Layanan dan pasar finansial

Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are developing creative approaches to finance across the globe:

How would you like to be able to move house—packing, transportation, cleaning, moving materials removal, and gardening included—without spending a dollar? If you lived in New South Wales, Australia, you could use shells, issued in points, to pay for everything but the gardening, which you would pay for with time.

This may sound wacky, but it is a hypothetical example of how three well-established alternative currency systems, the Local Exchange Trading System (LETS), Time Banks, and Community Exchange System (CES) allow users to get what they need when they join communities that use alternative or complementary currencies.


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Free Tax Software: An Affordable Do-It-Yourself Solution

While most of us dread filing our taxes, there's something to cheer about this year: cash-strapped taxpayers now have an easier path to their refunds. Free tax preparation software, based on an H&R Block professional product, is being given away by more than 90 United Way affiliates nationwide to anyone earning $56,000 or less annually.

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Jubilee Initiatve For Financial Inclusion

"Payday loans" have become nothing short of unjust, unsustainable, and toxic in the United States. In fact, over 76% of total "payday loan" volume in the US comes from repeat borrowers who live paycheck to paycheck. Our goal is to provide a sustainable solution to the borrowers of South Bend.

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Changeshop

This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Metro Credits.

Metro Credits

MetroCredit is a category 2 micro finance institution and a for-profit organizational in Buea, Cameroon. The company is founded to be a development micro bank—making loans in small amounts widely available to people of the low class (generally perceived as unbankable).

Tentang Anda

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Ntoko

Nama Belakang

Franz Ajebe

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Metro Credits

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

Cameroon, SOU, Buea

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Cameroon, SOU, Buea

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Bisnis

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

No

Changeshop

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Name your entry

Metro Credits

Year founded

2011

Stage

Idea (poised to launch)

Elevator Pitch

MetroCredit is a category 2 micro finance institution and a for-profit organizational in Buea, Cameroon. The company is founded to be a development micro bank—making loans in small amounts widely available to people of the low class (generally perceived as unbankable).

Problem

I are trying bring micro credits to an under-served population of young farmers and small business entrepreneurs who want to establish their small start up businesses in the community but lack that very small venture capital to start up. In other words we want to build a strong community where financial solution to start up and small business is provided by metro credit thereby fighting poverty in the community.

Solution

Provide basis micro loans to small farming projects and entrepreneurs who need them. Introduced the "unbankable" communities to small financial loans to build and upgrade their business ideas.

Example

A small educated inspired unemployed young man or woman conceives and idea or project on how he/she can do mass production of tomatoes to sell, preserve and process into paste but does not have the capital to invest in such a profitable season project, that is where we come in to make his/her ideas come through by providing small capital or loan to help her finance the project. primary activity will providing micro loans and credits to small business idealists who natural can not afford to get funding from other major stakeholders. we help them save their profits for other future projects.

Impact

We plan to touch an extensive level of Individual small and medium size business men and women, farming groups and small cooperatives. We have carried extensive awareness through our partner NGO- Vision in Action Foundation, Cameroon. Our Community impact which will be through words-from-mouth, media, TV and radio as well as caravan publicity will touch a population of Buea of about 150,000 people. Our estimated impact is at least 5,000 in three(3) years. Our partner VIAF has been working over the years to identify farming groups with which, we will partner with when we start operations and up to date we have identified 16 groups in the Buea community and environs. Words of the mouth has always been the best bet for marketing and we also plan to use banners, flyers and brochure to reach our targeted potential clients.

Marketplace

Our peers and competitors are credit unions and government ministries providing start up capitals to small entrepreneurs. We will operate in low scale, mostly with small companies and small businesspersons. Daily movement of mobile cash collector in order for the company to come closer to its customers. Sponsor small farming projects which bigger institutions are so reluctant to finance.Operate also to provide to peasant farmers chemicals and fertilizers on subsidized rates. These players may pose to us strong market penetration skills, huge capital to attract many customers.

Sustainability Plan

We plan to issue loans to our clients on an interest rate basis ranging from 1.5-2.5% on the principal amount thereby making some profits to cover out our expenses. We will also collect savings and issue out special credit facilities. We also plan to sell shares to interested Cameroonian who wish to be part of our idea. We will carry out money transfer nationally and internationally on a commission to customers. We also assist to pay bills.

Founding Story

Metro credits story stems from the fact that we saw through our research in Vision In Action Foundation Micro Credit report that, a lot of persons in our community leave under a dollar a day and we saw that a lot of them wanted to be in a position where they could have small loans and use these monies for small business idea and initiatives to sustain their families. But the possibility of obtain such loans is not there because most micro finance institutions do always target the city centers, so it was wise enough for us to create a forum where small scale farmers and business persons to come in contact with small credit facilities and we help them to carry out small income generating activities thereby evading poverty.

Nutrients For All

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Where 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?

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?

We would be able to target a wide range of communities who do have their own specifications on what they can produce. We would also be able to provide a lot of resources in financing projects and of course open our own farming for cultivation thereby generating income into the establishment. We might also be able to provide funds for persons who want to go into processing and transformation of these product and also preserving for a continuous nutrient rich society. Sustaining nutrient-rich farming will be our number one priority.

Nutrient Economy

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How 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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StudentFunder

Every year in the UK, over 250,000 accepted applicants miss out on higher education due to lack of funding. This results in social immobility, hinders innovation and economic growth and yields a body of professionals and leaders that represents but a small fraction of the UK's population.

Students use StudentFunder.com to raise loans and donations from their networks and StudentFunder's partners to cover the cost of their education while building invaluable networks and skills.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Juan

Nama Belakang

Guerra

Title

CEO

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

StudentFunder

Negara Organisasi

United Kingdom, LND, London

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

United Kingdom

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Hybrid

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Project description

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Name Your Entry

StudentFunder

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.

Every year in the UK, over 250,000 accepted applicants miss out on higher education due to lack of funding. This results in social immobility, hinders innovation and economic growth and yields a body of professionals and leaders that represents but a small fraction of the UK's population.

Students use StudentFunder.com to raise loans and donations from their networks and StudentFunder's partners to cover the cost of their education while building invaluable networks and skills.

This blends financial, technological and social innovation to level the social playfield. StudentFunder provides crowdfunding services for students improving access to education, employment and enterprise.

This benefits students, their funders, universities, recruiters and society, engaging thousands.

What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?

Successfully complete our pilot (funding at least 30 future leaders in 2013) and build volumes (150 by 2014... 5,000 in 2017)
Secure funding to capitalise the venture and build a loan portfolio
Build the infrastructure required to deliver our full functionality

Your project

Project Support

Need #1

Message & Brand 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!

It would be of great value to us to receive help from high-calibre consultants and executives so that we may better articulate what we can do for our target groups and to relate to our stakeholders more effectively.

We have different stakeholders groups: we attract students directly but also through partnerships with universities (which help us provide students with additional support). We must rally partner organisations that have an interest in funding students and help students attract funders.

For instance, we make it possible for students to borrow from their own friends and family, university alumni, etc. to cover the cost of their education. This should not be described as an investment, but as a worthy allocation of "play money", as there is always a risk of default. We need to articulate that clearly, but also, compellingly.

We also help universities optimise and leverage scholarship funds. Through us, universities can turn scholarships into unsecured loans that can be repaid when and if the student is able, which recycles their funding so that it may benefit a student forever, turning one-off hand-outs into sustainable funding that builds up over time.

What three characteristics or qualities do you prioritize in working relationships/partnerships?

1.

Trust

2.

Can do attitude

3.

Allocation of resources to deliver results

Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.

Support from American Express could help us tailor our general communication but also design specific communication for our services: crowdfunding for students, "recyclable" scholarships and recruitment solutions.

It would also help us design a CRM approach to manage our relationships with institutions (universities, charities, businesses) and individuals (students, prospects, StudentFunder alumni).

Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.

StudentFunder has not received support from professional consultants as such.

However, as part of Oxford's Skoll Centre's Emerge Venture Lab and the Startup Leadership Programme, StudentFunder has received plenty of advice, support and mentorship. Business in the Community (BITC), YPO and Hogan Lovells have generously provided support as well.

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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Rank your three intended outcomes of this project:

1.

Define messages and communication approaches for our stakeholder groups

2.

Design and implement stakeholder management/CRM strategies

3.

Benefit from a brand splash-effect that will help get at least 30 leaders funded in 2013

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Quantitative:
Since October 2012, StudentFunder has helped two students fund their studies, two more are in the process and we will process 100 applications over the course of April for our first partner university and help 9 more students at a second partner university.

Each postgraduate student generates £5,900 per year in the economy (net, averge, according to the LSE).

Qualitative:
Our first student was fell into hard times. Abandoning his studies would have dragged his family into poverty; but we turned that around.
Two of the students supported by StudentFunder are peaceworkers Kivu, DR of Congo, helping end a conflict that has claimed over 6 million lives.
Another one of our students is creating a student-funding initiative to fight brain drain in Puerto Rico.

What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?

Support from American Express would help us strengthen our communication and relationships with customers and partners to evolve into a growth venture that can market beyond a closed pilot, serving hundreds of students by year two.

That vintage of students alone could add around £350k to the UK economy each year! (not to mention the impact that our students would have through their careers).

StudentFunder would then grow to serve thousands!

Regalii - The easiest and safest way to support your Family in Latin America

Typically, remittances are sent via one of the thousands of Western Union franchises through out the U.S. For senders and recipients the process is a pain: customers pay extortionate fees, wait on long lines, and are responsible for notifying the recipients, who bear the danger of carrying cash. Regalii eliminates these aggravations because it’s a free, immediate and social (via Facebook) form of remittance.
For customers (in the U.S.), Regalii is free because retailers pay Regalii for each gift card sold.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Inigo

Nama Belakang

Rumayor

Title

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Regalii

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

United States, NY, New York, Washington County

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

United States, NY, New York, Queens 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..

Project description

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Name Your Entry

Regalii - The easiest and safest way to support your Family in Latin America

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.

Typically, remittances are sent via one of the thousands of Western Union franchises through out the U.S. For senders and recipients the process is a pain: customers pay extortionate fees, wait on long lines, and are responsible for notifying the recipients, who bear the danger of carrying cash. Regalii eliminates these aggravations because it’s a free, immediate and social (via Facebook) form of remittance.
For customers (in the U.S.), Regalii is free because retailers pay Regalii for each gift card sold.
For Recipients (in LAC), they will be notified immediately via SMS and be able to redeem the gift card by showing it at the cash register just like a coupon. We selected the mobile phone channel because of the high penetration rate (80% for cell phones in Latina America).

What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?

1. Our primary objective for now is identifying the best product customer fit, which can only be derived from extensive customer interviews and research.
2. Once we have nailed down the correct value proposition VP and product offering PO then we will focus on growing costumer base via offline and online channels
3. Continuously grow our affiliate network in Latin America and the USA

Your project

Project Support

Need #1

Consumer/Audience Acquisition

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!

Launched pilot in the Dominican Republic two months ago. We are currently adding new features and services to the pilot. We are in the process of adding supermarkets and bill payments to the platform. This means customers will be able to send food, clothes and pay the utility bills for their family through Regalii. Regalii will also provide this service at the most competitive rates in the market because of how our revenue model is structured (we pay a discount on each gift card we purchase – ie: we pay $90 for a $100 gift card).
What we hope to achieve in working with American Express consultants is a better strategy on how to identify and effetely execute a b2b channel. This effort will help us expand our client base and get the word out of this great service. Our product is unique because it is the only form of remittance that integrates mobile gift cards via sms.
We also want to better understand the competitive landscape and how it relates to “customer acquisition” in order for us to incorporate best practices. Another area we feel American Express would be incredibly helpful in cultivating.

What three characteristics or qualities do you prioritize in working relationships/partnerships?

1.

Collaborative: work together for a common goal.

2.

Transparent: Be very clear on what is expected from each partner.

3.

Integrity: Work with partners that are honest and trust worthy.

Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.

The support from American Express will be mainly focused on customer development, particularly in the B2B realm. We believe American Expresses expertise and affiliate networks would be of great value in getting this initiative off of the ground.

Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.

We have attempted to work with other U.S. based payments platforms in the past but their was never a clearly defined strategy. This is were the “consulting would be incredibly valuable.

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

dampak

Rank your three intended outcomes of this project:

1.

Nail the customer acquistion strategy for Dominican Republic

2.

Replicate the model and expand with our afilliates in Mexico and Brazil

3.

Replicate the offline acqusition strategy in more states of the United States

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

8 weeks after launching our pilot we have helped more than 50 families in the USA and Latin America to access an easier and cheaper way of sending mobile money and supporting their families. Our pilot has been an incredible learning experience. We learned that customers want a wider variety of products they want to send to their families such as food, pharmaceuticals and utilities payment. We are currently working to integrate these new offerings on our platform. This will increase the amount of transactions and benefits for the families in Latam.
We have been recognized by Echoing Green and awarded a fellowship for the positive social impact in more than 30 million Hispanic families in the USA.

What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?

In 2009, the G8 embarked on a “5 by 5” objective to reduce the average cost of remittances to 5% by 2014. Regalii measures its social impact through its ability to eliminate remittance fees. Annual transfers are $2,200 on average (IFAD, 2010). In LAC this equates to approximately 30M families or individuals. If by 2017 Regalii captures 1% of the $69BN market, it would handle $690M in transactions, which yields $69M in savings from fees, which averaged 10%. (IFAD, 2011)!. In essence, Regalii puts 10% more money in the hands of the 30M people in LAC who receive remittances, most of whom income fall below a given poverty line. For example, in Mexico 61% of the households receiving remittances fall in the bottom 20% of income (World Bank, 2008).

Elementary Economics for Elementary Students

Developing supplementary educational curriculum and securing local partnerships with companies working in the financial trades. The curriculum will be a graduating, age appropriate curriculum regarding money, banking, financial industry and economics for elementary school students from kindergarten through grade 5.

Fund 17

Fund 17 is a nonprofit microfinance institution completely operated by a team of volunteer Tulane students. Our mission is to combat income inequality in all seventeen wards of New Orleans by providing financial tools for self-empowerment.

An Investment Bank for the Transformation of Capitalism

We are deeply committed to helping create a new form of capitalism in America. One that smooths the rough edges and helps to create a society where work as a calling to elevate humanity is rewarded. Rewarded with financial success, healthier communities, a growing middle class, a protected environment and a thriving economy for all. We hope you'll join us!

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Changeshop

This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Money Management + Credit Scoring for the Offline World.

Money Management + Credit Scoring for the Offline World

InVenture's solution addresses the lack of financial literacy, accounting tools, and credit histories for low-income business owners and the need for transparency, risk mitigation, and portfolio management tools for financial institutions. It is clear that these needs exists because of both the financing gap and the inability of small business owners to get affordable access to financial services.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Ami

Nama Belakang

Gosalia

Title

Director of Strategy

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

InVenture

Negara Organisasi

United States, CA, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

India, TN, Chennai

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..

Project description

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Name Your Entry

Money Management + Credit Scoring for the Offline World

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.

InVenture's solution addresses the lack of financial literacy, accounting tools, and credit histories for low-income business owners and the need for transparency, risk mitigation, and portfolio management tools for financial institutions. It is clear that these needs exists because of both the financing gap and the inability of small business owners to get affordable access to financial services.

InVenture is the only organization in India providing the specific use-case of accounting and credit data analysis through a text-messaging platform. Additionally, InVenture’s focus on combining real-time accounting and demographic data directly from our users provides a clear differentiation and market advantage from other mobile credit scoring efforts.

What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?

In order to scale effectively and achieve our growth targets for the next year, InVenture needs to refine and standardize its internal processes. InVenture’s top priorities are educating as many InSight users as possible on the importance of money management which will be indicated by high levels of user retention, hiring experienced and knowledgeable trainers and field staff, and investing in our sales and marketing efforts to develop more partners and visibility throughout India.

Your project

Project Support

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!

InVenture needs to develop a stronger user acquisition and retention strategy in the areas where we work in India. In order to scale our business three things must occur. First, prospective InSight users must understand that a simple, free, money management tool exists. Second, the user must understand how to use the InSight product and its product functions. Lastly, the InSight user must understand the short and long term benefits of a product like InSight including the increased savings, increased revenues and a financial identity. This involves finding new NGO partners and improving our training and follow up process.

We also need to develop a more structured staff recruiting and retention strategy. This will entail finding new channels for recruiting, creating a more effective onboarding and employee training process, and setting better performance indicators and incentives.

What three characteristics or qualities do you prioritize in working relationships/partnerships?

1.

Transparency

2.

Accountability

3.

Responsiveness

Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.

Ideally this support will be focused specifically on improving internal efficiency measures, opening new user channels, and revamping our user acquisition and staffing strategies.

Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.

We have spent time thinking about how to make our product more engaging for users and ways to incentivize user retention. We have also brainstormed ideas for staffing strategies and talked to other social enterprises to find best practices. We have not worked with outside consultants specifically for these 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

dampak

Rank your three intended outcomes of this project:

1.

Increase in number of InSight users using the product correctly on a regular basis

2.

More effective InSight training process

3.

More efficient staff with higher job satisfaction

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

We measure our social impact by analyzing the increase in revenue, savings and financial literacy of InSight users. To date, our 8,000 active users have seen a 30% increase in revenue and a 6% increase in savings. When measuring the increase in financial literacy, we take a more qualitative approach by analyzing changes in spending habits and trends in type of spending. We believe that because our clients are spending more on education and health, they are demonstrating an increased quality of life. Additionally, the increase in revenue as a result of money management and access to capital as a result of credit scoring both help business owners to hire additional staff for their operations, contributing to employment and the local economy.

What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?

With professional support from American Express, InVenture will be able to further increase its impact through improved internal team performance and more effective field operations processes. Scaling the number of InSight users will result in a more financially literate population with affordable access to products and services, thereby producing a more fair and transparent financial ecosystem.

Money Management + Credit Scoring for the Offline World

InVenture is a social enterprise utilizing mobile technology for financial inclusion. We have built a set of mobile tools to help individuals build a formal financial identity. Simply put, we provide individuals in the informal economy with money management tools and a “credit score,” or digital record of their financial lives; they can then take this data to a financial institution for financial access. Our primary product, InSight, enables us to gather real-time demographic and cash flow data about our users via SMS and voice at no cost to the user.

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TOMIKE HEALTH SOLUTION

Tomike Health is a social venture that aims to set a new standard for job creation and maternity care in West Africa.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

michael

Nama Belakang

iyanro

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

RAINBOW GATE FOUNDATION NIGERIA

Negara Organisasi

Nigeria, OG, ABEOKUTA

Organization's Country of Operation

Nigeria, OG

Type of Organization

Non‐profit/NGO

Year of launch of the organization

2009

Years in Operation

Idea phase

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.

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Inovasi

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Name Your Entry

TOMIKE HEALTH SOLUTION

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.?

Tomike Health wants to provide high-quality health care and empowerment services to some of the poorest women in Nigeria and also to redefine the standard by which healthcare organizations operate in order to build strong, open and efficient public sector health services that are responsive to the demands of local communities. Tomike's model is a combination of three tightly-integrated services to ensure that women receive the full continuum of maternal health care: (a) mobile vans that will create a direct link with our patients, boost demand for services and healthy outcomes through antenatal care and birth preparedness; (b) Tomike health centers near the slums where women can go for respectful obstetric care, safe delivery, family planning, and postnatal care; and (c) Tomike health business incubation centre where poor women can access job training and skills necessary in our world today to attain a sustainable livelihood. Our ambition is integrate healthcare and antipoverty program together as a package for poor women and to change the way maternal healthcare is provided for the two million poor women giving birth each year in urban/peri-urban sector of West Africa.

Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?

Besides being a healthcare service provider, Tomike-Health will also serve as a laboratory for some of the most exciting innovations in maternal &child health, and skills acquisition for women. Unlike others in the field, We will be incorporating innovative practices from around the world — in mobile health, evidence based medicine, electronic medical records, and financial and marketing and job training innovations — and measuring their impact on quality of care, health behaviors and sustainable livelihood.
We aim to become the largest provider of affordable care&business incubator in the region,&more importantly raise the standard of care among other private and public providers.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Tomike-Health will foster innovation & creativity based culture with high degree of accountability and financial transparency.
We are a startup venture with a social mission. We are small, flexible and able to respond rapidly to market feedback. Core to everything we do is innovation.
However, we will bring together multiple perspectives including design, medical/social protocol, experience and global public health. We have a flat organizational structure where all ideas are welcome and valued and where everyone in the organization gets to try their hand at different aspects of the business.

How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?

The challenges we foresee in our model are around pricing and volume of clients that we will be able to generate. To provide an appropriately high level of service, we have a certain amount of fixed costs and running costs, for which we already have a detailed understanding. To be fully sustainable we have to achieve a certain volume of patients at a certain price.

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The 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?

In Nigeria 500,000+ women give birth each year and two-thirds of them live in slums. Most deliver at home with an unskilled birth attendant or go to a public facility where conditions are often appalling – shared labor beds, delivering on the floor, understaffed or under-equipped with basic lifesaving supplies. As a result as many as one in 50 women die during childbirth and many more experience life-threatening complications. Secondly, poverty due to lack of livelihood has also contributed to poor health among women. We are working to save the situation by bringing in innovative solution into the picture.

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, 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), New financing strategies for health.

If other, specify here:

Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]

Technology, New skills, Consultation, Education/training, Community financing.

If other, specify here:

Please describe your solution in more detail

Tomike Health is a social venture that aims to set a new standard for job creation and maternity care in West Africa. We are combining business, job training and clinical innovations to create a fully self-sustaining and scalable solution that provide reproductive health and antipoverty services to poor urban women. First of its kind in West Africa.
We are piloting our model in Abeokuta with a single clinic, mobile unit, and business incubation centre then once we have demonstrated that the model works, we will scale up to touch other cities across west Africa over the next five years.

What are your vision and overall objectives?

Tomike Health vision is a world free from poverty, hunger, and diseases. The mission of Tomike Health is to enhance health and productivity in underserved rural communities among poor women and its goal is to transform healthcare and livelihood by demonstrating the commercial viability, long-term sustainability and social impact of the Tomike-Health model at scale.

What is your value proposition?

The Tomike Health model is a sustainable social business enterprise with high degree of economic returns for the beneficiary communities. We will create Direct Social Impact through providing underserved women communities with greater access to high quality health-care, skills development and business incubation services resulting in better health & well-being, enhanced productivity and improved standard of living. Also providing alongside, multiple opportunities for employment generation in the local areas.

Who is your customer(s)?

Tomike Health is basically targeting women of child-bearing age living in rural/urban slum. Our ambition is to integrate healthcare and antipoverty program together as a package for poor women and to change the way maternal healthcare is provided for the two million poor women giving birth each year in urban/peri-urban sector of West Africa.

What approaches to you use to reach your customers?

We will basically reach out to our customers via our mobile unit and pool of volunteers. Mobile vans will bring services into the slums and increase awareness among our target population via creative marketing and ubiquitous mobile phones. This is critical for reaching women who would otherwise deliver at home, building a reputation among our target patients, and driving traffic to our facilities.

What are your primary activities?

Tomike–Health will bring three tightly-integrated services into the communities to ensure that women receive the full continuum of maternal health care: (a) mobile vans that will create a direct link with our patients, boost demand for services and healthy outcomes through antenatal care and birth preparedness; (b) Tomike health centers near the slums where women can go for respectful obstetric care, safe delivery, family planning, and postnatal care; and (c) Tomike health business incubation centre where poor women can access job training and skills and revolving fund necessary to kickstart the venture of their choice.

Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?

Social venture dedicated to bring healthcare to the poorest communities in West Africa already exist and Easier Healthcare consult is a good example, but these initiatives remain limited. From our knowledge, there is no “social healthcare companies” integrating antipoverty program with martenal healthcare delivery in poor communities. Nevertheless, the model we propose will combine certain basic innovations that can’t be found anywhere in the region. The key specification that will distinguish our model from the individual initiative already available on the market will be the strong social, business, scientific and clinical background supporting the synergistic value of the model.

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 other challenge is ensuring that payments are made for treatment or microcredit. For instance, If a woman comes to our healthcare center in pain, we cannot refuse treatment. So we have to ensure that there is a way of recovering the cost of the delivery. We will work to mitigate those risks by: (a) providing financial training during our antenatal care&business training, (b) options for advanced payment in installments (flexibly, to correspond with women's irregular income in these settings); (c) working with micro-insurance agencies and the National Health Insurance Scheme to defray out of pocket costs for women.

Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward

A comprehensive healthcare and antipoverty initiative has many moving parts. Wherever possible, we do not want to reinvent the wheel, but rather work with the organizations that are at the cutting edge of each service and element of our model. This will help us to grow and continue innovating

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?

To date, we have completed market surveys, developed the model, and engaged volunteers and advisors. In fall 2012, we did an extensive market surveys and data collection to overlay facilities and population data to identify areas that are poorly served. We believe we are ready for pilot

What are your key growth objectives?

The objective of Tomike Health is to enhance health and productivity in underserved rural communities among poor women and its goal is to transform healthcare and livelihood by demonstrating the commercial viability, long-term sustainability and social impact of the Tomike-Health model at scale.

What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?

2013
-Purchase and equip first mobile unit; lease a property for clinic,& business incubation center
-Develop protocols for mobile antenatal care and outreach, hire and train staff
-Complete protocols and internal systems for clinic, mobile unit, & business incubation centre
-Hire and train staff for first clinic; lease first site in eastern Abeokuta; setup equipment and space.
2014
-First clinic opens doors in early 2014.
-Begin monitoring impact and fine-tuning of operations and clinical and internal protocols.
-Experiment and adapt marketing and outreach
-By late-2014 evaluate success of pilot and secure funds for expansion.

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What has been the impact of your solution to date?

The solution that we propose has not been launched yet. we were waiting for the opportunity to make our idea come to light. Integrating healthcare and antipoverty program is what we have passion for and we believe it will go a long way in transforming the healthcare field. We believe if sickness like malaria can be treated in hospital certain, so does poverty. That’s the reason why we jumped at the chance when we heard about this Competition. We are convinced that this initiative can achieve success in a long term.

What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?

We will be measuring and reporting on health outcomes, utilization, and internal metrics such as cost of care relentlessly — both for our own improvement and to share best practices with the broader health community. Globally there is mounting evidence about interventions that improve health and livelihood, but one thing missing is "implementation research" about how to deliver these interventions quickly, affordably, and in a way that makes women more likely to seek skilled care. We will be partnering with top academic institutions to measure our impact in a way that is scientifically rigorous.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

The Tomike-Health social business enterprise model has high potential for being replicable / scalable and thereby qualifies to be of immense value and interest to public sector organizations, corporate social responsibility organizations, social investors and mainstream venture investors and financial institutions especially in the developing world.

What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?

The projected impact of the proposed solution over the next 1-3 years can be summarized in two points:
-An improvement of health in low income settings especially among mothers through a better access to maternal healthcare, skills acquisition, job training, business incubation and funding.
-An improvement of the living conditions of rural women of child bearing age by creating jobs through involvement in all stages of the business model: supply, production, sales and through sustainable local microeconomics based on fair trading of products, good working conditions, and fair wage and employee empowerment.

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Elaborate on your current financing strategy

As a social business enterprise addressing a social objective, the financial strategy will consist in generating a symbolic dividend of 1 to 10% annually that will be re-invested to expand the venture and improve the services. It should be noticed that this financial model will be put in place once the angel investors who have contributed to the seed capital will have recovered their investment. At the same time various funders such as governments, private and public non-profit foundations, corporations and impact investors will be approached and asked to participate in the capital increase over time.

Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)

close to 100%

Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)

100%

Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy

Individu, Patients, Other beneficiaries.

Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)

NA

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)

NA

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

We will provide maternal health services to our women customers at prices they can afford thereby generating revenue for healthcare service expansion. in addition, the center will mobilize internal and external network to seed and fund major businesses emerging from the business incubation center. we will get women entrepreneurs from ideas to funding literally in 4-6 months! The center literarily will make women entrepreneur collaborate by putting premium on team oriented solutions to unique problems, and the speed of prototyping and launching these solutions into revenue generating businesses in exchange for flat 5% equity. we will also provide micro-loan for mini start-up at 5% interest rate. this will allow us to innovate and expand more.

Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)

not significant (less than 0.5%)

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.

Tomike–Health has devised a phased plan for next three years in terms of strengthening its business model and has three components - Financial, Technical and Partnership based. With respect to the Financial Component Phase I during FY 2013-2015 comprises raising Equity and Debt, Phase II during FY 2015-16 comprises raising additional Equity, Higher quantum of Debt , Small & Medium Grants , Phase III FY 2016-2017 comprises small Debts and grants and earnings and Phase IV FY 2018 onwards comprises growth based on Retained Earnings and small grants for specific services and new pilots . With respect to the Technical strengthening, Tomike–Health will be actively involved in forging partnerships with organizations in the healthcare & business domain and over next three years the same would be strengthened in every area of our model. With respect to the Partnership and Networking components, Tomike–Health will partner with a number of leading Government/Private/NGO/Academia/Civil Society organizations in health, education and rural development space and the same would continue in next three years.

MeraDoctor

MeraDoctor delivers unlimited medical advice from licensed doctors to low-income families across India, 24x7, for as little as 2 rupees a day.
We transform primary healthcare in India into an easy, affordable virtual consultation by innovatively deploying part-time, stay-at-home doctors; a massive rural distribution network; and innovative telecommunications and health technologies.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Malika

Nama Belakang

Anand

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

MeraDoctor

Negara Organisasi

India, MM, Mumbai

Organization's Country of Operation

India, UP, Lucknow

Type of Organization

Bisnis

Year of launch of the organization

2011

Years in Operation

Operating 1-5 years

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.

The idea for MeraDoctor grew out of our conviction that mobile phones will transform the delivery of healthcare just as they have transformed the provision of financial services via mobile payments and transfers. Having experienced that transformation, we know that achieving a similar transformation in healthcare will require technology, customer influence, and business model innovation.

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Name Your Entry

MeraDoctor

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.?

MeraDoctor makes high-quality health advice easy and affordable by offering consultations with licensed doctors over the phone 24 hours a day. By making primary care virtual, we enable good doctors to serve patients at a low cost almost anywhere in India, exponentially expanding access to high quality health advice
A similar model -- phone triage by nurses -- is common in public and private health systems across the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. However, in adapting this model to be a primary care service for rural and urban India, we have had to relentlessly innovate both in terms of service features as well as in terms of our operational model. For example, rather than nurses, we employ only licensed doctors since doctors are more trusted by rural families. Similarly, to reduce costs and barriers-to-use for poor families we have created a missed-call access system that makes calling us free and easy. Finally, we’ve used partnerships with large financial and retail players to deploy a massive distribution network that enables rural families to buy our service conveniently and in cash. Together, these innovations mean that we can bring affordable, easy, high quality medical advice to people all over India very quickly. We are just beginning to see how powerful this reach will become in transforming the delivery of healthcare in India.

Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?

MeraDoctor stands out as the easiest way to get reliable medical advice. Unlike our competitors, people can use us from home, at any hour of the day, without incurring phone charges, and are instantly connected to a live, fully licensed doctor. In India, MeraDoctor competes with local doctors and quacks, telemedicine start-ups, and mobile operator hotlines. Compared to these players we are easier-to-use (24x7, free missed-call), more accessible (available for cash purchase at thousands of locations), and higher quality (only trained and licensed doctors supported by clinical software). Many of our rural customers say they have never had a healthcare experience like ours in which doctors are patient, compassionate, and proactively follow-up to ensure improvement.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Today, up to 80% of rural Indians rely on unqualified local providers (quacks) for everyday healthcare because although rural areas are home to 72% of India’s population, only 26% of licensed doctors live there. Most of these people want better care. MeraDoctor can help meet the demands of this market.
We have a highly experienced team, a track record of operations, scalable technology – and since early 2011 – we’ve provided more than 12,000 doctor consultations by phone to everyone from illiterate MFI borrowers to business executives in Mumbai. Having done more than 12,000 consultations for families across India, we’ve shown that doctors on the phone can resolve illnesses, correct mis-diagnoses, stop patients from wasting money on wrong treatments, and even save lives.

How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?

Our strategy in creating MeraDoctor has been to constantly iterate to make our product more effective, more affordable, and easier to use. All the various aspects of our product, from service features to marketing techniques to doctor scripts, have been developed over time as we have gotten to know our customers and built our capacity. This culture of constant iteration and improvement pervades our company and processes. Furthermore, our plans for future growth and product development are build around this strategy. We approach product and service innovation as a core process in creating our business, not as an exercise to be completed apart from our daily work.

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The 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, Social integration.

Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?

Up to 80% of rural Indians rely on unqualified local providers (quacks) for everyday healthcare because while rural areas are home to 72% of India’s population, only 26% of licensed doctors live there. For most families, their everyday healthcare "relationship" is still with the local quack. Sadly, most quacks treat symptoms and not ailments, and often misdiagnose, so patients get temporary relief but do not get cured. After repeated visits to the quack, getting quality advice comes too late and even routine illnesses get worse. Many patients end up spending thousands of rupees to resolve simple illnesses. In 2004, 63 million people slipped below the poverty line due to health spending. MeraDoctor solves this problem my making high quality health advice accessible for all Indians.

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]

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, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare).

If other, specify here:

Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]

Technology, Consultation.

If other, specify here:

Please describe your solution in more detail

MeraDoctor makes high-quality health advice easy and affordable by offering consultations with licensed doctors over the phone 24 hours a day.
Customers buy unlimited doctor advice for as little as Rs 149 ($3) per month at chemists, mobile shops, banking agents, and government service outlets. After giving us a free missed call, the customer immediately receives a call from our staff and is quickly transferred to a trained doctor. The doctor listens to all of the customer’s issues and concerns, asks probing questions, and makes a diagnosis and recommendations with the support of MeraDoctor’s clinical software. After the consultation, a prescription for over-the-counter drugs and summary advice is sent by SMS. When required, the doctor refers the patient to a specialist.

What are your vision and overall objectives?

Our overall vision is for MeraDoctor to gain mass recognition in healthcare by delivering a unique value proposition, an easy way to get reliable health advice that embodies four key values that are missing in much of healthcare today: reliability, honesty, simplicity and compassion. To deliver on this vision, we will generate awareness and loyalty, and advance towards our company’s mission of becoming the trusted primary healthcare advisor for one million families in India by 2017. In the next twelve months we will acquire 100,000 new customers and validate a low-cost rural customer acquisition strategy.

What is your value proposition?

Compared to our competitors we are easier-to-use (24x7, free missed-call), more accessible (available for cash purchase at thousands of locations), and higher quality (only trained and licensed doctors supported by clinical software). To start, we offer unlimited consultations for a single price, seeking to build a reliable, trusted relationship with each family that will grow over time. Second, we only employ licensed, carefully selected and trained MBBS doctors to ensure our medical advice is accurate. Third, we believe in face-to-face contact with our customers as best, most simple way to sell our service. This is why we have partnered with companies with physical or financial relationships with our customers. Overall, we believe our product offers value on cost, care, and quality.

Who is your customer(s)?

Our target customers are the 84 million families in rural India that own a mobile phone and earn over Rs 7,500 ($137) per month, but lack ready access to licensed doctors. They spend Rs 8,000 crore ($1.5bn) annually on out-of-pocket primary care and outpatient fees.
U.P. state is our first target market due to its size (nearly 200 million people), population density, cell phone penetration, poor access to healthcare, and moderate levels of disposable income. Here, we strive to sell to men, ages 25 to 45, who are family decision-makers, have the disposable income and education to want good medical advice, and are comfortable using services on a mobile phone. We seek to become trusted advisors for them and their family members, particularly women who typically get less medical care.

What approaches to you use to reach your customers?

Most rural customers we meet have little faith in local providers, but still find them to be convenient for apparently minor ailments. For MeraDoctor to compete, it must be equally easy to access. We have already begun implementing this strategy by signing up many of India’s largest rural distribution networks in the financial and retail world. With a total of about 17,000 sales points signed up in U.P. alone, these partners (e.g., FINO, Eko, SREI Sahaj, Oxigen, Beam, Vayamtech, etc) allow us to reach our customer quickly and at a low cost. We will add to this reach by leveraging community members such as teachers, ASHA workers and part-time agents who themselves use our service, and can endorse and sell it to neighbors who need quick medical advice.

What are your primary activities?

Our primary activity is to manage and monitor a team of doctors who are serving patients remotely. As part of this activity we operate a call center, create and manage health records, and have built medical decision support software that links patients and doctors easily and seamlessly. Beyond the actual provision of medical advice we also manage a number of marketing and community outreach initiatives, as well as distribution and sales relationships with large channel partners.

Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?

In terms of delivering primary care health advice MeraDoctor competes with local doctors and quacks, telemedicine start-ups, and mobile operator hotlines. Our most direct competition is the local quack, since our customers tell us they don't feel comfortable taking health advice from their airtime provider and want to speak to a licensed doctor (which other start-ups don't offer). With regards to the quacks, one might worry that they might malign our service in the community, but experience suggests quacks use and even market our service. Our hypothesis is that MeraDoctor will actually grow the number of doctor consults in a community due to its convenience, and that since customers will still use them for minor ailments, quacks won't suffer so much so at to motivate hostility.

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?

Since 2011 we have steadily identified and resolved key unknowns in our business model. On the revenue side, we have shown that customers will pay to be able to consult with licensed MBBS doctors by phone. We have also demonstrated how to set up large-scale networks of transaction points where customers can purchase our services. On the cost side, we have validated various near-term variable cost levels (e.g., doctors, telecoms, telecallers) and identified those costs that will decline over time or with scale. Our focus now, therefore, is to validate acquisition models that can take us to scale.

Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward

To understand customer perceptions and usage we will acquire 100,000 new semi-urban and rural low-income customers in U.P and Maharashtra in the next twelve months. Our strategy is 3 fold:
1. Expand availability of MeraDoctor at retail outlets and community agents
2. Develop additional features that appeal directly to target segments
3. Engage communities with compelling stories/characters

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 an experienced team, a track record of operations, and scalable technology. Also, we have:
- proven demand across segments
- seen strong uptake (60% repeat consultations)
- learned how to manage doctors remotely
- built software to guide consultations and conduct analytics
- recruited a world-class management team
- created distribution partnerships

What are your key growth objectives?

To acquire 100,000 new customers in U.P. and Maharashtra in the next 12 months, in the course of which we will build our understanding of customer usage and perceptions, and validate a standardized, low cost customer acquisition model for rural India.

What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?

By the end of 2013, we anticipate acquiring 25,000 new customers and by March 2014, we will have acquired 100,000 new customers. This will require: 1) building operational capacity (in terms of medical staff) to handle growth, 2) validating a sales and marketing approach across our distribution partnerships, 3) developing more rigorous research and monitoring capacity internally to carefully track MeraDoctor usage and impact, and 4) continuing to develop service features that appeal to specific target segments in our market.

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What has been the impact of your solution to date?

By giving people easy, affordable access to good doctors, we help them become healthier and more financially secure. MeraDoctor gives many people access to responsible doctors for the first time. This means they get engaging consultations, accurate diagnoses, advice on how to get better, careful prescriptions, and caring follow-ups. For many, this is the first time they will have experienced such a high level of care. By getting resolution quickly and avoiding repeat visits for simple illnesses, we expect direct healthcare costs to drop dramatically for the poor. Plus, by avoiding overmedication and offering advice by phone, we also save our patients money on medicine, transportation, and missed wages.
Some high impact cases include:
• A 40 year-old male with a lump on neck called after drugs prescribed by a nearby practitioner were ineffective. MeraDoctor took his history, suspected a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), and referred the patient to a lab for testing. The patient couriered his results to MeraDoctor, which confirmed a diagnosis of TB. MeraDoctor referred the patient to nearby DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short) center for free treatment.
• 26 year old female, 8 months pregnant, called about blood loss per vaginam. Unlicensed “village doctor” had advised bed rest. On history MeraDoctor found that she was passing clots and had contractions. MeraDoctor suspected premature labour and referred her to the hospital. Patient delivered a healthy baby girl the next day.

What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?

Currently, our evidence for social impact is based on qualitative investigations with select patients, as well as broad -based observational research in areas where we are operational. Going forward, we have plans to develop additional case studies of our impact, implement a "health diaries" research project, as well as collect more rigorous data about how patients use MeraDoctor relative to other healthcare options available to them. To date, documenting social impact has not been a priority as we were focused on establishing and refining our service. However, now that we have shown that the service is works, we are ready to invest in the systems and processes needed to show that it has meaningful social benefits.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

We believe our model can be effective in expanding affordable access to healthcare in other developing countries and regions. While we plan to concentrate our efforts in India, we would expect firms in other markets to replicate our success in other parts of Asia and Africa. Since we are delivering MeraDoctor through varied last-mile channels, including direct sales, microfinance institutions, and branchless and mobile banking, we are creating learning that may be adapted to diverse markets. Wherever there is demand for low-cost high-quality healthcare, as well as an affordable mobile infrastructure, our solution could be adapted.

What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?

We expect to create health and financial benefits for as many as 600,000 people over the next twelve months (including up to 6 family members for each membership). If we instead assume that each new customer registers only one patient, direct beneficiaries will number 100,000 at a minimum. Indirect beneficiaries will include these patients’ 500,000 family members (assuming 5 members to a family) who will benefit from savings resulting from cheaper consultations, less waiting time at clinics, less travel to providers, lower spending on unneeded drugs, and fewer repetitive outlays at multiple providers when an issue is not cured the first time.

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Elaborate on your current financing strategy

We have received funding (in equity and convertible loans) from Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund and an angel investor in India. Our investors will anchor an upcoming Series A investment round to finance growth through break-even and to lay the foundation for scaling up.

Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)

100

Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)

90

Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy

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)

10

Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy

Private businesses.

Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail

We sell multiple membership products directly to low-income families across semi-urban and rural India. These products provide unlimited doctor consultation for up to 6 patients for as little as one month, up to one year's duration. Our annual memberships include personal accident and hospitalization insurance as well as discounts at diagnostic centres and pharmacies. Packages sold directly to low-income customers (not online) range from Rs 149 ($3) to Rs 1299 ($24). Over time, we expect to earn about 15% of revenue from “incremental sources” such as partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, insurers, telecom firms, diagnostic labs, and healthcare providers. We have already established a number of such partnerships which we expect to expand over the coming years.

Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)

Philanthrophy strategies you are using

Diversified strategy.

Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail

To date, we have not pursued philanthropic capital and instead have depended on private investment and revenues to grow MeraDoctor. At this stage, we are pursuing several philanthropic organizations in an effort to raise capital for research and monitoring, as well as community outreach.

Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.

We expect to break even on a monthly basis within about twelve months and finance growth through private capital infusions from impact and venture capital investors.

Antique Bank Smart Systems™

world largest cloud omnipresent enterprise application development which will reduce crime corruptions and poverty free commerce finance ,insured services www.antiquebank.mobifinancially secured progressive systems& devices Application idea to innovative will benefit next 2.7 billion adults, more than half of the world’s working-age population, and under poverty line common masses do not have access to financial secured policy services that our Antique Bank Smart systems™ will run automatically microfinance and insured by every life non- life data and all commercial live bid and money tran

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Antique Bank Smart Systems™

world largest cloud omnipresent enterprise application development which will reduce crime corruptions and poverty free commerce finance ,insured services www.antiquebank.mobifinancially secured progressive systems& devices Application idea to innovative will benefit next 2.7 billion adults, more than half of the world’s working-age population, and under poverty line common masses do not have access to financial secured policy services that our Antique Bank Smart systems™ will run automatically microfinance and insured by every life non- life data and all commercial live bid and money transact

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Nama Depan

Pradeep

Nama Belakang

Gohil

Title

Managing Director

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Ape&Superape Entertainment& InfoTech (P) Ltd

Negara Organisasi

India, MM, Mumbai

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

India, MM, Mumbai

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Hybrid

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Antique Bank Smart Systems™

Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.

world largest cloud omnipresent enterprise application development which will reduce crime corruptions and poverty free commerce finance ,insured services www.antiquebank.mobifinancially secured progressive systems& devices Application idea to innovative will benefit next 2.7 billion adults, more than half of the world’s working-age population, and under poverty line common masses do not have access to financial secured policy services that our Antique Bank Smart systems™ will run automatically microfinance and insured by every life non- life data and all commercial live bid and money transaction of every time will secured one hand to another allow them to safe & save money securely, borrow money affordably, make payments knowledgeably, and insure themselves against potential hardships

What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?

we are going to ready run this application and systems innovation will all industry public ,private and government have come ahead with support for joint venture to allow are currency design ,regulatory and policy (poverty free commerce one hand to another’s microfinance secured and insured every all kind brand mobile&desktop product and services users have to adopt attached are joint venture with Enter/Invest/Merge to e adopt are e-direction of hand held mobile internet devices and solution will generate largest business and million’s mobile end users life cycle e-direction will attached are systems and never ending profit will generate by every finance &commerce deal we are going public in to first USA/India/China largest population will benefited through our financially secure and insured web and mobile internet devices (MID) systems and new trend poverty free commerce by all public ,private and government micro profit and tax sharing to secured&insured first to poor and under poverty line common man will improving supported our all-risk policy hand held e-direction Antique Bank Smart Systems™ will increase purchase power will cover all risk adapted secure and insured finance e-direction of mobile internet devices (MID) for largest public, private and government oriented cloud omnipresent enterprise application of witness wallet currency route forward/back sale purchased and advanced tax deduction be half of public, private and government data history track by mobile&desktop devices outlet franchisee with all industry public, private and government will following are e-direction every cash flow will control by our all tax and recovery deduction in every finance deal and transaction will generate microfinance and insured refilling remittance automatically

Your project

Project Support

Need #1

Pilih

Need #2

Pilih

Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!

What three characteristics or qualities do you prioritize in working relationships/partnerships?

1.

2.

3.

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.

Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?

Pilih

Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?

Pilih

Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?

Pilih

dampak

Rank your three intended outcomes of this project:

1.

Zero Crime

2.

zero corruptions

3.

Public: Increasing purchase powers by our web content credentials live bid poverty free commerce finance ,insured services

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?

all kind brand mobile&desktop product and services users have to adopt attached are joint venture with Enter/Invest/Merge to e adopt are e-direction of hand held mobile internet devices and solution will generate largest business and million’s mobile end users life cycle e-direction will attached are systems and never ending profit will generate by every finance &commerce deal we are going public in to first USA/India/China largest population will benefited through our financially secure and insured web and mobile internet devices (MID) systems and WTO new trend poverty free commerce by all public ,private and government micro profit and tax sharing to secured&insured first to poor and under poverty line common man will improving supported our all-risk policy hand held e-direction

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Complete Financial Inclusion for BOP

In India, still there are approx. 750 million low-income & poor people who are excluded fro the formal financial system and don't have access to basic banking, insurance, medical cover, pensions and other financial services.

The Government is now opening lots of bank accounts, but the people are not saving or banking. There is very little activity. The Government's focus on other financial services like insurance, pensions, medical cover & investments for the poor is very minimal.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Avik

Nama Belakang

Kedia

Title

co-founder

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Sanchayan Society

Negara Organisasi

India, DL, New Delhi

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

India, DL, New Delhi

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

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Name Your Entry

Complete Financial Inclusion for BOP

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.

In India, still there are approx. 750 million low-income & poor people who are excluded fro the formal financial system and don't have access to basic banking, insurance, medical cover, pensions and other financial services.

The Government is now opening lots of bank accounts, but the people are not saving or banking. There is very little activity. The Government's focus on other financial services like insurance, pensions, medical cover & investments for the poor is very minimal.

To fully include the poor into the system and help them to move out of poverty in the long run, Sanchayan is opening "Sanchayan Suraksha Points" [SSP] which will provide all "financial services + financial information" at one -stop points to the urban poor.

What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?

1. Further testing of "financial services + financial literacy" model
2. Expansion to 200 SSP outlets
3. Partnerships with financial services providers & client acquisition

Your project

Project Support

Need #1

Consumer/Audience Acquisition

Need #2

Message & Brand Strategy

Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!

1. Use the skills and experiences of American Express Senior Management team to understand, segment and acquire customers
2. Develop the strongest brand message to capture the BOP customer's mindset

What three characteristics or qualities do you prioritize in working relationships/partnerships?

1.

Engagement with partners; constant communication

2.

Value exchange - for both parties

3.

Understanding & Patience

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.

Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?

Pilih

Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?

Pilih

Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?

Pilih

dampak

Rank your three intended outcomes of this project:

1.

It will bring experience on our side - our entire team is under 30; and we have knowingly chosen a difficult mission

2.

We will get understanding of how business works from the experts

3.

Access to network and resources

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

In terms of quality, we have provided financial information and services that has helped them to feel more confident and secure..
In terms of numbers, we have reached out to approx. 87000 people in 3.5 years.

What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?

With right support, guidance, mentoring and resources, we can expand SSP to all over Delhi/NCR - more than 1000 outlets in 2-3 years. This will provide the poor people access to an infrastructure for financial information, financial planning, guidance, counselling and products. We cna reach out to more than 20,00,000 people over 3-5 years.

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Helping our helps

Uplift is the pioneer of community owned and managed risk protection systems in India.
Emerged out of the needs to access quality health care, at reasonable costs, the Health Mutual model of Uplift associates thousands of low income families who come together to share their health risks and access preventive and curative health services at rationalized rates.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

kumar

Nama Belakang

shailabh

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Uplift India Association

Negara Organisasi

India, MM, Pune

Organization's Country of Operation

India, MM, Pune

Type of Organization

Non‐profit/NGO

Year of launch of the organization

2004

Years in Operation

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

NA

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 a woman community leader died of a surgery, we went to a commercial insurance and when the insurer told the women that the profit will belong to him when they don't fall ill, the women then said that they had no interest in being healthy because when they are healthy somebody else is making money. The idea of sharing risks was thus born along with a strong focus on access to health care.

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Helping our helps

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.?

This idea is based on health micro-insurance and savings, and the innovation consists in targeting new customers with a new way of distributing micro-insurance.
The origin of the idea and the details are presented below :
A huge chunk of the unorganized sector in India has no access to any health protection.Among them are domestic workers (house maid, drivers, gardeners ,nanny etc) who help families run their daily chores.
The idea is to design and test a savings financed health mutual micro insurance model through their employers who will provide the initial access and understanding to a health micro insurance product.
To ensure continuance and growth of the scheme a savings instrument will be introduced for the employees that will ensure lesser drop-outs and will ensure that the scheme grows and is sustainable.

The scheme will be modelled on Uplift's Health Mutual that will cover hospitalization expenses and will provide a range of value added services including
access to its 24X7 helpline to guide them towards the most appropriate medical service provider.
network of quality health care providers that will provide treatment at rationalized rates
health camps in coordination with network Health care providers to detect early onset of diseases etc.
The innovation lies in bringing a people owned voluntary health micro insurance product to non MFI clientele aiming to bring sustainability by roping in the employers not only in the initial financing but also in bringing understanding of the product to their employees.

Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?

Uplift's mutual model is unique as it does risk sharing between families rather than transferring the risks to an insurer-that way it is not only serving the needs of low income families but saves it from normal moral hazard and fraud issues in insurance. The focus on health access and prevention services make the model more about families managing their health issues and not just the risk. Secondly the financing model we propose (employers paying the initial contribution and securing the renewals through savings ) is an innovation in the nascent sector of health financing in India.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Health protection in India for un-organised sector is still in its infancy and though there are now public health insurance schemes the outreach and utility remains a challenge even after half a decade of implementation and are not universal. Even after a family has accessed the scheme, the out of pocket expenses remain high.
Starting in 2003 with two partners in urban Pune,Uplift works with seven partners(2012) in providing health micro insurance to over 150000 lives across Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Uplift has the complete technical know how of setting up and managing health micro insurance. We are a technically skilled team comprising of health, management,IT specialists.We have created a range of client education tools, a network of Health Care providers (146) and an inhouse software

How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?

While public health insurance schemes are not universal,MFI's target only their borrowers and commercial insurance struggle to fulfill their social obligations through run down products- it provides space and opportunity for Uplift to keep innovating products and services for the unorganised sector as its growth in past decade has shown.

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The 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]

Acute care (hospitalization, etc)

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?

Through the Uplift Model we have been trying
1)reduce obstacles in access of quality health care :in an unregulated medical environment, the poor have little capacity and information to access quality healthcare and make appropriate choices.
2)reduce health expenses:25% of Indian population fall below the poverty line with single hospitalization every year. The poor have to rely on out of pocket expenses not only to manage their health but their finances,making their livelihood very vulnerable.
3)the information asymmetry on health and health care:due to information asymmetries on health mechanisms and the lack of effective public healthcare systems, the poor rely on misinformation and superstition, beliefs favouring diseases and deaths that could have been easily avoided

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]

Patient-centered design, New approaches to distribution of health products and services, New financing strategies for health, Lainnya .

If other, specify here:

A more sustainable and localised solution by offering a community owned managed mutual risk sharing model

Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]

Education/training, Community financing.

If other, specify here:

Please describe your solution in more detail

1) To reduce obstacles in access of quality health care : our solution aims to reduce health expenses (see below, 2) and guide members to appropriate healthcare facilities (through access to Uplift 24x7 Helpline).
2) To reduce health expenses : we will offer a coverage of hospitalization expenses and we can rely on Uplift network HCP providing treatment at rationalized rates.
3) To reduce the information asymmetries on health : we will spread health preventives messages, through Health Check up camps organised by the HCP network, and information provided at the time of enrolment.
To ensure affordability of this product : in the first year, employer will contribute to the premium payment. In the following year, savings facilities will be there to facilitate payment of the premium.

What are your vision and overall objectives?

Uplift vision : our health in our hands
Our overall objective : a better access to health for everyone
Our underlying objectives : improve access to quality healthcare (guide members to appropriate health care facilities and reduce health expenses and ) / improve health behaviour by spreading health knowledge and preventive message.
We apply this vision and objectives in all our projects we are implementing in Uplift, including this new project "Helping our hands".

What is your value proposition?

Our value proposition with the project "Helping our helps" is health financing using micro-insurance through a community-based mutual model complemented by health savings.
This health financing is for a target population that is out of the reach of national health schemes, commercial insurance and microfinance providers. This is a segment vulnerable to high health expenses in the absence of proper information and guidance.
Access to health services is the second part of our value proposition. We propose to bring quality health services, information and access to the target population by means of a multi-layered health care provider network (providing concessions rates for Uplift members), a 24x7 helpline with a medical doctor and health check-up camps.

Who is your customer(s)?

Currently, Uplift customers are slum dwellers.
The average monthly per capita income of the families we are working with in Pune is 1900 INR (about 27€). We also measure poverty level with a in-house tool taking into account house, food habits, education, health, economic activity, documentation, financial links, ranging from level 1 to 7 (1 being the lowest). 90% of our members are level 4 and below.
Furthermore, our customers are not familiar with insurance principles, therefore systematic client education effort is required.
The specific group of customers we target in this project "Helpling our helps" are the domestic workers (housemaid, nanny, drivers, etc.) and their families, working in Pune.

What approaches to you use to reach your customers?

In this specific project, we plan to approach domestic workers by reaching out to "cooperatives housing societies" in Pune (families who employ domestic workers). These housing societies have an office and elected office bearers among the families living in the society. We will approach them, communicate about the scheme and orient them during their monthly meetings.
We will use the following tools during those meetings : Uplift movie on health mutual fund concept, brochures for employers and for domestic workers.

What are your primary activities?

Uplift is providing technical support for implementing and managing health micro-insurance program :
- Back-office support: Back office processes design, Enrolment, Insurance card issuing, Claims processing (including medical checking), Enrolment and claims quality checking
- Front office support : Front office processes design (enrolment, claims, health services), Provision of preventive health care services, 24/7 helpline, HCP network building and management, Client education, Field activities assessment
- MIS:Data recording and back-up,MIS development
- Product pricing and design
- Risk Management and product design
- Trainings
Uplift has also consultancies activities (e.g. client education tools design) and is involved in international organisations (conferences, studies..)

Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?

Our peers are :
- NGOs working on the slum areas with communities and providing micro-loans and other financial services for low income people.

Our competitors are :
- Commercial insurers providing micro-insurance products
- Government schemes
So far, these competitors have not been impeding Uplift growth : commercial insurers in India are selling micro-insurance products that most of the time are not efficient and does not match the needs of the customers. Government schemes are not fully efficient nor universal. Even though we can think that those scheme will become more and more efficient, we can work with them since OOPEs for the families who benefit from government schemes can remain high and those schemes are not providing health services.

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?

- Our main environmental challenge is regarding the micro-insurance regulation : currently, regulation in India regarding micro-insurance only identifies partnership between commercial insurers and organizations (MFI, NGO, etc.), like for microfinance. Community-based model are under discussion with the regulator (IRDA).
- Regarding organizational challenge, resources are a challenge. Fund-raising for this project is on-going.
- Getting skilled staff for our projects (including this new one) is an individual challenge, especially to find medical doctors.

Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward

With this project, we want to target new customers group - the domestic workers - and their families, accross housing societies in Pune. Later we will target Mumbai also.

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?

Our business is ready for growth because we have achieved stability in our current business. Therefore, we can leverage :
- our 10 years experience in implementing and managing health micro-insurance program
- our quality health care provider network in Pune
- our 24x7 helpline facility
- our in-house micro-insurance software
- our experienced staff to lead the project

What are your key growth objectives?

- Target new groups - domestic workers and their families
- Achieve scale to ensure sustainability of the scheme (2000 families is a minimum at the beginning) along with satisfaction of the members and planned social impact.

What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?

- Short-term : settle the program and achieve scale for sustainability (2000 families - 500 hundred families per quarter in the first year) in Pune
- Mid-term (3 years) : scale it up to other cities (Bombay)

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What has been the impact of your solution to date?

In 2012 :
151 000 members have been covered by the Uplift health mutual fund.
2555 claims have been reimbursed, for a total of 7 923 449Rs (i.e. more than 110K€).
Regarding the health services : 83 health check-up camps have been organized, for a total of 3933 beneficiaries, 5 700 members have benefited from free OPD, 5 300 referral letters have been given by field workers, 3 000 calls to the Helpline have been received, 7 000 people have attended health talks (discussion with members on one health topic in the community led by a field worker), 1354 people have attended the 22 health campaigns (information on a specific health topic with medical check-up).
By using those services, the members have saved 1 761 605 Rs (26K€).
By using the network of health care provider and the referral system, the members have saved 4 645 541Rs (69K€) on hospitalization costs.
The renewal rate ratio has reached 74%, while the member growth ratio has been 11%.
Observation : in the project "Helping our helps" the following services won't be proposed in the first year : free OPD, referral letters, health talks, health campaigns, because members will not necessarily live in the same area (today we organise those services per area, with a field worker dedicated to a specific area). Once we achieved our targeted families, we want to implement all those services also for domestic workers.

What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?

To measure social impact, we use following methods :
- In-house tool to measure poverty level of our customers (cf. question "who is your customers"), to ensure that we are reaching our target population;
- Amount saved by using health services and by using network HCP for hospitalizations : we calculate this amount saved according to market price they would have paid if they were not Uplift members.
- Services ratio utilization : number of members having benefited from health services/ongoing members
- Social performance ("ROI" for members) = Amount saved on services and hospitalizations / Premium paid
- Out-of-Pocket expenses : our target is to minimize OOPEs for the members.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Uplift health mutual fund concept started in Maharashtra in Pune, then was extended to Mumbai, and has recently been deployed in Rajasthan.
For the project "Helping our helps", pre-conditions required to start in a city like Mumbai exist :
- Cooperatives housing societies are there
- Government schemes are ineffective
- Health infrastructures exists and we already have a network of HCP in Mumbai
- We are developing a web-based MIS which can be deployed from everywhere

What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?

For the "Helping our helps" project, we plan to reach out 2000 families, reduce their OOPEs for health expenses by at least 40%, create access to quality HCP at concessional rates, + activity plan for claims disbursed, amount saved, services utilization + increase usage of public and trust hospital by proper referral and guidance.

At Uplift level, we project to develop new partnerships with NGO and credit cooperatives in India, with or without link to micro-credit. In 2013, we are starting 2 new health mutual fund programs with partner NGOs, we have planned to reach XXX members.

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Elaborate on your current financing strategy

Currently, we generate revenues through 3 sources :

1) Part of the premium collected - paid by the collecting NGO as service charge in exchange of technical support provided by Uplift (Technical support charges - TSC).
2) Revenue of consultancies that Uplift is performing for international organisations, private companies, etc.
3) Grants from two donors

As the technical support charges billed by Uplift are not sufficient to cover the necessary costs that Uplift is spending for the provision of technical services (especially for the new programs, implementation costs are very high), one of the donor (the French NGO InterAide) is providing grant to cover those cost and to allow Uplift to provide a lot a quality preventive services to the members, at a affordable cost.
Consultancies revenues are used to implement specific projects asked by private companies or international organisations to Uplift.
Finally, one more donor (International Labour Office) has granted Uplift to implement 2 specific projects (cf. questions below).
In this new project "Helping our hands", revenues will be generated by taking technical support charges from the premium paid by the members. We would like to get a grant to support the launching costs of the program/to form a security sinking fund, while keeping a premium affordable for customers.

Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)

48%

Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)

NA

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)

48%

Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy

LSM, Private businesses, Others.

Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)

NA

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

Our revenue generation strategy is mainly focused on Technical support charges (TSC) we get from NGO partner. Those TSC are calculated as a part of the premium paid the members (usually we take 20% of the premium collected as TSC but this percentage can change according to the support provided).
Those TSC are paid by NGO (after collection of premiums) in exchange of technical support provided by Uplift: implementation of the program, Back-Office and Front-Office support, MIS support, product pricing and designing, risk management, trainings of the staff, client education tools provision, regular evaluation of the program.
We have also got consultancies from international organizations asking Uplift to implement MAS programs in their organization or to design client education tools.

Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)

52%

Philanthrophy strategies you are using

Diversified strategy.

Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail

Currently, we get support from donors
- the NGO InterAide, which supports financially and technically the health micro-insurance program. Financial support is provided to ensure the social objective of the program, by financing mostly the staff and tools required to implement the value-added services as well as subsidies for the poorest families to help them to pay the premiums.
- the International Labour Office, which has granted Uplift to conduct two projects : “Making mutual mass market ready through introduction of savings financed product”: since 2012, Uplift has been developing use of savings in health microinsurance schemes through his network NGOs /“Back office efficiency”: with the support of an IT company, Uplift has been developing a new web-based microinsurance software

Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.

A microinsurance programmes takes about 5-8 years to mature and our financing strategy till date has reflected that. Our financing strategy for the next 1-3 years will be the following :
- Review with the NGO partner the calculation of the technical support charges in order to cover the real cost of technical support provided by Uplift, especially for "mature" partners.
- Achieving scale and work with more partner NGOs in order to reduce fixed costs.
- Review and reassess the premium level, and calculate the correct pricing of the premium, to reach sustainability of the program (especially for "mature" partners), while keeping it affordable for the members.
- Applying to more competitive grants from international organization by getting FCRA (specific registration required in India to receive money from international donors, which we plan to get soon for Uplift), in order to launch new projects/partnerships (like the "helping our helps" one)
-Get a cooperative license that will enable Uplift to expand its operations through out India in a more sound manner.

ReSource Fund

ReSource Fund’s mission is to serve the low-income community members and micro-businesses of the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area with equitable financial services.

PayTex – A mobile banking solution in Africa: “If you can text, you can PayTex”

The classic maxim for ensuring the security of an SMS payment service is to make it depend on something that
i. Is held (possessed) only by the two parties involved in the communication
ii. Can be used by any current and legacy mobile devices
iii. Does not require internet connection.

The solution is PayTex.

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Nama Depan

Adeyinka/Temitope

Tell us about yourself/your team.

Adeyinka has a never give up spirit that has helped him a lot in his career. He never gives up on dreams. Even when he was growing up against so many odds he has received some notable awards like best student in Physics and Maths. He is a also a dynamic team member. Absolute gem to have in any team.

Temitope is a logical and focused thinker, self motivated and intellectually stimulated at the processes involved in technology development. He delights in new opportunities and challenges. His core values, strong foundation and pioneering activities makes for an ideal team member.

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

We have always believed ingenuity is providing simple solutions to major problems we face in our daily lives. We also believe in creating a vision of the future we would love to experience.
While many organisations like to bamboozle clients and customers out there with loads of complex ideas which mostly create tons of other problems, we at Taminals believe strongly in technology, only if applied with simple and common sense.
To be an intrapreneur we believe you must be precise, self disciplined and of good character to ensure you successfully manage your personal and professional lives.

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Company Country

United Kingdom, LND, London

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

Nigeria, LA, Lagos

Additional countries or regions

Other African Countries

Industry

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

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Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

Considering a country like Nigeria, being the target market, the Central bank’s aim is to make the society a ‘cash-less’ one where corporate organisations are subject to a certain withdraw-able amount daily, as well as an individual limit and as forward thinking as this ‘cash-less’ decision might seem, it sure leaves a gapping hole in the society. This has created an immense need for a faster and reliable financial system that mirrors the idea of a successful mobile banking or payment service as businesses and sole traders tend to spend more than the withdraw-able amounts per day.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

With further analysis of the above described need, some questions one might ask might be to consider whether customers will rather queue up in a bank to withdraw money daily or if businesses will rather deal with cheques from customers, on the other hand, will the banks be satisfied with an influx of disgruntled customers filling up its premises everyday? And if developing countries like Nigeria can ever remedy the lack of adequate mobile banking system in its society.
In a move to introduce mobile banking/payments to Nigeria, a desirable and acceptable solution has to be quick to use, easily understood, reliable and secure. Hence, the creation of an SMS based, highly secure, innovative and tremendously fast solution, PayTex, for the banked and unbanked population.

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

PayTex is a fast and secure service built on an enhanced platform to drive mobile banking to the heart of Nigerian businesses. PayTex will be the first of its kind in innovation as it does not mimic an already existing technology and unlike other technologies, there will be no need for an active internet connection on user’s mobile devices or the need to install or download an ‘app’ on mobile devices as it is solely SMS driven.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

Considering some distasteful facts of some of the processes involved in mobile banking/payments in Nigeria today, a user will most of the time need a smart phone with an active mobile internet connection, which clearly is not at its best currently, our solution does not require an internet connection or the need to own a smart phone before mobile payments/transactions can be carried out. A user will only need to own a mobile device that is SMS enabled and with a prior knowledge of sending a text message, which is a universal mode of communication that people are familiar with. PayTex is highly convenient and affords the user an opportunity of making payments for goods and services, as well as, sending money to friends and families at their own convenience at any time of the day.

Our core scheme for using a Secure SMS for facilitating money transfers is simple:
i. User sends an encrypted message
ii. SMS is transferred to PayTex Service Point (PtSP)
iii. PayTex decrypts and processes the request and notifies (via an encrypted mode of
communication) Bank of necessary transactions to perform
iv. The bank initiates the transfer/transaction.
v. User gets a text of successful transaction.

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

We are aware of some similar services and the fact that we would be operating in a crowded space. Take for instance, the 'eaZymoney offered by Zenith bank, Nigeria, however good their service may seem, it requires a user to purchase an enabled sim card or access via a smartphone application. Another similar service is the 'U-mobile' by UBA, Nigeria, which requires a customer to own an account or prepaid card with the bank and a Java enabled phone. PayTex on the other hand, requires no internet connection to access or the need for a smartphone device. It will also be available to the banked and unbanked population.
We believe the competitors would follow suit in this pioneering service rather than pose a threat to the success of PayTex.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

It was just over a year ago, we remember precisely having lunch at a restaurant in london, and just having a general conversation regarding the state of affairs in Nigeria at the time. Initially, the lunch was deemed as some sort of 'last meal' together as two of the three people present at lunch were relocating to Nigeria and USA but later turned out to be the birthplace of 'PayTex'. We clearly recall making sketches of the 'mock-up' process of PayTex on the restaurant's serviette. During our conversation, we discussed several opportunities and business ideas we thought we could begin in Nigeria and someone mentioned the new Central bank of Nigeria's cash-less society initiative. We then realised how a new market was about to emerge in the mobile banking sector and discussed the possibility of creating a payment by text service without the internet connectivity issues and what not. A prototype was then developed and tested.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

N/A

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

As this service could be deployed as a bank-initiated model, we plan on impacting over 100 thousand Nigerians in our first six months.
From there we anticipate to geometrically progress to 1 million.
The reason being, the solution we will be presenting to Nigeria is simple and easy to use by anyone of all ages.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

One of our great threat is hitting the ground running as hard as we want to. Financial barriers seems unavoidable; but our solution is so simple and well scalable so we know we can always glide our way through it.
We can operate the solution as a service and as a complete product. So given that, we can easily customise the package to work based on any deployable platform we find ourselves

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

One of our main goals is to create jobs. Redefine the way people see technology and in essence create a tremendous avenue to grow technology, if you like, in Nigeria.
The problem so far is that Technological development in Nigeria is not impacting the job growth in the country as it should. You can handpick one or 2 companies doing great but the nation hasn't created avenues for other companies to progress.
We are going in that direction to eliminate the by-root problems the country is facing.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

Funds are limited, but we have an acute knowledge and analytical ability to move this project as far as anyone can. We have dedicated immense time towards defining the solution, making it as simple to use as mere picking up a phone and texting your friend. The team is comprised of 2 outstanding individuals with Master's degree in IT who both have brilliant and creative brains too.We are pursuing 3 more development resource personnel to move the project faster.

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

For the system to keep running and work effectively, it has to be updated regularly so as to keep up with financial technological changes and potential security breaches and enhancement.
The maintenance cost is incurred by the client.
We have also created the system in a way to allow for channels to distribute a robust advertisement portal. As Africa is a huge continent with immense potential possibilities and our system is designed to maximise any avenue possible to generate funds.

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

We currently only have 2 share holders in the company. But as the project expands, we are planning on creating a partnership structure to sustain the company and move it forward.

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

We currently support the project using personal funds and giving our technical backgrounds, are committed to the 'firsthand' development of the service. There have been slight push backs due to lack of sufficient funding to get the service to a desired completed state.

MicroMFs

A mutual fund which is for investors with below taxable income which will allow SIPs at amounts as low as Rs.100 a month and will invest half of it in debt instruments and rest in equity(preferably blue-chip companies) thus providing every earning income group to have ways to augment their meagre savings.
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Nama Depan

Harinee

Tell us about yourself/your team.

I work for a multinational bank ,manage development of IT solutions for Credit Risk division . I have also worked worked in ecommerce and love programming and can code Java, Python, PHP and beginning R.

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

A drive to improve the system and society in however small way possible.Passion for learning and innovation. I don't have a finance background but have been driven enough to try and understand how personal finance works same for Supply chain and Technology.

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Company Country

n/a

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

India, XX

Additional countries or regions

Industry

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Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

Provide an opportunity for the lower income group to participate in the capital markets and gain from same. Without a proper exposure to investing avenues we constantly see situations where chit funds and ponzi schemes(eg: Sahara) cheat small investors of their savings. In a era where returns from banks have been falling only safe avenue left for small investors is Post office schemes which also have been losing shine due to govt decreasing interest rates and rising inflation

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Micro Mutual Funds is a instrument where small investors will be able to invest small amount(SIPs) like 10Rs per day(100-300 Rs per month) with reputed Mutual Fund houses(5-star rated). And the MF houses will in return pool this money to use in balanced funds already available or created for the purpose. Since the target group has a low risk profile 50% of the funds should go into debt instruments(GOI Bonds) and rest in equity. These investors should not be charged entry/exit load so that they get the maximum benefit.Also the Direct Cash Transfer scheme proposed by Indian Govt puts money at the disposal of the lower income group which should be utilized in a way that the individual gets the highest returns.

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

It is innovative because none of the investment opportunities targetted by established fund houses and banks target the small investor(lower income group). The govt wants to bring more individuals to the capital markets but schemes like RGESS scheme again are targetted for people with taxable income,
My solution is to target people who have incomes lower than the taxable income and provide them exposure to the capital markets to gain higher returns for their money.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

The Mutual Fund House or Bank identifies a existing successful balanced fund or sets up a new balanced fund targetted for all investors but specifically tailor made for small investor
Identify potential customers in low-income groups from their consumer banking division. This has to be the first set of consumers later a tie-up with Post Office will be needed to bring in more people as the lowest income group will not necessarily go to banks.
Setup a process where they can do a monthly deposit minimum of Rs.100, the fund houses should be forgiving if this is not consistently done but a monthly mailer should be sent to the investor to let him know how his investment is doing with a comparison of the returns he would have received otherwise in a savings account or a chit fund.
Because 50% of the funds go into debt instruments he is assured of a return in all markets.

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?

The peers or competitors for this scheme are the regulated and unregulated ones. The regulated ones are Bank savings account, Post office savings scheme and Gold investments. Unregulated ones are ponzi schemes, private savings schemes like Sahara India and Chit Funds.
Savings account and Post office savings have seen a fall in interest rates and as time goes the returns will keep going down(as seen countries like US) and will be negligible with inflation added. Gold as asset class lacks liquidity and there is no guarantee the run may continue as it has before.Also Gold needs an extra cost of security which can be avoided in a MF scheme.
With a little bit of awareness and good returns from MicroMF low-income groups can be weaned away from unregulated savings and Ponzi schemes.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

I have been aware of the success MicroCredit by Grameen Bank and also RGESS scheme introduced by the govt.Also being from Tamil Nadu where the past decade chit fund fraud was at the peak but slwly went down considerably with increased knowlege among the middle class about capital markets.
West Bengal currently also has a burgeoning of chit funds which will all likelihood go the Tamil Nadu way.Sahara India was able to rope in so many investors because no other reputed financial institution is targetting the lower income people.And the actions have come under question risking lakhs of investors in the lower rung of the society.
The Direct Cash Scheme gave me the idea since there is a great possibility of recipients making wrong investment calls or losing the money all together in ponzi schemes.Fund Houses and Financial Institutions need to target this market, these could also potential SME clients in future

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Its not applied yet

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

At least one lakh investors in key agricultural states by end of 3 years

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Financial,regulatory and social barriers exist. Financial a signficant amout of backend processing and front office processing is needed as it is low quantity but high volume service. So there is bound to be hesitation from AMCs to support the idea but the social benefits far outweigh it. It would help if govt can provide some kind of tax breaks for the amount invested for MicroMFs
Social barriers exist where stock market is seen as a betting place and initial reluctance of investors to place their money.Also investors may not even be aware of the concept of a Mutual Fund, The extremely low amounts and education on the schemes can help overcome these.
The Aadhar card scheme can help in identifying individuals in absence of PAN cards.

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

I will be creating Social and Financial Impact. Socially its an opportunity to help the lower section of scoiety thus increasing brand value. Financially create a new set of customers who have potential to grow.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

I have not initiated the idea within my firm. It arose only right around this contest

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

I have not initiated the idea within my firm. It arose only for this contest

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

Management will

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

I have not initiated the idea within my firm. It arose only for this contest

Commonwealth Life Perusahaan Asuransi Jiwa Terbaik Indonesia

Commonwealth Life Perusahaan Asuransi Jiwa Terbaik Indonesia memang pantas untuk menjadi perusahaan asuransi jiwa terbaik di Indonesia dan sudah tidak diragukan lagi tentang kredibilitas dan profesionalisme kinerja dari perusahaan asuransi jiwa ini

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Commonwealth Life Perusahaan Asuransi Jiwa Terbaik Indonesia

Commonwealth Life mulai melayani Nasabah sejak tahun 1992 dengan nama Astra Jardine yang kemudian berubah nama menjadi Astra CMG Life sampai dengan tahun 2007. Nama PT Commonwealth Life diperkenalkan untuk pertama kalinya pada Juli 2007, berdasarkan Surat Keputusan Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia nomor W7-07188 HT.01.04-TH 2007 tentang Persetujuan Akta Perubahan Anggaran Dasar Perseroan Terbatas.

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Dinero Global

El Dinero Global creará una nueva fuente de riqueza a la cual tendrá acceso toda la población mundial expandiendo de forma explosiva no sólo el mercado mundial de nutrientes sino también los recursos disponibles para tal fin.

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Green Re-Cycle.com

An approach that helps individuals to deposit waste and become shareholders and acquire rights to invest in any recycling business. Waste becomes an input that enables individuals to become participants on the stock exchange or commodities futures markets.

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Nama Depan

Musambo

Tell us about yourself/your team.

We are a team comprising a computer programmer (at a university’s I.T department), a researcher and inventor and a banker (in the wholesale bank division). The diversity of disciplines shows the complex mix of ideas and the great blend of knowledge. We are an ambitious team seeking to change the world to a better place – improving on what it is currently. We are not only interested in making money but doing business in a way that makes the world a better place because the corporate world has money and power to actually make this reality. Find us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Re-cyclecom/305478899486836 and http://www.google.co.zm/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=integrated+waste+management:+Gr...

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

The knowledge, training and skill acquired while working in a world class bank with top notch managers, the ability to identify opportunity and articulate issues where they exist as well as being able to selectively determine what to invest my time and effort in make me an intrapreneur. The training, knowledge, determination, ambition, persistence and experience in the corporate world undoubtedly make me an intrapreneur

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Company Country

Zambia

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

Zambia

Additional countries or regions

Industry

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

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Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)

The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

The limited participation of less privileged people on the stock exchange, commodities futures exchange, big co-operations, carbon credit markets and intellectual property markets is the problem we are solving by empowering the less privileged through our innovation while dealing with issues of waste management and financial illiteracy. We are also creating a system that will help manage the careless and irresponsible dumping of waste thus reducing the incidence of avoidable epidemics like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, etc. Through our strategy we create an innovative and collaborative culture in the society (working in teams produces better results than solo performances).

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

In order to help redistribute wealth and income as well as empower the poor and challenge status quo, the solution we offer is to create an enabling environment that will enable the poor to participate on the stock exchange and commodities futures exchange through innovative ways of managing waste and providing financial literacy. The limited participation of less privileged people on the stock exchange, commodities futures exchange, big co-operations, carbon credit markets and intellectual property markets is the problem we are solving by empowering the less privileged through our innovation while dealing with issues of waste management and financial illiteracy.

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

The approach we are proposing creates value by making real change in people’s lives and adding real value. We help the bank stay in people’s minds for the long run in line with the bank’s brand promise “Here for Good”. As social intrapreneurs, we believe that business that makes a real change in people’s lives stands the test of time and makes a greater impact

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

By grouping areas of low population density (such as farms) with areas of high population density (such as compounds) - waste that is generated in areas where there is on space to set up a biological recycling centre can be moved to areas where there is space to set up such a centre. One example is a Greenhouse in which plants are propagated in cartons which are used to carry liquids, such as empty shake-shake packs, and plastic bottles recycled into flower pots and plant containers. After their growth has been accelerated they can be distributed among homes near schools, restaurant and hotels. This helps to march the supply of fresh fruit and vegetables with demand and therefore reduces waste by cutting the cost of transport, refrigeration and avoiding over- productivity. We recommend the use of technologies of siemens –logo micro automation, SIMATIC S7- 200 and Craft Silicon-Bankers Realm EFT Solution (BREFT). Additionally, all biological agents have a great capacity of consuming waste and of multiplying quickly thus accelerating the transformation of waste into valuable product. Four biological agents identified include fungus, bacteria, plants and fish.

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?

Competitors include but are not limited to Tesco, Recycle Bank, Agri-Capital and Bio-Construct. Our peers include WASAZA, Southern Bio Power, etc. Others who are trying to address the same needs are Recycle Bank. However, what differentiates us from them is that benefits that accrue to depositors are transferable. One can use their benefits to acquire shares or sell their shares to another party. However, recycle bank only offers discounted prices on their products in form of vouchers to depositors. Challenges would include intensified competition and aggression from competitors who would feel we are trying to take their market share.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

The current state of affairs in which investment trends are moving away from the stock exchange to the commodities futures exchange and the fact that people at the bottom of the social pyramid have little disposable income to invest on both, makes it is necessary to come up with an alternative investment scheme that enable the poor to invest on these exchanges. In addition, the waste management of cities highlights an opportunity for redirecting resource (after recovering them) from bins and sewers of both the poor and rich into investment schemes. This is the Integrated Waste Management System (Green Re-cycle.com) .Its purpose is to manage waste by techniques used to raise capital for various businesses on the stock exchange. Since waste of different kinds can be used as the principle raw material by various companies, it is therefore some kind of capital. This waste can therefore be recycled in the most cost effective ways by experts using different processes to produce various goods

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

This approach has shown that the major difference and benefit to an individual is that someone who deposits waste becomes a shareholder and has the rights to invest in whichever recycling business he or she chooses. Just as on the stock exchange, shares can be acquired on primary and secondary markets or by working for a recycling company. The bank can also act as a fund manager where pooled individual assets are invested on their behalf in stock indices or stocks of their interest. [See you tube and linkedin: weima , komptech , 2k manufacturing]

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

• Increased number of low income earners participating on the stock exchange
• Increased financial literacy
• Production of bio fuel
• Production of organic fertilizer
• Generation of electricity

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

• Startup cost might be too high
• Resistance to change by society
• Increased competition for waste by participants

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

The benefit we are creating for our bank is that which can not be obtained financially. Its value created by making real change people’s lives and adding real value. It’s a tool that the business world calls “Corporate Social Responsibility”. We help the bank stay in people’s minds for the long run.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

The bank’s brand promise is to be “Here for Good”, to be here for the long run as well as to be here for every good cause. As much as it is strong, highly liquid and financially sound, the bank strongly believes in bettering lives of people and societies in which it operates. As social intrapreneurs, we believe that business that makes a real change in people’s lives stands the test of time and makes a greater impact. A classic example is that of Merck Pharmaceuticals. We would like to create such value for our bank leveraging on the skill, discipline, experience and expertise of the top notch managers and mentors within the organization.

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

Since the whole process will operate like a unit trust/fund, the management and administration fees collected will ensure sustainable financing of the project. In addition, a fee will be charged for waste collection to cover transport and other costs in the same way that municipalities operate. Increase the number of people depositing waste through this centrally managed system, i.e. people gather garbage and on given days they dump it at the designated sites. Influence government to introduce incentives to encourage companies to invest in such businesses. The government should introduce policies to ensure people deposit waste at designated areas/spots. Have good levels of efficiency to encourage people to support the project. Since the bank has expressed interest in adopting the good idea

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

Within the company, Standard Chartered Group has extended its support to its international graduates (management trainees who are highly talented and ambitious individuals groomed to be future leaders). The strong partnerships and networks created through the international graduate programme of the bank are key to success within the business circles as well as the banking industry.

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

The bank (Standard Chartered Bank) has opened its doors to support all social intrapreneurs with great ideas. So as long as the idea is good the bank will adopt it and finance. The bank has identified a group of talented individuals to whom it has opened its doors and extended its support in this regard.

New Sustain Financial Solution

Looking for sponsorship situating to demonstrate New Financial Business Application Solution as Novel Lending Form absolve Interest Value, as Interest Free Substitute Proposal.

By review and theory test for lending forms in progress, for purpose of evaluating impacts in relations to financial environment. Different achieved monetary policies, appears insufficient tools for greater identify trouble and avoid crisis. The solution is on basis of treating in case of assumption; either bad monetary policies and/or insufficient implementation tools,

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Community Bank and Bank of Brazil (BB) – microcredit improving lives

Community Bank – microcredit improving lives
Bank of Brazil– the largest supporter of microcredit in Brazil
Community Bank and Bank of Brazil – uniting micro with macro for the good of Brazil.
Community microcredit – developing underprivileged communities through local empowerment.

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Nama Depan

Seiji

Tell us about yourself/your team.

I am Brazilian. I was born in Guarulhos, São Paulo and am 37 years old. I have a 14 year-old son, Henrique. I have been living in Criciúma, Santa Catarina (in the south of Brazil) for 17 years.

I studied law at UNESC. I have two MBAs: Business Management and Management of Sustainable Regional Development (hereby known as DRS).

I have worked at the Bank of Brazil since March 2000. I have three basic functions at my job: clerk (I attend to customers and aid those using our automated systems); DRS operator (I am responsible for supervising the Centenário agency’s DRS plan); and MPO agent (production-oriented microcredit).

I have been creative ever since childhood. I am peaceful, and even though I look serious, I’m good-natured. I used to be very shy, but not anymore. I like good conversations, politics, films, dating, getting to know interesting people, writing, and interacting.

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

I get bothered by the lack of change, and by the lack of opportunities for all.

I am quite creative and I like to help people, understand their problems, and offer suggestions. I like to collaborate, create, and co-create, to add and multiply ideas and projects.

I write well and am good at public speaking. I pay special attention to news, and also to history, the origins of facts. I am a quick thinker with a strategic and holistic vision, and I use logic and common good as my guides. I have diverse tastes and interests.
I am a discoverer of opportunities. I am persistent and dedicated to what I believe in. I am confident, proactive, and enterprising.

I believe that everyone is born with a talent, and that discovering what our talents are makes up an integral part of who we are.

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Company Country

Brazil

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

Brazil

Additional countries or regions

Brasil

Industry

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

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Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

Brazil has become the sixth-biggest economy in the world, but this doesn’t necessarily translate into wealth for the majority of the population, resulting in one of the worst distributions of income in the world.

In a report by the IMF, Brazil is shown to have a GNP per capita of US$12,789 per year, which, when converted using the current rate, would be around R$ 25,500 per year. Seeing as Brazil has the fifth largest population in the world, this per capita income is not the reality of the majority of Brazilians, who live on less than two minimum wages per month (R$1,244) per family—not per person.

More than 80% of the Brazilian population live in an urban center.

Looking at this data, we face the problems of poverty, lack of credit, and dearth of opportunity in Brazilian cities.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The solution exists and can be implemented in any city where Bank of Brazil has an office. The Bank of Brazil and the Bank of Brazil Foundation have the necessary knowledge and the experience to implement the social technology for community banks in all of Brazil. There are already several successful examples that have been supported by the Bank of Brazil: Palmas Bank, Paju Bank, and Muiraquitã Bank.

This solution addresses the problems mentioned earlier, of poverty and lack of credit and opportunities, providing microcredit and social mobility, fostering the local solidarity economy, and empowering the community and the development of local talent. The creation of social currency gives value to the community bank, which, in turn, gives value to the community and its inhabitants, creating a sense of belonging and collaboration. The community bank provides real opportunities for economic, social, environmental, and cultural development to the underprivileged community.

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

It is innovative because no commercial bank, public or private, has ever heavily invested in community banks on a national level.

Imagine uniting the experience of financial professionals with talents spread throughout Brazil to create a value chain that begins in the most underserved communities. The positive internal and external repercussions will be significant, and the economic and social results would be greater still, facilitating the development of Brazil.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

Example: Muiraquitã Bank

Muiraqutã Bank was born out of a Community Project that combines digital culture, metarecycling, recycling of solid waste, and solidarity economy. It is transforming the reality of those who live in the greater Santarenzinho e Maracanã area (city of Santarém, Pará, in the north of Brazil) for the better. With a social currency that can be acquired through the collection of certain types of solid waste, youths from these peripheral neighborhoods are able to have access to goods and services, from workshops to metarecycled computers.

The social currency of Muiraquitã is a social technology that was developed by the Puraqué Collective in order to enable the operation of the Muiraquitã Bank.

The Muiraquitã Solidarity Consortium exists in order to popularize the use of portable computers among the poorest of the population of Santarém. Supported by the Muiraquitã Social Currency, the Consortium pays R$50, or 50 muiraquitãs, per month, and the balance is paid in goods after 20 months. Moreover, a laptop is raffled off every month.

Main activities:

- Digital inclusion
- Education about the environment and selective waste collection (reduction of trash in the streets)
- Encouragement of local culture (dance, music, theater, handicrafts)
- The Muiraquitã Social Currency
- Microcredit for consumption and production (development of local economy through the consumption of goods produced by the community)
- The Muiraquitã Consortium (acquisition of laptops for underserved communities)
- Promoting the creation of businesses by youths from the community (creation of opportunities)

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?

Peers/Competitors

Palmas Bank, credit cooperatives, public and private commercial banks.

What makes a community bank different:

- Participatory management and service - local, personalized, and oriented, where whoever works there is a trained resident of the neighborhood. The residents/clients participate in the decisions of the bank.
- Restrictions – restrictive registrations (such as SERASA, SPC, CCF) will not be used
- Trust and agility – all of the operations are fast, since they are smaller and closer, everyone knows each other, everyone is a resident of the neighborhood.
- Generation of Income – the social currency generates jobs and income in the community.

Challenges from competitors: possible lobbying against community microcredit.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

I have been working at Bank of Brazil for 12 years.

When I was doing my MBA in Management of Sustainable Regional Development, I learned about the story of Muhammad Yunus and the Banking for the Poor (Grameen Bank), and I was impressed with the simplicity of the process and with its results.

I researched the experience of the Palmas Bank and watched an inspiring video of João Joaquim de Melo Neto, the coordinator of the Palmas Bank.

I looked for more information, I read the book A World Without Poverty, and I participated in a workshop in São Paulo, which was run by the Grameen Creative Lab.

Through the DRS Plan in the agency where I work I became familiar with the waste pickers of the ACRICA (the Criciúma Association of Waste Pickers), their reality, their problems, and their goals. From this moment on I have battled for the inclusion of the creation of a community bank in my agency’s DRS Plan. It was difficult to get approval from the higher authorities, but we succeeded.
We are in the beginning phases of implementing the Plan of Action. My goal is to see this dream achieved.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

With the implementation of the Community Bank, which sparked and strengthened several initiatives having to do with digital culture and citizenship, we achieved a significant decrease in the amount of garbage in the streets, with the awareness generated by discussions about recycling, metarecycling, and the environment. Around 10 tons of garbage have already been recycled.

With the exchange of currency for solid waste, the population not only takes care of its neighborhood by keeping it clean, but also benefits from the commercialization of Muiraquitã.

Through the circulation of currency, several activities related to digital culture have been made possible. There have been five lectures about selective waste collection in the neighborhoods where Muiraquitã is used, and ten “free knowledge” meetings that promoted workshops, debates, and roundtables about free software, hacking ethics, and innovative business in several cities in the Amazon. In the basic computing, digital inclusion, and metarecycling courses, more than 1,200 people participated.

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

In light of Muiraquitã Bank’s current impact, we project the following impacts over the next three years:

- Progressive decrease of waste in the streets
- Increase in community residents’ environmental consciousness
- Increase in digital inclusion
- Decrease in social inequality and poverty, with an increase in income
- Development of local culture
- Development of local production and consumption
- Sustainable social, environmental, and cultural development
- Empowerment of the community
- Development of new talents and creation of opportunities

All of these positive impacts can be replicated in underserved communities in every city in Brazil.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

1. Lack of internal support.

Instilling an awareness of the economic and social benefits of the implementation of community banks is difficult and slow work, and it demands time, energy, and strategy. The board of the bank can be convinced of these benefits through direct contacts and by presenting studies and results.

Demonstrating the bank’s economic viability and environmental sustainability; being socially fair and culturally diverse.

2. Unfamiliarity of the community in question with the project.

The community chosen should be familiar with the project and should actively participate in its creation, organization, and management.

Lectures, seminars, debates, and training sessions with community leaders will be held, and will be open to the entire community.

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

The community bank has a real chance to decrease poverty in underserved communities in the cities of Brazil, investing in local consumption and production, collaborating with the development of young people, and supporting new businesses.

Bank of Brazil could be the driving force behind the community banks, facilitating social economic development in every city in Brazil.

Millions of Brazilians could benefit, generating wealth for everyone and creating a synergy that would have micro- and macroeconomic implications.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

According to the DRS strategy, every agency of the Bank of Brazil is to work with partners in a value chain in the cities in which they are located. It is possible to involve the managers and the DRS operator of every agency, supported by state-level DRS management and by the national DRS board in Brasilia, in order to focus on the community bank’s value chain. By using the experience and knowledge of the Social technology Bank of the Bank of Brazil Foundation and the DRS strategy, we will have the necessary tools to implement community banks. I was able to get the inclusion in my agency’s DRS plan of a study of the viability of creating a community bank in the community where we carry out the DRS of the Centenário agency.

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

Each agency will be responsible for the implementation of a community bank, according to the DRS methodology:
Stage: Awareness and capacity building
Stage: Choice of community to be served
Stage: Training of the management team
Stage: DRS Diagnosis
Stage: DRS Business Plan
Stage: Analysis and Opinions
Stage: Implementation of the DRS PN
Stage: Monitoring the DRS PN

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

Palmas Bank and Palmas Institute

BNDES

Bank of Brazil

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

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Ethix Merchant Services

Ethix processes debit and credit card transactions at the industry's lowest rates and then delivers 25% of our total revenues to non-profits and community organizations selected by our merchant clients. Saving businesses money and converting fees to funds for communities nationwide.

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Nama Depan

Sara

Tell us about yourself/your team.

A passionate social entrepreneur pragmatically grounded in using the economy we have to get the economy we want. I believe in utilizing the power of the purpose driven brand in the age of social media to support the introduction of re-purposed business models that broaden the bottom line to include social impact. We are a small but quickly growing team of very excited and broadly talented intrapreneurs with the technology, communications, marketing, industry and start-up experience to really make things happen.

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

I started my career with Accenture in London and learned a couple of important things that have charted my course ever since. Firstly, a solid foundation in business and technology and the ability to navigate existing organizational systems and cultures is critical to change-making. Secondly, change is born through innovation but must ultimately come from within. I have learned to apply the skills that I learned working in large financial services organizations to the creation of an alternative model that rides on the tracks of the traditional economy but applies a different value system and drives better social and local outcomes. I am a skilled communicator of a vision of a future in which we can all share and a competent executor of a framework that will support it.

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Company Country

United States, CA, Oakland, Alameda County

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

United States, CA, Oakland, Alameda County

Additional countries or regions

The Continental United States

Industry

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

Ethix delivers a powerful fundraising tool to non-profits and community organizations that are trying to raise money in the face of budget shortfalls and declining charitable donations. We do this by redirecting funds that would otherwise be absorbed into the financial services industry back into local communities. Every dollar kept local and spent local delivers 4 times the economic benefit to communities than dollars that are taken into large corporate structures. Ethix also addresses the need for ethical standards in banking and re-purposed business models that make social impact part of their bottom line.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

We process credit and debit card transactions at the industry's lowest rates and then deliver 25% of our total revenue from each merchant account as residual, monthly, non-stipulated income to a non-profit or community organization selected by the merchant client. We save businesses money, deliver residual income to non-profits, keep money local and allow consumers to give back with every swipe of their card. Our fees structure is transparent and easy for merchants to understand and our value system puts community first.

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

Several merchant services companies donate a percentage of their profits or "proceeds" to charitable causes. This real numbers associated with these CSR programs are difficult to discern as most merchant services firms do not exist to make profits and service shareholders. Returning 25% of gross revenues is unheard of and completely transparent as every merchant knows every month exactly how much he/she paid in fees and the corresponding value of the 25% donation.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

Our home city of Oakland provides a great model of how this works and what I spend much of my time working on. I developed and am implementing our community partnership program. This allows any organization, regardless of non-profit status, to introduce Ethix to an existing network of merchants as a way for them to save money and help the introducing organization raise money for programs that support the neighborhood. Here in Oakland we are working with the Oakland Merchants Leadership forum which is the umbrella body of all the Oakland District Associations. We are working on a city wide outreach to all merchants affiliated with their local association in order that they may participate in the Ethix Program. Our infrastructure allows us to divide a merchants monthly donation 5 ways. This means that merchants can participate in a program that saves them money, delivers a portion of their donation to their local neighborhood association, a portion to their city wide merchant association, the OMLF and a portion to a cause of their choice. In this way we can deliver a residual, reliable income stream to the organizations that are working to bring economic improvements and support businesses in their areas. We are also funding local schools and other organizations supported by local merchants and their associations. These organizations are typically conically underfunded and this is money that comes to them at no cost to the participating businesses. It's a win, win, win for business, the organizations that support them, local non-profits and consumers.

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

There are a couple of other companies in our space. The most notable and largest of these is Dharma. Dharma delivers 10% of profits to green causes and is working on making their model more flexible and transparent so merchants can select the recipient of their donation. Another example would be Hope Merchant Services which is local to our operations here in Oakland. They are largely responsible for driving the Oakland Grown loyalty card program that many merchants participate in. We are different in that we go a huge step further in the amount that we donate and we also create a system that is entirely flexible, agnostic and transparent. Loyalty cards have high processing fees for the merchants and lock consumers into using a particular card. Profit based donations are uncertain.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

We are on a mission to prove a point and that is...
It is possible to take existing models in our financial service industry and carve out a huge chunk of revenues to put back into growing the communities where the economic activity is originated. Our current financial services industry serves to extract wealth from the local level and deliver it to institutional wealth holders in the form of shareholders, executives and so on. We believe that making and proving this point and building our brand on the success we are having doing that will raise the bar across a multi-billion dollar industry and ultimately drive the return of billions of dollars back into local communities. Communities and the people who create them are no being appropriately represented by the financial institutions that serve them. We want to change that and provide an solution that is both profitable as an enterprise and responsible to each community and individual that we serve.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

We are in the early stages of growth having launched the brand and opened our office in early September. Already however we are boarding accounts on behalf of our own local district association, Jack London District Association and will be a significant factor in their efforts to complete their CBD/BID application. This will have a meaningful impact on local business development, neighborhood improvement and employment in the area. More broadly we are working with organizations such as Missy, NCLR, Thrive, YEAY Foundation, Cycles of Change to develop outreach initiatives to their communities and support their fundraising efforts. I am largely responsible for driving these initiatives and we have been incredibly well received by the organizations that I have approached with the intention of implementing our early community and non-profit partnership programs. By way of example. We have boarded 3 merchants on behalf of the JLDA contributing approx $150 per month residual income.

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

Over the next 3 years we will grow our operations exponentially through internal and external sales operations. We will also create teachable models for community and non-profit partnerships that allow organizations to take Ethix into their own community and benefit from our program. What we are working on now in Oakland, a city wide outreach that will funnel tens of thousands of dollars back into community development every month, can be replicated in cities and towns across the US with support from our team of community representatives and sales support staff. The benefits are local and will be defined by the organizations that utilize Ethix. We are a tool that can be used to further any mission in any town in any state across the US.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

As a start-up we are faced with the challenge of reaching break even point for revenues and expenses. We currently burn about $50k per month and have revenues that are dwarfed by that. The deal flow and sales cycle mean that we are a pipeline sales model with a 30-90 close on accounts. We are planning for this by pursuing multiple options for supplemental funding. Debt capital that is available from FTS, our acquiring partner, an SBA loan, conversations with early sage investors and social impact venture funds. Another challenge is the core assumption at the center of our business model. That the social impact component of our brand is a compelling motivator for merchants to switch providers. This is where we have taken a leap of faith.

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

I bring 18 years of experience in financial services consulting, marketing and communications. Prior to founding Ethix, I ran a strategic communications firm focused on delivering brand and business strategy to purpose driven organizations. I am the main interface between Ethix and our local and broader community. I am operating on a skinny budget so I get creative and leverage relationships and my own skills at networking to build and grow our brand. Our brand and messaging is critical to our success. It looks great and is getting results.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

We have a small team of skilled entrepreneurs who are vested in the business and our angel investor is also a strategic partner with a strong interest in our success. I have access to deep skills in technology, this industry, operations, accounting and we have full administrative support. We are all on skinny start-up pay:) I have secured opportunities through networking such as the Oakland wide merchant initiative and a 45 second television commercial that we were selected for by SFDFS. My partners are awesome and committed and brilliant and we build of one another's energy and drive every day in the office. It's pretty great!

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

Current invested funds are budgeted until the end of December. At that point we become eligible for $50 in debt capital from FTS, our acquiring partner, for every $5k increase in our monthly revenues. We have completed an application for an SBA loan and are in conversations with a couple of early stage investors and venture funds. We are expecting to go cash flow positive in month 13 of plan and are building a contingency around that will carry us through another year of capital supported growth.

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

The partnerships at the core of the company, those that exist between the founding partners are at the heart of what we are doing and are central to our success. The values of shared commitment, social impact, interpersonal respect, health and well being and open communications are very much in evidence in our working relationships and in the environment that we create in the office. This is probably the aspect of the company of which I feel the most proud at this point.

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

I have the full support of my partners in this venture. They have consistently shown a great degree of confidence in my work. We are very collaborative so most outcomes involve a conversation but there is little in the way of push back. I have been able to clearly express my skills and my experience in the creation of the brand and messaging and in the development of the partnership programs but in the context of the ongoing input and support of my colleagues.

Unlocking Impact Investing

GF specializes in: structuring long term debt financing operations; developing projects for companies to obtain corporate tax incentives; performing econ/financial viability analysis. I am undertaking an effort to leverage GF knowledge resources to making the firm active in fomenting the new impact investing industry.

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Nama Depan

Ana Luiza

Tell us about yourself/your team.

I work for Guimarães Ferreira (GF), an econ/financial advisory services firm based in Northeast Brazil which serves companies in all sectors, from medium local companies to multinationals such as Mexichem, Electrolux, Odebrecht and others.
GF specializes in: structuring long term debt financing for these companies with banks such as BNDES and Banco do Nordeste; developing projects for corporate tax incentives benefits; and performing econ/financ. viability analysis.
I have a MPA/Public Policy from the University of Georgia (US) and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Universidade de Pernambuco (Brazil). I have completed a Corporate Finance extension course at Harvard University. I have experience in both private and public banking, non-profit and for profit sectors.

What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?

I strongly believe that a few feasible shifts in the way we do business today could have a huge positive impact on society. But I’m not naïve; I know that the incentives need to be properly aligned for the private sector to actively play a role in fighting the world’s toughest challenges. The standard needs to be evaluating businesses in a manner that takes in consideration impact. I really believe that it only makes sense for this to naturally become the regular way of doing business. I also believe that one cant fight economic forces, so we need to make these play in favor of development. My strategy has been to technically prepare myself in order to be heard and also to always exercise listening and dialoguing, in order to get the needed support for putting these views in practice.

Tentang Organisasi

Company Country

Brazil, PE, Recife

Primary country where this project is creating social impact

Brazil, PE, Recife

Additional countries or regions

Industry

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?

Any social or environmental problem may be associated with Impact Investing.
Traditional business valuation methods only consider the financial potential of a business. It disregards positive externalities that a firm may have on society. A firm in the medical sector, for example, that has developed a way of serving potentially millions of people through a low cost model, would be analyzed by its EBITDA, profitability, etc. The huge value this company has for breaking the code for serving underserved markets is ignored by investors.
The recent Impact Investing industry seeks to correct this.
Nevertheless, the industry still lacks the infrastructure needed to grow to fruition and to increase its reach.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Impact Investments seek to generate positive social impact as well as financial returns for investors. The key here is to measure and report not only financial returns on investments, but also the impact an investment has on society.
I propose to significantly accelerate the impact investing industry by bridging the gap between investors and local profitable businesses with a potential for social impact, and by demonstrating the huge impact that measuring social returns and offering this data to investors - alongside with traditional financial indicators - may have on the financial market.
GF could: 1. maintain a database of investment opportunities with a potential for social impact; 2. support in structuring financial operations; 3. monitor both financial and social returns; 4. help develop methods for “monetizing" social impact; 5. support removing barriers such as myths, communication gaps, etc, which could hinder the success of operations,

The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?

For the past 20 years GF has been a very traditional econ/financial consulting firm, specialized in structuring long term debt financing from traditional banks, developing projects for companies to obtain corporate tax incentives, and performing econ/financial viability analysis. Despite the huge potential, no firms in this field are leveraging their work in support of social development that goes beyond creating jobs and generating local income.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.

A specific example would be a hypothetical firm in the high school education sector- which has developed a model combining long distance and classroom education and therefore can be very cost effective while managing to deliver quality - that comes to GF today trying to obtain the financing needed for expanding their operations by opening a new unit in a low income community. As of today, we would only suggest to this company financing from the country’s public development banks. These banks usually require upfront collaterals of 100-130% of the amount of financing requested. The entrepreneur would learn about this collateral requirement and would give up on its expansion plan.
If GF is successful at developing its impact investments platform, it would be able to connect the entrepreneur to impact investors, which would usually have more flexible financing instruments in regards to collaterals and would take in consideration in their analysis of the investment opportunity the positive social impact of the education firm.
GF would support the company in tracking their financial and social evolution, seeking to analyze how the higher risk of lack of collateral is compensated by somehow monetizing and internalizing the projects positive externalities, and would demonstrate the case to the business and to the financial community.
We often see financially sound business models with a social potential that are unable to be funded only because they can’t meet all the conservative requirements of traditional investors and have no access (for various reasons) to impact investors.

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?

Investment banks, international dev. banks, some foundations and funds are paying attention to and supporting the development of impact investing.
In theory, investors could directly find and deal with entrepreneurs. It is very clear to me, though, that local firms such as GF are essential pieces in accelerating the industry. FIs tend to have their decision making in most developed cities, while innovative business models tend to grow in less developed regions – e.g. in Brazil, Southeast vs. Northeast.
Companies contact GF daily to talk about their implementation/expansion plans, from small to multinationals. Also, we know all the specificities of locally available funding, government incentives, market.
Competition would be beneficial; it would mean that the industry grew to fruition.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

Being in direct contact with poverty in Northeast Brazil always made me anxious. During my undergrad studies, two facts really contributed for me to realize about this solution’s potential. The 1st was my dad gifting me the book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, by CK Prahalad. The 2nd happened during an internship at Citibank here in Recife. I was sitting at my desk when got a call from a colleague- she had just been shot in her arm in a robbery attempt, 1 mile away from the bank. It was decisive; I needed to work for social development. First, I had to study more and get solid credentials. I was in ecstasy when I got a scholarship and accepted to a masters degree program at an US university. When I got the degree, ecstasy again for being offered a job at the IDB, in a unit that provides financing for companies focused on better serving low income markets. After 2 years, I decided it was time to come back home and work hard to influence local change through the private sector.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Financial nstitutions, including public development banks, continue to have an old fashioned approach to private sector impact. No doubt that just by expanding production capacity and creating jobs every company has a developmental impact. But this traditional view misses out great possibilities.
If we consider the 3 pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environmental – banks requirements for financing follow the logic: in regards to economic, the better the best, a careful analysis of the financial potential of the enterprise is carried out before any investment decision; in regards to social, investors only make sure that legal requirements such as minimum wage, safe conditions, no child labor, are met; and the same applies to the environmental pillar, the bank verifies that the company complies with the law and that it has the necessary licenses. In sum, if a business does more for the social or for the environment than required by law, this is not weighed in the process

What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?

The potential impact goes far beyond GFs individual performance. Once the model is successfully implemented here, both scale and replication of the model will naturally happen. The demonstration effect will make its magic.
But the greatest potential for impact is the effect over traditional investors. Once the impact investing industry becomes mature, validated by statistics, the ultimate victory will be traditional investors also weighing in social externalities as part of their regular investment decision making process.
Imagine banks risk matrixes including social data as a component for determining a business risk level. And executives having no option but to really care about broader value proposals, not only about delivering highest profits to its investors in the short term.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

GF is used to business as usual and is doing well with the traditional business model. On the other hand, the impact investing concept seems far from growing to fruition and becoming a reliable revenue source for the firm. Also, people here are paid a % of the $ of the project they are working on, which makes it hard to get their efforts directed to an idea that has not proved itself yet.
I am overcoming these barriers by dialoguing and persuading about how being a local pioneer in the impact investing field would differentiate GF from its competitors. I am also demonstrating how impact investing is the future. Impact investments have been recognized as a new asset class with the potential over the next 10 years for invested capital of $400bn–$1 trillion.

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What is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?

I am proposing a new revenue source for GF. We would be paid by clients for structuring these financial operations, just as it currently happens.
GF would also benefit from being a pioneer and being recognized as such.
It is also an investment, we would be preparing ourselves to serve a sector with a huge potential. I can only believe that in the near future most investors will require that investees track not only their financial return, but also their impact on society. It will become the regular way of doing business.

How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?

To make this happen, we dont need additional physical space, nor employees exclusively assigned to it, we just need to invest some time and money in: 1. analyzing our current client database, searching for potential social impact; 2. engaging with new clients with a social drive; 3. training in social impact monitoring standards (for example, IRIS – Impact Reporting and Investment Standards); 4. participating systematically in conferences in order to being up-to-date with the sector evolution and being engaged with investors and other important actors in the field.
Although it means relevant investments, the potential benefit for GF is huge. Also, the investments required are trivial if compared to GF existing resources which could be leveraged to this new initiative at no cost.

Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.

GF has served well over 200 clients in Northeast Brazil in their implementation or expansion efforts, and could use this database and connections as a valuable asset in identifying models with a potential for social impact and connecting it to investors. It has also huge expertise in formal econ and financial analysis, preparing financial models, analyzing viability, etc, which is indispensable for impact investors as well.
Transforming traditional econ/financial firms into platforms for serving impact investors and companies with a potential for positive social impact is relatively simple to do. The hard part is already done.

Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.

I have the moral support of GF partners. I am also in contact with people from the IDB, Avina, Endeavor, Artemisia, etc. All of them are engaged in this emerging impact investing industry.

What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?

I have participated in a recent conference about impact investing in Sao Paulo, representing GF. I also wrote an article about it in the state’s biggest newspaper. The article had a great repercussion among our clients and the general community, and I was invited to write a second article. Hopefully, I will be able to write about being selected as a member of The League of Intrapreneurs!!
Push-back is, for example, not being able to have travel expenses paid by GF to partic

Rev Worldwide Mi Fon

Rêv is a company of global payment solutions with a innovative and easy way to use prepaid and mobile phone payment’s systems

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Mauricio

Nama Belakang

Benavides

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Rev Mexico

Negara Organisasi

Mexico, DIF, Ciudad de Mexico

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Mexico, OAX, Santiago Nuyoo

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Bisnis

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

- Clinton Global Initiative Partner
- Most innovative company in finance, Fast Company March 2011.
- Creator and lead partner, The Empowement Lab at Harvard University.
-Best in Class Prodcuts 2011, Paybefore.
- America's most promising social entreprenuer, Businesweek 2010.
- Co-chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Financial Empowerment, World Economic Forum

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Penyekalaan (langkah selanjutnya adalah menumbuhkan dampak pada skala regional atau bahkan global)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Cost, Quality, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

The main goal of MIFON is to end the lack of access to financial services for people living in rural areas in Mexico suffer. The pilot program is operating in Santiago Nuyooo, Oxaca and surroundings. This project has potential to operate in 30,000 similar communities only in Mexico and later be replicated at a global level.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Achieve financial inclusion to Santiago Nuyoo’s inhabitants and surroundings communities, through access to basic financial services. With a deposit account connected to a mobile phone, they can make transactions without using cash or travelling to other communities. The available operations include: money transfer, balance inquiry and services payment through a simple mobile phone text message.
Different from other applications, our project is based on a global access approach, a bank account for the whole population.
This solution has different components: Telecom with Huawei made the infrastructure investment. Banorte cooperates with the banking and financial system. REV was responsible to join these social actors and to provide the technology and knowledge needed to achieve the result.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Before Mi Fon, people living in Santiago Nuyoo that needed to travel to Tlaxiaco, the closest community, have to wait long hours to get a shared taxi. Since Mi Fon, they can pay this service in advance through a mobile phone and make a reservation for the transport.

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?

The primary competitor is the frequent use of cash nowadays. Different to other market’s actors, Mi Fon is a simple proposal that doesn’t need a Smartphone to install a data application. Mi Fon understands the needs and specific characteristics of Mexican population, looking for an appropriate solution.
The main challenge for Mi Fon is attracting beneficiaries, because it needs a paradigm change regarding money use and its related benefits.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

There are currently many programs around the world, offering services based on mobile phones, looking to promote financial inclusion. Our experience tells us that these programs have to reach a critical mass and eventually open a bank account to succeed. Our innovation is to develop and manage alliances to reduce the spread, education and customer services’ costs. This way is the only one that allows to launch a product with costs affordable to excluded populations.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Mi Fon’s primary goal is to achieve financial inclusion to the non-banking sector, through a tool that allows them to operate from a mobile phone.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Santiago Nuyoo, Oxaba on a first stage and similar communities of others states on consecutive stages. This project has the potential to operate everywhere in Mexico, impacting 30,000 communities.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Yes, Mi Fon is designed to operate across Mexico and the rest of the world. Today it is on its development stage for national application.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

Achieve access to financial and micro-financial services for excluded population. Become the change agent (M-PESA Latinoamerica) of financial inclusion, in Mexico and the rest of the world.
To a national level, we impact 30 millions Mexican people giving them access to financial services for the first time. In Latin America, we impact 100 millions more.
With alliances, Rev Worldwide has already impacted 12 more countries, such as Kosovo, Rumania, Vietnam and India.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

Beneficiaries should change their current paradigm in terms of money use and its related benefits.
Hence, we need:
1) Expand distribution points.
2) Continue working with allies, including retailers, municipal and federal governmental institutions, which will allow us to operate better with payment systems.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

100% of adult population of Santiago NUyoo has Mi Fon’s financial services.
40% reduction of cash in the community.
Those numbers were reached in less than 180 days, after launching the program to the market.
We promoted new markets development and changed some business. One example: a roast chicken business seller has to travel several to different cities to receive his client payments. Now, he receives orders and payments via mobile phone and has more time to deliver his products in a more efficient way. He changed his business’ name to “Pollo-Movil”. Mi Fon not only gave him technologic access and banking services, but also allowed him to grow as a entrepreneur and become a change agent.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

Replicate successfully Mi Fon’s program in at least 30,000 Mexican rural communities and then in five more countries in Latin America and Asia.
Continue working with partners such as Banorte, Telecom, Huawei and Mastercard, among others.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

1. Reach a critical mass of sales points,
Through stores and government partners.
2. Changes in banking regulations.
Continuing the dialogue with authorities, CNBV and Banco de Mexico.
3. Education and spread’s cost
Alliances with banks, Mastercard, CGAO and other institutions.
4. Monopolist activities of mobile phones’ providers.
Operate under an open system, available for everyone.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

In every community where it operates, have 60% of adult population using Mi Fon services.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Difusión y capacitación

Tugas 2

Implementación de mejoras y actualizaciones a la solución a través de incorporar nuevos servicios

Tugas 3

Crecer red de recarga

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Difusión y capacitación en medios masivos.

Tugas 2

Expansión de las zonas de implementación de la solución a nivel nacional.

Tugas 3

Incorporación de elementos complementarios tales como aceptación de pagos electronicos en comercios de las comunidades.

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Mi Fon’s Project has very important partners to it development such as: Telecom, responsible for Santiago Nuyoo’s communications through its allied Huawei, which provides the satellite required, the data base of the beneficiaries, the product’s distribution and encourages the use of Mi Fon. Other important partners are Banorte with it managing support and finally Mastercard, promoting financial inclusion of developing countries.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

In short-term, we plan to replicate it in three communities close to Santiago Nuyoo, using the same system of the firs stage.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Rêv has a platform with capacity to operate financial programs and services, in both integral and modular way. This provides high flexibility and added value for its partners and its users. The Rêv’s platform also accelerates the application of programs and projects into the market, reducing development’s costs.
The Rêv’s technological platform has the advantage of being designed to fulfill all the operative and regulatory requests of Mexican financial system.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

PlaNet Finance Brazil – Strengthen the financial inclusion of micro entrepreneurs with new technologies

A PlaNet Finance é uma organização sem fins lucrativos, cuja finalidade é aliviar a pobreza contribuindo ao desenvolvimento do setor de microfinanças.

Tentang Anda

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Raphael

Nama Belakang

Amaral

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

PlaNet Finance Brasil

Negara Organisasi

Brazil, RJ, Rio de Janeiro

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Brazil, RJ, Rio de Janeiro

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

Não.

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Masih dalam tahap ide, namun segera akan meluncurkannya

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Transparency, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Micro entrepreneurs have a great growth potential and play a central role in job creation, investment and innovation in Brazil. Therefore, they face numerous barriers to develop. With 10 years of experience, PlaNet Finance Brazil has identified three specific recurrent necessities and difficulties faced by these micro entrepreneurs. First, they do not have the capacity to calculate with precision their sales prices, which creates a permanent deficit situation. Secondly, they have difficulties in monitoring their cash flows. Consequently, they are unable to determine their sales goals, or the income from their sales.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The solution is to develop a business management software that is easy to use and is available on the cellular phones of these micro entrepreneurs. This tool will have the following characteristics: an ergonomic platform, adapted to different levels of literacy; an educational installation system to encourage users, easily usable everywhere, regardless of Internet access. This software will allow micro entrepreneurs to register their expenditure and revenue, separate business from family budgets, calculate the sales price, determine the cash flow. It will provide sales reports, cash flow and customized sales goals. The project includes the creation of an innovative training methodology adapted for cell phone content, as well as data banks for online courses on financial education.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Whereas most members of productive groups do not have a bank account, they all have mobile phones, and sometimes even, a computer. The main restriction these informal micro entrepreneurs face regarding access to financial services is the lack of registered information as proof of revenue. This new instrument may easily be transformed into a tool of financial inclusion because accounting management by phone or computer would considerably facilitate the financial transparency. The goal of the project is to allow the micro entrepreneurs to manage their cash flow and their production, as well as make adequate financial decisions about sales prices and goals. It constitutes the first step towards enabling these micro entrepreneurs access to financial services and offer a strong potential for scalability, as that which can be done within any micro business and other productive groups, at the local, regional and national levels.
The proposed solution represents a complement for the financial education training that PlaNet Finance Brazil offers. The software will be tested with two groups of current beneficiaries of PlaNet Finance financial education courses before it is expanded to other productive groups.

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

Our peers and competitors for our solution are businesses and organizations who play a role in the IT sector and who want to reach people at the base of the pyramid, as a new target population. The value added by PlaNet Finance is the knowledge and direct contact with micro entrepreneurs to test the software before a general implementation at the regional and national level. PlaNet Finance is already working with various productive groups in Brazil, providing them with training in financial education and business management, and because of this, is aware of their needs and of the living standards of these communities excluded by the banking sector.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

The idea emerged during the training sessions in financial education and business management in some of the productive groups in Rio de Janeiro during the first trimester of 2012. The beneficiaries, especially the micro entrepreneurs of the artisanal sector, expressed a strong enthusiasm in these trainings and PlaNet Finance realized during the training that the beneficiaries were not well-equipped to be able to put their theoretical knowledge into practice in business management. The rate of mobile phone penetration is very high in Brazil, and PlaNet Finance thought it was a good channel to equip micro entrepreneurs with a business management tool, complementary to the financial education and business management training.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Our goal is that the 800 people who compose the micro entrepreneur artisans network approve the application as a financial management tool. In addition, these artisans would be registered in the database of the banks with possibility of accessing its services, that their businesses grow and impact their local communities. The next step would be the expansion of this solution at national level, for the development of micro entrepreneurs and the elaboration by the banks of services adapted and accessible to this public.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

The proposed solution aims the micro entrepreneurs of the Solidarity Economy Enterprises (SEE). Today, it is estimated there are 25 thousand SEE in Brazil (associations, cooperatives or informal self-managed production groups), that is, more than 1,5 million workers. Of these, 23% produce handicrafts and textiles, and constitute a significant alternative to unemployment. However, the solidarity economy sector, which we deal with, has numerous fragilities, such as: difficult in accessing financial services; difficulty in commercialization; lack of legal structure; low income generation; absence of production chain; lack of dissemination and incipient economic planning.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

The goal is to undertake and replicate the solution at the local, national and international levels after the pilot phase, which will last a year and will be necessary to test the solution with productive groups in the State of Rio de Janeiro (approximately 50 micro entrepreneurs), who have already received training in business management and financial education. Once the pilot phase has been concluded, the results of the test will be evaluated and adjustments will be made if considered necessary. In addition, studies will be conducted regarding the replication of the project in other communities and cities, especially in Rio de Janeiro, but also in the country, where there are concentrations of micro entrepreneurial communities. Furthermore, additional studies will be carried out for the replication of the solution in the 49 countries PlaNet Finance already undertakes projects.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

The expected results in the next 10 years are:
• The beneficiaries have better management of their business: they have greater visibility of their revenue and expenditure, they have increased the revenue of their business and have started saving. The beneficiaries feel safer about their financial decisions and their business. It is hoped that the beneficiaries will leave the informal and artisanal management style of their businesses, and use the skills and tools they possess to become better included in the formal financial system.
• In addition, the solution may also evolve to a market, where micro entrepreneurs can exchange/ purchase the goods necessary for their activities, constituting a space for exchange. As a consequence, they would be more integrated in the market and will access greater business opportunities.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

The factors necessary for the consistent application of our solution are an elevated rate of mobile phone penetration, the constant use of cellular phones and the continuous growth of mobile operators in developing countries, where numerous micro entrepreneurs currently excluded from the formal banking sector can be found.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

The expected impact for the next 1-5 years is to reach 1000 micro entrepreneurs in Brazil and offer them a suitable tool to monitor their business, manage their cash flow and production, as well as to make appropriate financial decisions regarding the price of sales and goals. PlaNet Finance, through this solution, aims to reduce poverty and the socioeconomic exclusion of micro entrepreneurs from needy communities in the State of Rio de Janeiro and other states in the country, as well as promote entrepreneurship to ensure sustainable socioeconomic development.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

The main risks identified are: an improper use of the tool, on the one hand, and on the other, tool features inadequate to the daily needs of the micro entrepreneurs. In order to overcome these risks, PlaNet Finance will provide detailed study phase of the needs in a sample of 200 micro entrepreneurs, a 6 month pilot phase with 50 users accompanied with a training on the use of the tool. Training meetings and monitoring will happen regularly with 50 users (weekly, monthly): installation of the software on beneficiary mobile phones, training on use of tool, solution of problems found, suggestions for improvement collected, etc.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

The goal is to define the main characteristics of the software based on a needs assessment of the target population.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Needs assessment and capacity evaluation in financial education and in IT of the productive groups.

Tugas 2

The development of specifications for business management solution based on the findings of the needs assessment

Tugas 3

The development of a solution for business management and the adjustment of the methodology for training in management and finan

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

The impact goal is to test the software solution in the mobile phone of 50 micro entrepreneurs while monitoring its use.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Installing the software in a test group of 50 micro entrepreneurs.

Tugas 2

Offer training for micro entrepreneurs on the functional needs of the software and its utilization.

Tugas 3

Evaluate the results of the test and analyze the replication of the project at a larger scale.

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Partnerships are the guarantee of a well-thought out, durable and comprehensive project. With this mobile phone app project, we have created connections between various sectors: the network of micro entrepreneurs with which we already work, a innovation and technology business which will develop the app, a private bank willing to enrich its database with data on customers it does not reach, and a public agency in charge of supporting the micro entrepreneur program. The dialogue between the public, private and civilian sectors about their needs and demands will enrich the consistency and impact

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

In Brazil there are 6,5 million formal micro enterprises and in study conducted by Anatel, the national telecommunication company, there are 116 mobile phones for every 100 people in the country. The replication potential of this project is enormous. It will be made effective by the presence of PlaNet Finance Brazil in various regions of the country (in the States of Rio de Janeiro, Para, Rondonia), by the company´s communications and IT partner and by the distribution through the public institution that supports PlaNet Finance Brazil.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

The PlaNet Finance Brazil is based on the principle of integration and participation of all parts involved throughout the project, to manage the advances and coordinate the activities. Three kinds of meetings are established:
- A meeting where the status of the project is discussed with the PlaNet Finance Brazil team: operation staff, the directors and the person at the PlaNet Finance headquarters in charge of the project´s quality control.
- A meeting with the field monitoring committee: PlaNet Finance Brazil, the representatives of the micro entrepreneurs and the IT business representatives.
- A meeting with the directive committee: PlaNet Finance Brazil, the bank representatives and those of the government institution that supports micro businesses, as well as the financier.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

The PlaNet Finance is an international solidarity organization whose mission is the fight against poverty through support to the microfinance sector. The team is composed of consultants with solid experience recognized both nationally and internationally in areas such as methodology development, training, mapping processes and portfolio auditing.

C3 Card: Enabling Access to Credit Through Trust Relations

The c3 card is a microfinance instrument based on relationships of trust, offering accessible and cheap credit to low income people.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Adilson

Nama Belakang

Ferreira Faria

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

: Association of Cooperative Educators of Brazil – ONG Educoop

Negara Organisasi

Brazil, MG, Viçosa

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Brazil, MG, Viçosa

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

A Ong Educoop até o presente momento não recebeu prêmio público.

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Inovasi

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Pilih 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

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Numerous initiatives aim to develop sustainable mechanisms in communities. The strategies adopted by the organizations that promote these initiatives is to act systematically changing the consumption patterns of the population.
In this scenario, the Educoop NGO implements and manages a local credit card called C3 Card that leverages the social technology of credit (“fiado”), a practice that allows access to goods, services and products based on relationships of trust between residents of a community.
According to the Data Popular Institute (2010), the practice of “fiado” or spun credit, is present in 27% of families in class C, & up to 45% in class D. Other social technologies such as credit card loans, selling meal-aid, crowd funding for collective purchases and participating in sweepst

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Aiming to overcome the demand for credit by these families excluded from the banking sector or weakened by the high costs of their products or services, the C3 Card innovative initiative was launched. With a local self-managed and formal structure, this initiative aims to supply the need of access to goods, services and products by families with no access to the traditional banking system.
The C3 Card aims to seize the opportunities in relation to the “good customer”, the regular client, in which a bond of trust between customer and micro entrepreneur is established, based on an ancient concept, “fiado” or installment credit.
As such, a new means of payment is introduced in this relationship, allowing greater integration and dynamism in commercial transactions based on trust, that is, installment credit, that generally speaking is still a form of credit concession, based only upon one´s word, honor and trust.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

A few days ago we received a call from a shopkeeper asking for information on the history of a client user of the C3 Card in order to carry out a sale.
The data in the transactions of this client demonstrate that in 7 months he had 4 invoiced issued, totalizing R$411, 18. All these invoices were paid, however, there was an average delay of 8 days. Because of this delay, that is, the risk in the transaction, the merchant received R$4, 11 in default interest and penalties.
The charges for late payment (risk) that used to go to a bank or financing agent remained in the community, promoting local development. It is worth noting that this value is significantly less than the interest rates practiced by conventional credit cards.
The first phase in promoting the C3 Card is the membership of a commercial establishment, forming an accredited network.
The establishments get their best customers to join this network, formalizing pre-approved credit to customers who can buy in the accredited network.
On the day of maturity of the invoice, the client can make a payment between the minimum value and the total value. If the total amount of the invoice is not paid, bank interest rates, today around 430% per year in Brazil, are not applied as with conventional credit cards.
Hence, the submission of this proposal aims to raise funds for investment in the C3 Card initiative in the city of Viçosa, Minas Gerais (MG), consolidating it to become a case replicable in other communities.

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?

Currently, there are a diverse range of organizations and initiatives that aim to meet the demand for credit of these communities, such as community banks, Civil Society Organizations of Public Interest (OSCIPs), credit cooperatives, NGOs and other initiatives at the regional and national level. However, these initiatives concentrate their efforts on the offer of credit to micro entrepreneurs, in other words, to productive microcredit. As such, these organizations demand an instrument such as the C3 Card to offer credit for consumption, enabled by the C3 Card.
The C3 Card is currently utilized only in the municipality of Viçosa, however, through the information technology & social technology it leverages, it is structured to be expanded to other cities and countries through partner organ

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

In the year 2009, the Educoop NGO began to analyze the trust relationships that existed in the Santo Antonio neighborhood in Viçosa, MG, diagnosing: i) numerous residents of the neighborhood with access to credit through the “fiado” inside and outside the neighborhood; ii) numerous residents who were not homeowners and who demanded moving street, neighborhood and city, establishing new bonds of trust through “fiado”; iii) commercial establishments in the neighborhood that sold “fiado”. As such, it was verified that the social technology of the “fiado” dynamize the local neighborhood economy, as a portrait of the city of Viçosa, MG and of all Brazil, however that it lacks a structured action to reduce the asymmetry of information between the economic agents: micro entrepreneurs and clients, and thus boost this local initiative. The “fiado” practice also lacks a network articulation, allowing trust relationships to be expanded and consolidated.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

With the C3 Card initiative, the Educoop NGO strengthens existing trust relations and thus supplies more accessible credit to people and more sales in local commerce. The goal is also to improve the living conditions of users, reallocating the normal costs of a traditional credit operation into benefits for society.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

The C3 Card instrument is initially accessible to the population of Viçosa, MG, however in another moment will be expanded to people in other cities and communities, where residents have difficulties making purchases locally due to: i) hostilities created by the loan collection process; ii) difficulty in gaining the trust of micro entrepreneurs for purchase on credit; iii) exclusion from traditional banking sector and its services, such as credit cards.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

The C3 Card instrument will work in other communities in Brazil as well as abroad. Where there are trust relationships in commercial transactions between clients and merchants, the C3 Card may be utilized.
This way, after the consolidation of the C3 Card in Viçosa, MG, the C3 Card will be expanded to other cities. The C3 Card initiative, as a self-managed too through Manager Groups, requires local partner organizations for its promotion.
In addition to partner organizations, the Manager Groups of the C3 Card is a local body for the definition of credit policies, credit analysis and loan collection that are fed into the management software and executed by the partner organization within the online C3 Card system.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

With actions that foster the C3 Card, the learning curve over the course of 10 years, will enable numerous impacts, in addition to its expansion to other cities, states and countries.
The first impact to be highlighted is the gain in scale, in other words, a lower cost per transaction passed onto customers and micro entrepreneurs, making the initiative more accessible and less dependent on resources from supporters.
As an online tool, there is also the opportunity of provision of other financial services, with the possibility of transactions between customers themselves, such as the offer of insurance, consortia and other banking services.
It is also hoped that mechanisms to minimize the risk of default are developed, mainly by reducing the information asymmetries through new management reports for merchants and the management team of the C3 Card.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

The main change required by the Educoop NGO regarding the C3 Card was the decentralization of its operation to its partner organizations, in other words, the NGO was developing a technology that required less of its partner organizations in relation to the previous stages of invoice generation, receipt and transfer of payments on to the merchants. These actions would be managed by Educoop, which demanded a technological wingspan, technical staff and other resources that it lacked and which would make expansion impossible.
As such, the business model was reformulated to include decentralized management activities where partner organizations would take on the above mentioned responsibilities as well as other previously defined responsibilities, such as promoting the Manager Groups, implementing the policies defined by the Managing Group, accreditation of customers and merchants, payment collection from defaulting customers and marketing activities aimed at consolidating the C3 Card.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

To date, the C3 Card accredited 25 commercial establishments in the city of Viçosa, MG and made 124 customers members of the initiative with an average limit of R$470, totalizing in available resources an amount of R$67.894, 40. The total limit available, only R$41.991, 50 were used by customers.
As demonstrated above, the C3 Card initiative enabled market access to 124 customers within a diversified network of commercial establishments and service providers. For the accredited network, the C3 Card facilitated the expansion of their sales to new customers, expanding trust relationships.
Even though it is an incipient initiative and lacks in available resources, the financial data of the C3 Card has made significant amounts of resources available in the city of Viçosa, MG.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

The expected impact for the next 5 years is the expansion of the C3 Card to partner organizations in other states in Brazil.
Through a notice published in the year 2011, Educoop selected projects of reapplication of the C3 Card through the following organizations: Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative of the Santana Ipanema Region, Obra Kolping from the state of Piauí; Capital Social (Social Capital); Forum for Integrated sustainable Development of Jacunda and Arca Potiguar for promoting the C3 Card in 32 cities.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

It is worth noting that the main barrier preventing the success of the C3 Card is the information asymmetry about the tool for sensitization and mobilization of new memberships of partner organizations. This requires marketing strategies, especially online marketing through the Educoop NGO institutional website and through the C3 Card website – www.CartaoC3.com.br.

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The success will be based on the actions of the local partner organizations.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Update the management software of the C3 Card

Tugas 2

Look for financial supporters for the expansion of the C3 Card.

Tugas 3

Develop marketing actions aiming for the consolidation of the C3 Card.

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

The C3 Card implanted and consolidated in the city of Viçosa, MG.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Achieve impacts in the economic and financial lives of the beneficiaries.

Tugas 2

Establish a solid relationship and durable partnerships with the beneficiaries, whether individuals or corporations.

Tugas 3

Gain scale with more affordable transaction costs.

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For the C3 Card initiative, the Educoop NGO has the support of the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) through the development of scientific research and university extension activities.
In addition, the Educoop NGO has raised funds with supporters aiming to supply the demand of resources for the operation of the C3 Card.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

The Educoop NGO plans on expanding the C3 Card initiative to other regions, especially after the improvement of the online tool that manages the transactions-with gains in automation as well as in the learning curve of the technical staff
The expansion comes from the C3 Card´s potential to be replicated in other communities, keeping in mind it is an online tool
The expansion will happen through partner organizations who will have the role of coordinating the promotion activities such as setting up &counseling the Manager Groups, thereby succeeding that the C3 Card benefits other communities

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

The success of the C3 Card initiative is permeated by internal factors related to information technology and the associative base of the innovative tool of the C3 Card. Thus, by joint decision of the users of the C3 Card, the main policies related to the C3 Card are defined & implemented in its development within the community.
After the establishment of these policies, the data is inserted in the online platform that feeds the main routines of the online system, thus enabling the effective management of the C3 Card and the coordination of the activities of the technical team.
In addition to these factors, it is worth noting the decentralization of the operation in the expansion of the initiative, which allows the transfer of the operational process stages to the partner organizations

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

The main demand of the C3 Card is financial for investments, making this local initiative into a case, replicable by other organizations.
The resources the NGO Educoop can offer to support other initiatives comes from its specialization in research and information, besides the network of contacts it has developed through its actions.

Supporting enterprises behind bars

Solidarity Micro-finance Fond for women deprived of liberty

Tentang Anda

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Rosa Elizabeth

Nama Belakang

Urtecho Vargas

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Asociación Mujeres en Acción (ama)

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

Peru, LD

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Peru, LD, Trujillo

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

- Diploma de Reconocimiento del Centro de Promoción de la Mujer “Micaela Bastidas”, por contribuir a la promoción de los derechos de la mujer y de las personas con discapacidad.
- Diploma de Honor del Club Soroptimista Internacional - Filial Trujillo, por contribuir a la promoción de la mujer y a la equidad de género en la Provincia de Trujillo.
- Reconocimiento de la Municipalidad Provincial de Trujillo, por la labor realizada en forma consecutiva a favor del bienestar de la población femenina y de otros grupos poblacionales de las diversas provincias del Departamento La Libertad, a través del establecimiento de relaciones sociales equitativas, mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida y fomento de la micro y pequeña empresa.
- Reconocimiento con Medalla de Oro y felicitación del Gobierno Regional La Libertad, por el aporte al desarrollo socio-económico de las mujeres de la Región La Libertad.

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Inovasi

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Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

The problem of basic needs satisfaction has always existed in jails. A way that women in prison have to deal with it is to generate incomes through productive work. This activity has a very important role in human development for their re-socialization.
However, to get employment for people in prison and better human conditions, requires institutions’ solidarity as AMAS’s, due to their limited access to working capital and being excluded from the financial system.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Facilitate credit access to women deprived of their liberty, in order to promote and defend their human rights, particularly the right to work, which can dignify them and contribute to their re-socialization.
Develop productive activities will also allow them to pay their basic needs and give economic support to the families out of prison.
In addition, working promotion of women in prison shows their longing to progress, despite the adverse reality they live. Their longing for better living conditions and a real opportunity for the future out a prison shows that a productive activity can be done. It is also a good example for other prisoners.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

At the beginning of the program, Rocio B.G. who works as a knitter, has a working capital of S/. 140.00 (US$ 53.9), but she hasn’t earned enough to maintain her mother and children, her personal expenses and pay for her lawyer. That’s why she had to ask for loans with, some times, 30% of monthly interests. That alternative was the only one for other prisoners too.
Rocio was one of the first beneficiaries to a credit for S/. 300.00 (US$ 115.38). Then, she received three more credits for S/. 500.00 (US$ 192.31), S/. 1000.00 (US$ 384.62), and finally S/. 1500.00 (US$ 576.92). The loan she currently manages is for S/. 2000.00 (US$ 769.23). All of them were punctually paid, with low interests to cover minimum operating expenses.
Due to the high quality of her product, she expanded her market, even exporting some of them and asking for partners help to finish the orders.

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?

As far as we know, there are no similar experiences in this country.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

Before starting this initiative, AMA has offered educational programs, integrating activities and healthy recreation for women in Trujillo’s Penitentiary Institution. Through these activities, we were able to identify the productive potential some women had and also their needs and the barriers they met.
Looking for a solution to this problem, we created an alliance with the Direction and the Working Area of the Penitentiary and also with the Pastoral Department of Trujillo’s Archbishopric, in order to support the program operation.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Encourage social inclusion through productive work of women in prison, who access to credits for developing their business and improving their quality of life.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

We know that work is necessary and dignifies people. This happens also in prison and it is even more significant for people in jail, because it gives them the opportunity to be prepared for a productively inclusion in society.
Designed by taking into account their financial needs, this initiative offers them affordable credits, along with training courses of personal development and corporate management.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

We consider that this experience can be successfully replicated, benefiting more women in other national and foreign prisons.
We expect to expand the program to men in other Penitentiary Centers Trujillo’s city, where there are also economic initiatives to generate income, but overcrowd and poor conditions make it more difficult to perform.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

In ten years we expect to:
- Increase the opportunities to develop productive and/or corporate skills of the beneficiaries of this program and other institutional initiatives.
- Make people in prison think and use their time correctly, diminishing the risk of improper behaviors, bad for their social re-adaptation and re-inclusion.
- Encourage their business sustainability to guarantee their economic autonomy and family’s support, during their time in prison and after they recover their freedom.
- Promote “productive working culture” as prisoners’ daily practice creating strategic alliances with other institutions, raising awareness of their social marginalized situation.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

- More economic resources to increase the number of beneficiaries
- Strengthen the alliances with institutions supporting the program and include others, interested in prison population’s re-socialization.
- Develop technical-productive training and management programs, in order to improve the workforce, business development and sustained growth of current business.
- Promote human development of prisoners with programs that improve their self-esteem, social relationships, values and social coexistence rules.
- Society awareness rise by trading networks of prisoners’ products and services.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

- 47 affordable credits given to people excluded from the financial system and society.
- 17 benefited women, managing small business despite adverse conditions.
- Due to dignified productive activities, we have strengthened prisoners’ self-esteem and confidence, helping them to preserve the activity they will be able to perform when they get out of prison.
- Better living conditions and social image of women in prisons, improving their family support and access to legal consulting.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

- Expand the program to men penitentiary centers.
- Develop managing training and technical-productive programs.
- Achieve long-term sustainability and productivity of current business.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

- Limited economic resources to assist men asking to be included in the program.
- Limited supplies needed for business. No appropriate places for operating. No access to technology that would improve production.
- Loss originated by market rules.
- Deterioration of beneficiaries’ mental and physical health, hindering their work and income generation.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Achieve 25% more given credits and 5 more new beneficiaries of the program.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

 Visitar negocios de las beneficiarias para evaluar necesidades de financiamiento.

Tugas 2

 Identificar clientes potenciales para acceder a los beneficios del programa.

Tugas 3

 Realizar seguimiento del destino de los créditos otorgados.

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Achieve 50% more given credits and 10 more new beneficiaries of the program.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

 Asesorar la gestión de los negocios para asegurar su crecimiento y sostenibilidad.

Tugas 2

 Difundir las experiencias exitosas en toda la población penal y en la comunidad.

Tugas 3

 Promover los beneficios de pago puntual para mantener vigencia en el acceso a créditos.

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- Trujillo’s Penitentiary Institution for Women, institution under the authority of National Penitentiary Institution (INPE) and the Ministry of Justice. It is responsible for promoting the integral development of people in jail, in order to support their re-socialization and society inclusion.
- Pastoral Department of Trujillo’s Archbishopric, promoting solidarity to people in prison, productive work to income generation and spiritual strengthening to tolerate life in jail.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

For more than 10 years, AMA is developing a micro-finance program for micro-entrepreneurs, focusing in women with commercial services activities in rural and sub urban areas. This program has seven agencies located in Trujillo, Huamachuco, Otuzco, Santiago de Chuco, Virú, Paiján and Pacasmayo, La Libertad- Perú and facilitates the access to formal credit of excluded women.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

We have technical resources that allow us to operate and control the innovative pilot.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

We need more investment to operate this Social Responsibility program, emphasizing people in prison. We also need to develop a marketing campaign to widespread the program’s benefits.

The Bank for the Other Mexico

We offer micro-business services to allow our clients access to integral financial services: payments, savings, mobile banking, etc.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

José de Jesús

Nama Belakang

González Macín

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Servicios Caseteros S.A.P.I. de C.V.

Negara Organisasi

Mexico

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Mexico

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Bisnis

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

El 25 de octubre de 2011 recibimos una puntuación de 155.4 puntos (de 200 disponibles) en el reporte conducido por el Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) en el año en cuestión.

El reporte GIIRS es un sistema transparente y exhaustivo que mide el impacto social y ambiental de empresas y fondos. Busca motivar la inversión en empresas de alto impacto social/ambiental al proveer una herramienta para identificar a estas compañías.

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Quality.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Communities of socio-economic D and E segments don’t have enough options to access banking and financial services such as: cash withdraw, money transfer, payment services, etc. They only have limited options very far from their home, so they have to waste a lot of money and time on transport. Those conditions keep them away of banking inclusion.
On the other hand, stronger and big malls, offering the same services, threaten micro-entrepreneurs of small shops, drugstores, etc.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The Barared business model is based on Services Booth in micro-business located where our final users live.
In Barared Booths, users have the opportunity of operate different telecommunication services such as: local and long-distance call phones, mobile call phones, put credit on their mobile phones, send text messages and plenty of financial operations like services payment, bank account deposit, money withdraw and money transfers.
Barared Booth offers a significantly competitive advantage to micro-entrepreneurs, increasing their users’ loyalty and standing out of the rest of competitors such as supermarkets and big malls.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Thanks to Barared’s model, our users have the opportunity to get financial services. For example, today our users have to travel a lot to pay services, such as water, electricity, cable TV, etc. That represents a lot of time and money for them, all of which can be avoided with the Barared Booths located in their own communities.

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?

Today there are no competitors offering a similar solution to people we are currently targeting.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

As a businessman, I wanted to create a business model that helps social segments of the bottom of the pyramid in order to break the poverty’s circle. I realized that there are more than 350,000 micro-business in Mexico (small shops) employing more that 15 million people, but operating in an informal way. That’s when I started to think in reaching those sales point with telecommunications services, which may offer a competitive advantage over their more powerful competitors, such as supermarket chains and groceries. Recently I thought of improving these services by adding financial services to support underserved communities.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Offer financial solutions to underserved communities in order to include them in the financial system. Throughout these solutions, we expect to create a banking culture in these communities, allowing our customers improve their savings and manage their economic resources.
On the other hand, we offer micro-business owners a difference that allows them increase the clients’ loyalty and survive bigger and more aggressive competitors.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market, Other (Please describe below).

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

Investment, we go to communities where formal banks and the financial sector won’t invest

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Our solution focused on D and E segment’s urban communities, without financial services close to their home.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Our solution could work in every country with urban communities, which need affordable financial services.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

We’ll increase the percentage of underserved people savings with less than 30% interest. People without savings will open bank accounts and people with previous savings will increase them. There will be fewer assaults in the street because people won’t have to carry cash with them. People will have better opportunities to access financial support, because they’ll have a credit history on their own. In summary, in ten years these communities will have more saving, more means to take care of their money and better access to opportunities.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

The first thing that should be changed is the local tenant, who would be offering access to financial services. It would be the bank at the corner of the street. For our vision to be successful, we have to be able to make a cultural change and also change consumption’s habits in two different ways. First, to generate savings culture, show the benefits of saving some of their money and keep it to the future and have that money in a financial institution. Second, since our services are mainly interactive systems, we have to overcome the barriers of using technology that might cause “fear” in our clients.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

To date we have 18 Barared sites operating in Chimalhuacán, Este of Mexico City, where there are more than 800,000 people living in underserved conditions and with almost no access to telecommunications and basic services. Our products are close to get certification with Banamex and the National Banking Commition. Despite that, people are already asking for our services and the owners of the small shops are excited about include new opportunities in their business to build a better future for their families.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

We will be covering the main geographical area of Mexico Valley and its surroundings. This communities’ population will access to primary banking services, be properly assisted, and have financial tools appropriate for its needs and progress like the rest of the economical active population. Besides, there will be better basic services such as high quality health care through Telemedicine, long distance education, and purchase of tickets, insurance and credits. There will be also more training offer to operators.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

People in socio economic D and E segments have always believed that banking services are not for them. Barared will come to their communities to gradually gain their trust and achieve their financial inclusion. The most important three elements are: the shop’s owner, being a well known person to the community; second, we’ll be arriving with a reliable bank such as Banamex; and third, our people, living at the same communities that provide our services, have to gain confidence. That’s why, in Barared, we are the bank for the other Mexico.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Achieve having 400 services places in Mexico Valley and, at least, make 4 financial transactions in each.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Adquisición de 300 sitios adicionales de Corresponsalías Bancarias.

Tugas 2

Ejecución publicitaria para difundir nuestros servicios en las zonas de presencia

Tugas 3

Capacitación y desarrollo de nuestro locatario, quien será la principal fuente de bancarización de sus clientes finales

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Achieve having 1,750 sales premises in 30 Mexico’s municipalities and 700 monthly transactions per place.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Adquisición de 1250 sitios adicionales

Tugas 2

Liberación de productos financieros que estimulen el hábito del ahorro en nuestra audiencia.

Tugas 3

Tener una operación estable, confiable y madura

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The Project is supported by an Alliance network, where everyone has an important participation: the technical development team, the telecommunication network’s platforms, managers of the supporting platforms, telephony and internet providers, associated banks, financial institutions, media, creative teams, hardware providers, platforms of payment services and educational institutions, among others.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

The project focuses first on urban and sub-urban areas of Mexico FD and Mexico State, but we plan to explore rural areas in the second semester of 2012. We have identified places that clearly need our services. We’ll be starting the pilot in rural zones in the next 3 months.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

An operative system based on iOS, exclusive and developed specially for this initiative and operating in Site Central and Data Center of Telmex ,with back-ups and connected to Banking and Services platforms. Each part of the system is monitored and controlled. Barared has a NOC (Network Operation Center), that operates 7X24 and a Control and support Center. All of them have their own operating process, services agreements, internal escalation matrix and providers’, being supported by highly qualified people in engineering and systems teams.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

We need investment resources to expand our operations. We need to attract talented people that help us to operate and keep on growing. We need support to have more media diffusion, in order to promote our services and educate our clients.

Changeshop

This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: kubo.financiero.

kubo.financiero: People investing in people; web platform that connects investors and projects.

We are a platform that stimulates investments for driving development; a connection between development projects and investors funding them.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

vicente

Nama Belakang

fenoll

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

kubo.financiero

Negara Organisasi

Mexico, DIF

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Mexico, DIF

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Bisnis

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

selected www.wayra.org/es/proyectos-ganadores-mexico-2012
Wayra is a Movistar’s initiative that supports entrepreneurs.

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Cost, Transparency, Quality.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

In general, micro-enterprises have access to excessive rates, between 80% and 150%. Savers receive for their savings hardly 3%. All due to high operating costs, credit’s reservations and an inefficient oligopoly market

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

kubo.financiero is a web platform that significantly reduces operating costs and credits rates and gets better profits for savers.
Trough the platform, the borrower enters the online or mobile submission. Then, that submission gets a qualification and an assigned interest rate, according to its risk basis. Savers enter the web site and select which project will finance. A credit with multiple investors, an investor with multiple projects. This way, we achieve financial inclusion within the market in a supply and demand system.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Ten years ago, Marias has small sewing business. Today she has 3 micro-credits that come to a total of 30,000 pesos and she will pay an annual rate of 85%. She entered kubo.financiero asking for 30,000 pesos. kubo applied risk models in a credit bureau basis, submitted her profile, history and authorized her a loan at an 35% annual rate.
Maria’s project is published on the web and Juan, as a borrower, studies Maria’s history, her challenges, financial needs and decides to support her with 250 pesos of investment, getting an interest rate of 20%.
Other 120 people, as Juan, support Maria’s project and she gets her credit in more affordable conditions, saving 10,000 pesos in interests. Juan gets better interests and also knows that his money supports Maria’s project.

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?

Micro-finance, informal moneylender. Our main difference are based on three elements: high use of technology to reduce operating costs and disappointment credit portfolios; clear information to savers’ decisions as a market innovation; a link between people with credits and savers.
Our main challenge is an innovative offer with significant low credit rates and better savings.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

I was the founder of one of the biggest micro-finance enterprises in the country. We always had the challenge of reducing interests rates to borrowers, but we never made it possible. In 2011 I attended to an Internet technologies event where I learned that today, technology, social networks and market development allows the market to create a new, disruptive way to operate. That is, let savers and borrowers manage their financial operation, let them select projects and support them through a web platform that opens the information, in a reliable and easy way.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

We want to offer a new alternative to micro-finance, where people can directly exchange as borrowers and savers. Through the web platform, borrowers create their project with a particular method and then are evaluated by their profile risk. The approved ones are published in the platform, so that savers can analyses them and decide if they’ll invest in them. That’s where we are innovating: people decide which project will support, not the institution as in the traditional way. We take the best of Internet social networks, the best of banking activities and get together in this project.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Other (Please describe below).

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

Create credit markets connecting people at a personal way. Significant prices’ improvement

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Our platform will allow communities to get more affordable services with reliable information and a regulated and secure process.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Yes, this model is created to operate in other countries, especially in Latin America ones. We could also operate in US, offering financial services to Hispanic communities for their own native communities’ projects.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

We think it will change the way people access to financial services. Clients will use their personal computers or mobile phones not only to pay their bills, but to access to credit services and information about savings. This technology will be available all week long, 24 hours a day, to receive market information such as prices, offers and online training.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

More penetration of Internet and mobiles’ services. Costs reduction. More precise and easy to use information about credit risks.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

The peer-to-peer lending model, started in England and US, has financed with more than $ 1 billion in less than 6 years operating. This model isn’t operating in Mexico yet; we’ll be the first organization promoting it.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

100 palabras o menos.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Regulatory and cultural barriers.
Regulatory: the beginning of financial transactions requires both saver and borrower’s signatures; that increase their costs. The electronic signature hasn’t been developed yet, but it would be a key regulatory law to validate the financial activities.
Cultural: we need to help clients to trust Internet services, without having a consultant. We already have training workshops uploaded in the web site and we’ll offer phone assistance.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Begin to operate, give the first credits, receive payments and renew the first transactions. 300 clients.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Complete the technologic development

Tugas 2

Get a regulated operation license provided by the Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores

Tugas 3

Create alliances for development projects.

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

2000 clients, more than 20 million pesos in credits.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Encourage Internet services

Tugas 2

Funding

Tugas 3

Processes’ strengthening with pilot test

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We have three types of alliances:
ONGs, associations or companies working with micro-enterprises. They have very good payers clients at high credit rates.
Social entrepreneurs with Green impact
Companies specialized in technologies, credit information management and process’ design.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

We’ve developed our own high technology systems that allows to request a credit and been selected for dozens of people. We also have made alliances with suppliers with long experience in the banking and micro-finance field. Every developed process has been designed keeping the established regulation of financial authorities (CNBV).

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Human Resources: we’ve been working, for more than18 years, with social impact executives.
Networks and Collaboration, alliances of high impact in micro-enterprises.
Innovate, design and create operating process of high impact in financial services for low-income population.

Regalii- Save and buy more – 100% free Remittance

Regalii revolutionized remittance transfers by making them collaboratively free for Latin people and their families in USA

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Nama Depan

Inigo

Nama Belakang

Rumayor

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Regalii

Negara Organisasi

United States, DE, Lewes, Sussex County

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Dominican Republic, SD, Santo Domingo

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Bisnis

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

• Echoing Green: Echoing Green’s world-renowned two-year Fellowship program provides more than $2 million in seed funding to a diverse group of the world’s most promising social entrepreneurs. From thousands of applicants, typically fewer than one percent are ultimately selected as Echoing Green Fellows. Those selected receive up to $90,000 in funding to launch new organizations; access to Echoing Green’s robust network; leadership development opportunities; and one-to-one support and counseling. Our newly launched Alumni Program builds community among our 500+ Fellows dating back to 1987 in order to foster peer learning, shared access to useful resources, and a lifetime commitment to positive social change.
• Start-up Chile: Start-Up Chile is a program created by the Chilean Government, executed by Corfo via InnovaChile, that seeks to attract early stage, high-potential entrepreneurs to bootstrap their startups in Chile, using it as a platform to go global. The end goal of the accelerator program is to convert Chile into the definitive innovation and entrepreneurial hub of Latin America; this is a mission shared by the Government of Chile and is a primary focus of the Ministry of Economy.
• GoodCompany Ventures: GoodCompany Ventures is an intensive three-month program which addresses strategic challenges faced by entrepreneurs. Together, the class builds a robust commercial strategy to implement and scale each entrepreneur's vision for social innovation.This program is a pioneer in the social sector, repurposing a proven venture strategy in this emerging sector. Unlike conventional venture incubators, GoodCompany doesn’t extract an equity commitment from entrepreneurs, but expects a commitment of time and creativity toward building a community of social entrepreneurship. Throughout then ten-week program, entrepreneurs develop the strategic focus to direct their companies into the future. The program will culminate in a graduation event where companies will pitch their ideas to investors.

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Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Cost.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Remittance is the biggest foreign capital of Latin America families. According to our studies, the main problems to users are high commissions and difficult delivery process. According to World Bank, the average transfer’s commission was 10% in 2009. That is why G8 has started “5 by 5” project to reduce it to 5%. Nowadays, the entire process expensive, slow and non social.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Regalii has created an innovative way of remittance transfers among Latin people in the US and their families living in Latin America, making them collaborative and for free. Instead of sending money, Regalii allows them to send group gift cards (via SMS) for stores and supermarkets in Latin America. The recipients receive an text message with an e-code, that can be used in Latin America stores and supermarkets. For the senders, it will be the first time they transfer remittance in a free and immediate way. For the recipients, Regalii is a totally safe and convenient system that can be used as soon as received. 80% of the population in Latin America has mobile phones and Internet access; this is why Regalii can operate new technology in a very efficient way.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Regalii will sell online gift cards in its web site regalia.com and also in stores and remittance companies in US.
Regalii buys gift cards with a 5 to 15% discount in stores and then sells them to users.
1- Users (Latin people in US) select a store and the amount in Regalii.
2- Users invite their families (via Facebook or email) to increase the amount to send.
3- The web site receives and processes the payment.
4- The recipient (Latin people living in LA) receives its Regalii (via MSM) and uses it in any affiliated members network
Regalii changes the business model and uses new technologies to make it work. With 80% of the population using mobile phones, Regalii can reach any place in Latin America and offer new services to them at a minimum cost.
Our primary activities are to attract more users in US and create a network in Latin America to redeem the Regaliis.

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?

Regalii has not a direct competitor. It’s an e-commerce platform first, and then an e-remittance one, seeking to serve the entire Latin market. The closest competitor is Xoom.com. Regalii operates as a complement and is not a competitor for WU or MG, because they work with a different market and offer a different product. Regalii offers more complete services and focuses on the users’ real needs. The recipients use 70% of the remittance to basic needs as: food, clothing, electronic products and medicine. Regalii also offers a “shopping mall” experience, where people can choose the type and location of the stores to redeem their Regaliis.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

All Regalii’s members are US immigrants and have experienced the remittance system both as senders and recipients. The system hasn’t changed in the past 20 years; it’s still extremely expensive, slow and hard to use. Its service doesn’t solve the real problem and people still use it because it is the only one available. We realized that people use remittance to buy things of common use and that is when we decide to create Regalii, offering a free, more efficient and faster service. We build Regalii because as immigrants, we know the importance to provide for our families in Latin America.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Regalii’s goal is to create the first free remittance system that helps immigrants in the US and the rest of the world, sending resources to their LA families at no cost. This will help Latin people and its families to be closer and support each other without an excessive cost.
Because we seek to make Latin people’ issues easier, we create free money remittance and a free calling service with our allied Twispi.
As Latin people we know the importance of being close to your family and we want to offer the more affordable and efficient service to them. Savings that Regalii allows are very important to all Hispanic population.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Regalii is the first free and instant remittance system offering an instant benefit to all marginalized communities in Latin America. It also creates access to new financial services trough Regalli’s platform. Regalii is creating a very important distribution network in Latin America, which can offer all kinds of financial services in an affordable and friendly way. It uses its technology and network to create a new service for users to send and receive money via text messages. That allows having a financial interchange via mobile phones and redeeming its credit.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Regalii’s solution can operate in every country with local and international money delivery. Regalii has more control over the transfer resources, because they can be sent for particular needs. Today Regalii is operating in Mexico and Republica Dominicana, but we pretend to expand it throughout Latin America. Its model is very easy to export to many countries.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

If by 2017 Regalii achieves to capture 1% of the $ 69 thousand million, it would be managing $ 690 million in transaction activities. This would be users’ savings for $ 69 million installments (in 2010 the average installment was 10%) (IFAD, 2011). In 10 years Regalii will include millions of underserved families in Latin America to new, easier and more affordable financial services. The Regalii’s network will have thousands of distribution points, increasing its market presence. Users will be able to send money to the entire world and have credit access to the distribution points via text messages.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

Regalii’s network needs to keep growing to reach every city and corner of Latin America. Users would start using internal remittance within their countries. Increasing the amount of users and the use of regaliis. Regalii will be able to expand its financial services and offers. The needed technology already exists; it hasn’t yet been capitalized to money transfer, or allowing Latin America families’ access. This new service is much more affordable and can reach all Latin America by mobile phones.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Regalii has just started operating in Mexico and Republica Dominicana in a BETA way, to improve the product and its functioning. We have had an excellent acceptance among users who had tested the platform and we have more than 3,000 users waiting for us to open the platform. The long-term social impact of Regalii is very important, especially for the benefits to underserved people and their families at the bottom of the pyramid.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

Regalli hopes to generate 40,000 transactions by 2013, 150,000 transactions by 2014 and finally, 300,000 transactions by 2015. That would allow savings for $ 10,000, not mentioning other costs and wasted hours, transportation, calls and money lost for users in a very difficult process. The impact expected for the next 5 years is huge, since Regalii seeks to attract at least 1% of the market, allowing savings of more than 69 million for the Latin America families.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

The main barrier is building the Latin America network. We need a large enough network to redeem the remittance received. The bigger the network, the more choices for the users to find Regalii‘s members and use the remittance in cash to buy things or pay services in a free and fast way. We developed a benefit plan for the members to accept the regaliis: first, we give them access to an international sale and to a new market, and then, giving them the choice to offer promotions and news services via text messages through all Regalii’s users network with money to be used immediately.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

• Launch the product in Mexico and Republica Dominicana • Get 4 new affiliated for the network. • Offer services payment in US a

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Taking into account the BETA tests and users’ feedback to improve the platform

Tugas 2

Keep up discussions with 10 chain stores to improve the Project and show its benefits.

Tugas 3

Reach technologic integration with those 4 chains in the next 3 months. Generate sales.

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Be operating and selling in Republica Dominicana and Mexico. We expect to have a network with 10 affiliates and generate some mo

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Expand the affiliated network in Mexico and Republica Dominicana and operate it.

Tugas 2

Offer new pre-paid services to users, such as telephone, electricity, water and gas.

Tugas 3

Prepare Chile and Brasil expansion to get new affiliates and identify local and international users.

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Regalii has created important alliances for its model business development. In terms of distribution, we closed a partnership with ATI (remittance company with 120 sales points). We have 2 important agreements with Anthony's in Republica Dominicana and 7-eleven in Mexico for the Latin America network. We are already working with 4 other chains. We want to offer a free international calling service with TWISPI, which will give us a competitive advantage over other remittance companies. We’ll be able to offer financial services via text messages with Pademobile, a mobile phone banking company.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

We are targeting Latin America. We decided to begin with the 2 largest remittance markets. We are sure that if we implement our model in these 2 markets, it will be very easy to export it throughout all Latin America and the world. Especially, because our investors such as Banco Itau and Acción, are already operating in many Latin American’s countries.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Thanks to our system of intellectual property and to our web site, we are able to offer the more effective service to our users and to create a profitable business model.
We have several control systems already operating, in order to make transactions and emend any mistake in our system and in our affiliates’.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Thanks to our social investors, we have the opportunity to offer consulting and community support. Our experience in marketing will be able to also offer support to other society members. Our team has experts in Legal, marketing and financial matters that may help the community.

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Universal Finacial inclusion - A rights based approach

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Nama Depan

Guda

Nama Belakang

Satyanarayana

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

India, XX

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

India

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Pilih

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Pilih

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Masih dalam tahap ide, namun segera akan meluncurkannya

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Financial inclusion stems mainly from entry barriers. Entry barriers primarily pertain to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms, willingness of financial institutions to accept account opening by any individual irrespective satisfying or not satisfying so called KYC norms and classification of operative / inoperative accounts by the banks/financial institutions.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

1. Make Basic Bank account a fundamental right of every adult
2. Make mandatory that any Bank/Financial institution must accept opening an account by any individidual
3. Make compulosory that every bank (at the brach level) will have complete biometric and other total degital proof recording (including photographing) system
4. Link and align all the account holders information to PAN (permanant account number) of Income Tax department, Government of India making the Bank responisible to generate PAN (in cases where customer has no PAN - most likely 99% of unbanked individuals will not be having PAN). This shall be made madatory task of Banks/Financial Institutions (Please note every bank/financial institution by default creats a customer ID. Thus it is only a step more to have unique ID system / Unique ID creation. This is discussed below - adoting technologies like the one developed by UIDAI)
5. Adhar type card (all purpose)

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

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?

This Entry is about (Issues)

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

A Policy intiative at the National (Country level) through lobbying for the Rights based Financial Inclusion" is the goal. As mentioned in my writeup I am an individual and desired that the Contribution / solution proposed by me would be aken forward by the

eminent group of people. The proposed concept solution needs to be carried out in a mission mode and it is a formulation of Public - Private partnership initially till entry barrier is fully wiped out through policy implementation and then it will be Public-Private-Community participation mode.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

The solution proposed may lead to duplication of Identities and also or fraudulent identities many fold. This can be solved in a foolproof manner using, technology, Linking with some central digital data base that will automatically check any duplications or frauds (technologies developed for Adhar number generation or some still advanced technology can be deployed). I am not discussing operational details here-in which will bring out much more clearly the practicabilty, feasibilty and usabilty of the proposed solution. Solution 6 of Barrier 1 will address participation by all irrespective of level of Literacy/Financial Literacy/Education and Gender bias to the entry level. There on these target communities shall require motivation, financial literacy, financial education,product knowledge

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Tugas 2

Tugas 3

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Tugas 2

Tugas 3

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Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Rolling out Financial Inclusiveness through Livestock Insurance and Securitisation in Rural Communities

Providing alternative financial resources in the form of livestock insurance, funeral/life insurance, disaster insurance and savings mechanisms for rural people

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Nama Depan

Robert

Nama Belakang

Chihota

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

Zimbabwe, HA

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Zimbabwe, XX

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

Pilih

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Pilih

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

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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Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Masih dalam tahap ide, namun segera akan meluncurkannya

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Cost.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Most rural communities in Africa and Asia remain excluded from financial systems. However, their subsistence and economic activities would be enhanced by building inclusive financial systems that bring them into national financial systems. Most rural communities’ livelihoods are based on agriculture and other economic activities such as mining, arts & crafts, carpentry, etc. To effectively build financial systems that bring these rural based and often large sections of the population, into financial systems, we need to monetarize their economic activities. We also need to break with the tradition that rural communities or unbanked communities need “just loans” or credit, and embrace the future-oriented realism that these communities need full and all-round financial services/financial solu

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

1. Medical Insurance or medical cover to take himself or his child to hospital in the case of sickness,
2. Funeral cover/Life assurance in the case of death
3. Disaster cover/short term insurance in the case of natural disasters or life disruptions
4. Savings mechanism to smoothen expenditures in the case of acute cycles of prosperity seasons and drought periods.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

To effectively build inclusive financial systems, we need to examine the activities of the local communities and try to attach some economic value on those activities or assets. Most rural communities would ordinarily have livestock on their homesteads, and to unlock the financial value of those livestock, we need to attach an estimate value. For example in Africa, cattle are the most common store of value for communal farmers or subsistence farmers. If we manage to attach value on each beast, we can increase access to credit for most rural subsistence farmers that are currently excluded from our financial systems.

Here we propose how we might go about securitising cattle, and broadening financial access to rural subsistence farmers. We assume that the MFI is a hybrid MFI which offers not only loans, but the full range of financial services.

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?

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

The overriding goal of this initiative is to make it easy for the majority of rural communal farmers owning livestock (cattle, goats, sheep, chicken, etc) to enter the mainstream national financial systems by translating their livestock into some form of measurable financial assets. Billions of rural farmers own livestock. So we convince them to insure their livestock through livestock microinsurance. After this they will be able to borrow from MFIs and pledge their insured livestock as collateral.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Rural communities.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Wherever there are rural communities

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Tugas 2

Tugas 3

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Tugas 2

Tugas 3

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Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

We are also targeting urban populations, cooperatives and other populations involved in poultry projects, fisheries, etc. Because their livestock is now insured, these sections of the populations have been able to access loans from local financial institutions.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

The operating environment should have the following;
-huge sections of unbanked rural populations
-prevalent livestock ownership by rural populations or other sections of the populations
-basic literacy (some form of social intermediation needed) to educate rural livestock owners on benefits of livestock insurance
-Funding for MFIs to be able to offer loans to meet the demand arising out of the livestock owners
-Absence or little presence of microfinance/microinsurance/medical insurance in targeted areas.
-Reliable Livestock markets

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Financial education for rural communities to facilitate financial inclusion

En Vía work to strengthen communities and their economies through the combination of interest-free microloans, education, and responsible tourism.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Samantha

Nama Belakang

Wattson

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Fundación En Vía

Situs Web

Negara Organisasi

Mexico, OAX

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Mexico, XX

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

We have received a Trip Advisor award, Award of Excellence, for our tours.

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Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Cost.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

Members of rural indigenous communities in Mexico are typically excluded from and/or taken advantage of by financial services. Communities excluded become marginalized and are driven to rely on charitable or governmental aid programs - promoting dependency instead of participation and contribution to society. This exclusion supports poverty cycles and/or forces migration. Financial services that do reach communities lack regulations becoming more predatory than beneficial to customers. In Mexico interest rates can be exorbitant charging up to 120% on small loans. Customers lack information and education regarding the financial products, or necessary capital, that they submit to unfavorable financial services.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

Our solution removes the barriers inherent in current financial services and supports rural indigenous communities. Through the combination of interest-free microloans, education, and responsible tourism, we work to strengthen communities and their economies. Our microloan program gives women the opportunity to create or expand small businesses, empowering them to better provide for themselves and their families. Our educational programs prepare women to make better financial decisions regarding business and personal finances, and use of credit. In addition to financial education, we focus on health, marketing, computer, English and personal growth programs, to support the community as a whole. Our tourism model allows us to leverage the resources of tourism and direct them sustainably into communities that are typically outside of the sphere of mainstream tourism.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

Over 309 women have joined us - all through referrals from friends and neighbours - with 61.8 % of them joining in the last two years. To receive the first loan, a woman must complete a business course that provides crucial business skills. Upon completion, she receives her first loan. To receive subsequent loans, women present their businesses to travellers that fund their next loan. The presentation are platforms for them to share their successes and challenges, and travellers provide advice and encouragement. Sara, a storeowner, wasn’t separating her business from personal money. She kept all money in the front pocket of her apron, including store sales, withdrawing also for personal needs. This left her with little or no money to invest in restocking her store. In addition, Sara and her family took items like cooking oil from her store without paying for them, leaving her store shelves empty, and with less money to reinvest. After the business course, Sara began separating her money, and required her family to pay for store items. Soon her store went from empty shelves to having a fully stocked store with brand new inventory such as dried maize and chillies that bring higher returns.

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

We span two sectors: finance and tourism. Competitors are banks like Compartamos and non-profits like FINCA that provide: loans, insurance, savings, etc. aimed to serve the poor. Tourism provides our funding and ROI is the experience had by travellers, enabling us to provide low-cost or no-cost financial services and education. In 2011, tourists in Mexico spent US $11.9 billion. We funnel this capital into communities supporting their own goals for development. Most recently, tourists ranked cultural activities as a top reason for visiting a destination. Our tours provide a genuine cultural experience, and are well reviewed in the industry by Trip Advisor, Lonely Planet, and NYTimes.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

En Via was inspired by an article on the Matador network that addressed the demoralizing sentiment that came from a look-and-point tour observing the helplessness of people living in poverty to satisfy self-interests of travelers. The article questioned whether a tour could instead support the aspirations of people.

Our project in Oaxaca began in 2008 by partnering with women living in poverty who were interested in starting a businesses, providing them with an interest-free microloan funded by fees travelers paid to meet and learn from them.

Since the pilot project in 2008, Carlos Topete and Emily Berens worked diligently to establish relationships within communities, and build a sustainable and effective program. In 2010, Carlos and Emily officially founded Fundación En Via.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

To contribute to the success of individuals by equipping them with the education skills necessary to accomplish their goals, while also economically supporting them through interest-free microloans. Education plays an important role in the strength and ability of community, and therefore we have made it an integral part of our program. Our on-going and free programs provided in the communities consist of English (provided 4 days/week), computer, money management (required), loan management (required), savings account and marketing classes, and in addition various themed workshops that focus on personal motivation and business development. We believe with the right tools, traditionally excluded and underserved communities can thrive.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Our solution currently serves indigenous women from five communities in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca. These women entrepreneurs are bread and tortilla makers, seamstresses, market vendors (cheese, poultry, vegetables), farmers, artisans, and food vendors. We currently work with 239 women of which 67% have a primary school level of education or lower, 24% have received just up to secondary entry level, and only 9% have received a high school education or higher-level education.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Our solution can be successful implemented anywhere there is an active tourism industry. To that effect our solution can work around the world. At this moment we work up to an hour outside of the city center. Depending on planning, the solution could work in even more remote areas, bring tourists out for overnight or multi-day day trips.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

Funding can be the death or glory of an idea. Our solution taps into an underutilized, incredibly abundant source of funding, tourism revenue. Travelers are investors looking for memorable experiences. If organizations can appeal to said investors, and harness a .01% of tourism revenue to support economic growth in excluded and underserved communities, we could secure 600,000,000 million in funding annually.

Our ability to generate funds removes our focus from returns to banks and private investors to focusing on the success of our borrowers. In addition, participants see first-hand the growth and development that can be accomplished by communities and people that are afforded access to financial services. It removes stereotypes of the poor, connecting people to people, and allowing entrepreneurs to share their skills.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

Financial barriers and misconceptions that marginalize communities need to be removed. Financial products need to be reinvented to be affordable, valuable, and accessible for clients. Aid/assistance programs need to re-evaluate their efforts and views of the “help” they provide; as it often promotes stagnation as people wait for handouts. Programs need to inspire participation of communities, and encourage people to utilization their skill sets. It is important to let rural communities become a part of the discussion, and define their own goals to success.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Our interest-free loans encourage women, previously afraid to explore microfinance, to join. Through the experience women learn how to effectively manage their loans, weekly payments, and business and household finances alike without the risk of taking on compounding interest rates and penalties. We created a flexible system that encourages women to enter a learning experience, where, as borrowers, they have the opportunity to test whether (how) microfinance (can work for them) works, explore potential markets for their business ideas and goals, and learn to navigate financial systems with increased proficiency. We have introduced 280 women to positive impacts microfinance can have on their businesses, as long as they understand the terms. These women can now confidently and comfortably find financial products that fit their needs.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

To continue providing education in regards to running a business and using financial products to women and communities that are currently excluded from these services, as to prepare them knowledge to make sound financial decisions regarding their loans, families, and business. While supporting the women’s goals economically, through our tours. We will introduce more people worldwide to power of education and microfinance, garner great support to remove barriers that exclude these communities.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

A social or environmental event that decreases tourism would have a large impact on our organization. As of recently, we started providing women with the option to apply for a larger loan, which do carry annual interest rate of 15%. Women are eligible for interest loans after completing payment on their third interest-free loan loan. Adding this component to our program accomplishes both meeting the needs of women whose business have grown, and are in need of more capital, while also creating an income for the organization. This income can be used to provide interest-free loans during low tourism seasons.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Secure funding via continuing tours to grow no. of women in program; track women's data to monitor and improve upon successes

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Increased exposure in the tourism segment

Tugas 2

Introduction of new course material that focus on improving sales, and customer service

Tugas 3

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Provide new & improved financial product offerings: micro-insurance and rent-to-own programs, to better serve women

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Researching, securing of funding, implementation

Tugas 2

Securing funding to provide large loans for the rent-to-own program, support women to make large investments in their business

Tugas 3

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Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

We value the relationships and trust we have built with the women. It improves the strength and power of the organization. Our default rate is 1 for every 100 loans. Therefore we truly value growing larger within a community, rather than expanding rapidly throughout communities. We would like to focus our immediate efforts in Oaxaca, Mexico with the idea of also opening in another Mexican state in the near future.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Helping the Margianalized and in Need

Ours main role of IAMMA ~~ agriculture feeds, clothes and shelters to the human beings~~ hence we do to secure for their foods

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

BN Rayana

Nama Belakang

K

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

IAMMA-Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Management and Administration

Negara Organisasi

United States, NY, Baldwin

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

India

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

Great innovator --- a agric .clinics – aproject for employment for unemployed grads. Of Agric. Copied by NABARD(india) and now under implementation 2. advised the Govt. of india to introduce Ag. Biotech in 1984 itself. 3. innovator—sloganed as >> Agroeconomy is super econoy under Transitional economy-eg. India (after Research on Global transitional countries)

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

1. Help to both farmers and non farmers of the village/ city /market bound, 2. A special preference for women – ie, give a special attention for women to open and an advance credit of 100 in their country currency(no security) 3. special attention for drown trodden farmer/non farmer

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

No one will suffer with poverty and one can take up the human right to live

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

No bank will be providing today without opening of min. security deposit- where as we provide gender importance will advanced credit. 2. importance the local down trodden.

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?

Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others who are working to address ; THE BANKERS, MONEY LENDERS INCLUDING MICRO FIANANCERS ETC

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

OH ! Yah it is … the founders saw the saga—they must realize one have right to live once born., and share the resources .

Aftral it s no ones property. Once life completed one cannot carry with them….
Hence realize the human shareing / importance…..

More so helping the farmer is immense as he or she is the food secureity….. most of the countries are agro economy base, where in women role is a greater role than the men but wages discreat it since law forbidden equality in some countries.
Gender importance….etc

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market, Other (Please describe below).

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

Financial reserves

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Down troddens and gender importance

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Yes = it is a world wide problem

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

Secure life for every one and good food with food security and development

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Fill the millennium gap which resolution made by UN

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

Good images in the eyes of non reached communities

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Political and financial ; which to be collectively over come by introduceing the hinders in the field.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

It is too early to discuss

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

financial options

Tugas 2

local impacts and barriers

Tugas 3

permission from the local authroities

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

One can identify and reach the persons whose eyes are need help

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

local clearance

Tugas 2

obtaining finance

Tugas 3

scaling up of the project

Keberlanjutan

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Ceritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:

NOT YET DECIDED

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

The great importance is human life which looks for money in need.
Specifically the farmers when their crop is in the field.
Women when she fail to obtain the employment
Artisans which are non farmers when they attack with any disasters and other which are not on agenda of social security…

Micro finance and small scale loan scheme on food security for poverty alleviation and eradication of hanger

CID-Ghana is a grass roots org focused on education, water supply, empowerment of women, micro credit loans and financing and capacity building training.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Mohammed Awal

Nama Belakang

Iddrisu

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Cooperation for Integrated Development

Negara Organisasi

Ghana

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Ghana

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

[Many of the inhabitants of Peru-urban communities in Northern Region are farmers who still use the traditional crop farming system, which brings them more harm rather than good.
The use of farming logistics and equipments are limited due to in adequate availability of financial resource to pay for the service of equipments to and other logistics to support the farming activities of the farmers to produce in a large scale and to ensure safety and food security.]

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

[ To create financial rescue programme to finance individual household farming project in the Peru-urban communities through community partnership. This approach would support individual households to improve on their farms and increase output.]

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

[Our model is to support individual household in 3 farming communities with the cost of ploughing, weddisies and fertilizer in a form of low interest loan. With a payback either by stock or in cash.]

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?

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

The farming communities are endowed fertile natural soil with about an average of 6 acres of land per household. However, due to the use of traditional farming system the households were under utilizing the land by farming on an average of 2 acres of land per household. Through the internet research we discovered this system used successful elsewhere in Africa and Asia by different agencies and as a result we try to replace the same project in Tamale Peru-urban communities Northern Ghana to promote food security and reduce poverty among our indigenous farming inhabitants.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Kotingli, Kpenchila and zakal yili farming Communities in the Tamale peru-urban communities.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

Beneficiary farmers would be self financial sustainable, food production in beneficiary communities would increase tremendously in output and then this can also help reduce the global food insecurity.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

The change is from traditional farming system to modern technological farming system though a sound financial backup of the selected farming communities.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

Already, the system proves working and successful with 20 individual household farming beneficiaries who have already benefited in this programme. Beneficiaries using the modern farming technology in Kotingli community under our support are able to farm average 4 acres of maize, peanut and rice. This means that beneficiaries are able to increase the farm lands from an average of two hectors to 4 acres. Output has also triple and beneficiaries are able to pay off their loans.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

The projected impact over the next 3 years is to increase the number of beneficiaries in the community of Kotingli from the current 20 household to 35 household and to replicate the programme in other communities such as Zakalyili and Kpenchila farming communities to increase beneficiaries to 250 household in all the 3 communities.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Finances is a barrier to the success of the programme and we would continues to work through micro financing companies like Micro finance and small loans center (Masloc) a Ghana government financing agency to access finance for the households.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Support beneficiaries to harvest their farm produce

Tugas 2

Assist beneficiaries access to market

Tugas 3

Recover loan from beneficiaries

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

To increase beneficiaries of Kontingli community from 20 household beneficiaries to 35 beneficiaries.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Give financial and operational orientation to newly admitted household yet to benefit about the project

Tugas 2

Seek for more support from our main micro finance financier (MASLOC)

Tugas 3

Support beneficiaries with modern farming logistics and equipment in the next farming season May to December 2013

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Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Empowering the rural poor to access financial services for poverty eradication using Village savings and loans association model

COVOID is a child focused, NGO, registered with the Uganda Government undertaking livelihood/food security, child HIV/AIDs and climate change.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Ben

Nama Belakang

Bataryingaya

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Community Volunteer Initiative for Development (COVOID)

Negara Organisasi

Uganda, XX

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Uganda, XX

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

> Rubirizi Local Government has recognised our efforts and plans are under way to give us an award for having transformed lives in the area.
> Magambo Sub county also recognised our efforts for transforming lives in the District and a function is being organised to give it to us officially

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

The rural poor in Rubirizi and neighboring Districts are unable to receive Loans from lending institutions because the MFIs are concentrated in Urban and Peri- Urban areas. Due to abject poverty,the poor and the marginalized women and men cannot raise the minimum US$ 10 for opening up bank accounts with MFIs to access loans. In Uganda 43% of the population have no access to financial services with unmet needs being greatest in the rural areas, (Uganda Poverty status report, 2006). The cost of travel to access the finance services and other expenses are high. At the same time MFI requirements and bureaucracy makes it hard for the poor population to access services. Hence VSLA becomes the best option for the poor. MFIs provide credit only to those with collateral and not rural poor.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

- Village Savings and Loans association (VSLA) members come together in self-selected groups of 15-30 members and pool their resources (money) in one pool. They use a metallic lockable cashbox for custody of their funds and begin lending amongst themselves.
- Members meet weekly to make routine savings and lending following their established rules and regulations. They lend amongst themselves and monitor each other to ensure that borrowed funds are put to good use especially by establishing a vital income generating activity. The methodology inculcates a culture of savings among the clients. It is confirmed in Uganda that lack of culture of savings is one of reason for poverty.
-These are community self-managed systems of the purest form of financial intermediation based solely on members’ savings and small, self-managed groups. These are also trained in selection; planning & management to enable them select IGAs suitable for their individual circumstances What is above]

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

- The solution makes a difference in the lives of the poor through instilling a culture of savings (which is lacking especially among the poor in Africa especially).
- The weekly savings enable the poor to accumulate savings and also access loans which they use to address their needs and accumulate assets. The poor at the end of the cycle (which is always between 8 months- 12 Months realise a lump some which most of them have never realised in life and they use the money to begin small IGAs and to address their HHs needs
- Conduct community dialogue meetings with Local leaders in a bid to solicit support to ensure political sustainability of the project.
- Conduct community dialogue meetings at village level/community level-
- Select Community based Trainers who train the groups /supervises the groups
- Forming the self select groups
- Procure VSLA Tool Kits- each VSLA groups is given a kit
- Train community based trainers from the communities- These are tasked to train the VSLA groups in all the three phases
- Training the VSLA groups in VSLA methodology- Training is intensive in the first three Months.
- Monitoring the VSLA groups
- Conduct review meetings with stakeholders
- Conduct SPM ( Selection and Planning of IGAs) for the groups
- Conduct an exposure visit for Clients

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

Our competitors would be the Micro finciance institutions that give cash hand outs eg FINCA, BRAC and commercial Banks. MDIs ( Micro finance institutions eg FINCA,Pride Africa, Banks- What differentiates us from them is that our methodology does not encourage cash hand out to the poor but we instead mobilise them to build their own money through weekly savings. It is on that basis that VSLA groups become self sustaining. Interest earned on the loans taken by members is shared by members at the end of cycle-where in MDIs or in Banks, interest never come comes to members.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

Ben Bataringaya conceived COVOID in 1998 while working with Plan international but vision actualisation took place in 2003 when COVOID opened offices in Rubirizi District ( Uganda).In 2003 Ben joined Save the children UK and while with save the children, Save the children with support from Care international piloted the VSLA methodology in Western Uganda where I was a Project coordinator. We were trained by Care international staff who participated in the initial pilots of the methodology in Niger in West Africa. I piloted it in Kasese and the pilot was 100% a success.
In 2003 when I started COVOID in my home District, we started the formation of groups and empowered them in VSLA methodology and communities embraced it and to date we have over 880 VLSA groups (25000 clients 19000 females,6000 males) spread in over 4 Districts of Greater Bushenyi. I piloted VSLA in Sudan under ZOA Refugee Care and with ADRA in February 2012.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

By 2015 the quality of life for 5,000 poor marginalized people and their households is improved in 4 Districts of Western Uganda.( In line with strategy 2012-2015)
Outline

1) increased access to viable savings and credit management systems for 5000 in 4 Districts
2) Empowered community structures able to support, maintain and sustain the existing savings and loans mechanisms in 4 Districts .
3) To provide business development skills in the selection, planning and management (SPM) of IGAs to 25% of the 5,000 VSLA
4) A functional monitoring and evaluation system for effective and efficient project implementation

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

- The solutions targets communities who can not earn 1$ (a dollar) or spend it. People under abject poverty. The poor and marginalised. People in a state of hopelessness, sometime people who think that perhaps God designed that they would die in poverty.
- Interestingly in Africa and Uganda inclusive we have some poor people who think that God already decided that they would die in poverty- we have used the methodology to change the mindset of such people

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

- Interestingly the methodology can work in other geographical areas- I piloted it in Sudan, a post conflict environment and it works.
- It can work everywhere as far as I am concerned. Where ever the poor exists the methodology works. Interestingly because of its uniqueness even the rich who are above poverty line, they have been forced to make their own groups through replication- The methodology has a high replicability rate.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

- In 10 years it is expected that the poor who were below the poverty line will now be above the poverty line- i.e. they would be able to earn 1 $ a day or spent it.
- The poor will be expected to be involved in big and viable IGAs as they will have been trained in Selection planning and management of IGAs.
- The community where the methodology will have been piloted will change- the methodology it is proven impacts the community- through poverty reduction and Household income increase, increased purchasing power etc

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

- Household incomes of the poor will change for the better.
- The spirit of hard working- The methodology fights laziness among the people as people have to work hard to get money for the next week savings. One client testified, with COVOID introducing the methodology, I no longer have time to waste, I must work hard to ensure that I have money to save every week.
- Level of poverty -Reduction in poverty levels.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

1) Increased self-esteem and social statuses of its Clients .(Self reported impact) 2) Improved nutrition and Health of clients and their HHs, 3) Improvement in Household communication and power sharing in decision making between men and their wives. 4) Decrease in Domestic violence. 5) Increased ability of Women, to address their own problems and provide for 100% themselves and their families. While many women used to sit idle, waiting for their husband to provide for them, they have now learned how to save and how to use this savings, in combination with the loans, to generate their own income. 6) Improvement in social capital 7) At community level the methodology leads to increased Household incomes and poverty reduction.( Khanker 2005, Hashemi Riley 1996) 8) Increase in asset accumulation of Clients 9) Increase the level of education attainment of HH members especially children. 10) Improved Housing conditions of clients (100+ clients have built and improved their houses).

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

 Improved nutrition/ health of VSLA clients
 Increase in asset accumulation of VSLA clients
 Increased ability of women to address their own problems
 Improved housing
 Improved hygiene and sanitation of VSLA clients
 Reduction in the levels of domestic violence
 Reduction in the HIV/AIDS infections especially in fishing communities where the VSLA has helped to keep the fishermen busy- hence diverting them from prostitution etc

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

- Hard to reach areas- some poor people stay around the National park and wild animals are a threat - the organisation relies on motorcycles. We plan to gradually hire vehicle.
- Existence of few Micro finance organisations which exploit the few poor who attempt to access them. COVOID will always explain the uniqueness of the methodology and we have always succeeded. It is a barrier in new areas where people have not know the secret of the methodology
- Limited transport facilities- our officers have few Motorcycles. However we advise them to integrate support each other.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Recruit 100+ clients for VSLA, train VSLA groups in methodology and train 700 clients in planning and management of IGAs

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Mobilise funds to support the formation of new VSLA groups with 1000 clients

Tugas 2

Facilitate the Village Agent to quicken the formation of new VSLA groups with 1000 clients

Tugas 3

Deploy COVOID senior staff to train clients in SPM ( Selection planning and management of IGAs

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Start VSLAs in Kiboga and Mitoma; Train VSLAs (tree planting, gender/gender based violence & sanitation

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Need to fundraise to raise funds to support scale up to new Districts

Tugas 2

Need to secure at least a reconditioned vehicle to assist in scale up of VSLA & monitoring old grps

Tugas 3

Need to organize fundraising to raise funds to start the process of office construction

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Ceritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:

COVOID as an organization embraces partnership. They says when we work in partnership, we in one way or another supplement our Uganda Government to realize MDG 8 of developing global partnership by the year 2015. Our partners include those who fund us and those with whom we share ideas on program improvement. Eg Stromme, McKnight Foundation (America), Care international etc

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

YES We are targeting fishermen in fishing communities- with backward beliefs such as “sleeping with a woman leads to a good catch of fish”-We are using VSLA methodology to change their mindset. Fishermen preoccupation is about women and alcoholism but now we are targeting them to be busy in VSLA meeting and involving them in IGAs.
Why-, To reduce HIV/AIDS infections among fishermen .prevalence is high 22% ) compared to District prevalence.

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

The operational environment in Western Uganda has been conducive making it possible for people to work hard. Except in Northern Uganda the environment is post conflict and also VSLA groups have been progressing. Factors
1) Staffing factors. We had committed staff
2) Retentions of staff
3) Expertise in the innovation- Management is lead by executive Director who has a lot of expertise in VSLA methodology
4) Good Governance structures committed to support the work of COVOID. We have a committed Board
5) Community support has been enormous- there is thirsty to fight poverty
6) Community leaders support has been good

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

Technical support

VGF Bank of the Poor: Micro Credit Effectiveness in Reducing Poverty and Enhancing Livelihood

VGF Bank of the Poor will work towards reducing poverty and enhancing livelihood for those of poor and vulnerable communities.

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Ndonwi

Nama Belakang

Wilfred

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

Voice of Grace Foundation Cameroon

Negara Organisasi

Cameroon, SOU, Limbe

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Cameroon, XX

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access, Equity.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

The poor form a substantial large portion of the pyramid of every population that has been largely restricted access to financial services by financial institutions and suffer great exploitation from ‘private money lenders’This has render them helpless with no opportunity of advancing their ideas, improving their health nor even education their children. Hence, have resorted to force and early marriages of their daughters to secure bride price as a means of livelihood; indulging into into traditional practices like breast ironing, Female genital mutilation as means of securing fast income. In addition rural exodus is at the peak favouring prostitution , violence, increase crime wave and conurbation in the cities and contributing to the continue spread of HIV/AIDS.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The creation of microenterprise finance(MEF) for the poor women. This will permit the very poor , women groups, to gain revolving funds at little or no interest (rates <5% per annum) to finance their micro projects. This micro enterprise finance- termed ‘VGF Bank for the Poor’ will serve those excluded and so much in need. This will permit them to be able to save as low as 500frs = $1 a day through daliy mobile collection agents (Social Fund Collectors). This scheme is intended to raise their erratic disposable household income from 15%- 65% in one year. The scheme will enable them escape the ‘private bankers’exploitaion’ commonly known as ‘10 born 3’ which means for every 10,000frs borrow from them, one pays 3,000frs as interest (30%) that is 300frs is paid per 1,000frs; and 3,000frs for each 10,000frs. This is extracted from our baseline survey study; Poverty and Misery,( Ndonwi 2010). And increase of micro insurance to the poor which enables them to prepare for contingencies.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

VGF Bank for the Poor is an initiative that has left a land mark from groups to individuals, we lend at money to those in need at 2.5% rate per anum. This has enabled many young adolescent mother start up small micro businesses, other have secured sowing machines and zigzag machines, and some grops have purchase for themselves grinding mills. All is aimed at promoting self employment at the rural based community. This is the lamp light we have introduced into our communities of intervention.

The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?

Our main competitors are the existing microfinances, cooperatives credit unions, private money lenders who through their long existence guarantee the population that they can never wind up. Eventhough, they used this a check against us, we are still making it through because of the swiftness and non-complicated process in addressing the need of our audiences or target. The sceptical attitude of the population because of poor intervention of some of the civil society organisations or social enterprise with similar activity is our main challenge. But we have developed ways to cope and are winning the population confidence.

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

The organization was started by Dr. Ndonwi Wilfred. Driven by the Director’s passion to assist single teenage mothers( youths) and women who often lack the opportunity to participate in life processes that affect their own life the organization was set up in fulfilment of this purpose. This was as a result of the untold misery and tattered appearance exhibited by the numerous rural and urban poor women population.(especially those discriminated against). This passion grew more when the Director within a day counseled forty-five(45) bartered and disfigured women by their rude less husbands.(victims of violence and assaults) , some , just for the fact that they requested for food money or hospital bills either for themselves or their children.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

The Voice of Grace Foundation Women Bank for the Poor which aims at reducing poverty and enhancing livelihood amongst rural and urban poor women, single teenage mothers and destitute youths through sustainable financial services as well as vocational and entrepreneurial skills training. Through the project, this VGF Women Bank Forthe Poor (micro-enterprise finance) will serve 22,100,000 women and 700,000 single teenage mothers as direct beneficiaries of the program.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

Single teenage mothers, destitute youths, girl child, rural and urban poor women.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Less developed countries should be the countries of replication as they all have similar characteristics/ problems.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

The only way to make poverty a history is to help the poor make money. Therefore, success will mean that economic dependence is decrease from 85% to 15% in three years, all can easily gain access to financial services at the most cheapest cost and convenient way, just economic in which the poor are greatly empowered for self development and advancement of their own communities.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

Increased Resources (material and finances) is the only catalyst to achieving this.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

In our 9months of operations we have demonstrated that the only handicap to goals attainment is finances. Through VGF Bank for the poor, we can evidently count up to 5,000 beneficiaries, 500 customers who have registered in the daily mobile collection, 1500 scale businesses, 50 micro enterprises launched with funds from us. This compelling statistics indicate that success is inevitable. The quality of the innovation is seen in the improved lifestyles of the population, family can now afford for basic, secondary and post secondary education, pay accommodation, improved health and afford for social facilities, some have acquired skills needed for employability. The quality of our service impact is inestimable.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

We envisioned that within the next three 03 years(2015) we would have empowered 8,100,000 women, 1,000,000 youths , 2,00,000 girls economically and on skill enhancement. This means by this year our program would have systematically improved the life of half the country’s total populations(50%) in all the eight areas of the millennium development goals.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

The main hindrance might be non available and adequate resources to enable us attain our goals. Therefore, fundraising(resource mobilisation) is one of the activity we must embark on to succeed.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Increase resource mobilisation, target beneficiaries and carry out impact assessment

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Fundraise to increase resource portfolio

Tugas 2

Make important contacts at local/int'l levels to raise partnerships/customer portfolios

Tugas 3

Reorganize and facilitate local workshops/seminars for informative purposes and advocacy

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Gain global partnerships, see tangible impact of project participation and expand VGF services

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

Achieve global network of collaborators

Tugas 2

Increase income level 15-45% for women in the project communities

Tugas 3

Launch VGF multipurpose training institute and cooperative house

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Ceritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:

Community Based organizations, Common initiative Groups, Self Help Groups, Women Empowerment Centres, Vocational Training and Employments institutions, Network of Allies with similar objectives, Donors looking for social entrepreneurs(Schwab Foundation, Starbuck Foundation, Ashonka, Exxonmobil), Youth Network Evaluation Fund, National Endowment Democracy, United Nation trust Voluntary fund for ending modern form of slavery.

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

Rural and urban poor communities of Cameroon not just a particular political class since poverty is not just a women issue but affecting all stakeholders. Women are the target due to the fact that they constitute the largest proportion of any given population. Our scope is international even though for now we are only at national level

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

We have a scheme that has an unbeatable advantage over all the microfinancial services. For example, our micro savings and micro insurance programs allow our clients or beneficiaries to register with five hundred francs which is less than $1 a day enabling the ultra poor to participate. Where as the other MFI has as minimum 10,000-15,000 FRS which the ultra poor savings for a year, thereby excluding them from benefiting from such services. With our minimum being $1we are able to make as many clients as possible help themselves, launch their micro programs, increase access to girl child, build and enhance capacity and skills on entrepreneurship.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

We are researching a lot into ‘why’ poor people hardly break the cycle of poverty. We offer opportunity for individuals as well as groups to invest and donate or collaborate with us to support our mission.

WIZZIT--Your Bank in Your Pocket: Affordable financial services for all. Banking the unbanked of the World.

WIZZIT - your bank in your pocket. Financial access for all. Banking the unbanked of the world. Making Economic Citizens for the World

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Brian

Nama Belakang

Richardson

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

WIZZIT

Negara Organisasi

South Africa, XX

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

South Africa, XX

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

>President Bill Clinton invitation to address the Clinton Global Initiative on the WIZZIT model as a means to bank a billion
>World Bank-International Best Practice model to bank the unbanked-IFC a 10% equity investment in WIZZIT
>CGap-Gates Foundation Grant
>Netexplorateur Grand Prix for Innovation awarded by the French Minister of Finance
>Top Three Innovative Banks in Africa-African Journal of Banking
>Runner up Stockholm Challenge for banking innovation
>Financial Times runner up in Emerging Markets-Banking at the Bottom of the Pyramid
>Only Bank and only South African company featured in Professor Porters "101 Innovations that shaped the world"
>Deputy Minister of Finance Jabulani Moleketi featured WIZZIT in speech in London
>Past Deputy President Pumzile Mlambo Ngcuka-having been told in Mexico that the best model to bank the unbanked is in fact in South Africa-WIZZIT

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Penyekalaan (langkah selanjutnya adalah menumbuhkan dampak pada skala regional atau bahkan global)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

Access.

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

In the world today, 7 billion people, the World Bank estimates that 5 billion do not have access to financial services. It is very difficult if not impossible to become an economic citizen without access to even a simple bank account where money can be saved and simple transactions can be concluded. Increasingly the bottom of the pyramid are victims of crime because of their total dependence on cash. Traditional Banks have struggled to get the business model to work in servicing this segment of the market and the solution lies in “bringing the bank to the people” as against the traditional paradigm of getting the people to come to the bank.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The product offering is a fully functional transactional bank account that uses mobile phones for making real-time person-to-person payments, transfers and pre-paid purchases, and a “Maestro” branded debit card (MasterCard product) for making payments in the formal retail environment. (In Eastern Europe and some of the African countries we have launched with a Visa Electron debit card.)Financial inclusion we believe is a process and we launched with transactional banking and giving people a safe place to keep their money. Our vision was to increase our financial services offering in line with the needs of our market. This includes offering: Micro Insurance Savings products( study underway with possible launch late 2012), Personal Loans, MSME loans. (Micro and small enterprise lending).

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

WIZZIT has a vision to bank the unbanked of the world utilizing mobile technology. Commencing with transactional banking we are in a position to build and grow with our customers the full spectrum of financial services including access to loans/credit, savings and investment products as well as micro insurance. As part of our commitment to the financially excluded, we are busy piloting a Micro finance initiative aimed at providing finance to the SMME market. This has gone incredibly well in South Africa and we are ready to ramp this up and roll it out more aggressively. Not only does the SME benefit from access to finance but they in turn become agents of the WIZZIT bank accounts which they market to their customers and in doing so create a financial eco system.
Our vision is to use the South African market as a blue print and test bed for the WIZZIT model and then to take the proven models to other emerging markets. Our partners in these markets are banks and deposit taking micro finance institutions. The partner bank will offer the state of the art innovative Mobile Banking to their existing customers as well as taking the WIZZIT model and using this to gain access to an untapped market being the un and underbanked segment of the market. Using the traditional bank model of brick and mortar has proven to be too expensive to bring effective and affordable financial services to the financially excluded segment of the market.

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?

The space has become increasingly competitive and confused with enormous Hype not being supported by real meaningful results. Traditional banks are trying with Mobile Banking but the low margins do not meet their revenue expectations. Mobile Network Operators have certainly made the most noise and caused the most confusion. They are involved in mobile payments (primarily money transfer) and NOT Mobile Banking or financial inclusion. Increasingly there is Regulatory pressure on their model and modus operandi. The Card Associations with their global brand awareness, systems and standards it would appear that Visa and MasterCard are best poised to capitalise on Mobile Banking (with a financial inclusion focus.)

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

WIZZIT was created in early 2002 through a ‘challenge’ posed by Cyril Ramaphosa through a statement ‘you don’t know how difficult it is for the average South African to open a bank account’. This challenge was simply to find a workable solution to bank the unbanked. Cyril further stated that people cannot become economic citizens if they don’t start with a basic bank account. We strongly believe today that one of the pillars in reducing global poverty is to make economic citizens of all.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

WIZZIT’s business is the result of seven years of endeavour which includes three years’ research into the mass retail banking market around the world, with a focus on opening a bank account and finding a secure and efficient payment mechanism for the unbanked people of the World. WIZZIT has and will continue to provide social upliftment by empowering poorer people to interact financially through making financial services widely accessible and having proven its model in South Africa will actively expand globally. WIZZIT set up its own mobile development company, WIZZIT International, with a clear mandate to find a banking solution that would work on any cell phone and all SIM cards and was network agnostic. After intensive research, testing and analysis, WIZZIT was ready to launch in late

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

The un and underbanked. Typically the more rurally based. The reasons for the high number of unbanked in the world are best summarised through what I have termed the 3 ‘A’s” – affordability, accessibility and availability. All of these have been addressed in this note. In a low margin business that is very price sensitive, one needs transactional volumes. To get to this requires significant time and costs in building trust and credibility. It also requires a need understanding of the needs of the market and traditional bank products that work for the affluent market may not have the same demand in the unbanked market.

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

Our focus is on emerging markets and we currently have live deployments in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Botswana, Namibia, Romania with contracts in varying stages of finalisation in Latin and Central America and Africa. We have to date used South Africa as a test market for various concepts and products before taking them to our other partner banks.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

There will b a dramatic decrease in the worlds unbanked. We will have made strides towards a cashless society.

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

We require a collaborative effort between Banks, MNOs; Central Banks, Card Associations and Money Transfer organisations. We need a no frills universal/global bank account available to all.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

To date, we through our partner banks have open accounts for close to 5 million people; processed 100 million transactions to the value of $20 billion. We have created employment opportunities for close to 10 000 previously unemployed people and in South Africa provided close to 5 000 Micro loans -both personal and micro and small business and pioneered disbursements and collections through mobile phones.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

To have launched in a further 10 countries; to have opened a further 5 million accounts; To provide viable small, medium and micro enterprises with comprehensive financing & business support services in the most profitable, quickest, creative and efficient way possible, using state of the art technology; To establish a profitable SMME Training Institute / Academy that will provide a variety of suitable, practical training courses, after-care services and mentorship interventions for entrepreneurs.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

The barriers include regulatory issues, competition, financial literacy, access to funding for the loan book. We continually work hard to build relationships with the Regulators and give freely of our time to participate in global forums and working groups such as FATF. I speak at global conferences (at no charge) promoting financial inclusion and increasingly gaining support for a universal/global no frills bank account; I network vigorously and build relationships with other thought and opinion leaders in the industry and continually try and get donor support for our financial literacy and Entrepreneurial training programmes.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

To have launched in at least 1 new country; to have secured a line of wholesale funding for the Micro loan business

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

Finalise agreements with at least one bank

Tugas 2

Finalise the structure of the business to free me up to focus on global opportunities

Tugas 3

To have launched the merchant module as part of our Mobile Banking suite in at least one of our markets

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

To launch 3 more banks; progress on Universal bank account concept; ID and decide public listing or global partner

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

To have signed agreements with three new banks in emerging markets: Africa, Central America and Latin America

Tugas 2

To take Universal/Global account to initial business plan stage

Tugas 3

To commence work on the listing of WIZZIT

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Our partnerships are with banks in emerging markets, who share our passion for financial inclusion. Not only do we provide state of the art mobile banking technology but the ‘WIZZIT model” of banking the unbanked. We assist our bank partners with integration into the Mobile Network Operators (we have relationships with all of the world major MNO’s).

Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

We are targetting emerging markets where there are high numbers of unabnkwd as well as high levels of mobile phone penetration.
Currently we are in 7 Countries and we are close to finalising deals in Nigeria as well as Argentina, and through a distribution partner the Countries of Central America. We have also targetted Peru where I will be presenting our innovative model around banking the unbanked and have submitted a proposal in response to a RFP for the installation of our model and technology in Madagascar

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

In our global expansion model we partner with existing banks, ideally one of the tops 5 banks within a country. Above all else, the partner bank has the vision, passion and enthusiasm around financial inclusion that we have. They would typically appoint a dedicated team within the bank to drive the initiative and this is often set up as a separate operating division. We assist the banks in establishing relationships with the Mobile Network Operators within the country and integrate our mobile banking into the banks core banking system as well as into the MNO. For this we end up working with the Bank's IT resources. We also present our model and system to the Bank Regulator and have always gained their support. We work with the Marketing and strategy divisions of the bank in every aspect.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

As mentioned we are actively looking for wholesale funding to fund and support our loan book. We are further looking for donor/grant assistance in running our College of Entrepreneurship and programmes of financial literacy.

ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE THROUGH CENTRALIZED RETAIL OUTLET

Wasil foundation is an Microfinance organization, working with the vision of economic empowerment through Shariah Complaint Microfinance.

Tentang Anda

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Tentang Anda

Nama Depan

Farida

Nama Belakang

Tariq

Tentang Organisasi

Nama Organisasi

WASIL FOUNDATION

Negara Organisasi

Pakistan

Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial

Pakistan

Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:

a. Nirlaba

Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?

Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun

Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them

a. 7th Citi PPAF Micro Entreprenurship Award to borrower of Wasil Foundation.
b. Top 5 of Global Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010 by CGAP
c. Silver Award in Reporting on Social Indicators to MIX Market
d. Certification of Internal Governance, Financial Management & Program Delivery by PCP (Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy
e. National Citi Microfinance Awards 2007 by PPAF & Citi foundation to borrower of CWCD

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Inovasi

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Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:

Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)

Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?

Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun

Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two

The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?

44% of the microfinance borrower live in Muslim Countries. 72% of Muslim population do not opt for Intrest based financial transaction. Pakistan, having a population of over 180 million with over 95% Muslim Population, of which 40% live below poverty line is subject to a high number of financially excluded people. Other than the reason of being poor, a large percentage of the total population stays excluded due to their Islamic Beliefs which prohibit Interest. Thereby, these individuals refrain from dealing any microfinance organization that offers Conventional (interest based) services hence missing out on necessary financial services.

The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!

The solution is based on the concept of Shariah law and its implementation in the real sense. According to Shariah, an interest based loan is prohibited with strict repercussions if one chooses to offer or take such a loan, however, an alternate of trading is permitted whereby a person may enter into credit purchase or credit sale of a specific commodity. Therefore, the Islamic Financial models are all based on the purchase and sale of a specific commodity.
At Wasil Foundation we the below “Sale and Purchase Model”
The proposed solution is also based on the same concept with the difference of offering a sale & purchase outlet where the clients would be offered products rather than entering into an agency agreement, wherein the client buys the products from a vendor and submits the receipts of such purchase, which apparently looks like a normal lending transaction.

The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities

The model depicts multiple transactions and multiple sources which would enable to cover the complete requirements of any microfinance client. This model is centralized around the retail outlet which would act as a sale spot, holding area and would also be responsible for the verification, screening and referral of clients to head office for approval of disbursements.
The retail outlet would hold grocery items for sale to the clients. These items would be sold on Musawama (cash/spot payment) or Murabaha (deferred/installment) basis. The client would be offered to select the items that he/she wants to purchase and then would be asked if he/she would be paying for the items selected in cash or would like to go for a deferred payment plan. If the client wishes to opt for the deferred payment plan, he/she would be offered the deferred tenure ranging from 8 hours up to a maximum of 15 months. The profit to be charged, in accordance to each time duration would also be told to the client in amounts and the goods would be handed over along with a deferred/installment payment schedule.
A special counter would also be established where the clients would be able to submit their own demands for the products required. This product would be focused on clients who are in the transportation business. The outlet would analyze the client and then put up a request for purchase of the vehicle (mostly motorbikes and rickshaws) to the procurement department which would purchase and deliver the vehicle at the retail outlet.

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?

The main direct competitors are the microfinance organizations working in the country which include the MFIs (Microfinance Institutions) as well as MFBs (Microfinance Banks). However, these organizations mostly offer conventional microfinance solutions extending loans on interest to the borrowers. Apart from these, Qarz e Hasna (interest free loan) is also offered by 01 organization working in the areas targeted by Wasil Foundation. These interest free loans, however, are of nominal amounts ranging up to a maximum of PKR 30,000 due to which the target customers of Wasil would not opt for these loans. The main difference of the conventional microfinance lenders and Wasil Foundation is the mode of delivery of the facility.

This Entry is about (Issues)

Dampak Sosial

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Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.

While looking at the conventional microfinance in Pakistan and Bangladesh including the Grameen Model as implemented in Pakistan, it was evident that the credit was being utilized as merely a source of fulfilling the consumption needs of the clients. These clients would acquire loans from the Microfinance Institutions and utilize them for fulfilling needs that would in turn further reduce their capacity to pay their debts thus result in the clients acquiring further loans in order to pay previous loans and further increasing poverty rather than alleviation of poverty.
While practicing the Islamic Microfinance products, where the products were sold and delivered rather than handing out money in the form of loans, clear evidence was presented that the goods sold were being used in the customer’s enterprises hence generating income, thereby increasing the capacity to pay their debts.

Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve

The main goal of the initiative is the economic empowerment of the underprivileged by way of offering financial services in a manner which would be readily acceptable to the target customers. The solution is based on offering Shariah Compliant financial services in order to mitigate the issue that pertains to interest bearing loans within a Muslim society.
Furthermore, this solution is closer to the current practise that the customers adopt i.e. of obtaining credit on short terms from whole sellers. The solution herein offers a larger credit period with the provision of multiple products at the same vicinity.

Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)

Other (Please describe below).

If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:

The solution addresses the problem that exists in most Muslim majority countries, where the financial services are not availed.

For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?

The solution is primarily aimed at the rural communities of Pakistan which are currently the most underserved within the country. The solution, therefore, offers solutions for; farmers (under Salam) along with for landless farmers (under Master Salam i.e. Salam + Ijara), small shop keepers & dairy farmers/livestock sellers (under Murabaha), daily workers (consumption need product under musawama 8hous credit), transporters (under diminishing Musharaka)

Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?

The solution would be able to work in any geographical location with minor adjustments to the products offered. For example, if the solution is offered in an urban environment where there is no farming or dairy farming, the components of Salam and Murabaha for dairy farming can be omitted and emphasis can be made on retail products i.e. grocery items and transportation vehicles.
Similarly, with minor tweaking, the solution can be adopted into any given environment within the world whether it is a Muslim majority country or not.

If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?

What will have had to have changed to make this happen?

With the dramatic success of the project, higher competition would arise as other organizations would adopt the same model, therefore, further innovation would be a continuous necessity. For this, the organization has in place a qualified Shariah Advisor and is in process of finalizing the Shariah Board.

What has been the impact of your solution to date?

The solution is currently in idea phase, however, Wasil Foundation has been working in Islamic Microfinance for over 04 years with exceptional results. The products proposed under the solution have all been tested by the organization, but through branches and by procurement by external vendors.
This solution would entail the organization to keep and offer stock to the customers and thereby transfer discounts availed through bulk purchase as well as offering a wide variety of services under the same roof.

What is your projected impact over the next five years?

The projected impact of the solution would be the increase in income of the customers served which would thereby result in an increase in the overall economical conditions of the country.
The solution aims at targeting 5000 clients per year disbursing an amount of around PKR 25 million ($2.63 million) per year. This amount would then be recovered and revolved in due time for future clients.
The impact of the solution can be divided into product wise categories in accordance to the average amount of facility provided and the average duration of repayment of the facility.

What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?

Unavailability of Funds:
Obtaining funds for the development of infrastructure for the solution is essential.
Keeping of herd of 50 cows/buffalos
Maintaining a herd of 50 cows requires expertise in dairy farming. Along with this it is essential that the cattle be regularly checked by a veterinary doctor.
Stock keeping
In order to maintain a stock of the grocery items, a complete stock of the inventory of the retail outlet has to be maintained and there is a risk of theft or fire within the retail outlet.
Market Risk
Marketing risk mainly encompasses; Reputational Risk and Competitor Risk.
Credit Risk
As in any lending methodology, credit risk exists in every model.

Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact

Within six month of the launch of the project, the outlet would be fully established and would be achieving a steadily increasin

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone

Tugas 1

the focus would be on establishing infrastructure and procurement of goods

Tugas 2

Marketing campaign to spread awareness about the model

Tugas 3

the disbursements would be started, offering all products listed in the model.

Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone

Within 12 months of the launch of the project, Wasil Foundation would have successfully served over 5000 customers.

Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone

Tugas 1

acquire funding for the implementation and up scaling of the solution

Tugas 2

A thorough marketing strategy will ensure that the brand name of Wasil Foundation

Tugas 3

the model of Wasil Foundation would be explained to the potential customers.

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Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?

• We would be targeting the rural and semi urban community in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The products are designed for the low income level farmers / merchandisers. As we already work with this community so we are the firm believers that with the help of this project we can enhance the income level of such community

What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?

• Our strong system of internal controls, regular audit function, requirement of the community, prior experience in the similar community, well established policies and procedures will be key driving forces of environment / organization that will make our product successful.

Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list

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