Cooking workshop for infertile couples
A cooking workshop for infertile couples under infertility treatments. A special support group.
About You
About You
First Name
Ofra
Last Name
Balaban
Twitter URL
Facebook URL
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About Your Organization
Organization Name
CHEN - Patient Fertility Association
Organization Website
Organization Country
Israel
Country where this project is creating social impact
Israel
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
The volunteers opf the year from the Mayor of our City HOLON 2009
References - Please provide two references with a two-sentence biography, email address, and phone number for each
CPA - Mrs. Naum Kaufman - nahum@kaufman-cpa.co.il - 97239414545
Adv. Yaakov Israeli - kobi@ietlaw.co.il - 97236917770
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Innovation
Select the stage that best applies to your solution
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
How long have you been in operation?
Operating for 1‐5 years
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
This project - a cooking workshop for infertile couples comes to overcome the problem of shame and shy because of the infertility treatments that may last more than a year or even up to 10 years. They need the emotional support but shy to get it.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The sulotion is a cooking workshop that allowed the couples espcially the men to come to a support group and talk about the difficulties in the fertility treatments. To cook with someone else make you freinds,it is easier. The group is meeting for 4 hours and than eat a nice dinner that all participate in preparing.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
No body until we asated with our cooking workshop did not implement such a support group for patients in any place not in Israel nor other place globally. The dufference is so big that we have 30% of the women concieved. No other support group had that achievement. While having the cooking workshop we make patients avaiable to talk about their difficulties and this make the difference.
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?
None - there is no NGO that does such activity for patients - infertile couples in Israel and as far as I know not in the whole world. We are the only NGO that provide such a special support for its patients.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Social Impact
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I was looking for a way to overcome the shame and shyness since I was an infertile myself. I knew about the shyness and the problematic situation by being childless in Israel. Than I thought about another basic need - a food - and from there it was only a technilcal arrangemnt and finding the budget.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
We tried to achied pregnancies for our patients. I mean a support group is a good way to assist to concieve and if it may come as a cooking workshop that creates a support group OK.It is easier to a couples to come to a cooking workshop than to a support group in the hospital.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The impact is 30% success to concieve and waiting list to participate in our next xooking workshop. Pleaple enjoy the idea of cooking togeher and meeting together . Especially the men - they were afraid to talk . In the workshop they start talking and support each other. We have had 3 groups until now about 60 people.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
The project impact over the next five years will be more groups more success in fertility treatments and hope that more patients will particiate in the groups and will concieve. We have 150'000 couples in Israel under fertility treatments so we hope to assist as many as we can.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Gathering the couples and find a bugjet to go on with the cooking workshop
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your six-month milestone
Task 1
Gathering the new couples for the next group - Month 1
Task 2
Find the budget from our supporterd and funds.
Task 3
Orgenize the 8 meeting - twice a month.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Double the project to other places and more groups.
Identify three major tasks you will have to complete to reach your 12-month milestone
Task 1
FInd the couples for the second and third - forth groups
Task 2
FInd the budget for it.
Task 3
Find more palces to implement the cooking workshop in ISrael north and south not only in the center.
Sustainability
Tell us about your partnerships
Our main parthnerships are the pharma companies that donate our main budget.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
We have to ecpand and we are looking for more partners as a business companies. in Israel. We have to apply to every field since it is never innough.
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
We need more voluterrs to assist us to overcome the distance roblems. We wish to have a cooking workshop in the shouth and north of Israel . We wish to have more pro-bono assistance from cooking places that can offer their kitchin. We wish to have more fund so wi need voluneers that may apply for us and search for funds and donatins.
 | 17 weeks agoOfra Balaban said: A support group is important and the cooking is another special way to invite patients to participate about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 17 weeks agoChloe Feinberg said: Thank you for your initiative. The 30% conception rate is quite remarkable. Do you have a sense for what contributed to this 30%? Are ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 23 weeks agoOfra Balaban updated this Competition Entry. |
| 23 weeks agoOfra Balaban submitted this idea. |
