of children. The children live in a community where the financial and psychological pressure and the social turmoil add stress to their everyday life. On the other hand, every child has their own unique abilities and preferences. The Centre collects all this information after consultation with parents and teachers in order to create customized services that meet the needs of both children and caregivers.
Who is your customer(s)?
Children, Parents & Guardians, Teachers & Educators, Caregivers of Children
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
The methods used to approach customers is special internet portals, advertising brochures, contacts with parents and guardians associations, contacts with health professionals (e.g. psychologists, speech therapists, etc.).
What are your primary activities?
The Centre's aim is to develop services that will help children with issues such as Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), nutritional problems, violence, disobedience and so on. Yet, the Center develops programs for talented and creative children, which are aimed at supporting and developing their talents. It also provides training and workshops to parents and teachers and helps children to enhance their social and learning skills.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Peers are defined as those who collaborate with the Center, such as the health specialists, scientists, researchers and so on. On the other hand, there is no competition in the narrow sense, since “Happy Dickens” is the only center of its kind in the selected geographical area. Both individual private companies, based on profit, and public-community organizations, which focus on the needs of the population are trying to meet specialized needs. This makes them partly competitors, but considering that the Center intends to develop such activities, those companies can and should become customers of “Happy Dickens”. This prospect also shows the potential development of the Centre.
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?
By the formation of the core founding team, the basic conditions have been created for the Center to start its operation. One’s personal weakness can be covered with the addition of other partners. The plethora of the programs, the coordination of partners, the knowledge transfer, and the exchange of experience, are some of the challenges to be faced by the Center. On the other hand, the evaluation of the programs during the implementation, the weekly management team meetings, and the written reports, are the first steps to ensure that “Happy Dickens” has developed its own expertise, which will not depend exclusively on the experience of the partners.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
Tailored services that meet the needs of children for the challenges and difficulties that arise in their lives and help to shape their personality. Development and implemention of individual and group programs that target in long-term positive and lasting change in the lives of children and those involved with their nurture and education. Customers’ feedback is a critical factor for improvement.
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?
The core team has been created and, the right place has been found, which will house the Centre. Additionally, the initial Capital is being gathered and the first programs and activities for children are being designed.
What are your key growth objectives?
The key growth objectives of the Center will operate in three directions:
a) Develop activities concerning children and their family at the premises of the Centre.
b) Implementation of programs in schools in collaboration with educators and the Parents and Guardians Association.
c) Collaboration with university faculty in research programs.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
The time frame for the development of this initiative is as follows:
February 2013: Company registration, rental and renovation sites, development of programs.
September 2013: Launch of the first activities in the premises of the Centre - (ADHD Management Programs, Social Skills Development Programs, Support Services for Parents, Development of Personalized programs).
November - December 2013: Development of contacts with schools and university faculties.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Not applicable at this stage.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Not applicable at this stage
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
This initiative could work in other geographical areas in Greece. More specifically, it could be expanded to cities with more than 10.000 inhabitants.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
The social impact is estimated to be significant. The Centre will be known to those who shape the character of the child, as it would become their valuable advisor and, therefore, it is estimated to have helped a good number of children and parents to address their difficulties. Additionally, the Center will aim to develop collaboration with university faculty to promote research, foster innovation, give internship opportunities to students, and encourage volunteerism.
Finally, in a time of crisis Thessaloniki, Greece would be proud of a structure, which offers the most to shape positive behavior and lifestyle.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanElaborate on your current financing strategy
The Center believes that its funding strategy should be dependent on the autonomy of its resources. Therefore, it has been decided to develop the funding strategy based on:
• Initial capital from the business partners;
• Development of programs and activities for sale;
• Sponsorships, donations and other non-operating income will be reinvested in innovative activities.
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
Friends and family, Individu, Patients, Caregivers, Private businesses.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government.
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
Yayasan, LSM, Private businesses, Regional government, Pemerintah negara.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
The income generation strategy is based on the development of programs, activities and products for sale. The dynamics of sales generate new revenue streams.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Single strategy, Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Many people are unable to pay for our services due to the difficult financial situation in Greece. Therefore, some activities will be offered for free under certain conditions. Additionally, the Center will provide activities free of charge in various social associations for children and parents, with the active participation of volunteers, such as students of psychology, social work, etc. The overall result of those operations aims at the positive contribution to the Greek society and the city of Thessaloniki.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
The programs and the activities will be valued as services and thereby sustain the financing of the Centre.
The sale of services would generate revenue, of which most of it will be reinvested in new activities, creating the core financing for the future. Thus, "Happy Dickens" would increase its funding base by developing its product portfolio. The maturity of this cycle is estimated for three years.
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