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Created on 05/27/2013 by HugoGoedemé
People of all ages and family types living together, forming a care-network, who can rely on professional support. Max privacy, max support.
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Social enterprise (partly economically self-sustained through market products and services, primary mission is to solve a social problem)
Country where main implementer is located
How long has the main implementer been operating?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Please provide a short description of the main implementer.
CM is a national health service. Every citizen in Belgium is obligated to be a member of a health insurance company/service. CM is one of those providers. CM not only offers the free health insurance but has also other kinds of health insurances that you can take as a member, which gives you entry to a whole range of services. CM Antwerp regularly sets up of takes part in different project setups.
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Name
OZA ouderenzorg antwerpen care for older people Antwerp
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? What competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
OZA is a social network, consisting of different members. CM Antwerp, christian mutuality; Ideale Woning cvba, social housing company; OKRA, socio-cultural elder, Familiehulp, family supporting care; ACW Antwerp socio-cultural umbrella org; Zorgnet VL carenet Flanders, umbrella for residential care
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
NOWA network open living zones Antwerp netwerk open woonwijken antwerpen
Describe your initiative
People of all ages and family types living together, forming a care-network, who can rely on professional support. Max privacy, max support.
Which of these fields of Active and Healthy Ageing are addressed by your initiative?
Health literacy and patient empowerment, Personalized health management, Prevention and early diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline, Integrated care for chronic conditions, Assisted daily living, Independent living solutions, Social inclusion (intergenerational practice, work and volunteering), Age friendly buildings, environments, and communities.
If none of the above, answer here:
Please describe and explain the problem your initiative is trying to solve.
By fact of the ageing process, older people become less self-sufficient and have a higher risks to live in isolation. There are some daily actions that they can't do alone anymore, and many times that is the reason why they have to leave their homes or their own environment. This is frequently a problem, because people are fond of their home and the local environment. Another problem is there are long waiting lists for getting in a nursery home. Many older people have to spend too much time in geriatric clinics, waiting for their place in a nursery home.
By forseeing that people can live together the project postpones the move to a nursery home, because people are going to take care of each other .
It is even so that sometimes the povertyline isn't that far away. This project does also do something about the increasing lease and sale prices on the housing market, as well for older people as for younger ones.
Another problem is dilapidation, the project wants to do something about it, by embellishing the buildings and making new living conditions in it or to take away the burden from the housekeeper that he/she has to maintain his building for the tenants.
Thus, by offering age and household mixed living conditions, we hope to improve the wellbeing of older people and their neighbours, who become within the walls of their cohousing site, cohabitants and even shareholders.
Please describe and explain the solution your initiative is implementing. What is innovative about your solution? What distinguishes your solution from other existing approaches to the problem?
This project wants to forsee buildings or to have agreements with inhabitants trying to make cohabitation possible. We also want to offer a kind of social-care contract where people that do live together in the same building, will/can help eachother by doing for example some household chores. This solution can lower the cost and solve the problem of isolation, because people take care of eachother.
The innovative part is that this project is going to promote living together and that they work together with social lease offices. The wish of the elderly is central and the living environment suits at the needs of the elderly. It is an unique partnership between homecare, healthcare, social centra and social lease offices.There is also going to be a person that operates as a central coordinator who checks if and how the care-sharing contracts that are made are followed. It is clear that every person or family has its own appartment or house, but that they take part in the network. We hope to make a strong mix of people, with different needs ( handicapped, elderly, young families, familytypes,....), and different social status or incomes. ( working class, workless, pensioners, widows, singles, couples, ... )
Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
For example there is an elderly who can't live alone no longer because he can't cook anymore and who is in need for supervision. He has a big house, where can be installed two appartments in it, if there are some recontructions. This project can help by forseeing the necessary reconstructions and looking for tenants. If people want to live there, they also have to do something for each other, like keeping an eye on the elderly or cooking for eachother. There is going to be a supervisor who checks and supports upon the living situation. On each site, the cohabitants, have a maximum of privacy, but still a maximum of social support. On each and every site the cohabitants do make their care-contracts on personal level. Once the older people still moves to a residential setting, his appartment will be coached by the coöperation. Another elderly comes to live here, and with a portion of the proceeds the invoice in the care home of the original occupant can be matched.
Please describe if and how your stakeholders (cooperation partners, funders, users, etc.) have been participating in defining the problem and developing the solution.
There where a lot of meetings for defining the problem and to think about possible solutions. They worked out a cooperation agreement that every partner signed. In 2010 the start of a concrete innovative and experimental project was given under the name of a collective umbrella organisation, simply called Elderly Care Antwerp. This year they are working out a Cooperative organisation with non-profit profile, to realise the NOWA cvba-so concept. ( cooperative organisation with limited responsability and social aim, non-profit.
Has your solution been tested in trials, experimentations, or pilot projects? If yes, please describe the process and outcome.
There is running a trialproject. Five people with a beginning increase of health concerns will soon live together within one building of the Ideale Woning CV. Each man or woman will live in their own appartment. There is a common room to meet eachother. A volunteer will supervise and coach the group. The volunteer is going to engage the people to participate in local social-culture activities, and observe if there is need for more help. In that case she will communicate this with the CM-social workers.
The renovation is 'under construction' and the persons can start living here in the beginning of 2014. Meanwhile they do already have meetings.
How long has your solution been in operation?
for 1‐5 years
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
Please select the relationship between your solution and related solutions currently established in our society. Is your solution…
complementary (your solution is complementing existing solutions and compensating their weaknesses while not intending to substitute them)
Please try to identify and describe competing solutions implemented by other organizations addressing the same problem as you are. What challenges do these competing solutions pose to your success or growth?
There are private-commercial initiatives for elderly people. They combine investments in the residential housing, but their level of giving care is rather relative, let's say sometimes discutable. Once someone needs a certain level of serious help, they push them to move to a classic residential setting or even the hospital. This is an expensive cost and most people can't afford it. We just try to offer a non-profit solution, solidarity based, where people just take care of each other. For which we hope it will work out well in every way.
What barriers might hinder the success of your initiative? How do you plan to overcome them?
We have to have enough budget and time to realise what we want. The problem is not exactly that we come with a new idea, or a new approach. The problem is, that we present something new, something different, and people want to see something real, that has already been done, and that has already proved to be successful.
The first step wil be the hardest. Luckily we have the actual trial. But the funding of the NOWA cooperative will take lot of efforts. Especially, bringing the money into the project. People do want to calculate their benefits and profits, of course, which is hard to forsee. Lot of the advantages they can get, are rather immaterial. Actually we calculate to build or renew houses at a price just any lower than the marketprices. This fact plus the (im)material benefits are attractive for a certain number of people.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanVolunteers
8 ( working out the idea )
External advisers and experts
1 expert and constructionworkers and architects that are busy with the trialproject
Others (please specify)
The partners, active as Home Care services ( Familiehulp Antwerp) , CM AntwerpSocial Work, ACW Antwerp, CVBA IDeale Woning
What are the specific professional backgrounds and competencies your team brings to the initiative?
It is very diverse, there are social workers knowing the problematic and discussing the possible solutions, lawyers that assist in the legal side of the project , project officers who work together with architects creating new ways for living together, .... a social housing society ( Ideale Woning cvba). So we cover the social and technical /legal dimentions that we are dealing with.
Please describe your management or coordination structure in the initiative.
There is an administration board that exist of al the partners, who share the tasks. Our CM office does the 'projectrunning' side. ACW brings the board together. Ideale Woning works on the real estate sector. For legal advices we contact COOPBURO.
Please provide the total yearly budget in Euro that your initiative spends on implementing the solution.
For the coming time, we need a project officer, so we forsee about 50.000 euro.
European Union public funding
Economic return from own products/services
Foundations and philanthropy capital
Single donations from private individuals
Donations from private companies
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhich target group(s) do you want to reach with your solution?
Espescially elderly who want to live @ home and have the possibility to expand their home for others. So they want to live with others on a cohousing site. Elderly who have the need for extra help are very important, they have to want, to agree that someone will help them.
The people that are going to participate will be wanting to support eachother and be prepaired to do something extra.
We also want to attract families who can't afford a home by itself. With this project they sometimes can live in an environment that is very attractive for a familie without paying to much.
Please estimate the number of persons within your target group (users, clients, etc.) that you currently reach directly with your solution.
5 in the very present future
In which local/regional/national area(s) is the solution currently implemented?
What is the impact on your target group (users, clients) you want to generate?
We want to give everyone the possibility to live in the place where they want. We hope to start on two or three sites. We have interested focus groups. One are people living in the same street, they want to set up a collective assisted home in their own street. One group does already live together as a non-profit association, but want to turn it into a cooperative association, still with a non-profit view. Last but not least, a home for handicapped people is wanting to become one of the first cooperative sites of our initiative...
What is the wider impact on society you want to generate?
By living together the tolarance within the society can be elevated. And we hope to increase a number of better and safer houses for young&old. So there will be less people be stressed to find a affordable and reliable house.
What are the impacts on your target group you already achieved?
Because the project isn't really started yet, we haven't made an impact. Unless, there is a lot of and a growing interest ...
How has the impact of your initiative been assessed?
Experience-based self-assessment (you assessed the impacts based on your experiences with the target group), Feedback-based self-assessment (you assessed the impacts based on feedback from the target group without using specific methods).
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat information on your initiative is publicly available?
Working method and 'theory of change'.
Please indicate webpage or contact for obtaining the respective information.
What are your milestones for further developing, implementing, and establishing your initiative in the next three years? Please describe 1-3 milestones.
- Testing the feasibility of the trialproject. And doing something with the work points that come out of the evaluation.
- Working out other projects and searching people for these projects.
- Making the project familiar to others
- Realising NOWA site(s), which means:
a) project development ( financial, legal, strategy, ... publising statutes, project prospection,...)
b) communication and publicity
c) fundraising to establish the cooperative organisation
d) buying and building of site(s)
e) people management: public participation en responsabilities
f) managing the care
Created on 05/22/2013 by Sara Guerra
LOCALCare aims to provide strengths-based services for old people and their families (e.g., personal developmental plans) to promote active aging.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where main implementer is located
How long has the main implementer been operating?
Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun
Please provide a short description of the main implementer.
Sara has a PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics and a degree in Gerontology. She has developed several community interventions targeted to old people (with dementia) and their families; she is also involved in the coordination of projects aiming at promoting the participation of the old people and intergenerational activities. She has already presented the results of her work in various contries (e.g., Germany, Norway, Argentina).
Sara has also been invited, over the last 4 years, to teach some curricular units integrated in the Master's Degree of Gerontology in the University of Aveiro.
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How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? What competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
How does this cooperation partner support the initiative? Which competencies and resources does this partner bring to the initiative?
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
LOCALCare - Gerontological Services
Describe your initiative
LOCALCare aims to provide strengths-based services for old people and their families (e.g., personal developmental plans) to promote active aging.
Which of these fields of Active and Healthy Ageing are addressed by your initiative?
Health literacy and patient empowerment, Personalized health management, Prevention and early diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline, Independent living solutions, Social inclusion (intergenerational practice, work and volunteering).
If none of the above, answer here:
Please describe and explain the problem your initiative is trying to solve.
We are daily confronted with the phenomenon of aging in our society. Topics such as the low pensions of the old people, the conditions in which they live, loneliness and isolation, and multi-pathology underlying need for polypharmacy and assistance in performing the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are matters addressed regularly in the media.
Repeatedly, the media focus on the more negative side of aging and lead us to create a derogatory and stereotypical image of the old age; therefore, being old is associated with someone dependent, incapable, ill or useless. These images influence a greater or lesser concern in preparing a positive aging, which is associated with the adaptability of a person and their ability to maintain independence and/or promote their potential rehabilitation.
Currently, social and health services are created, precisely, in order to respond to the "problems" of the old people. Being a senior citizen is considered as a synonymous of having problems and need help from another person. This approach tends to be focused on pathology and neglects aging as a stage of individual development, disregarding old people potential, life stories, skills, resources and abilities. In instance, these images cause a negative effect, with repercussions in the well-being and sense of competence of the old people, leading to dissatisfaction, reduced self-esteem, social inactivity, and limited opportunities (in which the person could show competence and resources). In this sense, old people tend to adopt a behavior that meets the negative expectations that are upon them. In terms of integration, this attitude translates into exclusion, but also in social self-exclusion. Create a new image of old people by considering their potential, skills and abilities is, therefore, a paramount issue.
Please describe and explain the solution your initiative is implementing. What is innovative about your solution? What distinguishes your solution from other existing approaches to the problem?
LOCALCare mission is to provide support services for old people and their families adopting a developmental and positive approach. It is proposed to empower old people (particularly over 50 years old) so that they feel fulfilled in the various spheres of life (personal, familiar, social, professional, spiritual). Through a process of personalized support, we intend to help old people to recognize the potential and richness of their life stories, fostering self-awareness and encourage them to set goals and strategies for the future. Our services are designed in order to strengthening people, fostering their social participation and promoting their social relationships through: (i) personal developmental plans (making use of coaching techniques); (ii) thematic workshops regarding active aging (e.g., nutrition, physical activity, volunteerism, finances management, spirituality); (iii) family activities (proposed by old people, and performed with our help, such as a family reunions); communitarian parliaments (where people from different generations can discuss political and social relevant issues that affect their daily lives); and meaningful occupation (e.g., functional and cognitive stimulation).
This project has relevant implications: it will empower old people and, by promoting their self-esteem, social participation and personal fulfillment, it will help to promote a positive and active aging; furthermore, it will help to break down the myths and stereotypes regarding old people, and promote family relationships and an intergenerational approach.
Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
We can provide as an example one of our services: the Community Parliaments, aimed at fostering the participation of old people in the discussion of strategies to face current challenges and problems (social, political). In this service, their experience and expertise will be valued. These parliaments, in a format based on the World Café, will promote the social participation of old people, and the participation of younger people will be encouraged, in order to promote intergenerationality.
This service will help to demystify images that society may have regarding older people, promoting the understanding between different generations and the consciousness of older people potential, abilities and skills. In parallel, it will make older people to feel useful and motivated, since the results of these meetings will be disseminated near the local press. On the other hand, it will prevent inactivity and social isolation, by fostering socialization.
Please describe if and how your stakeholders (cooperation partners, funders, users, etc.) have been participating in defining the problem and developing the solution.
Our team have been developed, a few years ago, interventions for old people and their families that allowed us identify the main gaps in the services that are provided and, as well, some strategies to overcome these gaps. The use of innovative and collaborative methodologies to evaluate the impact of our interventions with old people was a key factor. We have to highlight “photovoice”, a process by which people can identify, represent, and enhance their community through a specific photographic technique.
This tool allowed us to realize the importance of involving the recipients in the interventions we developed to them and to focus on their capabilities and resources (empowerment philosophy), instead of their problems and needs (pathological philosophy, sustained by the biomedical model).
From there, we thought the potential of integrating these approaches in providing the services we propose in this project.
Has your solution been tested in trials, experimentations, or pilot projects? If yes, please describe the process and outcome.
Not yet. For now, we have a market survey applied to 200 people over 50 years. Currently, we are planning a beta version of the project, in order to test the idea and our services next to our potential customers. This will allow us to gather their suggestions and readjust services’ design - to meet our potential users’ expectations and to detect ways to overcome gaps identified.
How long has your solution been in operation?
for less than a year
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)
Please select the relationship between your solution and related solutions currently established in our society. Is your solution…
substitutive (your solutions is substituting existing solutions because they do not meet needs or solve the problem appropriately)
Please try to identify and describe competing solutions implemented by other organizations addressing the same problem as you are. What challenges do these competing solutions pose to your success or growth?
We intend to provide a set of integrated services focused on active aging that will consider old people main skills, abilities and potential. These services will be provided by professionals specialized in the aging process (gerontologists and psychologists). To our knowledge, there is no organization in our country that addresses the problems identified as we propose.
What barriers might hinder the success of your initiative? How do you plan to overcome them?
The main barriers that might hinder the success of our initiative are:
(i) The initial lack of knowledge of our company and the services we provide.
To overcome this, we intend to wage in the divulgation of our services, using “guerrilla marketing”; our stakeholders will be, as well, chosen strategically so that our word could be widely spread.
(ii) The potential appearance of competitors in the market.
Our strategy is to innovate constantly: in our services and in the development of new products.
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What are the specific professional backgrounds and competencies your team brings to the initiative?
Our team (3 elements) has a rich professional background and brings important competencies to our initiative. Two of its members have a degree in gerontology; one has also a PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics and the other is a Master Student in Gerontology. They have experience in the development and coordination of community interventions for old people, related to intergenerational activities, active aging, and dementia caregiving. The third element is a psychologist and a PhD Student in Psychology, specialized in collaborative approaches and interventions with multi challenged families.
Please describe your management or coordination structure in the initiative.
Since we do not have an organizational set, we can only refer to a committee of business development or direction, consisting of three elements.
Please provide the total yearly budget in Euro that your initiative spends on implementing the solution.
European Union public funding
Economic return from own products/services
Foundations and philanthropy capital
Single donations from private individuals
Donations from private companies
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhich target group(s) do you want to reach with your solution?
We have identified a primary segment of customers: people aged ≥ 50 years (both genders), with educational background and living in the city of Aveiro. This characterization is the result of the preliminary analysis of our market study.
A second segment customers include family members and friends of these people, as they may acquire these services to offer to the older people an experience in any of the types of our services (e.g., a daughter who wants to offer to her 62 years old mother the creation of a personal development plan or 1 year of cognitive and functional stimulation sessions).
Please estimate the number of persons within your target group (users, clients, etc.) that you currently reach directly with your solution.
In which local/regional/national area(s) is the solution currently implemented?
The solution is going to be implemented in the city of Aveiro, in Portugal.
What is the impact on your target group (users, clients) you want to generate?
The main impact we pretend to achieve near our customers is their empowerment and, by promoting their self-esteem, social participation and personal fulfillment, contribute to their positive and active aging.
What is the wider impact on society you want to generate?
We intend to help to break down myths and stereotypes regarding old people and, by promoting family relationships and an intergenerational approach, contribute to the development of a more inclusive society.
What are the impacts on your target group you already achieved?
Since we haven’t implemented our initiative yet, we can’t identify impacts already achieved.
How has the impact of your initiative been assessed?
Feedback-based self-assessment (you assessed the impacts based on feedback from the target group without using specific methods), External evaluation of impacts based on qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups, etc.).
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat information on your initiative is publicly available?
Mission and strategy, Information on team members.
Please indicate webpage or contact for obtaining the respective information.
What are your milestones for further developing, implementing, and establishing your initiative in the next three years? Please describe 1-3 milestones.
The milestones for further developing, implementing, and establishing our initiative in the next three years are:
1. To develop a beta version of the project with our target audience, in order to test our approach and services and adjust our intervention;
2. To develop and complete the business plan of our company so that we can start our activity and implement the company.
3. Start the activity, through the provision of our services, and evaluate its impact.
This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: Move This World.
Created on 03/31/2013 by Ouida Maedel
Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit using creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. MTW focuses on empowering individuals with skills to identify emotions within themselves, to be empathetic in their interactions with others, and to act as change agents in their communities. Our hallmark program is an evidence-based curriculum engaging students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities promoting empathy, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, VA, Alexandria, Fairfax County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
n/a
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit using creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. MTW focuses on empowering individuals with skills to identify emotions within themselves, to be empathetic in their interactions with others, and to act as change agents in their communities. Our hallmark program is an evidence-based curriculum engaging students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities promoting empathy, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation. Using MTW's holistic approach, we engage students, families, educators, administrators, and communities with targeted programs that promote social change through the art of movement. MTW has worked with over 9,000 individuals across 22 cities on four continents.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
In the next year, Move This World's top priority is to hire two full-time leadership positions to help to lead programmatic growth and operational strategy. These full-time positions will provide current staff with the support, resources, and expertise for Move This World to scale and enter new markets. Our second priority is to grow the number of classrooms we have in current program hubs. Thirdly, Move This World would like to pilot its special needs curriculum and identify potential new product lines in the next year.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
In February of 2013 Move This World underwent a re-brand to become the organization it is today. Formerly known as Dance 4 Peace, Move This World leadership decided to pursue a re-branding process to find a name that truly articulated our use of innovative practice using creative movement for empathy education. We also wanted to find a name that embodied our growth potential, vision, and mission more fully. While we feel confident that we have found that name in Move This World, we are working to embody the new brand across the organization and realize our growth potential not only through our current curriculum and training programs, but also through new product lines to distinguish ourselves from peers and become the standard among organizations offering innovative empathy education programs.
1.
Move This World prioritizes flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of partners, customizing programs and arrangements.
2.
Move This World prioritizes open communication between partners and MTW staff, ensuring we are available to partners.
3.
Move This World prioritizes cultural awareness, ensuring our programs are appropriate for diverse contexts.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will be focused on Move This World as an organization overall in order to maximize the impact of the support. In order to work on our strategic positioning as an organization, we must pursue processes that foster cohesive branding and messaging strategies, and help us situate ourselves in the civil society space in relationship to peer organizations.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Move This World has worked with outside consultants before, including with consultants who advised us throughout the re-brand process. We have also worked with consultants to evaluate the efficacy and growth potential of Move This World's programs in certain markets. While individual staff members have dedicate some time to considering branding and messaging and a part-time Communications and Strategy Specialist is a crucial member of our team, outside facilitation will prioritize branding and messaging for all staff to ensure consistency and confidence.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
To empower all Move This World staff to speak and write confidently and consistently about the new Move This World brand.
2.
To be internationally recognized as the standard provider of empathy education programs.
3.
To identify and strategize about potential distinct product lines for development under the Move This World umbrella.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The MTW curriculum transcends countries, socioeconomic differences, languages and cultures; it is being adapted and implemented in diverse communities worldwide. In the fall of 2011, aggregate data MTW collected indicated an 80% increase in student positive empathetic reactions to seeing an isolated peer after exposure to a semester of our programming. When given a situation involving bullying, there was a 48% decrease in violent responses. Survey questions to MTW students testing for appreciation of diversity showed a 15% increase in listening to others, 30% increase in liking group work, and 25% increase in likelihood to try new things. Suspension data in one school declined from 53 incidents to 16, after one semester of Move This World programming in several classrooms.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Based upon our strategic scaling model and business plan, Move This World will have an annual budget of $1.7 million in five years and will have worked with 55,000 youth and educators. Move This World has already shown success at scaling from one classroom in Bogota, Colombia to serving over 9,000 individuals in 22 cities on four continents. Support from American Express will enable Move This World to take the next step in becoming the standard bearer in innovative empathy education practice. Our programs are already sought after by a diversity of partners, and undergoing a peer benchmarking analysis will empower us to identify growth areas and customize product lines based upon the market need and feedback from partners.
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Created on 03/15/2013 by amit@mynamemystory.org
My Name My Story (MNMS) is a Youth Run Social Leadership Organization that involves students, faculty and the community in the spirit of “inspiring the next generation of leaders” and all actions of the organization are aligned with the philosophy of “Hope – Believe – Succeed –Inspire”Our Goal: One Million Stories that Inspire.Our Mission: To increase Unity, Tolerance and Empathy, in the community, while developing leaders.
Created on 02/28/2013 by reyfaustino
One Degree is revolutionizing the way low-income families connect to poverty-fighting resources. With a web platform that's like a Yelp for nonprofits, information about community programs is aggregated in one place -- making it easy for low-income families and connectors (like counselors and social workers) to access, rate, review and get information about life-saving resources.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara Organisasi
United States, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih 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.
One Degree is revolutionizing the way low-income families connect to poverty-fighting resources. With a web platform that's like a Yelp for nonprofits, information about community programs is aggregated in one place -- making it easy for low-income families and connectors (like counselors and social workers) to access, rate, review and get information about life-saving resources.
San Francisco educates over 33,000 low-income public school students, yet there is only one counselor for every 350 students and one social worker for every 900 students. Although the Bay Area is home to over 1,300 nonprofits, navigating this social safety net is confusing. One Degree is a tech-driven organization focused on providing solutions to the tough fragmentation problem plaguing our social safety net.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Increase user base to serve over 18,000 users
2. Build next generation of our web platform, including a mobile version
One Degree offers an efficient, approachable answer to this gap between providers and their clients. A recent Nielson report states that over 56% of low-income 18-34 year old individuals in our region own an internet-enabled smartphone, and One Degree wants to be at the forefront of this tech trend as low-income populations begin to use
3. Develop partnerships with 50 nonprofit organizations in San Francisco
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
During One Degree’s pilot phase in fall 2012, we worked with three low-income public schools in San Francisco to distribute our platform among the schools’ families, staff and teachers. Without any advertising, in two months our web platform garnered over 4,000 users and continues to gain users via word of mouth.
We are now ready to invest in developing our user base, we and set a goal to serve over 18,000 users this year. We’ve identified three core audiences to develop: low-income families, connectors (social workers, counselors, teachers and other practitioners) and nonprofit organizations.
Low-income Families: Because our goal is to shift the power back to people in low-income communities, we meet families where they are by advertising in schools, social services, libraries and community centers.
Connectors: These practitioners help families daily get resources they need. We want to develop a community of practitioners through community organizing and email marketing.
Nonprofits: We also rely on nonprofits to provide us with the most up-to-date information about their services, and we plan to develop strategic partnerships with key players in San Francisco.
1.
Clear and honest communication with upfront expectations
2.
Resourcefulness and innovative thinking
3.
Empathy for our organization’s process and our clients
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Since our organization is still in its early stages, support from American Express will consequently serve both the overall organization and our service. The project ideally would allow us to create systems and processes that we can use as we expand to other regions.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have not solely focused on audience acquisition because we have not had the bandwidth during our pilot phase, and we have not had the dedicated core competence in marketing or customer acquisition.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Develop a clear plan with timeline and goals to acquire 18,000 users for the short-term.
2.
Create a long-term audience acquisition plan.
3.
Build meaningful relationships with experts and leaders in this field.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our in-school pilot during the fall of 2012 served 50 low-income families in-person. Following the launch of our web platform on October 1, 2012, we experienced a threefold margin over our targeted user rate, and the site garnered over 4,000 unique visitors over the final two months of 2012. Since then our site has seen traffic double. With over 1,300 organizations listed, we have the largest database of nonprofit and social services in San Francisco. These early successes provided great opportunities to gather feedback, identify the services most commonly requested by users, and analyze the limitations of our existing technical infrastructure.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Ideally in the near future, we would have served over 18,000 low-income families, connected 21,000 referred clients to capable service providers in their community, and increased online user feedback resulting in over 10,000 reviews of local services. More importantly, understanding and honing our audience acquisition strategy will enable us to transfer these strategies to other communities as we scale regionally and nationally in the next few years. We plan to aggressively grow to Oakland and Silicon Valley by the end of 2013, and in five years we hope to have a national presence in 20 cities. The support from American Express has the potential to greatly strengthen our operations in San Francisco and accelerate our national expansion plans.
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LoveGov's mission is to facilitate democracy. We believe in non-partisanship, government transparency and the right to personal privacy.
LoveGov is a non-partisan platform that is simplifying politics by creating a central place for politics online. We are making it easy to stay informed and get involved. On LoveGov citizens can learn about the issues, express their views, connect with like-minded people and then take collective action.
Created on 02/20/2013 by melissajdiamond
This program will train mothers of children with autism in the West Bank to work in a cooperative-model ABA therapy program to help their children.
Created on 02/19/2013 by dsaini
Each block in the city needs to have a trained Block Preparedness Coordinator. This person will engage their respective neighborhoods in proactive disaster preparedness activities during times of peace, and will act as a liaison to the emergency service department and authorities during a disaster to coordinate relief efforts, resulting in a more peaceful recovery for everybody in the city after a disaster, specifically an earthquake, that could strike any day in my community.
I want to form a youth group of empowered youths that dream and take action to create and impact in the world. By empowering them with the empowerment series. There is more to come but lets start from here.
Created on 01/16/2013 by lsm1991
this is a project where we allow everyone to share their unwanted items with others.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanTell us about yourself/your team.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
An intrapreneur is a person who works in an organisation and acts like an entrepreneur.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)
The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
set up a forum for people to give away items which they do not want.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
it allows people to share with others items which i do not need. This reduces the amount of wastage in the world as items you do not use end up in a storage wasting space or the bin.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
a person posts up a description and pictures of the item. then a user who wants the item contacts the person. they can then proceed to meet up to give the item away or post the tiem to the person who wants it
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 no competitors doing this
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 thought of this in the tiolet
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
it would reduce wastage and make people feel better with themselves
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
more people would benefit from the program
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
selfish people and hoarders
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
it makes me feel better and we could host the forum/website
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
no but, not much is required to make the business succeed/
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
fundings can be earned through donations and through adds
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
we coul hose google adds to earn more
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
we could hose our own server
Our organic farming initiative is aggregating farmers in a cluster and delivering high quality organic liquid fertilizers at a low cost. Eco friendly holistic solutions in the form of experience. The program, service and product are scalable and designed to be end to end to substantially enhance farmer incomes.
Experiments
1. Saving precious water,
2. Improving soil fertility,
3. Reduction of labor cost,
4. Reduction of input cost
5. Avoiding loss of production during conversion,
6. Remunerative price to farmers and make agriculture sustainable
Answers
A.1 Use of Laser Leveler, SRI method, grown green manure crops to save water
A.2 Green manure crop, using Bio Amrutha Jalam resulted in earthworm and microbial population growth, helped formation of rich humus, improved soil fertility
A.3 Use of agricultural machinery reduced labor cost
Created on 11/28/2012 by Sundar Rajan
This initiative is imagined considering poor and needy people to have there basic living needs and as a human being, we should have responsbility to help our brothers/sisters in this world bringing peace and unity.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanTell us about yourself/your team.
I work as Lead Business Analyst in Standard Chartered Bank (Scope International Subsidiary owned) having experience in Banking/Information Technology.
I like to come up with innovative ways to improve existing process & also solve tough problems with creative solutions being right or wrong. Trying out new things or existing things differently will create intrapreneur helping to satisfy social/economic needs.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
Think differently in another way to solve problem to have a uniqueness. Failure comes all way during start of practise of solution but that helps to mould me day by day to prove and achieve it is possible if we have faith and patience in life. Making impossible things to possible with pure determination is my key skills for imagining me as an intrapreneur
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)
The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
Each citizen to have basic living needs (i.e. Food, Shelter and Education). Being developing nation and powerful country still India has many citizens in lower poverty region and still not attaining basic living needs. Using this 'One Penny per Citizen', we can provide basic living needs to each under poverty citizen to live happily as they are also brothers/sisters in a way.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
In each sector like Bank/Post Office, citizen can sign an agreement (using configurable paramter at account level) to deduct one penny (i.e. one rupee in India curency) at a defined frequency (say Daily/Monthly/Bi-Monthly etc.,) and credit to a non-profit trust account (which will need to created/maintained by new/existing NPO and not goverment). From which a leader can pick a low poverty citizen in his/her state/city/street-end to provide basic living needs.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
This can be introduced at country/industry/territory level based on the resources/volunteers available. This can be introduced as a CSR (Corporate Social Responsbility) in company where as a company we can say that 'Organization is - Here for Good' and proving to serve country.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
This idea will help to realize that each citizen in world belongs to each other having unity in diversity regardless of countries race/religion brining peace among people.
Each citizen had helped his brother/sister life improvement providing little money which brings life to other soul.
If it is taken as company initiative (CSR), then the level of reaching people with its marketing/technology is quick and vast which will help poor people to live happy and gain prosperity.
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 is no peers and competitors as adopting this approach to each people/company will help to gain another citizen in earth.
Threat/challenges is the money should be controlled/maintained in right hands and to be served to correct poor citizen who is in need and imagining to lead the world like an Abraham lincoln, Bill Gates, Einstein etc., People should be aware on what had happened to there individual penny showing consolidated statement explaining that a lump amount served to needy providing education/food/shelter etc.,
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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.
Few drops of rain make big ocean at end when joins. In same way little help to our own brothers/sisters in world will provide unity and bring peace in our mother earth. We all belong to one mother who is mother earth where by dividing barriers across country/religion and so on. But having together one vission or mission to help needy and under-priviliged people will bring peace and also bring joy in others.
I helped a needy poor boy by giving one penny (i.e. One Indian Rupee in India currency) helping to buy chocklate once he was crying to his blind mother to get one chocklate. After which, i used to give him same one rupee to him daily for satisfying his chocklate taste, but that god`s gifted child had saved that penny for 3 months and bought a new saree to her mother who wore tored saree. This helping little boy opened my mind to think what will happen when each citizen gives one penny (on his convenience) helping his/her own brother/sister in this world.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Till date, i tried to buy and provide food packets or collect used dress from outsiders and share to the needy people when i get my free time. Low sided Poor People in India/Africa country, they are awaiting for help to satisfy there living needs and even they search garbages to have there one day food/meal. By having this idea, this people can atleast solve there basic needs and have a full day meal. we can try to introduce various innovations with this 'One Penny' helping the needy ones.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
Countries like India/Africa/China where poorer people gets more poorer can be improvized and help them to lead normal life by providing one penny per citizen. Each citizen can donate one penny as per his/her convenience and frequency. But each will add and go the needy ones.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Planning and Leadership is more impotant than anything since right leader who wish to serve people should guide this initiative as each penny belongs to individual citizen. Proper maintenance of electronic books in common to be created based on the project establishment and recordings in transparency of citizen needs to be done and provided.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
When introduced via my company (Standard Chartered Bank) which already serves people and aims at 'Here for Good', it is very easy to benefit and bank can lead its business proving that as a bank it also helps each citizen who are in need to improve there daily life like serving to a high individual clients.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
Our world future is dependent of young emerging leaders and hence this initiative should be brought and build with each team having one yongster and one elder (who can provide guidance on his experience). This will help to provide fast and stable establishment of idea serving each citizen in country.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Long term funding and support plan depends on the short term achivement plan. Short Term achievemnet plan can be considered like there is no people who lags on his basic living needs in his/her street/area/zone/district/state and so on.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
It is only a Idea proposed in this forum and making it as true vision depends on the in-take views of each citizen in this world.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
Project is not started and it is under idea stage.
The life chances of marginalized individuals and subsequent growth of the local economy are bolstered through the wrap-around support offered at Street School
Created on 11/23/2012 by Anith Kumar
In the upcoming six to eight months we would like to start this project in Mysore city .So we are requesting ChangeMakers to consider this project and help us to execute the same
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanTell us about yourself/your team.
Shiva Prakash M A ,The Managing trustee,
is visually impaired and has completed Post Graduate Degree and is pursuing his PHD. With first hand experience and along with 3 other like-minded people started this trust to serve the visually impaired and the other differently “abled” People.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
Shiva Prakash M A ,The Managing trustee,
During my academic journey I have
come across several challenges during the studies and till date. As a first step PROPOSAL OF PICKUP AND DROP-OFF SERVICE FOR DISABLED Idea got and submitting to help several people like me in and 15 km range of Mysore city.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
This Idea of Pick and Drop taken for the Differently abled People who find it difficult to commute to their respective study centres and work in organisation from their home. They have to depend on others help or the respective transport, which are not frequent and the severely disabled
people find it very difficult to reach on time. Many such disheartened people drop their education and job due to non-availability of Transport facility and the Herculiean task of travelling to the study
Centres.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
PROPOSAL OF PICKUP AND DROP-OFF SERVICE FOR DISABLED will help such people to pickup from
their destination and to drop to their respective study centres and vice-versa in around Mysore City 15km range, thus saving their time and energy.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
Our Trust is currentely running different activities for disabled people, Sudents are facing hardships whiile commuting to our organisation . Apart from our students , there are many disabled people who are facing the same problem while commuting in Mysore
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
1. Many such Differently Abled people who have discontinued their studies can pursue the same.
2. The tension and botheration of reaching the study centres or work will be easily avoided as they will be guided by the attender.
3.They will be relived of the tension and stress and save lot of time to concentrate on their studies.
4.The guardians or parents will not have he tension whether their
ward reached the destination safely or not.
5.As the trust is doing free service, they will save a lot of time and money on transportation.
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 dont have peers and competitors as of now . However things might change in the future .
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 traveling on a day to day basis in Mysore , I come across many disabled people struggling to travel . I would like to quote an incident at this juncture . In 2009 while crossing the road a blind person met with an accident when a truck ran over him . I witnessed this incident and it has etched in my memory . I dont think I ever be able to forget that incident . That was when I decided that I have to do something to bring about a change and make sure that such incidents dont happen again .
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have not implemented the solution yet
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
Our initial plan is to serve the disbaled residents in and around the Mysore city . Thereafter we are planning to expand our service to different parts of the state
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Initial expenditure needs to be handled .
Apart from that we need to take care of the recurring expenses including salaries to the drivers and instructors , fuel and the maintainence of vehicles .
We need funds on a regular basis .
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
Our main aim is to help out the disabled . That is our only motto and desire.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
From local donors we can arrange recurring expenses for this project and our internal resources can be utilized effectively to manage and execute this project
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Bosch India and Jindal foundations will provide us the current recurring expenses . We hope that they will give us the approval for recurring vehicle expenditure too.
So we are requesting ChangeMakers to consider this project and help us to purchase the vehicle.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Providing free computer education for Ranga Rao foundation students with success
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
We are ready to bear recurring expenses for this project
In simple words www.midnightcake.com is working fast on spreading its business across world with simple franchise model of sharing operations and support in the form of channel partners, where the profit is shared with young entrepreneurs in turn of service provision in their territory. A huge potential marketing emerging out of new & existing internet users is the main scope of interest. Midnight delivery at sharp 12:00 a trademark service is the USP of midnightcake.com.
This is a great opportunity to give honest press to these hard working organizations. It is my hope that telling these stories not only inspires people to work for these kinds of organizations, but that it also inspires them to work for the one that best fits their ideals and goals. An even better result would allow these charitable organizations to see themselves and see how they can improve to become better at engaging their participants and developing their community.
Created on 09/13/2012 by Wendy Morin
Our solution will mobilize girls and young women to create social change in our community. We will utilize existing strengths and assets such as the arts.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver Island.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
The Comox Valley on Vancouver Island is beautiful and has many strengths but challenges also. The resource-based economy is suffering. We are experiencing increased social problems such as poverty, homelessness, and substance misuse. There is a high incidence of relationship violence. Our community has also experienced tragedy with youth suicides. Our child and youth services such as Mental Health and other social services have long wait lists. We have seen an increase in sexual exploitation and substance use among youth. Youth service providers are receiving many requests from parents and caregivers to help our girls in particular to develop skills to deal with these challenges and to increase protective factors to offset the potential risks to their health and well-being.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our solution is to provide more opportunities for youth, especially girls to develop skills and knowledge to deal effectively with these challenges. We want to utilize the strengths and assets of our community to create a sense of hope and empowerment. Our idea has three main components: providing weekly support/psycho-educational groups, delivering leadership and facilitation skills training to older girls to mentor younger girls, and implementation of a social activism project. Our project will reduce barriers and isolation for the participants and addresses accessibility and cost concerns. Our solution also addresses youth mental health concerns, and creates community awareness and social change through activism. Through implementation of this project we anticipate positive outcomes for the entire community, not just for the direct participants.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
We will utilize theatre, spoken word, art, writing, dance, and other forms of expression to explore issues within a female context. Topics covered will include prevention of violence in relationships, body image and prevention of disordered eating, sexual health, relational aggression, substance misuse prevention, and media literacy.
The peer leaders will take an active role in developing the project and mentoring younger girls and boys.
We will engage positive adult mentors in the community to work with the girls on the final project of their choice. This may be creation of a video, theatre production, book, art show, etc.
A public event will showcase the project and may involve guest speakers and workshops. We hope to magnify the impact of this project by sharing this project with girls in other communities. The participants may elect to use their project to generate funds to improve opportunities for girls in other areas. Or they may choose to do classroom presentations (to boys and girls) using their acquired skills and knowledge.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Other social service organizations are providing recreational opportunities and leadership training. Comox Valley Boys and Girls Club and the Courtenay Recreation Association are two examples. Our project is distinct in that it is primarily gender-specific and helps participants to develop critical thinking and social activism skills. Our programs complement each other well, with our respective specialties. The project is interactive, not activity based as the other programs tend to be. The participants work together for an extended period and create a sense of community and support. The project is also anchored in solid Best Practices in youth engagement, community development and capacity building. Project facilitators and trainers are highly skilled and professionals in the field.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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
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
Tugas 1
Peer Leadership Training completed.
Tugas 3
Social activism selected and tasks assigned.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 2
Social activism project completed.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
We currently enjoy positive relationships with referring organizations such as local schools, the Nursing Centre, the Ministry for Children and Families, private therapists, Comox Valley Family Services, and the John Howard Society. There is potential to develop more formal partnerships with some of these organizations and individuals.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? 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
Created on 09/12/2012 by Mission Literacy In Motion
Young dads will have confidence and children will grow up in a safe and enriching environment
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Mission Literacy In Motion
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Cost, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Young at-risk parents need to provide their children with early literacy skills so that the children have a head start in school and look-up to their dads as roles models; reach a struggling population, raise awareness of the difference basic literacy skills can make in their lives, create social support network, and assist parents again skills and confidence
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Young dad's with their pre-school children meet at the library once a week for 3 hours. Trained facilitators will provide a a toolkit of coping strategies, through fun, games, songs, rhymes. The groups will be lead my males; it will be culturally relevant, and fathers get to determine some activities.Snacks will be provided. 10-15 dads can register for one session. There will be three sessions in a year. Mothers may also be allowed based on individual circumstances.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
We have successfully run the Mother Goose program for a number of years; see below:
Testimonials
“It has given me lots of different songs that help me and my husband interact with our daughter.”
“The songs are great tools for dealing with stressful situations. It is great to have special social/bonding time to look forward to as a family each week.”
We need something like the Mother Goose model for the single, young, and First nations fathers. This place will also be a safe place for fathers coming out of jails, addictions, and family violence
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
All dads in Mission, BC. Ready Set Learn programs run in some Mission Schools, but their target population is 3 years and older. We are looking those populations that are marginally poor and do not attend any programs because of the program eligibility criteria.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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.
Mothers are able to take the children and socialize in various agency sponsored activities. the young fathers are left with no support
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Literacy skills will make a world of difference for the young fathers and children
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Fathers that have been allowed to come to the mother's program have been able to communicate better in family crises/violence situations, and in some cases turn their lives around.
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?
Money, Facilitator. Outreach
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Recruited first batch of 10 parents
Tugas 3
Made necessary changes to program facilitation
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
Decoda, Literacy, Private Donations, Mission Community Foundations, Library, School District - we already partner up with these agencies to offer Literacy programs from pre-school to adults, University of the Fraser Valley, mission Community Services
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Marginalized youth (young dads)
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Team work, the nature of the programs
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Young single dads in Mision, BC, are very poor and have limited access to any programs
LUDHIANA India
30° 54' 3.474" N, 75° 51' 26.1936" E
mukti level business
Created on 09/12/2012 by Moh. Arifin Purwakananta
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baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Columbia Basin.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
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 solution addresses? Choose up to two
Cost, Quality, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
A region sometimes mapped as an area without resources. poor people because the area can not be extracted natural resources for the welfare of society. When the resource is less then we should be able to look for the positive things that can be developed to empower this community.
A village in Bogor West Java named Kampoeng Jampang, is an area considered to be without resources. So the people are poor, known as a prostitution area with many pubs and disco for low class. This must be addressed.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
A village can be developed by using culture as the main product and generator empowerment. Jampang is a name that is often referred to in Indonesia known as a figure of the past who are good at traditional martial art Pencak Silat Indonesia. Jampang believed to have been in the area now called Kampoeng Jampang (Jampang village). So Jampang arts culture might be developed as a trigger for the empowerment of the village. from these premises martial cultur then created a brand by the name of rural development Kampoeng Silat Jampang or called Jampang Martial Art Village
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
In contrast to the development of the region that rely on processed natural resources and generate growth, Kampoeng Jampang utilize Silat martial art culture (Indonesian martial art) as an economic, social and cultural icon. In Kampoeng Silat Silat martial Jampang developed. there are 1000 active fighters and 10 arts colleges.
Kampoeng Silat Jampang already becoming known as a village of traditional martial arts development in Indonesia. This will trigger the growth of martial arts clothing, equipment manufacturing martial arts outbound tours, martial arts training school, photography, arts and so on
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
wilayah yang dikembangkan dengan budaya seperti Tibet dengan budha nya, Shaolin dengan kungfu, dan ada beberapa wilayah di dunia yang dikembangkan dengan festival budaya.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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
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
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? 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
Grassroots community drop-in centre opening with zero dollars, using volunteers, donated space, donated furnishings ... and tons of collaboration.
This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: Dream Networks.
Created on 09/9/2012 by Dream Networks
Dream networks is a community structured around a social networking website. Members share resources and skills with others to help them achieve their dreams.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver, Coast and Mountains, Vancouver Island, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Columbia Basin.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
Bisnis
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Masih dalam tahap ide, namun segera akan meluncurkannya
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
In our ever-evolving world, people are increasingly searching for opportunities to connect with others and create meaning in their lives. Our global community needs an operative, unified place to achieve this.
Reaching for goals and creating change is a life transition for which people already go online to seek out help with. Dream Networks is designed and intended to help facilitate fulfillment of this need.
Dream Networks community members are made up of two relevant user groups – those people who already use or who are inclined to use social networking websites, and those who are most likely to engage in “creative digital altruism”.
Social networking now reaches 82% of the world’s online population - this represents some 1.2 billion users worldwide.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Amalgamating social networking, social media and digital altruism, Dream Networks was created to be a thriving center for the on and offline community. By creating profiles, using blogs and advocating, site members are able to share their skills, talents and resources with others to achieve all different kinds of dreams. Not only is this a unique opportunity to volunteer but it is also an expansive and integrated way for people to reach out and improve their lives while successfully achieving their dreams.
The Dream Networks community is supported by Dream Facilitators - members of the Dream Networks family who work with the on and offline community, networking, guiding and engaging them.
Dream Networks will offer geographical communities the opportunity to participate in Dream Symposiums – one-day workshops designed to explore dreams and the journey of self-realization and discovery by partnering with inspirational speakers and like-minded businesses.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
A potential Dream Networks member would like to start a community garden, but feels she lacks the knowledge, resources and motivation to achieve this. She feels she might need a mentor to help her.
This aspiring gardener creates an online account with Dream Networks. She creates a Dreamer profile and writes about her intention to start a community garden. Through messaging, multimedia, blogging and advocating through social media, she connects with a network of like-minded people that share their resources and knowledge as well as support and encouragement toward the goal of starting a community garden.
A retired garden nursery owner has been looking to create more meaning in her life. She would like to help someone achieve their goals and dreams with what she has to offer. She joins Dream Networks as a Helper and through messaging, multimedia, blogging and advocating through social media, she connects with an aspiring community gardener. They share ideas, resources and connect on a personal level through the goal of starting a community garden.
Through this new connection and dream realization, both the lives of the aspiring and retired gardener are enriched. The aspiring gardener now has the knowledge, resources and motivation to create a community garden with the support of not only the retired gardener, but countless other Dream Networks members that have connected with her. Both women have a new sense of accomplishment and connectedness. The community around these women grows and flourishes from the new relationship.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Dream Networks has identified two distinct groups of direct competition - other social networking websites (specifically those where creative altruism drives the activities of the users), and goal setting or personal growth websites.
Wikipedia lists over 200 major social networking websites worldwide. There many online goal setting websites and countless opportunities to engage in philanthropic activity. Major social networking websites driven by creative altruism include: Care2.com, Causes.com, Indiegogo.com. Major goal setting websites include: Dream it Alive.com , 43Things.com, Intent.com.
What sets Dream Networks apart is that it takes the social networking experience, combines this with goal setting and offers a very personal, altruistic investment.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 spent one and a half years traveling from Mexico to Columbia street performing as a fire dancer and musician. Along my journey I met many talented people without access to resources to share these gifts with the world.
My Aha! moment was when I envisioned documenting all of the people I met in my travels and sharing their creativity and stories through an online platform. I wanted to connect them with others that could help them further their dreams.
When I returned home to Canada, I realized that we all deserve to achieve our dreams and have access to the resources to make that happen. The more people we can empower on the journey of reaching for our dreams, the richer we make our global community.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
We want to inspire faith in humanity and create a joyful sense of community, by connecting people and their dreams with others that have the resources and skills to help. We aspire to create an online and offline community to nurture each other and our dreams.
We created Dream Networks as a platform for realization and growth. As we build relationships and work together towards our goals and our dreams, we learn a lot about ourselves and the world around us. Dream Networks provides the space for sharing resources and wisdom intended to enrich each other’s lives.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Dream Networks is currently in the beta testing phase of the website. However, in our journey to spread our ideas and concept, we have received warm welcomes and a very positive responses.
By connecting individuals through dream realization and resource sharing, Dream Networks will make a positive effect on the health and well being of communities worldwide.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Dream Networks will have a community of over 500,000 members dreaming and sharing their resources within five years. We will have significant online communities, supporting and nurturing each other, in more than ten countries.
Dream Networks will be hosting 20 Dream Symposiums annually throughout North America, connecting individuals and communities with local business and guest speakers, all through a common goal of dream realization.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Dream Networks' biggest obstacle is the apprehension that some members may feel toward sharing their most personal dreams in a public online forum. We will ease this apprehension by creating a safe, supportive, sharing environment. Through automated flagging systems and peer review, we will closely monitor all communication through Dream Networks to ensure a place where everyone will feel welcome to share.
Another major barrier Dream Networks faces is proper exposure and promotion of our website to the online community. Through proper search engine optimization, continuous and relevant content and a solid social media plan, we plan to continually evaluate and change our promotional marketing plan.
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 Dream Networks online, building community members and being recognized as an exciting new place for creating and sharing
Tugas 2
Implement inbound marketing strategy online
Tugas 3
Host first Dream Symposium in Kelowna, B.C.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
We will have become a reputable and caring community. Increasing members to expand potential for connections and realization.
Tugas 1
Increase unique users to 100,000+. By creating engagement and sharing relevant content
Tugas 2
Hold 2 major Dream Symposiums in Vancouver and Calgary.
Tugas 3
Hire additional Dream Facilitators to provide public awareness of successful dreams and connect more community members.
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Dream Networks is seeking out new relationships every day. We are communicating and making connections with others in health and wellness communities. We're talking with members of social advocacy groups and community planners, with teachers and students, local businesses and business people. We are currently seeking social venture partnership.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Although Dream Networks has identified the ideal community member, we cannot ignore the staggering growth of the older Social Network user in the 50-64-age range, or the powerhouse of the hyper-connected 15-24 year old. We are looking to make connections across the globe. Dream Networks is for everyone, it crosses all age, class and cultural boundaries.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The Dream Networks' vision includes relationships. Relationships are driven by trust. Dream Networks is a community where members feel safe and supported to explore and achieve their most personal aspirations. Dream Networks will show the global community a responsible, ethical company driven by its word and intent to better people and their dreams.
Dream Networks is a transparent company built for everyone. In all business development, ideas and actions will be brought forth in an honest and trustworthy manner. These guiding principles will remind members that they are safe and supported.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Created on 09/7/2012 by kevin@takethegreenchallenge.ca
We are the greenest and most socially responsible waste management service in Vancouver committed to evolving and changing the cityscape, the people, & clients.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Green Challenge Waste Management
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
The Downtown Eastside is considered "Canada's poorest postal code" and is notorious for it's high incidence for poverty, drug use, sex trade, crime, and uncleanliness. We are remediating the DTES and providing opportunities of employment to those with barriers.
We are not limited to the Downtown Eastside and would like to expand our operations to other municipalities where similar-type problems occur.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our Company provides cheaper and greener waste management services to Vancouver working particularly with Community Builders Group, whom operates 6 supportive housings facilities in the Downtown Eastside. We have removed all dumpsters from their alleys and replaced it with garbage bins and recycling, located in-house, and supply tri-weekly pick-ups for their housing area.
Environmentally Responsible: we are seeking to expand our services to Gastown with attention to removing dumpster bins -- which are a breeding ground for rats, provide an enclave for needle injections, and other illegal activity -- and thereby keeping the alleys a safer, cleaner, less contaminated area.
Socially Responsible: we are providing jobs for people with barriers to employment; addiction issues, recovering users, disabilities and so forth.
We take pride in helping our employees build life skills and community connections. We are working with social housing groups to increase our work crew.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Today, our work crew collects the garbage and recycling at assigned social housing facilities. Once finished, they travel to the recycling and transfer stations where recyclable materials (cardboard, paper, electronics, metals, etc) are recycled and the remaining load is tipped at the transfer station. Dumpster bins at these locations are already removed and the alleys associated to the housing facilities are cleaner. On this day, Trevor is working with Vince and Mike.
Other competitors in our marketplace do not take the time to sort and recycle materials which can be re-used. We take the extra time and costs of travel to being a greener business. We are part of the Vancouver Biodiesel Cooperative and fuel our trucks with an eco-friendly alternative to basic diesel. A trip to the co-operative is unnecessary today as sufficient gas is in the truck.
Mike, who has worked for us since the start-up, is on permanent disability due to a congenital leg deformity which limits his flexibility to work. Mike has multiple barriers and through supportive employment has made significant progress in his life.
Trevor, is a recent hire, and is currently in rehab for drug addiction. He is looking to get out this lifestyle and found supportive employment through us. During today's shift, he raves about how good it feels to do honest hard work. I reply, "there is no greater feeling than setting a goal and achieving it through your work." We are looking to offer him more hours with us and hope he continues to re-learn the strength of his own character and the feeling of good work.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
The junk removal industry is a fiercely competitive industry; 1800-got-junk, Waste Management Services, etc. There are many start-ups, the business is labor intensive. Differentiation within the industry is the key.
Green Challenge Waste management sets itself apart by being an environmentally and socially responsible company which targets customers who are interested in making sure their items are correctly disposed of and want to support business that creates a direct net benefit in the life of those with barriers to employment.
GCWM is the only junk removal business which brings social employment to the table. In addition, we target local municipal government, like minded nonprofits, commercial and hoarding areas within the industry which makes us unique.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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.
After spending 4 years studying abroad Dylan Goggs reached a saturation point in academic and needed to be working and connecting with people again. It was at the same time he had discovered had a tumor in his spine and was seriously ill and would require support for the rest of his life.
As he recovered he began to volunteer in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; this led to staying in one of the rooming houses on a regular basis. Dylan identified with the people who were lonely, hurting and sick. He realized that he could have quite easily end up in the DTES without adequate support for chronic pain. It was at this point Dylan became concerned for his family. He saw that garbage was a real problem for the rooming houses. It seemed there was an ongoing struggle to keep garbage out of the buildings and people rooms. It then dawned on him that perhaps he could create jobs for people who needed support; perhaps we could combine social employment with reducing waste in the DTES.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
1) Provider cheaper and greener waste management services to clients
2) Specialize in hoarding cleanup and ensuring those clients affected are treated with dignity and respect
3) Change the cityscape of the Downtown Eastside to start; remove dumpster bins and replace them with indoor garbage bins that are scheduled for pick-up on a routine basis
4) Providing supportive employment for those with barriers to employment
5) Guide and teach life skills to crew members
6) Allow customers to feel good about using our services as it helps reduce landfill waste, provides them with a cheaper solution, and helps society by providing jobs for people with barriers to employment
7) Donate recoverable wastes to those in need
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We are a successful social enterprise located in DTES. We provide training and supported employment for persons with barriers to employment. Our vision is to use the structure and framework of business to achieve our mandate of the triple-bottom line(cheaper, greener, social). We provide waste management services for clients which range from compulsive hoarding clean ups, junk removal, garbage & recycling collection, and construction waste management. We provide services to local government, non-profits, commercial & residential customers. We have successfully replaced dumpsters from rooming houses in DTES by offering multiple weekly garbage & recycling services.
Socially, we have provided employment to those in need and require flexibility with their schedules and rehabilitation. We employ 5 persons with barriers and are looking to expand to 8 by 2013 with a total of $369,693 in sales.
Lastly we offer donations to people in need from our collection services.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Over the next five years, our vision is to provide training, employment and independent living support to 40 persons with barriers to employment across each of Metro Vancouver’s Municipalities. Our goal is to reproduce our successful Downtown Eastside operations by creating further green employment jobs by developing our existing business model and expanding waste management services.
We would like to see the elimination of outdoor dumpster bins replaced with indoor garbage collection services thereby creating a cleaner, greener, rodent-free, and transparent cityscape for Vancouver.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Over the last 2 years we have proudly received no funding and all expansion has come through earned income via new business. However, to achieve our goals we need to:
- Expand our non barrier staff in the areas of operations, business development, and sales management.
- Acquire funds for a feasibility report & business plan for the current opportunity we have to partner with Gastown BIA; employing a Dumpster Free Waste Management System in Gastown. Currently in collaboration with Vancity Community Foundation to achieve the funding
- To overcome the barriers for staff expansion we decided to generate more revenue through a focused sales campaign starting June 2012. We have set a and achieved high sales targets, expanding sales by 163% from sales of 2011
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
To overcome barriers for staff expansion we are focused on generating more revenue through a sales campaign starting June '12
Tugas 2
Gastown Pilot Project - acquire appropriate funding from Vancity Community Foundation
Tugas 3
Remarketing and increased brand awareness campaign: website, brochures, logo, social media, and increase collaboration with NGOs
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
3 full time positions in place: Business Manager, Operations Manager, Sales Manager
Tugas 2
Acquire 2 additional work trucks & expand on overall sales growth
Tugas 3
Collaborate with not-for-profit societies in upcycling waste collected through our service. Ex converting plastic to fuel
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
1) Community Builders is a Society that provides opportunities for orgs. to work together in a symbiotic manner. Based in Vancouver’s DTES they operate 4 supportive housings for 250 persons that are at-risk to homelessness. Through collaboration with them we have provided training and employment for some of their tenants.
2) Mission Possible: Dylan Goggs was involved in voluntary work and speaking at some of Mission Possible events prior to starting GCWM. They have provided work and mentorship for our business. We are in the process of further collaboration for training and employing staff.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
We are also focusing on Hoarding Clean Up services. Current customers are the City of Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, and the City of North Vancouver. The following Municipalities we have made contacted with and are committed to using our services are City of Port Coquitlam, City of Burnaby and the City of Coquitlam.
According to the International OCD Foundation studies 5% of the population could suffer from Compulsive Hoarding putting the potential figure as high as 134,594 people who are potential Hoarders in Metro Vancouver.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Management has decades of combined experience with Community building, social assistance, customer support, and business management.
We believe in the strength of each individual to making a stronger whole. Each individual from management to worker has insights and contributions to making the business more dynamic and efficient.
Our mandate is to demonstrate professionalism, respect, and dignity to all of our customers and staff. With solid training material, a flexible and evolving staff manual, strong communication, and unparalleled teamwork, we believe that all of our goals can be achieved and new goals set.
As an operating business we will always learn and never grow complacent in our practices whether they be on a macro or micro level.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Our goal is to provide a fair, respectful and sustainable social-educative development to our beneficiaries, associates and volunteers. Combining technology, innovation and determination, our projects include education, sports and cultural activities.
Created on 09/5/2012 by Pics8157
Research, collect, compile data on existing resources for homeless in one booklet and hold educational workshops for clients and service providers.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Ide (yang Anda yakini layak diluncurkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Homelessness or near homelessness needs to be reduced. Rich Coleman, Minister Responsible for Housing, states in his opening message of the Report Housing Matter (A Housing Strategie for British Columbians): "Despite efforts, British Columbians continue to have difficulty in meeting their housing needs,with almost 16% of households in core housing need." A further quote states: "Studies tell us that the number of people who are homeless has increased and their overall health is declining." PICS wants to engage all local multicultural societies and communities stakeholeder to embrace the homeless and their needs in turn will encourage the homeless to avail resources and services already existing in our communities.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The vision is to meet the complex needs of the homeless by offering knowledge and information made available at different locations in Surrey and Delta. The homeless need to access community service providers and to integrate into the available system.The community in turn needs to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for the homeless so that they get integrated instead of feeling isolated and/or attracted to undesirable groups. The project aims to involve all community partners and stakeholders to have a common vision of fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for the homeless in Surrey and Delta.
We propose to create a booklet with compiled information on available resources and to offer educational workshops to community partners and to homeless or near homeless people.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Connect with local multicultural societies and community partners to gather data and identify projects/initiatives for implementation. Compile research and ask partners for input and feedback. Prepare a directory of existing resources and make it available to the community partners and the homeless to create a sense of belonging and inclusiveness.
Example: A client comes to PICS and ask about availability of a place to live. At present, the settlement worker does not have much information for the client. Th settlement worker can only suggest the client goes to public places and check the listing or advertisements on their bulletin boards. These clients might not have any source of income to pay towards rent. We don't have many shelters here to refer them to. Other than this there is no bound resource to hand to them that can assist them to find a place to live or find a suitable housing permanently.
The proposed workshops following the notion of train the trainer will inform community stakeholders about the extensive need of housing in Surrey and B.C. based on existing research by B.C. Housing, will offer compiled information of available resources and distribute our bound booklet. Workshops and informative sessions will also be giving to the homeless or near homeless clients informing them of available community centres in their area and of available resources. Referrals to employment programs,settlement agencies and other available help will be discussed and administered to the client in need.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Our peers are all the other community stakeholder and service providers. They are not our competitors, but collaborators. PICS wants to create partnerships with existing providers for one common goal: to reduce homelessness in Surrey and Delta. Many service providers in the City of Surrey and in B.C. help and put their utmost effort into reducing homelessness. The Surrey Homeless and Housing Society and the South Fraser Community Services Society are examples of dedication towards this common goal.We want to take it one small step further by taking the initiative of compiling all available data and resources in one place, in a little compact booklet. This is what would set up apart from others.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 start small by one community at a time;others will follow the example and create an atmosphere of welcoming and including the homeless and to find sustainable solutions. PICS has created a booklet for the youth, called YOUTH POWER, a youth guide to resources in Delta, B.C.It is a helpful reference book containing resources and information relevant to the day-to-day lives of the youth. Why not create a helping booklet for our homeless or near homeless?
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The foremost goal of our initiative to Reduce Homelessness is to increase the effectiveness of local multicultural societies to support the reduction in homelessness in Surrey and Delta. We seek to initiate successful and effective programs on topics to reduce homelessness by exchanging knowledge and information with the community service providers. By providing compiled information, the homeless or near homeless person can find resources and helpful information in one place. No information will be missed either by the home seeker or the agency/community centre who is helping the client. Furthermore, compiled information wastes no time,energy and/or travel money for the client. Informative workshops and presentations to other societies or clients will emphasize this information.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We anticipate a positive outcome; the more our community knows about available programs and resources the higher the chances to reduce homelessness. Collectively, we can make a change!
Within the past two weeks a dialogue per email has initiated between PICS and the City of Surrey on the topic of finding suitable lodging for the refugees in the City of Surrey. A positive and encouraging reply was sent by Suzanne Fillion, Manager Financial Services which prompted us to submit another Idea. Please see a further PICS entry titled: Welcome and Inclusion of Refugees
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
With increased funding, the outcome and impact will be visible in a reduction of homeless by offering workshops and educational seminars to other service providers and the community at large. Employment programs need to offered and tailored especially to the homeless to empower them to find employment.The public needs to be informed and enticed not to ignore the homeless or near homeless, but to feel encouraged to help to reduce homelessness. Settlement counselors will be made aware of information, resources and programs available especially for the homeless so that a faster result can be achieved by finding suitable housing for their clients. In collaboration with the Province, non-profit societies will be encouraged to serve clients having more challenging special housing needs.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
We don't envision any barriers. Stakeholders and community partners will be collaborative on this important and much needed project.
Lack of sufficient funding is the only barrier to continue with forums, seminars and workshops. In order to secure further funding, PICS will approach their present funders, e.g. local and provincial governments, B.C.Housing Commission, Vancouver Foundation, United Way, VanCity, to name only some of our funders.
We want to collaborate with Surrey Homeless and Housing Society and the South Fraser Community Services Society to combat this immense challenge together.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
Connect with community partners and agencies e.g. BC Housing, TRAC, OPTIONS, DIVERSEcity, SUCCESS
Tugas 2
Compile data and resources of available help for the homeless
Tugas 3
Write, print and distribute directory of all compiled information on how to reduce homeless in Surrey and Delta.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Offer workshops and seminars in collaboration with community partners to other stakeholders or clients in need.
Tugas 2
Follow up with stakeholders and community partners; revise and reprint compilation of resources.
Tugas 3
Create long lasting partnerships with other community service providers in order to secure further funding to continue assisting
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Our past and present partners are: SUCCESS, OPTIONS, PCRS, PIRS, SOURCES, SFU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Boys and Girls Club in Delta, BC Housing, City of Surrey, FVRL, local libraries, Delta and Surrey School Districts, Surrey RCMP, Delta Police, Fraser Health, Surrey Women's Centre, UBC and Douglas College and numerous Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for different partnerships.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Our Vision is to build a healthy and just society which values and respects all cultures. Our Mission is to promote harmony and intercultural understanding for the purpose of building a more inclusive and mutually respectful society.
We have approached the City of Surrey with an innovative idea of affordable, secure and decent housing. See entry: Welcome and Inclusion of Refugees. Both entries can be expanded on into the Greater Vancouver Area and beyond to the rest of the province and the country.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
PICS occupies numerous offices and three boardrooms on 80th and 128th Street. With over 30 staff members at this location (appr.160 at all locations0, we show a variety of skilled employees, settlement workers knowledgable in different languages, employment counsellors and language teachers supervised by a Director for each department. We are all excellent team players with coordination between programs and departments.
Charan Gill is the founding president of PICS. For the past 25 years, under his leadership, the Society has effectively addressed the socio-economic needs of the community at large. He has successfully established a multicultural seniors housing facility. He is a tireless fighter for the farm workers.PICS's latest project is Harmony House, a shelter of abused women.
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 collaboration of as many agencies as possible in order to collect all data and to disseminate our booklet.They more participants, the faster a homeless person can access the system and receive help. Newspapers, local radio and TV Station can publicize our booklet.
PICS in turn cooperates will all other agencies assisting these most vulnerable citizens.
Parentstop Ltd is a not-for-profit company based in Co Donegal Ireland, supporting parents when and where they need it. A free and confidential service for parents offers a listening ear, advice and support for families. Parentstop believes that parents are the change makers for our future - responsible for parenting the next generation.
A PROJECT INCUBATOR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BABELE’s aim is to create an online platform devoted to the collaborative creation, management and deployment of sustainable development projects.
WHY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS?
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was the moment when sustainable development captured worldwide attention. Its aim is to achieve the triple bottom line of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity, meeting the needs of present society without compromising resources for future generations. The challenge today is how to execute it.
HEED- to give careful attention to
HEED is an innovative collaboration of programs, businesses, and partnerships that provide a comprehensive environment and community to support former foster youth. We are offering and developing housing, partnering with businesses to provide high quality internships, as well as providing educational and service opportunities within the community. This holistic innovative approach to supporting former foster youth creates a mutualistic relationship between youth and the community. Every youth deserves a successful, sustainable adulthood.
Aldergrove BC Canada
49° 3' 28.9872" N, 122° 28' 14.4012" W
AOK (Acts Of Kindness) has 4 initiatives 1) Extreme Home Repair Project goal is to repair and renovate the home of family in need over 10 days in May, free of charge to the family, with the help of 200 volunteers and 120 businesses. 2) Mini Vans for Mom's (a vehicle giveaway to a family in need) 3) Breakfast Club at Shortreed Elementary, feeds inner city kids breakfast everyday of the school year. 4) Single mom's Oil change (free bi-annual oil change) AOK is making the difficulties of life easier for families who are hurting.
Created on 08/29/2012 by Parentstop
Parentstop Ltd is a not-for-profit company based in Co Donegal ireland, supporting parents when and where they need it. A free and confidential service for parents offers a listening ear, advice and support for families. Parentstop believes that parents are the change makers for our future - responsible for parenting the next generation.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Gender of Innovator
Female
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Parents the channel for positive change
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Offering supports to families now and when they need it. Whether it is a struggle to meet the bills, stress over feul poverty, challenges in communicating with their teenager, trying to agree on how to co-parent when the relationship has failed, concerns about substance misuse, routine for baby or toddler - whatever is faced as a parent Parentstop is here to listen to you, support you and work it out with you. This is a free and confidential support service that is helping parents to makes the changes needed - building their resilience as change makers.
Parentstop offers an immediate and short-term support system and explores with each parent how to sustain this within the community in the medium and longer term.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
One to One support for parents - listening and tailoring support as needed every step of the way. Parentstop has a well developed one-to-one approach for parents contacting the service and offers appointments in service locations closest to where parents live/work/are. Parentstop is at full capacity - at the edge of growth and expansion and must explore other channels for communications with parents - how to join the dots and make the connections - collaborating with other services and supports, using the airwaves, offering apps, on-line and phone support, texting, seminars, workshops, programmes....whatever is needed to build a support infrastructure. Parentstop is positioned to be the initiator however success will be determined by partner participation and collaborative ways of working involving parents who have received support and built resilience.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Parents may have seen our flyers, Google our website, taken the number from one of our posters, been told by a friend or family members about the service, recommended to come by their child's school, their GP, the Public Health Nurse, their social worker, the Community Mental Health Worker, their solicitor or a local Garda or were just passing by. Parents usually make contact by phoning one of our numbers and talk about their challenge over the phone and agree an appointment at a location that works for them. Some drop in when they see the sign. We have a number of partners who allow us to use space for these appointments). The Parent usually comes alone for the initial appointment and the challenges are talked out. Depending on the challenges faced advice and information may be provided, a referral to another service may be recommended and a further appointment will be set in some cases with the partner and/or child concerned. The key is listening and offering a safe and secure space to talk it out. Usually parents need no more than 5 appointments and leave Parentstop with a refocused parenting approach and built up resilience in how they parent. In addition may have been advised to see a counsellor, therapist, GP, legal advisor, money advice service, citizen's advice, etc. Parent's do come back to tell us how it's going and many feed into our evaluation and feedback process. the biggest return is that they tell someone else about the service and more parents come for support.
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 are primarily parent s and their families but also Health and community organisations working to support families in Co Donegal. Our competitors are other Parent Support Services - but we would see them as collaborators and tend to work with them to offer complimentary services rather than duplication and reinvention of the proverbial wheel. It's about underpinning parenting - ensuring the safety net is there when needed. For example www.Parentline.ie offers a national helpline number for parents wanting support over the phone. We have recently linked with them and hope to offer a joint platform of support during National Parents Week in October 2012. We promote their helpline and they offer our details to parents from this area contact them. It's Win Win - not competition.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to talent, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
in 2011 635 parents received one-to-one face-to-face support at Parentstop and a further 200 over the phone. Parentstop is growing it's collaborative approaches locally, regionally and nationally.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Year 1 - Over 1500 parents supported directly per year with a range of conduits for that support developed and piloted.
Year 2 - over 2000 parents supported directly per year with a range of conduits evaluated and adapted as needed and a number of high profile media outings.
Year 3 - All parents know they can access support through whatever conduit suits their needs - the word is out there
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Not asking parents for their feedback and their involvement
Thinking too local and too small
Not nurturing collaborative approaches to ensure the dots all get joined and a map is available for parents
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
1000 parents supported directly
Tugas 1
Media presence at county level
Tugas 2
National profile building commenced
Tugas 3
Strategic alliance with Parentline and other family support services
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
a further 500 parents supported directly
Tugas 1
National media presence and socail networking presence
Tugas 2
recruitment drive of parent supporters
Tugas 3
All open for business and linked through a clear referral and care pathway
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 2005 at a parenting group session one of the co-founders delivering the session was asked if she could stay back to meet some of the group on a one-to-one. After a quick chat parents identified that it was great to get it out of their heads and talk it out....She set appointments with them over the following days, talked to a freind within the Health services the next day and both are still actively involved to this day.
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We are completely open to collaboration.At a local and county level we have linked into Family Support Networks and become active members. We have linked into drug and alcohol, Health and Primary Care networks building a profile and relationships with services and support systems.
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 to build and grow our profile and needs support with this to take us up in the helicopter and plan the next stages.
Investment in our communications infrastructure would be critical to this.
Mentoring in developing a service level contract approach would be hugely beneficial.
I worked as a Research and Development Entrepreneur for 10 years before joining Parentstop.
Created on 08/28/2012 by obibee
ObiBee is a tech company with a niche in developing technologies that have positive social impact on society.Our services range from blood donation to creation of applications geared to promote the growth of women in technology in Kenya.We are building technological solutions aimed at helping the minority,the underprivileged and the unheard voices in the society.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Gender of Innovator
Female
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
tidak ditentukan
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Permulaan (eksperimen pertama baru saja beroperasi)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Availability of safe blood is both a short term and long term emergency in Kenya. Every ten minutes someone requires a blood transfusion and its timely accessibility is literally matter of life and death.
Kenya’s need for blood is locally estimated at between 200,000 and 250,000 units per year. However, with WHO guidelines of 10-20 units per 1,000 people then the need can be estimated at between 380,000 – 760,000 units annually.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
To provide the Kenya Blood Bank, with a multi-platform system that will allow them to provide their core services more effectively to hospitals, medics, blood donors and other stakeholders that require its services
This is through a core, web based application that serves different interfaces.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
A core, web based application that serves different interfaces:
You could interact with the system on a number of platforms
WebApp (optimized for both mobile, tablets, laptops, etc.)
Mobile Apps (android, J2ME)
SMS, USSD
How it works:
-VIA SMS(for those who know their blood-type): -Anybody could send in a text with your name, phone number and blood-type in the specified syntax. e.g.
#ID #name #Type... e.g. #0715840821#John Doe#A+
-Via Android, J2ME and the Web-app
Simply sign up by registering as a donor and key in the details...
After signing in you get all the features including viewing the blood drives available in your locality,adding blood links,reporting a needy case and many more
Advantage: Allows those who don’t yet know their blood-type to indicate so whereby they will receive a follow-up information of where they can get tested
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: Kenya National Blood Transfusion services
Red cross
What differentiates us is that we have a Web-application that serves everybody with access to the internet and two mobile applications that can be deployed across all mobile phones in Kenya.
The above peers could play a vital role in helping us to expand our initiative since what we do serves their interests as well.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to technology.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our application is still in the roll out stages being that it has only been around for a month but with the progress made and feed back received from our peers in the field(The Red Cross,Doctors,Health workers) the application has a big future.With plans to populate the database we are keen to help those in need of blood services.Lives will be saved.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We are working on populating our database which will ensure that those in need of our core services will be taken care of.One of our short term goals of having 500 blood donors in all Kenyan Universities and 400 blood donors in every secondary school ensures that every locality(county)will be covered in terms of having their blood supplies.This will lead to a 37% decline in death cases related to inadequate blood supplies.Mapping out the donor densities according to regions will also bring to light the need to educate the people living in areas with fewer blood donors.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Being that we as the founders are still undertaking our undergraduate studies full time working on the project has been a big barrier, but with our plans to bring on board more individuals to better execute our main tasks that barrier will soon be overcome.Lack of enough capital to pay for our core needs including purchasing a server to handle the expected volume of data has been an issue but with access of soft loans and grants from organizations wishing to partner with us,we will be able to overcome.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
Finding a qualified and full time manager who will be able to extend his full time to the project as we complete our studies
Tugas 2
Expand the core team incharge of data entry and other roles in order to ensure faster and efficient execution of tasks.
Tugas 3
Acquisition of a server to enable the storage of large volume of information expected from the willing donors
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Patnering with the Ministry of health in order to distribute our donor pamphlets to all medical institutions around the country
Tugas 2
Rolling out a campaign "JIJUE" stressing on the need for kenyans to get tested and know their blood types
Tugas 3
Acquisition of a server to enable the storage of large volume of information expected from the willing donors
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.
Karanja one of the co-founders saw an appeal on his Facebook page made by one of his friends who was asking for individuals to donate blood at one of the local hospitals in order for his sister to receive a blood transfusion.Talking to us later about the issue made us think critically about the state of blood inn Kenya and what we as computer scientist could do to give back to our country and humanity as a whole.We conducted a short research and saw how dire the situation was on the ground and that's when the idea was born about having a system that could cater to all this.We drew a blue print on how the system would run and after seeing the feasibility of the idea embarked immediately on it.With teamwork we accomplished the task in two weeks whereby we now had an online web app,J2ME/Symbian app and an Android application.We also integrated SMS in the System.
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Our immediate goal is to partner with the Ministry of Health to ensure our blood donor forms are distributed in all government hospitals,the forms will later be collected at a particular day in the week to ensure population of donor database.We are also in talks with officials of the Kenya Red cross and Kenya Blood Transfusion Services on ways we can incorporate their existing systems and data with our version of the same.
We are also in talks with two private companies who we made a presentation to and who agreed to back us financially and with other resources through their PR offices.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Being that we are a start up with big ideas but little experience in the field,we are looking for both mentorship and investment in our project.incorporation of people with talents from other diverse fields is something we are always on the lookout for being that we are all IT students in this project.Collaboration with other organizations and individuals is also vital to our sustenance.
Created on 08/23/2012 by Dariana
SPDCA is a private non-profit organization for the deaf. It establishes and provides employment training and employment opportunities for deaf students and graduates. It provides design services to government agencies, enterprises and charity foundations. Services include, graphic design, print design, product brand as well as commercial and web design.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Shanghai Puki Deaf Coordination Agency
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Employment Training and Employment Opportunities for Deaf Students
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
China has a deaf population of about 27.8 million. Shanghai has approximately 175,000 among 520,000 disabled people. This accounts for one third of the total number of disabled individuals in the city. Most of deaf people at the age of 20 to 50 have working abilities but are either unemployed or underemployed. Especially, deaf students and graduates in their 20s. They are unable to practice their professional knowledge and skills because of their communication and practical problems. According to Xiao Liang, SPDCA's founder, it is even more difficult for the hearing-impaired to get a fair working opportunity than it is for the physically handicapped.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Shanghai Puki Deaf Coordination Agency strives to establish and provide employment training and employment opportunities for college deaf students and graduates in Shanghai.
It works with universities and colleges to provide employment training for deaf students and explore systematic ways to update content knowledge in higher education courses.
It also works with employers to open new employment opportunities for deaf students and graduates.
SPDCA aims to provide a platform for communication between the hearing and the deaf community and reduce the gap in information and skills of what universities teach and what employers need.
Its mission is to ensure that all deaf students and graduates in Shanghai achieve their maximum potential through increased independence, productivity and integration into the community.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Through this project we can help deaf students and graduates develop their potential and obtain work experience while and after school. We can also directly develop/update higher education programs for the deaf as well as indirectly influence on Chinese government policies regarding the higher education system of the deaf. We do this by:
-Building partnerships with employers, universities and colleges.
-Designing work-related courses with employers, teachers and faculty members.
-Teaching work-related/specialised sign language courses to teachers.
-Providing work-related courses for deaf students. These may include courses in web design, graphic design, commercial design, among others.
-Organizing and arranging workshops with qualified experts/consultants to provide training on workplace etiquette skills, and interview skills.
-Inviting experts to provide mental health counseling in order to help deaf students deal with their physical and mental health problems and overcome their communication barriers.
-Contacting potential employers and explaining them about the abilities of deaf students through individual contact or workshops.
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?
SPDCA is the only private non-profit organization that aims to establish and provide employment training and employment opportunities for deaf students and graduates in Shanghai. Unlike government agencies and associations for the deaf, SPDCA focuses on providing branding and design services to enterprises, charity foundations and public administrations. These services include web design, commercial design, brand spread, CI design, plan execution and others.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Last year, SPDCA placed more than 80 deaf students and graduates into formal work and it expects to place 100 more by 2014. Next year, for example, SPDCA is planning to carry out its new project, “Employment Training & Employment Opportunities for Deaf Students” to establish and provide employment training and employment opportunities to more than 100 deaf students at four universities in Shanghai, including Shanghai University of Applied Sciences Art and Design for the Deaf, Shanghai College of Fine Arts for the Deaf, Shanghai Deaf Youth Technical School, and Shanghai Xuhui District Amateur. The project is expected to equip deaf students with the essential professional skills and techniques to find a job.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
By March 2013, we expect to have increased participation among employers, faculty members, teachers, and the college deaf community and have designed the work-related training courses for deaf students.
By December 2013, we also expect to have provided the employment training program for deaf students.
By 2014, we estimate to have placed more than 100 deaf students and graduates into formal work.
And by 2015, we hope to have broadened and expanded our partnerships with employers, universities and colleges and have built partnerships with other organizations inside/outside China to help us grow our business, encourage more participation, as well as testing and strengthening our project management.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
As the number of deaf students participation increase, we cannot measure how good the quality of the employment training will be for them. For instance, we cannot guarantee whether each deaf student in the training program will receive sufficient and adequate training for him/her find and retain a job by themselves. To overcome such problem we need to make sure that we encourage enough participation among university teachers and faculty members and find enough resources to support our program.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
Increase participation among employers, teachers, faculty members, and the college deaf community
Tugas 2
Design the employment training program for deaf students
Tugas 3
Establish new job opportunities for deaf students
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Provide the employment training program for deaf students
Tugas 2
Market deaf students to employers
Tugas 3
Expand our partnerships and contacts
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.
Xiao Liang is the Founder and Director of SPDCA. He founded SPDCA after quitting his job as a copywriter in a design company in Shanghai. There he made friends with his deaf co-workers and got interested in learning sign language. He then went to a special school to study sign language. At the school, he happened to meet Wang Yuefei, a 24 year-old boy with hearing impairment, and invite him to work on a design project, sponsored by the local government. They called the project “1+1 Internship Plan,” which involved sending deaf students and volunteers (hearing students) in pairs to companies to do an internship. Also, thanks to the government support, the project turned out to be very well executed and by April 2010 they got 8 companies willing to take the interns.
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SPDCA has established partnerships with government departments, universities and colleges, charity foundations, and enterprises.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
SPDCA provides design services to government agencies, enterprises, as well as charity foundation in Shanghai. Services include, brand design, print design, web/commercial design, graphic design, plan execution among others. It also corporates with Hi-Tech corporations, does research and develops products for promoting deaf quality of life.
Created on 08/20/2012 by diannewoodhouse
Grassroots community drop-in centre opening with zero dollars, using volunteers, donated space, donated furnishings ... and tons of collaboration.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi kurang dari satu tahun
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)
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Masih dalam tahap ide, namun segera akan meluncurkannya
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Richmond is known as a prosperous suburb of Vancouver and one of the host cities of the 2010 Olympics, but not so well known as a city with a large population of women, men and children living on the margins: over 500 families line up at the Food Bank each week, over 150 individuals attend community meals and dozens find themselves homeless.
People on the margins live isolated lives: they often suffer from mental or physical illnesses, addictions or poverty which contributes to the isolation. They don't feel connected or part of the community or welcome in too many places. At best, they are tolerated in the library and some fast food chains.
This project is going to change all that, by opening a welcoming community drop-in centre, a first for Richmond.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Richmond's first community drop-in centre will be a welcoming, comfortable and safe place for anyone facing life’s challenges. All will be heard, respected and supported. We will offer the simple comforts of a hot cup of coffee or tea and a place to sit and relax. There will be opportunities for socializing, perhaps leading to new friendships, or spending one-on-one time with one of our volunteers who will listen to their stories, their concerns and their dreams and provide moral support, encouragement and referrals to existing services.
The need is so urgent that we are opening this centre without any money, staffing it entirely by volunteers (some of whom are from the marginalized population) in a small donated space with donated furnishings -- we don't want to wait for funding before opening. In parallel, we are lining up funding, partnerships and sponsors and are planning to move into a more permanent facility, with both volunteer and paid staff, before the end of 2013.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Our solution will make a difference by providing comfort and dignity to our guests. At our initial temporary location, they will be able to get a cup of coffee, stay comfortable and dry, and visit with their friends, other guests and volunteers.
They will be able to make use of a computer to conduct job searches and stay in touch with family and other friends.
Once we have a location with more space, we plan to include outreach programs, showers, laundry facilities and possibly meals.
We want to foster the feeling of being part of a community and to have some ownership in that community. Our guests may become volunteers themselves, something several of our potential guests have expressed a desire to do. We will be holding a contest to name the centre and create a logo and we will be inviting our guests to submit entries. They will also be invited to submit suggestions regarding the types of services which would be useful to them.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
There are no drop-in centres in Richmond. Services that address a similar population include:
1. CMHA Pathways Clubhouse offers structured programming and a low-cost meal program but it is not a drop-in centre and is only open to mental health consumers.
2. Richmond Food Bank
3. Inn from the Cold Extreme Weather Shelter
4. weekly Community Meal at St Alban
5. weekly Hand Up to Hope community meal
All of these organizations are welcoming, but none is a drop-in centre. Note that organizations 2 through 5 are part of the drop-in centre committee and are the main source for identifying need, and will also be our source for volunteers.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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.
Richmond currently has no drop-in centre -- no place where the hundreds of people who stand in line each week for community meals or the food bank or stay overnight at the extreme weather shelter can spend some time in a facility where they feel welcomed, connected and part of the community.
This need has been evident for some time but came into sharp focus after the formation of the Richmond Homelessness Coalition in 2011. The Coalition is composed of over 45 active participants representing non-profit, community service, all levels of government, business, faith and community members. Following a series of facilitated, collaborative meetings, a drop-in centre was identified as one of the top five priorities for the city (the other four being: a year-round, permanent emergency shelter, outreach services, youth services and supported/supportive housing) and the group then decided that the Drop-In Centre should be the first of the five priorities to be addressed.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Our goal is to serve the marginalized population of Richmond by:
1. Opening a drop-in centre in October 2012, staffed by volunteers, with donated space and without requiring any funds
2. Securing funding that will allow us to open a permanent drop-in centre, with volunteers and paid staff, bigger facility, more services by end 2013.
And to demonstrate that:
1. With collaboration and determination, anything is possible, whether it's finding a home for a homeless person, or opening a drop-in centre with no money
2. With a grassroots initiative by concerned citizens who see a gap in services, they can come up with a solution and offer a service, all with volunteer time, and without spending any money.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Word is spreading and our project is gaining momentum and support. Impacts so far:
1. Featured in the local paper and radio
2. Meetings with our MLAs, one who was instrumental in securing us our first corporate donation of $15,000
3. We have been taken under the wing of a charitable organization who have offered us temporary space
4. Established many partnerships with service organizations, including the Richmond Food Bank who are going to provide us coffee and snacks, Richmond Richmond Addictions and Richmond Mental Health who will provide volunteer training, CHIMO who will provide Outreach workers
And, most importantly, word is spreading to our marginalized population on the street through our contacts at the Food Bank, Community Meals: people are excited and hopeful.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Our drop-in centre is starting small but it's going to grow, as follows:
1. Move to a larger, accessible location
2. Include facilities for showers, laundry and perhaps meal service
3. Include more outreach programs that will assist our guests with mental health issues, housing solutions and obtaining employment among others
4. Hopefully, reduce the number of homeless people and those at-risk-of homelessness
5. Help unemployed or underemployed find gainful employment
6. Richmond also has a very high percentage of new Canadians, many of whom struggle with language, cultural adjustment and job issues. We will track the usage of the centre by this population during the early phase and add services based on needs.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1. Accessibility
Our temporary facility is located on the second floor so will be a barrier for some. We will ensure our permanent facility is accessible.
2. Funding
We intend to operate as long as possible without requiring funds. However, we want to add hired staff to supplement volunteers and also rent a larger, more accessible facility and this will require funding. We have already secured enough funding to rent a facility for approximately one year. We will continue our fundraising activities with the same effort, determination and collaboration that has allowed us to open the centre this year.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Open a drop-in centre in a temporary facility, track usage, identify requirements for a permanent facility based on guest needs
Tugas 1
Open in a temporary facility (Oct 2012), with trained volunteers and borrowed space and donated furnishings.
Tugas 2
Secure funds for next phase through our first annual concert, applying for grants, seeking private and corporate donations.
Tugas 3
Draft up requirements for the permanent facility, based on needs of facility guests.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Open a permanent facility, with ongoing funding established, allowing us to hire staff and pay rent
Tugas 1
Complete any necessary renovations to a new location.
Tugas 2
Hold another fundraiser: our second annual concert.
Tugas 3
Add programs including housing and finding employment.
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- St Alban Anglican Church, who is supplying free space for the next few months
- Richmond Food Bank, who will supply beverages and snacks and the services of their volunteer coordinator
- Richmond Addictions and CMHA: volunteer training
- CHIMO - outreach services
- Inn from the Cold Extreme Weather shelter: volunteers
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
This project addresses the needs of Richmondites living on the margins. It could easily be replicated wherever there's a need and we would be delighted to offer help to any other communities who'd like to open a welcoming drop-in centre in their community.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Our steering committee represents a wide spectrum of concerned Richmond citizens, many of whom represent social service organizations.
Organizationally, the drop-in centre is under the auspices of St Alban Anglican Church, which has a proven track record of starting service organizations. A weekly community meal, the Richmond Food Bank, and Inn from the Cold, Richmond's Extreme Weather Shelter were all started by St Alban and all continue to thrive years later.
Depending on demand and our growth, we will either choose to stay under the umbrella of St Alban or follow the path of the Richmond Food Bank and form a separate non-profit society with its own charitable number.
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 always willing to help out other organizations, especially those working to make a difference in our marginalized population.
Created on 08/19/2012 by wannareadcheryl
Community Theatre group to bring together people from all walks of life.
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Hope Performing Arts Community Theatre
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Coast and Mountains.
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tidak ditentukan
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Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
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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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 solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Our community of Hope is very small and very isolated from other towns. People don't always have transportation/gas money to take advantage of theatrical shows being offered in larger communities. Also, we have high rates of low literacy in Hope, language barriers, and a community with high rates of unemployment.
The group I have started welcomes community members from childhood right up to senior citizens. The group is comprised of both individuals and families. For the individuals it gives them a sense of family and reduces isolation, for the families it brings them together with a sense of participation and accomplishment. Theatre has no barriers, as the magic of creating rises above language, culture, age or race...it has a language all it's own.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Theatre helps communities come together for a specific cause. Businesses help with the advertising, artisans help with the sets, community support is vital to the final show. Through participating in a show, literacy levels are raised, creativity is challenged, community members bond and support each other, people of different ages, education levels, cultures, and financial differences are brought together on a level playing field. The theatre has always been used to inform the masses about current events, social issues and current modes of thought. It is an instructional tool used to help people think in a broader way and to understand from a different perspective than their own. My solution is to have more and more people in this small town become involved in the theatre, to begin to write plays of their own (I have written and directed the last 3 shows we have done) and to increase the skill level and self esteem of all involved through workshops, classes and performances.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
One specific example of how my solution makes a difference is through the story of one teenage girl. She joined the theatre group because she had a crush on one of the boys in the group. To begin with she was so painfully shy that she could only blush and barely speak when asked a question. She was picked on at school and had a very difficult home life. Through her association with the theatre group she made friends and found encouragement and support. In our last performance she braced herself to sing a song and even though she had barely a whisper of a voice to begin with, and several times tried to back out, the cast just kept encouraging her. She sang in front of audience of 150 people and has taken on a speaking part in our current show. Our primary activities at the moment focus on performing three different shows a year. Our last show, Memories of Music, we performed at a local school, then took it out to the Thunderbird (residence for homeless citizens, where 17 of the 25 occupants came to watch) and then took it to a local Seniors home. The last two groups of people would probably not been able to attend a performance if it had not been brought to them. There was some concern about taking the show to the homeless shelter because of rumours and stereotyping. It was a huge success and the residents were all smiles and compliments. Theatre is about bringing people together in a shared experience.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Free Rein Associates and New Page Human Services Society support community initiatives around literacy. They completely support our theatre group and understand how people have different methods of learning. While they increase knowledge through computer classes, ESL, conversation circles, we address the artistic side of human learning. We really don't have any competitors here as we are the only theatre group running here in Hope. Many of the businesses and service groups support us through donations towards the rental of the stage, sets, props, and doorprizes.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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.
When I arrived in Hope I tried to find a theatre group to join and found out there wasn't one. I was told that people in Hope really didn't get involved in too much and there was no way I would get enough people interested to even put on a show. Here was a challenge. I knew the importance of community theatre in changing lives and bringing people together. I sensed an apathy in people who said it had been tried in the past but hadn't been successful. Envision Financial had given the Art Council a grant for their Winterfest Celebration and I asked the Art Council if they would financially support a Christmas Pantomime and the door money would go to them as a fundraiser. They were dubious, but agreed. Through word of mouth and by sometimes literally pulling people in off the street we raised a cast of 30 men, women and children with little or no acting experience. The show ran for three nights, 1/2 full audience, then 3/4 full and then a sell out show on the final day.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The goal of our initiative is to provide barrier free family oriented entertainment to our community, to bring people together both on and off the stage, to encourage people to volunteer and young people to get involved in their community. A great theatre group also draws people to the community and Hope has been struggling to keep businesses going. Eventually the group will be able to provide financial assistance to local individuals and businesses in term of labour or local purchases. It is our sincere goal to create and sustain a local Theatre building or amphitheatre for our performances at some point in the future.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The impact of our theatre group is shown by the number of people participating. Our little group has gone from 30 members to approximately 50 members including those who participate on and off the stage. Also the number of people attending the shows have increased. We have a facebook following now and we have the support of the Art Council and the Brigade Days Committee. We are also well known in the community with many community members offering to volunteer in various ways. I have personally seen people blossom as a result of their participation...self esteem has gone up, confidence is increased, and friendships have developed. We have one family of six who have participated in every show...they began by their daughter wanting to join and ended up with the entire family on stage.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Over the next five years we plan to have our own rehearsal space secure, a proper theatre in place (a renovated building in Hope) and over 100 members. We intend to have more discussion and participation of the aboriginal peoples who live on the surrounding reserves and to take our theatre group out to neighboring towns. We would like our theatre to be a meeting space for community members to get together, to chat, to socialize and to have open discussion about their community. Each of our plays are based in the town of Hopeful and in some way reflect the history of the area. Our current play is based on the history of Steamboat mountain which overlooks our little town.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The barriers that may hinder the success of our project are financial concerns, we don't want to charge too much money for our shows so they are available to everyone, lack of a regular theatre, and the lack of new businesses and people moving into the area. To address finances, we are seeking outside grants to help, we are showing our plays in various places, not only one, we are attaching ourselves to well known, well attended events like Brigade Days and Music in the Park and actively seeking donations. We are currently in discussion with the Board of the local Station house who have weekly music in their renovated train station. We would like to attach ourselves to them to have regular theatrical shows. I have been informed that a hotel and conference centre is coming to Hope.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
increase advertising and develop a web page.
Tugas 2
Have a membership drive to increase membership.
Tugas 3
Offer theatrical dance classes and workshops in the community.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Secure a "home" for our group to rehearse and perform.
Tugas 2
Produce larger more in depth shows for longer runs.
Tugas 3
Increase the size of audience to bring in more funds for ongoing shows.
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We currently have a partnership with the Art Council and plan to assist them with their Winterfest fundraiser, and with Brigade Days to be part of their entertainment as part of their festival. The Station House is hosting our next play and we are meeting with them to discuss a long term partnership.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
We have approached Chawathil Reserve about doing a show there and getting their community more involved with the theatre. Many of their members were disappointed that they missed our pantomime and would have liked to have it offered closer to home. Some of their community are already involved in our theatre group. Again it is about bringing people together.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The operating environment is one of trust and support. Everyone's opinion is valued and encouraged. I have seen other volunteer organizations where there is much fighting and arguing...we don't have this. Each person has something to offer and open discussion is encouraged. For each show of course, the Director has the final say but everyone is listened to and heard. They bring their own characters to life.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
In this day and age I think it is so important for organizations and businesses to work together in the spirit of collaboration. I am certainly open to helping others in any way possible including being a sounding board for ideas or venting. I have been a women's counsellor and group facilitator for over 25 years so I know that we often have the answer we seek, we just need to talk it through.
Created on 08/17/2012 by Barbara WITU
To encourage, inspire more women in the tech field through networking, training, mentoring and partnering so as to increase the number of women in tech
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Women In Technology Uganda
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Equity.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
lack of gender equality in the technology field in Uganda where women are less interested in joining tech and those that are already in tech are leaving at a fast rate, because of stereo types and lack of access to information and opportunities in technology as the men have. Many women seem less interested from early age of primary and secondary school because they think tis hard and tough only men can handle it. there ratio of men to women in technology is alarming and this tackles all women in Uganda as a whole. lack of women role models in tech in Uganda
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
we offer training to girls that have dropped out of school in both ICT skills and entrepreneurship to offer them a chance at tech, these are one year classes after which we have hackathons and encourage creativity so that they can create their own start ups or we help them find employment
we offer a place to meet and network every month for women in the professional tech field and those that would like to join to interact, share experiences and encourage those that want to be part of it and give them mentorship so that they can learn from one another
we train women that own SMEs on how to incorporate tech into their businesses to improve on them
we train young girls aged 5-13 to encourage and interest them in tech at an early age so that they are not afraid of it being hard as they are told
we also have clubs in secondary schools where we meet and encourage young girls of the benefits of tech and how they can be part of it, encourage them to take math and science at school.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Our training of girls that have dropped out of school gives these girls a chance at a better life as they are equipped with ICT and entrepreneurship skills, after the course they can go out and find tech related jobs or create jobs for them selves. this has given girls that had no hope for a better future a chance to think and believe that they can do something for themselves, during the training we tackle issues that they face like lack of self esteem, thinking they are below others, and encourage them that they are as good as those that have had a proper education and can even do better. this way they are encouraged to think for themselves and want better living conditions, taking them away from thinking the only way to find money is prostitution or finding a man to marry them(later domestic violence)or deaths due to abuse. we change their thinking through these trainings, give them hope and a longing to do better for themselves. we host hackathons to encourage them to be creative by giving specific themes to think around so that they can create their own start ups which will even help their communities.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
our peers are ladies that are in the professional world of ICT in uganda, ladies at university taking technology courses, girls that ave dropped out of school, secondary school girls, primary school girls and women business owners. our competitors are girl geek kampala which teaches girls to code only. we are different from them because we train from basic computing not just code, we offer entrepreneurship skills to and are going to help these girls find an ncome source after the training is completed.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 My first year at Unvieristy i Volunteered with an orphanage in uganda to offer basic computer training, my students were in their six vacation waiting to join university, and from day one they were interested in learning, and were every excited by what they were learning each day, playing games in the computers, typing and some decided to change there programs they had applied for at university to technology programs, today some are developers and others are designers, this inspired me to know what something small like basic computing can change someone's life significantly, when i trained another group in the same orphanage this time a little younger and told them math and science could help them learn to design video games, most took more interest in class when it was math time, that was the changing moment for me to know that what we think is basic to someone else is try impressive and can cause them to change their life.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Our goal is to have more women embrace technology in Use and making of ICTs.
• Promote and realize the benefits of diversity in the industry to improve the recruitment and retention of women in the IT industry and IT related jobs.
• Work in an open and collaborative manner to inspire, lead and influence action being taken to increase the number of women in IT.
• Increase the number of women developers in Uganda actively employed in a tech field or owning a tech business and form a development team that builds top quality apps and software.
• Train marginalized girls in ICT skills to give them a chance to find jobs in the tech sector and create jobs to improve their standard of living
• Undertake research and disseminate conclusions regarding the impact of the IT working environment
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
More women staying in the technology field after university and starting their own start ups, women have started using tech for business to simplify business processes, the girls we train have a hope for better future and look forward to working and not just depending on boyfriends for income.
we believe that this will reduce poverty in uganda as many of these girls will find a place in technology either as users or makers of ICTs.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
we believe that women will have a platform to voice their fears and get advise in relation to tech, role models will be visible for others to know they can also make it
Employers will believe that women can perform as well as men or better sometimes thus more women employed in the Technology sector in Uganda.
Girls that have dropped out of school finding employment and no logner looking at their situation as hopeless but have hope through our training
Poverty of women in Uganda to significantly reduce
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
funds to sustain the project, we hope to overcome this by asking our alumni trainees to become trainers of others as a way of giving back thus no need to pay trainers
lack 0f equipment - we will take few students as our equipment allows in order to give the girls quality teaching.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
Train school drop outs in basic computing
Tugas 2
Entreperneurship training
Tugas 3
Innovation classes to encourage the girls to be creative
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 2
help them build their start ups
Tugas 3
involve them in networking meet ups
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we are building partnerships with Universities because we want to create university chapters so that students in first year are guided by those leaving such that by the time they come out of university they know what career in Technology that they want to pursue.
Similar women organizations that could benefit from our work and us benefiting from theirs
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
we are targeting only women in both rural and urban areas, we are targeting only women because the gap is alarming and we want to reduce this gap.
when girls drop out of school they engage in early marriages, prostitution among others and this is not common for boys we want to reduce the number of marginalized girls that are forced into these options.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
voluntarism spirit, a sense of ownership for our members, that this is their thing to make uganda a better place for women using technology and collaboration with other people
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
New Page Mental Health Literacy is a new program that provides much needed front-line support that makes the connection between mental health and literacy issues, and gives mental health clients the literacy skills they need to improve their quality of life and integration in society. NP Mental Health Literacy will (1) integrate/cross-train professional disciplines (social, health, literacy) to better serve mental health clients (2) provide literacy education for mental health clients (3) offer job placement assistance for mental health clients.
Created on 08/15/2012 by karaharbourlight
The Salvation Army Harbour Light’s Stabilization bridges the gap after detox for clients needing safe supportive structure, waiting for addictions Treatment.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Salvation Army Harbour Light Vancouver
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Clients who access Stabilization are homeless, desperate, and stuck in the cycle of addiction. Addiction Treatment waiting lists are 2-8 weeks long. Without our program, clients complete detox and have nowhere to go that provides a safe and supportive recovery environment while they await Treatment.
These clients have a significantly lower chance of successfully reaching Treatment without the structure and support of our Stabilization program. Without Stabilization, there is a significant gap in care that perpetuates the repeated cycle of substance abuse, violence, mental and physical crisis and homelessness.
Stabilization is currently available to any male in need across B.C.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Stabilization provides a continuum of care, which helps clients maintain stability, and support their long term goals providing; shelter, group and individual therapy, and structured support with their immediate and future needs. The latter allows us to offer stability, empowerment and encouragement clients need to continue towards positive growth.
Stabilization provides prevention for at risk individuals. Our clients regularly use shelter services, and have no long term housing. Many have unsafe housing where drug use and violence are prevalent. Without addressing their addiction, medical and mental health needs the cycle of addiction is often repeated.
Stabilization also provides a bridge of services for existing organizations faced with this gap in care. This improves short and long term homelessness, addiction, and mental health strategies across B.C.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
The Stabilization Counsellor works with clients to address their immediate needs by providing; hygiene products, clothing, supplies and bus tickets for appointments with MEIA, Treatment centres, medical/mental health practitioners, housing services etc.
Our Mental Health Therapist is available for additional support and referrals and the in-house doctor is available for; medication review, new prescriptions and mental/physical health assessments.
Stabilization also offers addiction resources and living skills. Clients are required to attend two group counselling sessions daily offering support, structure, and a sense of community. Peer support is always available and 12 step meetings are available.
Clients receive assistance with:
• Housing applications
• MSD, EI or Pharmacare funding applications
• Mental health referrals
• Obtaining ID
• Setting up a bank account
• Organizing medications
• Referrals to treatment and employment resource centers, doctors and dental care
Clients in Stabilization also have access to the in-house treatment services available:
• Volunteer Work Experience Program - where they gain valuable work experience
• Smoking Cessation Support
• Methadone Support
• Alumni Group
• Relapse Prevention
• Introductory Computer Courses
• Electives – Grief and Loss, Co-Dependency, Stress and Anger Management
• VCC Learning Centre – providing educational upgrades including GED
Stabilization offers stability, support, and encouragement for clients to continue their process towards positive change and growth.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Stabilization is a unique service that is very limited in availability within our community. Pacifica, an Addictions Treatment Centre, has a pre-treatment program, where clients can apply to stay before their admission date, but this is limited to clients who are attending their specific program. The Salvation Army Belkin House works with clients within their shelter, but do not have a program readily available that provides the same structure and support. Shelter beds that may be available provide shelter, but often residents are living in active addiction and staying clean in that environment can be very challenging.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 2005, our then Detox Manager Nancy McConnell continued to hear frustrations, from staff and clients about feeling desperation after completing detox. After feeling supported physically and emotionally through their detox process and then obtaining a referral to treatment, clients expressed despair at having no supportive place to go while waiting for treatment. Because of this gap in services clients would return to detox again and again, having never made it to a treatment intake date. Nancy had heard one too many painful stories, and decided to talk to senior management at Harbour Light about what could possibly be done to help. The Stabilization program was the answer to this gap in services. Everyone worked together towards setting up this essential program.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The goal of our stabilization program is to prevent and reduce homelessness, improve the outcomes for mental health and addiction services, further community support, and serve as the bridge of services, so clients will see a greater success rate.
We provide homeless residents with the ability to stabilize their circumstances and move beyond emergency needs. Mental health, homelessness and addiction are comorbid concerns plaguing the residents of the DTES which we primarily serve. We work to stabilize clients in all areas, to allow them to be successful and move beyond emergency needs, to a stable, supportive environment.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Harbour Light’s stabilization program fills a vital gap in the continuum of care for at risk clients who face multiple barriers. It provides a stable transitional support service for clients who would otherwise be homeless. These clients are unable to live independently and stay clean without support and supervision. Through stabilization they are able to access other services as they transition towards independent living.
Addiction Treatment waiting lists are on average 2-8 weeks. Clients would complete detox, and have nowhere to go that provided a safe, supportive, clean, recovery focussed environment, while they were waiting.
Stabilization has evolved and expanded since then to offer a solid continuum of care, providing a myriad of services that help address the multiple complex issues of our client base.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
There is a desperate need in the community to have access to our Stabilization program and to support clients in their transition to long term stable housing and recovery from addiction, as they break the cycle of homelessness and addiction. In the last five years on average we have served over 300 clients per year. We have been able to successfully send hundreds of men on to treatment and assisted them with their medical, mental health and physical needs, provided clothing and eyewear vouchers, new ID, access to healthy nutritional food and information and introduced them to a more healthy and active lifestyle. We would like to continue to offer this service. We anticipate being able to serve hundreds more if this program continues.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Our primary barrier to providing this service is funding. For the first six years our program was funded by Service Canada. Due to budget adjustments we were not able to access funding for the 2012 year. We plan to continue to develop donation partnerships and continue to apply for available funding from a variety of sources. With funding support we will be able to keep this program alive and subsequently increase the amount of clients whose lives we will help to change.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Increase the visibility and awareness of the Stabilization Program by expanding community partners
Tugas 1
Build contacts by visiting 12 new sites and meeting with their social work/addictions team
Tugas 2
Invite 10 others to visit the Harbour Light Stabilization Unit for a tour, and to explain how our program works
Tugas 3
Attend monthly Vancouver Coastal Health Service Provider Meetings, to increase the visibility and support from VCH programs
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Work to increase the amount of Stabilization beds available, to make the service available to more clients
Tugas 1
Complete and develop more financial partnerships to fund the program
Tugas 2
Work with the regional government to increase the per diem rate for clients, based on the amount of services provided to clients
Tugas 3
Develop plans of how we can increase the space available to stabilization for more beds
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We have very strong partnerships in the community. We have continued to develop a relationship with Vancouver Coastal Health through attendance at Service Provider Meetings, and we are strongly regarded as an asset in the community, and receive regular referrals from VCH sites such as Vancouver Detox, Hospitals, Community Health Centres and Physicians. We have developed relationships with many Treatment Centres not only in the Vancouver region but provincially, as a respected, valuable resource.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Our target population: males suffering from addiction issues who are seeking Treatment. Our location in the Downtown East side of Vancouver is a perfect access spot for our clientele, although we also welcome clients from Vancouver Island, Fraser Health region, the Interior, Northern BC. and the Thompson Okanagan. We will continue to develop our relationships with programs across B.C., to ensure that all of the clients in need, have access to this important program.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Our success is determined by the strength of our team, and our passion and commitment to providing a valuable, worthwhile service that is desperately needed. From the Clinical Director to Peers and Volunteers, the goal of our Team is to provide the most valuable service based on our client needs. Our program has expanded and developed, due to client feedback, and observations. Weekly meetings provide an opportunity to develop ideas and ensure staff are confident and comfortable with the challenges of the current Stabilization group. Teamwork, commitment, and a sincere desire to help others enable our program to be 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
Our greatest need is financial. We hope to learn from addiction and homelessness research and welcome new ideas on how to improve/expand our program. We have information on program development that could benefit others. Collaboration is important to increase program visibility so more people can receive the help they need.
Goodwill Social Work Centre is an Indian NGO involved in social philanthropy, professional social work and social development with a preventative, rehabilitative and developmental in perspective. Goodwill social work centre, an Indian NGO based at Madurai,India has been declared as one of the four winners of “Panda IT Aid”, Panda Software International, Spain(http://www.pandasoftware.com).Goodwill Social Work Centre has received a cash award and Panda Software solutions for the Community Technology centres created in Madurai,India
Restorative justice is a victim-centred, community-focused response to crime that aims to repair the harm done and meet the needs of those affected.
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This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: Tech with Her.
Created on 08/7/2012 by Abeer Elhaddad
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Gender of Innovator
Female
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..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih 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, Quality.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
the problem is : how egyptian and arab societies see or believe about women.
they believe that women are not effictive or they should stay at home (as example). they prefer boys at work, home, everywhere. they usually discourage girls. women become already believe in their unworthy. women feel annoyed but at the same time they feel that it is normal and it is their destiny. so it is very urgent to change this mindset and bad programming which women have about their selves with the assistance of technology. and as the result mindset of society will change automatically.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
using of technology to reprograme and change the mindset of women, to raise their spirits and encourage them to set goals in their lives and achieve them. By creating a website which has stories of all women who are successful and effictive in their society and encouraging women to write their successful stories in this site. also, using mobile to send messages to women everyday. these messages contain motivitional phrases for women plus name of one successful woman and link of the site which we will create to get more info about the personality of the day which message told them.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
women are emotional creature when you tell them everyday how valuable they are with some valuable facts and stories related to them, you will give them a feeling of self worthy. then they will act more confident. they will do their best to be the best in every erea they choose freely without fear to act through and achieve something very valuable and be more useful and helpful to their societies.
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 is no competitors. all people who try to solve this problem always talk to men and try to change the mindset of men toward women and there is no positive results at all. one should realize that any problem which he/she face in life is a reaction and a result to his/here thoughts. once he/she changes his/here believes, his/here life will change automatically.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
there isn't, it is still an idea.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
- change mindset of huge number of women.
- increase the awareness of self worth among huge number of women.
- women will set valuable long/short term goals for themselves.
- women will have high spirit.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
- - not all women have computer or internet at home ... so i plan to use mobile which is more common among women by sending SMS containing positive affirmations to reprograme their mind with positive thoughts.
- - i with some volenteers will increase the awareness of women about the importance of changing their thoughts and their believes about themselves on facebook, universities and public lectures to make the site and SMS more effective.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
to create worthy website.
Tugas 1
invite friends and build team for this project.
Tugas 2
collect data about all successful and effective women in the world.
Tugas 3
create the website with these effective data.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
announcement for this idea.
Tugas 1
determine the phrases which we will send by SMS.
Tugas 3
our announcement on facebook, universities, public lecture about the idea of change mind and its effect on women prpblems.
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.
this problem of women and society was found before i was born and is still up to now. but in 2010, i began to read about thoughts and its effect on life. i already use some simple techniques to change may thoughts about some issues and the result was perfect in my practical life. then early in 2012 i saw a programe on TV talking about mistreatment of women. it was the "Aha!" moment which you are looking for.
Created on 08/1/2012 by dave_stark@shaw.ca
The Chamber of Commerce model suggests that it is an exemplar - it is worthy of imitation.
We are applying this model to the non-profit sector in Langley.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCountry where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
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 solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Transparency, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Langley Together research on the sector locally shows that the economic, social, and health impact on all residents to be significant!
Our population is projected to increase by 29% over the next 10 yrs.
Funding and resources will surely become even more restricted.
A proven, grassroots "chamber-like" model for the non-profit sector has begun to engage residents and groups in the simple, and low-cost act of sharing information and resources.
Close to 900 community groups, 46,000 volunteers, and 6,000 board members have been identified.
The average city in Canada hosts 486 community groups per 100,000 residents
Langley has 676 community groups per 100,000 residents!
There is currently NO formal agenda for social development or volunteerism in Langley.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The history and success of the Chamber of Commerce model of support and capacity building for the private sector throughout the world suggests that it is an exemplar - it is worthy of imitation.
We have respectfully taken this model and started to build a local framework which will support, and build the non-profit sector in Greater Langley. This is truly a community-based, unique, and organic approach within a population of approximately 133,000 people.
There is no comparable in BC, and we have not been able to find a small-community initiative ( less than 800,000 people) like this one in North America.
We have already determined what the needs are within this sector, and have developed our business plan to continue to implement this model.
Many stakeholders, including all of us, believe that we are doing groundbreaking work that will benefit many other communities. This is why there is much excitment locally.
WE ARE A TRUE P3 - People, Helping People, Helping People
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Langley Together (Non-profit Chamber of Langley) will build social capital and community in a new and innovative manner.
Our initiative takes a simple, and broad view of the sector. Research shows that only about 20% of the 900 groups identofied have paid staff, and charitable or society status. This portion represents the visible portion of the "sectoral iceberg" and is where the vast majority of resources and attention is given. We believe that it is the submerged, and less visible portion (80%)of the sector where capacity can easily be enhanced through building relationships and social capital.
Given that the chamber model is sector-wide, and will operate in a relatively small community, its ability to work across communities will be enhanced. Historically, organizations and groups in the school community, faith, sports, arts, and social services have worked in relative isolation(silos). Although mandates, missions, and silos are the reality, we believe that this culture can be challenged, re-defined, and re-learned to reflect the broader community, and ultimately provide greater benefits to residents.
Our pupose is:
To provide a strong collective voice for all groups in the sector.
To support local education to help build the capacity of the sector
To develop and strengthen partnerships
To raise awareness of the economic impact, needs and value of non-profit organizations and volunteerism in our community
To communicate with funders and various levels of government
To influence the public policy environment to build community capacity
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
There is no comparable in British Coluimbia, and one is hard-pressed to find a true comparable in North America!
Our research shows that a handfull of NP Chambers do exist in cities across North America, but none has been found in a population base of less than 800,000 people.
A Chamber of Commerce entity, at best, provides token efforts to meet the needs of the "Third" sector. We are developing a relationship with our local Chamber so that the two Chamber entities can truly meet the needs of the two sectors.
Since Langley has no formal initiative to coordinate and facilitate volunteerism, Langley Together has already been looked upon to perhaps fulfill this role.
Vantage Point would be a close comparable, but it clearly targets the "visible" part of the sectoral iceberg.
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baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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, Dave Stark, was attending a monthly dinner meeeting of the local Chamber of Commerce as the new ED of a small non-profit.
After the the meet and greet, and listening to a speaker about business tax issues, I concluded that membership was not helping myself or my organization.
The "Aha" moment ocurred when watching, but not listening to, the speaker. I thought, "what if" you applied, or moved the proven chamber model to the Non-Profit sector. This occured about 20 months ago.
Over my career, I had seen great ideas,funding and key people come and go. I was always on a quest to find that "SUSTAINABLE THING" that would entrench itself into a community. The Langley Chamber of Commerce is doing just fine after 81 years.
Bad news for my ego was that this was not a completely original idea. The good news for developing this initiative was that there were some models already in existence in North America - nothing in BC. These initiatives have been instrumental in our beginnings.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Our goal is to improve quality of life of Langley residents and build social capital by:
- sharing information and resources;
- providing a strong collective voice for nonprofits and less-formal community groups;
- developing and strengthening partnerships;
- raising awareness of the economic impact, needs and value of non-profit organizations and volunteerism in our community;
- communicate with funders and various levels of government;
- and to influence the public policy environment to build community capacity.
We seek to develop relationship between individuals, organizations, and sectors.
We look to develop this pilot for the benefit of other communities.
WE ARE A TRUE P3 - People, Helping People, Helping People
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Created an unprecedented buzz, and excitment within individuals and other stakeholders locally, and outside of Langley. (Personally, I have witnessed the re-birth of some longtime sector staff over this vision)
Built capacity of individuals and groups by facilitating relationships during three sesssions of "Speed Dating for Non-Profits".
Increased awareness of individuals, gov, and business of the magnitude, and the impact of the sector.
Challenged the Chamber of Commerce to do "more" for non-profit members
Stimulated thought and cultivated innovation by challenging the status quo. Groups are realizing that they do not require outside funding, and direction from outside their communities to create change.
Engaged both the private and public sectors in Langley.
Sparked the curiousity of large funders. Ironicaly, we are so "different" that we do not fit neatly into many funding streams.
"It's not easy being green." - Kermit the Frog
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Improve personal health and well-being
Increase civic engagement and volunteerism
Increase self-determination
Enhance the capacity of Langley communities
Increase connectedness between individuals, organizations, and sectors
Improved efficiency of all resources used in this sector: money, people, facilities.
Establish relationship across communities such as faith, education, sport, arts.
Increase social capital
Increase the number of community groups
Improve the knowledge, skills and abilities of sector staff and volunteer board members
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1) Lack of knowledge and understanding of this model, as well as the sector locally.
We are; educating the public and all other stakeholders through local media; email; e-bulletin; public presentations.
Through our activities, we have demonstrated publicly what we do, and how we are different.
Dave Stark, has been very persistent, and drinks a lot of coffee while meeting many people individually to share the vision.
2) Funding
As a result of being so new, different, and sector-wide, we do not fit neatly into many large funder's grant streams which are much more targeted.
The is the "Kermit Factor". "It is not easy being green".
Persistence, patience, demonstration, and creativity are increasing funding opportunities.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 1
Recruitment of Directors and Board Development Development
Tugas 2
Plan, develop and implement two accessible programs/activities promoting sector education and networking.
Tugas 3
Fundraise through grant applications, donations, and program revenues.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
Formalize partnerships locally with government, Trinity Western University, business,
Tugas 2
Complete the scan of close to 900 community groups in Langley. In partnership with the Langley Advance
Tugas 3
Continue to fundraise and develop in-kindsupport at the local level.
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Key partners: Trinity Western University, Township and City of Langley, and Kwantlen Polytechnical University, Langley Chamber of Commerce, Vancity
Like other models, post secondary institutions are key to providing research, practicum, and education. Local government is already facilitating community groups. We hope to argue for greater funding here because of our focus.
We have identified, and reached out across communities. We had a strong and diverse turnout out a recent gathering which included representatives and speakers from: Pacs, faith, sports, arts, and First Nations.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
As mentioned, we are purposefully targeting smaller segments, communities, silos that typically do not work together even though they are targeting the same families. This is easier to do in a smaller community.
School, faith, sport, arts, first nations - "the bottom of the sectoral iceberg"
Other NP Chambers we have looked at around the continent focus primarily on the tip/visible portion of the iceberg in much larger cities. These groups are well resourced already.
Lastly, all of our work is done with an eye to duplicating our ground-breaking work and mentoring other communities.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Internally we have a staffing model, business case, and an extensive needs assessment as a foundation.
We are successful because this idea is so innovative and new.
Community residents and other stakeholders are truly excited about the simplicity and potential of this proven and sustainable model. Many feel that the Non-Profit sector is underappreciated, yet brings huge benefits to communities.
People can envision the impact that this low-cost, grassroots, efficient, out-of-the-box idea can have on Langley residents, and many other communities.
Internal organization in the form of Directors and committee members must represent the various sub-sectors of our community. We have established ourselves through communities of faith, minor sports, Pacs, arts, etc already.
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 have completed between 700 and 800 hours of volunteer work on research and development with two goals in mind. The first is to develop this innovative, and grassroots model in Langley. Second, we want to share, what we feel, is a groundbreaking and efficient model for this sector.
This is grassroots initiative which requires minimal outside, and government support.
Victoria Canada
48° 25' 42.3156" N, 123° 21' 56.3184" W
This program finds safe and affordable housing for youth in their communities!
KalaVaibhav was register in India in 2007, under the Society Registration Act. Our mission is to provide a platform for holistic development of Women and also Children.
At Kala Vaibhav, we believe self sufficiency & not dependence, which is the key to a life of diongity and self suspects. We also develop the future infrastucture of slum childrens, municipal school childrens. It is this belief which gave birth to Kalaviabhav Balvikas Mahila Vikas Samajik Shaishanik Sanstha. Within 5 years we continue to with common thread that binds our activity today.
This project also has a Project where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Project: Unity in Diversity.
Created on 07/21/2012 by Sonali Mohapatra
The service helps to make every indian woman a part of a strong women community prepared and volunteering to support and help each other.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Gender of Innovator
Female
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..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih 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?
I am trying to get girl support to girls everywhere across the country. With a single call a woman can reach a group of girls staying near to her of all status and classes who can help her in her issues, be it support or friendship or business. This can also guarantee timely help to girls everywhere in any kind of emergency.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
A website where all girls will register and give their exact location, phone number,professions, expertise. A helpline in which a woman needs to tell her name and address and options like emergency or not and it will reach women of that area and ask them to go to her help.
In case of emergency then their will be single speed dial number.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Let sheema be a girl going out alone at night and she feels that she is being followed. She presses one mobile button and the call forwards to five girls who immediately arrive there to give her company.
let ashima be a girl who has just been beat and thrown out of her house by her husband, she calls one number and gets cnfidants an people who are ready to give her emotional support and provide a support frame she feels comfortable with.
Primary Activities: Set up the website and the automated call service. Try to integrate all strata of girls and women present in the country.
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?
1.police
2.NGOS providing relief to women
3.Women groups.
The above groups work to help women too once they are summoned but many women are scared of the police, most women are not able to contact ngos, many women simply feel uncomfortable around strangers.
What differentiates Unity in Diversity is that it will use a girl to solve a girls needs and provide support to her in a very casual basis. For girls in India safety is in numbers and most require emotional support to help them start up from many crisises. This will get them in touch with women all around the country and help them form groups, ideas and safety nets for themselves.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to education/training, Access to health care, Access to economic opportunity, Policy change/advocacy.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
I havent aired the solution till now.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
The impact should be great as it will be enable girl children and women to feel more empowered and independent. It will help save millions of womens lives, help many of them get employment, help them get support, it can reduce eve teasing, reduce female foeticide, infanticide and so on..
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1.It will be very difficult to integrate the lower class women into this system.
2.Requirement of a large number of volunteers to take this system to India's lower income classes of women and supressed women in various parts of the country and various households and among all those without the access of technology.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Tugas 2
invitation, advertisement and awareness to millions of indian women.
Tugas 3
set up a nation wide help line number.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Tugas 1
find volunteers to search and take this message to all strata of women.
Tugas 2
set up a surveillance to make sure the network is working effectively.
Tugas 3
identify the cases where it has helped women set up businessess, start strong partnerships, help save lives and advertise.
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.
My mother is a feminist and through her I am exposed to the needs of women that go unresolved and unattended to. Many women fail to reach their potential simply because of a lack of strong women support. So, I thought why not help them first simply to make friends and let these friends help them. Let their own neighbours help them at the right time without any time waste. And suddenly this idea clicked my mind.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Right this is a one-girl initiative. It requires all women to find their friends, neighbours, acquaintances and register them on the site. Volunteers will be required to convince lower strata women to register and be a part of a strong women community.
Funds will be necessary to support volunteers.
Created on 07/20/2012 by EdithFie
BISWA provides a holistic approach with 5 pillars, which ensures sustainability of the programmes focusing on mobilizing savings and responsible finance.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNama Organisasi
Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA)
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
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
As appreciations for good work and sustainable community development services BISWA won 26 awards till date, which include the following amongst others:
- A token of appreciations & excellence by PJ Group of Institutions, Bhubaneswar 2010
- Global Micro Finance Impact Award, 2009
- National Business Leadership Award, 2008
- India NGO Award, 2007
- Micro Insurance Award, 2006-2007
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanPilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
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, Cost.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The Indian economy is characterized a heavy dependence on agriculture as industries are concentrated mainly in the urban areas and a highly skewed distribution of income and wealth. The economic situation in Odisha is fatal: 48% of the population lives under the poverty line. A high percentage of the working population depends on agriculture and related activities. Rural people have a poor base of resources, a low level of capacity and limited access to financial and other support services. Especially women and young people are affected. Financial inclusion has proved to be the best intervention in removing chronic poverty amongst women and enabling them to participate in economic activity by raising their income levels.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
BISWA implemented the self-help group (SHG) model, which emphasises that mobilising savings is the first building block of financial services. SHGs comprise of 14 members contributing savings into a common bank account on a regular basis. For the general eligibility of an SHG for credit linkage with BISWA the following criteria has to be met:
• The SHG must have completed 6 months
• The SHG must have attained 75% in a gradation
• All members must have been covered under insurance
• There should not be any outstanding against the SHG
• Preliminary savings are needed
When these criteria are met, BISWA provides loans to SHGs which are normally excluded from financial access as they have no collateral. SHG consists primarily of women members and therefore ensures Financial Inclusion for women from the poor and backward economies and strengthen their economic empowerment. BISWA promotes around 83,000 self-help groups having approximately 1.3 million members.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
A poor widow found it hard to survive with her two children after her husband died, as she could not find a suitable job. With her small patch of land she struggled to arrange two times meal a day for her children. She enrolled to a SHG and received her first credit of Rs.5000 for agriculture purposes. Because of her rapid repayment she could receive two further loans, which have enabled her to expand in farming, resulting in increased income. Apart from the positive changes in her personal life through involvement with BISWA, a regular income brought her the sense of savings on a regular basis. Today her total savings are Rs. 14.330. She aspired to help and initiated the urgent construction of a road in her village and motivated the villagers to give their labour during construction. This story of self reliance and empowerment is an example of how BISWA´s work is empowering women and causing a positive change in the whole community. This solution makes a difference because of the strategic objectives include 5 pillars:
1. Social Development: Empower community members
2. Micro Finance: Ensuring availability of financial services at low rates
3. Micro Insurance: Social Security
4. Micro Enterprise: Creating entrepreneurial attitude and opportunities
5. Micro Marketing: Finding a market of optimal return for the products
A holistic development of the society is only possible through sustainability of the programmes and this is only possible through proper linkage of activities that is effectively implemented by the Organisation.
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 do not see other organization as competitors as they have similar goals which should be in the spotlight. BISWA Network conducts several activities for strengthening partnership with NGOs nationwide. Its endeavours are mainly focused on coordination with partner NGOs and simultaneously to enhance their ability to execute different operations in association with BISWA.
The hallmark of BISWA livelihood programmes has been the long-term intention of asset building and active social participation of the beneficiaries. The compulsory and periodic skills-enhancement interventions differentiate us from other organizations and make sure the beneficiaries are up-to-date with market trends allowing them to leverage maximum benefit out of the programme.
This Entry is about (Issues)
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanFounding 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 all started as a small dream of an individual and then grew as a snowball. As a banker 18 years ago, Mr. Khirod Chandra Malick, founder Chairman, Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA), while working in the western part of Odisha, realized the debilitating impact of real poverty in the region. In fact, this was the turning point in his life, which generated an inner urge to start a philanthropic Organisation with a group of life-minded people. Thus BISWA came into existence with a very well-defined vision and mission. It is now fully committed towards sustainable development of the poor people with special emphasis on women. During this period, the Organisation has expanded to 17 other states thereby acquiring the status of a prominent national level NGO.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
BISWA aims to offer financial services to women from lower income group at the lowest possible cost. The goal is to increase availability and use of financial services through expansion and consolidation, creation of a fair playing field for every micro-entrepreneur and reviving the root of banking, so that credit is once again based on trust and relationship, not just on creditworthiness. Gender equality and women´s empowerment are fundamental to the mission of BISWA to achieve equal rights. It´s objective is to ensure poor women a stable livelihood, self-esteem and social participation. It is also working towards generating substantial job opportunities and economic benefits by training micro-entrepreneurs so that they can produce commercial value utilising their traditional skills.
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 Organisation aims to make available financial services to women from the lower income group, especially in the rural and semi-urban areas of different states in India.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Our solution could be expanded to nearly all geographic regions, where the availability and use of a wider range of financial services for poor people, especially women in rural areas, has to be increased. We already started successfully to expand our business within India and are currently working in 22 States and 118 different Districts. The model can be scaled up further in India aa well as in other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?
Our goal is to reach economic and social inclusion of the poor and excluded, especially women, as their still bear the major burden of poverty and till recently were excluded from the development planning and required resource allocation process. Our current work contributes to higher savings, facilitates access to financial services and strengthens women´s entrepreneurship and their control over financial resources. This contributes to women´s empowerment and will strengthen substantially women´s status in the society.
This development contributes to a continuous increase in income, an improvement of living standard and hence to eradication of extreme poverty and hunger with positive effect on education and medical health. BISWA´s approach, apart from Social Finance and Enterprise, also includes Social Development - that is education, health, water and sanitation campaigns – which ensure an impact on a broad scale which likely will continue to be dramatically successful.
What will have had to have changed to make this happen?
We have to expand Financial Inclusion further in order to achieve the above mentioned goals. In India and other parts of the world there are still areas excluded from any financial access, wherefore the outreach has to be increased. Measures have to be taken for higher efficiency in the sector and lower and costs in order to meet the existing demand.
Good institutional quality is essential for the purpose to expand businesses – BISWA focus is the responsible delivery of financial services based on client protection and social performance management.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
BISWA´s integrated approach has emerged as one of the successful means to holistic social development programmes by bringing convergence of Micro Finance, Micro Enterprise, Micro Insurance, Micro Marketing. Its development programmes address poverty eradication, livelihood promotion, basic health services, water and sanitation, education and gender equity. An overall analysis by our internal and external evaluators yields the following impacts:
• Over 1.2 Million benefitted in 22 states in India
• 850.000 women availed Micro Finance service credits, insurance and marketing assistance
• 525.00 families insured with Micro Insurance product
• 280.000 persons trained and empowered in Micro Enterprises
• 170.000 women members of SHG linked to marketing network and doing business
• Increase of school enrolment of children to 100 % and decrease in child dropout rate for all operation areas.
• 1.5 Million reaching Health Care Service
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
BISWA is already on the right track to reach its mission of “1 million jobs, 2 million toilets, 3 million water tap connections and 10 million trees by 2015” and is determined to accomplish it in the next 3 years. As a superior goal we have committed ourselves to the Millennium Goals of the United Nations.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
A problem is the ongoing uncertainty in the Microfinance Sector that can be a threat also for us, but as we offer an integrated program including mentoring, guidance and other social development projects we think, we can have a positive sight to the future. We are sure that responsible finance is the only working model in the Microfinance Sector – not only as vision, but also in terms of a pragmatic client protection and social performance management. Our strategic collaborations with government and various partnerships remain healthy and effective in delivering public goods to poor. We will further expand these relationships by long-term collaboration. The strategy is to create national level advocacy and attract multiple funding sources to multiply actions and scale up the interventions.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Providing access to new opportunities to earn their liveliness to a larger number of households
Tugas 1
Further 12.500 Self-help groups (a 15% increase) in order to reach 95.500 at the end of this year.
Tugas 2
Further 222.000 clients in order to reach over 1.5 million members of SHGs at the end of this year.
Tugas 3
An increase in loan disbursement of around 20% (from currently 70.000 to 85.000).
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Expanding the concept of microenterprises to a larger number of people
Tugas 1
Further 25.000 Self-help groups (35% increase) in order to reach 108.000 within 12 months.
Tugas 2
Further 444.000 clients in order to reach over 1.7 million members of SHGs within 12 months.
Tugas 3
An increase in loan disbursement of over 40% (from currently 70.000 to 100.000).
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
In our projects we are supported by a number of different promoters. From government departments (e.g. Odisha State Social Welfare Board), to bilateral and multilateral donors, to international and national NGOs (e.g. UNICEF, MISEREOR from Germany), to corporate bodies and civil society networks to local governments and peoples processes we find any kind of organization in our network. Furthermore we collaborate with banks and insurances such as e.g. TATA AIG and the Bank of India to improve our projects.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
The Organisation started is operation from a small village named Baramunda in Odisha an expanded to all the districts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh and then on to 22 States of India covering 118 District, 355 Blocks, 4.726 Gram Panchayats and 13.378 villages over the years. The organisation spread its outreach as both, the capacities within BISWA and the demand for financial services in the different states, increased.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
BISWA organises staff training modules, which are designed to bring efficiency in the field and branch operations. As training is a critical input for skill up gradation and enrichment of knowledge of the employees, it is one part which makes our innovation successful. The training focuses on improving the branch capacity related to the five major service areas of BISWA
Furthermore, BISWA has established a BISWA Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), which is dedicated to work on related issues of innovation, globalization, social sustainability and emerging issues of climate change, gender, local governance and human rights. BRIC has been envisaged with a mandate to provide knowledge, research and extension support to BISWA for development intervention and successfully innovation.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Talent/Networking: We help the women in the SHGs to utilise their traditional skills and talents to improve their livelihood by providing access to financial services. We support them by special trainings giving them the opportunity to learn how they efficiently generate income with their skills. Furthermore, SHGs use the contacts to other groups to improve the effectiveness of their Marketing.
Created on 07/19/2012 by Tiffany DeVera
Last year, with the Community's support, we were able to provide over 300 kids with warm winter gear in the Flathead. We also helped the Blackfeet tribe with over 200 coats. Lake County, we provided over 80 new coats and several used.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanURL Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Coats-for-Kids-Inc/228013753895805
Negara Organisasi
United States, MT, Kalispell, Flathead County
Negara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
United States, MT, Flathead Valley, Lake County, Cascade County
Gender of Innovator
Female
Apakah organisasi Anda adalah:
a. Nirlaba
Berapa lama organisasi Anda telah beroperasi?
Beroperasi selama 1-5 tahun
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Coats for Kids in Lake, Flathead, and Cascade Counties
Pilih tahap yang paling sesuai untuk solusi Anda:
Pertumbuhan (eksperimen Anda sudah dijalankan, dan mulai dikembangkan)
Berapa lama Anda terlibat dalam operasi?
Beroperasi lebih dari 5 tahun
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
We are trying to solve the problem of children going to school in old beat up coats. These children often get made fun of for being poverty.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Raise money to take the children shopping with volunteers, to purchase new warm winter gear.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Johnny goes to school, its 5 degrees farneheit out. His coat is thin, ripped, and stained. He has on shoes that let in all the snow and is wearing socks with his big toe sticking out. His feet are cold. The bell rings for the children to come in to start their school day. Johnny, being cold, is to buys concentrating on warming up. He misses half of the teachers instructions for the morning.
Later that day, Johnnys parents received a call from "Coats for Kids". Coats for Kids asked his parents if they needed help purchasing warm winter outerwear, tears roll down their faces as mom and dad have been out of work for 3 months. They feel relief. They come into Coats for Kids office and fill out the short and simple application. Johnny and his parents get up early one Saturday morning to meet Coats for Kids and volunteers at a local store to pick out his new gear.
Monday morning, he goes to school with the biggest, proudest smile on his face. He no longer has to worry about being teased or being cold. He can now focus more on his teachers and his grade level improves.
The only way we, as Coats for Kids, can make this possible is by donations.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We have no competitors as we are the only NEW coat program around.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to talent, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Thousands of children have been able to receive new coats.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
A lack of funding. Reaching out for grants.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Succesfully helping 200 Children in Great Falls with winter gear.
Tugas 1
Succesfully raise enough money out of Lake County.
Tugas 2
Succesfully raise enough money in Flathead County.
Tugas 3
Succesfully raise enough money in Cascade County.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
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.
Coats for Kids was a project the Kalispell Jaycees did. The volunteer world has been slowly fading through the years. Unable to keep 20 members paying $50 a year in dues, Jaycees was becoming "extinct" Kalispell Jaycees was not a 501 c-3 Organization. "AHA" I can start a new company called Coats for Kids, fold down the Jaycee Chapter, and become 501 C-3!
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanCeritakan tentang kemitraan Anda:
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Marketing/Media would help us reach more people!!! Research will help us spread to the areas needed most, first.
Created on 07/18/2012 by CameronRuby
The YMCA hopes to create a portal that will advertise local women vendors to publicize their products, prices and locations through an effort of women helping women.
baca seterusnya ↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanNegara tempat organisasi ini menciptakan dampak sosial
Gender of Innovator
Female
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
Informasi yang Anda berikan di sini akan digunakan untuk mengisi bagian mana pun dari profil Anda yang masih kosong, seperti minat, informasi organisasi, dan situs web. Tidak ada informasi kontak yang akan ditampilkan untuk publik. Hapus centang di sini jika Anda tidak menghendakinya..
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanName Your Entry
Digitalizing Local Business to Increase Economic Success: The Gambia
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, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
We are trying to solve the technology barrier between a generation of women that has not been educated in IT development and computer use. These women can use computers and technology as a resource as vendors and in markets that would otherwise be much less accessible. The gender and economic divide that separates them from technology is one in which they can grow and can benefit them greatly in their fields.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We will create a web portal, managed by women at the YMCA to help educate, empower and increase the economic success of women vendors in The Gambia, maybe someday on a broader scope. This web portal will serve as a meeting place, a discussion board, and a place for consumers to research the goods being sold by women in their area. Sellers can submit their location, examples of their goods and via mobile phone, and buyers can locate them through the help of the portal. This will help women increase their sales and adapt to the ever-changing digital lifestyle. By appearing online, shoppers can compare prices and support local women from their local community. Because the website will be managed by women at the YMCA Computer Training Center, it will be a women-helping-women system and empower local businesswomen to understand the importance of technology.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
The web page will not only help publicize the goods of these women, but put them on the map as legitimate vendors and businesspeople. The web portal will help connect them to other women, help them realize that they are worthy of official status, and educate them regarding the ever-evolving computer world. By using their cell phones, a product available to most Gambian women, they will be able to connect with people whom they otherwise would never have been able to reach out to. Our primary activities will have to include advertising and publicizing the site so that women are aware of the resource. It will also include training and gathering of statistical information regarding the market we are targeting, information that is currently unavailable.
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 no competitors here. It is an untapped market and a need that is sufficient and unrecognized.
baca seterusnya↓↑ menyembunyikan↑ menyembunyikanThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The project has not begun yet, so there has been no impact to date.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Over the next 1-3 years, we hope to develop the site into a well-known resource in The Gambia, paving the way for a potential future in other developing countries, specifically in West Africa. We hope to get the word out to local woman vendors, craftswomen and women in the markets to encourage them to get involved in this new resource.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Although many women in The Gambia do have access to phones, many may not. For this reason, we will give them the ability to come into the YMCA to discuss their products with us, and we will help them upload their information onto the portal. Women may also be nervous or anxious regarding the use of technology, so by having women serve women, as women update and manage the portal, we hope to encourage their accessibility and willingness to get involved, through mutual understanding and a higher comfort level.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Up to 200 women using and accessing the portal
Tugas 1
Designing the portal and creating it online
Tugas 2
Training staff to keep the portal constantly up to date and efficient
Tugas 3
Advertising and publicizing the portal
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Expanding into other West African countries
Tugas 1
Get involved with other organizations (YMCA's, womens' rights centers, etc.)
Tugas 2
Contact computer centers willing to donate time or resources to manage the site in other countries
Tugas 3
Advertise and publicize the portal in other countries
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As an American visitor in The Gambia volunteering and interning for the summer, the amount of gender inequality here has been astonishing to me. While many men own their own stores, women sell the majority of their goods on the street and in markets. Although I recognize this is a cultural difference and the market-sellers are also very profitable, the tourists (which here, serve a very large portion in certain seasons) are unaware of the amazing goods they can get in a variety of areas from these women as opposed to the more overpriced, less fresh and less interesting super markets. These women can be publicized for both locals and visitors in order to increase their success and improve customer satisfaction. Locals can keep track of their produce, and visitors can get the true Gambian experience while elevating women's equality and economic impact.
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We do not have partnerships yet but we will be looking to create them as soon as we can get this project off the ground.
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