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Created on 04/13/2010 by Souktel
Souktel’s mobile phone JobMatch service helps women find work by SMS: From any phone, users create SMS mini-CVs with basic data on their skills, location, etc. CVs are sent by mobile to a central database, which hundreds of employers search daily. Employers can also create similar mini job-ads and post them on the same database, so job-seekers can search these jobs from their own handsets.
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Souktel - Mobile Phone Employment Service
How long has this organization been operating?
1～5 年
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Souktel - Mobile Phone Employment Service
Describe Your Idea
Souktel’s mobile phone JobMatch service helps women find work by SMS: From any phone, users create SMS mini-CVs with basic data on their skills, location, etc. CVs are sent by mobile to a central database, which hundreds of employers search daily. Employers can also create similar mini job-ads and post them on the same database, so job-seekers can search these jobs from their own handsets.
Country your work focuses on
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your idea unique?
The only service of its kind in the Middle East/East Africa, Souktel has surpassed all previous efforts to create equitable labor markets for women--by using basic technology to build a fresh, new solution that links marginalized job-seekers with work. Through its simple but powerful technology, Souktel levels the playing field of access to job market information for the first time, breaking cycles of female poverty and unemployment by narrowing the “digital divide” in developing countries: In the past, job data was restricted to a privileged, mostly male minority who had access to Internet, landlines, and elite social network. Now, Souktel bridges these gaps by enabling anyone with a basic mobile phone search thousands of jobs, and by enabling employers to tap into new labor pools that were previously unreachable (like rural women, or female refugees). Through simple mobile technology, we empower communities to discover that they have more choices and resources than ever before. Now, better market information lets more people find jobs/staff. More equitable ‘job-matching’ leads to more income for needy families, and to more productivity for businesses that need qualified workers. The end result is prosperous communities that have greater equality of gender and income.
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Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
Souktel has created far-reaching, measurable impact that continues to grow across the developing world: Since its start, we’ve directly helped over 2,000 job-seekers find jobs or training that lead to income. These newly-employed workers have earned a combined $9.6 million/year in new income; with each worker supporting 5+ family members, an additional 10,000 people have benefited indirectly from Souktel technology. Today, we cover three continents, with a further 8,000 users accessing Souktel daily to find jobs/staff—and promoting greater gender equality in the labor market as a result.
This impact is best demonstrated through a personal story: Diaa’ is a typical Souktel Job Match user. In her 20s, she lives in the Qalandia refugee camp in Palestine. In college she studied computers, but right after she finished studies she had no job prospects. Coming from a refugee camp, her family had no connections among local employers; her university had no tips for her, and the newspaper had no job ads for entry-level posts. Qalandia also has few places for women to use Internet, so this made web searching impossible. Ultimately, Diaa’ knew that if she failed to find a job soon she would be married early like most young women her age, and her family would have wasted its investment in her education.
However, Diaa’ heard about Souktel from a friend, and signed up from her mobile phone (without needing web access). She stayed updated on job opportunities from inside her home, which was safer and made her family more comfortable. Soon after she signed up for our service, she found an IT and data entry job at a local company. It paid well, she got to use her computer skills, and she earned new respect in her community. Since Souktel’s start, Diaa’s story has become increasingly common among our users: Slowly but surely, we are helping bring more young women into the workforce, and this is creating large-scale social change.
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
Unemployment, poverty, and gender inequality—Souktel believes these problems all stem from a single source: A lack of good resources to help young people, and particularly young women, find work. In the developing world, a young woman’s best hope for social and economic advancement often hinges on her ability to find a job, earn income, and save money. But in most developing countries, labor markets are in chaos—not because there’s a shortage of job opportunities, but because there are no good information networks to help job-seekers and employers find each other: Web access is low, public/private resources are few, and infrastructure is poor. As a result, many women get trapped in cycles of joblessness—and fail to realize their full potential as positive role models, and productive community members.
However, a huge number of women have basic cell phone access,even in rural areas. Souktel leverages this technology to bridge job information gaps in developing-world job markets—by creating a first-ever mobile “job matching” service that helps women find work quickly, easily, and cheaply--reducing unemployment and improving gender equality.
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. What might prevent that success?
Souktel is designed to be scalable and replicable: Our service needs minimal hardware, set-up time, or added cost to increase scope and reach. We leverage these conditions to expand our Job Match service into new countries each year—growing our service through three types of partnership: First, we work with national mobile networks to coordinate infrastructure and network coverage. Second, we work with women’s organizations, technical colleges, and universities to reach our target market of female job-seekers. Finally, we work with leading companies to build an active, credible pool of employers with jobs for female workers. We recognize that people in these new markets may doubt that phones are a good way for women to find jobs/staff—or fear that the system is too hard to use. Labor markets may also shrink/shift, making Souktel less relevant. In our work to date, we’ve addressed these issues: Our strong PR efforts show users how simple it is to get job market information by phone. Local demos & a support hotline offer a closeup look at Souktel and 24-hour help. A mix of jobs, apprenticeships, & training listings across sectors help insulate against market shocks.
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
In 2009 we helped approximately 8,000 job-seekers and 200+ employers through our core JobMatch services. In 2010, as our new regional expansion programs move from piloting to full roll-out, we estimate that we’ll reach 20,000 new job-seekers in the Middle East, 10,000 job-seekers in North Africa, and 1,500 job-seekers in our Horn of Africa Somali Job Service. In 2011 and 2012, we`ll focus on new technology that can empower illiterate female job-seekers; in so doing, we believe we can double our outreach from 31,500 beneficiaries to over 60,000 beneficiaries in total. By leveraging existing partnerships with national Ministries of Education and local NGOs—which already run specialized programs for illiterate community members--we feel we can easily empower an additional 30,000+ people in need. In each of the next 3 years, working through our current partners will enable us to scale up our existing SMS service and new voice-recognition technology quickly, without a major additional investment of new resources. With the right allies and with modest funding we believe we can make a significant impact on women`s unemployment and poverty.
How many people will your project serve annually?
10,000 人超
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
No
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
Approximately 150 words left (1200 characters).
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your project in?
1～5 年
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your innovation
Souktel works closely with three types of partners--government, civil society, and the private sector--to achieve maximum impact. In each country of operation we partner directly with the Ministries of Labor and Education to harmonize our service with national job creation plans. In the civil society sector, we work closely with NGOs to ensure that our service also reaches the “less reachable” female job-seekers outside the education system. We also work directly with village and town councils; we encourage local leaders to present Souktel to the community as ‘their service’. Finally, we work closely with private sector organizations--to build a strong cadre of employers who will post jobs through the service and hire job-seekers. In each country, we start by targeting sector leaders. When a company with international brand value, like Deloitte or Ernst and Young, publicly commits to posting jobs on our service, other employers follow suit. We also enter into partnership agreements with private sector association. These entities promote the Souktel Job Match service to their member companies (who typically number in the hundreds), and encourage them to post jobs on our service.
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
Souktel is a social enterprise: While we’re a non-profit by nature, we cover almost all of our running costs through corporate-style revenue generation. Job-seekers pay a modest premium SMS fee to search job ads or post their mini-CVs; employers pay higher fees to post jobs and search CVs. Through this model, we earn a net average of $1/month per job-seeker and a net average of $10/month per employer. With 8,000 job-seekers and 200 employers, current net income has been roughly $10K/month since mid-2008—enough to cover running costs (office space, servers, IT/outreach staff). Any surplus revenue finances R&D and new market expansion; we also look to foundation/government funders for grants to support us in these areas. We believe this social enterprise model is both innovative and extremely successful: Most NGOs in our region rely on donations and grants, and spend much of their resources trying to acquire more money to stay afloat. Souktel, in contrast, earns income to support our running costs by directly doing our core work: matching people with jobs. This gives us regular, reliable income that will continue to flow in over time—unlike a grant that has a fixed end date.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
My own personal experience with unemployment motivated me to launch this project: I want to make sure no youth suffers from poverty and joblessness like I did. Growing up, my family made huge financial sacrifices so that I could go to university. But when I graduated with a business degree, it was impossible to find a job. The pressure on me was huge: I knew my family’s last savings were gone, but I had no idea how to find work. I had no future, no options, and no way to link up with employers. Finally, I took my only savings and went to Ramallah, our main city. I searched for work for many months, but I was from a small town and knew nobody. Then by luck I found some work at a new telecom company. Over time, this turned into a real job with wages I could send home. But I’m one of the lucky few: There are millions of youth with brains and energy, but no way of finding good employment. As a result, I decided to use my business and telecoms knowledge to help other youth find work. I joined together with other Palestinians (and Canadians living in Palestine), and led them to design a simple, cheap and accessible technology. Now Souktel has become the social innovation that thousands of people use today, and I feel I’m helping address poverty and unemployment in our region--so that soon my own story won’t be a common one.
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
I am a simple but passionate person who has been profoundly impacted by my journey leading Souktel. Knowing that I am able to give back to my community, that I am able to help other women find jobs—so they can in turn be productive members of society gives me a lot of pride. It is like “paying it forward” – I help to empower someone who will in turn have a positive impact on their family and community and will in turn help someone else and so on. I feel like Souktel truly is one of the catalysts for creating hope among women in the developing world. This idea, the ability to help others in a profound and sustainable way is a great source of inspiration for me. I also believe that Souktel has deeply impacted my own personal philosophy. To see something that started off just as a simple idea, grow into something real and tangible has had a huge impact on my life. It has taught me the value in perseverance, in creating a strong work ethic, and in forging strong relationships. It has inspired me to keep reaching higher, to set my goals to a level that I never though attainable. This experience has been a key turning point in my life.
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Email from Changemakers
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すDoes your project address any of the following barriers to women’s technology access and use?
Social norms, Economic or institutional constraints.
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how.
Souktel focuses deliberately on helping women overcome social and economic barriers and find jobs, since women are often the most marginalized and excluded in the developing countries where we work: Traditional families often don’t allow women to search for jobs in person, and Internet cafes are usually dominated by men—leaving female job-seekers with few resources for finding work, and with a greater chance than men of remaining unemployed (and entering into unwanted early marriages). We aim to overcome these barriers by giving women a safe way to search for work from the comfort of their homes, or from anywhere they wish. Our innovation also helps women-led small businesses: They use our service to find staff more quickly, cheaply and safely. Most female-run businesses don`t have time or cash to put large job ads in the newspaper. They need the right person for the job--fast. Our service lets them find staff from their mobile phone, so they don’t even need to leave their shop. This helps employers on “micro” level, and it helps women on a “macro” level too: More women-led businesses hiring more female workers means greater gender equity and greater economic growth.
Does your project involve women in one or more of the following stages of the technology lifecycle? Identification of the problem the technology will solve:
Technology design, Market research, Technology introduction, Technology training, Assessment and evaluation.
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how you will ensure women’s involvement in each relevant phase of the technology lifecycle.
In each country, Souktel starts all JobMatch roll-out by holding women-led focus groups at local technical colleges/women-serving NGOs, to let female job-seekers articulate their needs and identify key features they want to include in the service. We also consult with female leaders at colleges, NGOs, and employers to ensure the technology responds to the demands of all potential users. Then we initiate two parallel processes: Female software developer consultants hired from local marginalized communities develop the technology and begin testing it. Meanwhile, female private-sector outreach specialists recruit start-up employers to post the service’s first job-ads. Once the software and employers are ready, we roll out the service in selected communities, working with partners to hold demonstration sessions that show female job-seekers how the technology works. After 1-2 months of piloting we stage follow-up focus groups to hear users’ feedback on the technology, and make modifications. Then we launch the service widely and train women-led local partners on technology management and employer outreach, so that they can sustain the service in the long term.
If women are a focus of your project, how did this focus evolve?
The project focused on women from its conception..
Which type of women will your project reach directly?
Rural, Peri-urban, Urban, Low income, Middle income.
In what ways does your project team/leadership involve women?
It is led by a woman/women., It is led by a woman/women from a developing country., The core project team includes women., The core project team includes women from developing countries..
Has your organization formed any new partnerships in response to this challenge? If so, with what type/s of organization/s?
Multilateral/bilateral, Non-profit/NGO/community-based organization, For-profit, 政府機関, Women's organization.
Has your project leadership had prior experience with the following?
Working with technologies.
Created on 04/7/2010 by jaimemauricio
La Corporación PUNTO VISIÓN, es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro cuya misión es crear condiciones de accesibilidad y de inclusión laboral, social, educativa, recreativa, cultural, política y en todos los ámbitos, para beneficiar a personas en condición de discapacidad visual en particular y de otras discapacidades en general.
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No
How long has this organization been operating?
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Sistema Accesible de Kioscos Interactivos, SAKI.
Describe your Social Enterprise
La Corporación PUNTO VISIÓN, es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro cuya misión es crear condiciones de accesibilidad y de inclusión laboral, social, educativa, recreativa, cultural, política y en todos los ámbitos, para beneficiar a personas en condición de discapacidad visual en particular y de otras discapacidades en general.
Country your work focuses on
n/a
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your innovation unique?
Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. Include a description of the business model. What might prevent that success?
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
How many people will your project serve annually?
100 人未満
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Don't know
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your Social Enterprise in?
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your Social Enterprise
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
If through another source, please provide the information
Created on 04/7/2010 by rain4sahara
Bringing simple technology - rulers, knives, gridded cutting boards - and modern designs to nomadic women artisans moved them from selling their handcrafted goods for paltry sums to local merchants to being able to access, through RAIN, western markets and prices. They gain independence, widen their world and donate 50% of their earnings to support their local schools, earning community respect.
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Yes
団体名
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara
団体の所在地
PO BOX 545, Newmarket, NH 03857
How long has this organization been operating?
5 年超
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Building a Better Design: Women's Artisan Cooperatives
Describe Your Idea
Bringing simple technology - rulers, knives, gridded cutting boards - and modern designs to nomadic women artisans moved them from selling their handcrafted goods for paltry sums to local merchants to being able to access, through RAIN, western markets and prices. They gain independence, widen their world and donate 50% of their earnings to support their local schools, earning community respect.
Country your work focuses on
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your idea unique?
Learning to measure, to make a 90-degree angle, to follow a pattern, are simple technologies that make a great difference in producing craft goods for the marketplace. RAIN works with 2 women's cooperatives: an 80-member group of Tuareg leather crafters and 15-member group of Wodaabe embroiderers. We have improved the quality of their work and learned to integrate their traditional designs and artistry with modern styles. They have better quality control and are learning about pricing and marketing. And they are learning the power of savings. We have combined increasing livelihoods with learning the value of saving and how those incremental contributions add up to improve the lives of their children and their communities.
Our unique idea is to bring the few who have learned to earn through technology to the point of sharing with the community. We have multiplied the benefit -- 80 Tuareg women are actively supporting 110 children who attend their community's school. Educating children in turn benefits their families -- the general rule is to multiply the number of direct assistance by 5. By giving tools and information to 80 women we have benefited their families, the children in their school, and the children's families. These women came to us seeking help to make more money from their artisanal skills. We've done that, while also creating a savings program through which they're learning the benefits of saving while assisting their communities. We are instilling the ethics of community action; they are learning the power of group action and self-sufficiency. When we first met with these women they believed that they were too poor to help their school. Now, each time their goods are sold they are paid 50% of the profit; the other 50% is put into a school fund. They are giving significant material advantages to their schools. They are gaining self-esteem, confidence, status in their communities and knowledge of how to organize and save for the good of all
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Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
Nomadic families in Niger earn less than $200 per year. Since 2007, RAIN's two artisan cooperatives have earned over $8,000 for their schools, which are attended by 250 students. They have purchased uniforms, medical care, shoes, mattresses and blankets, as well as paying salaries of school personnel not on the government payroll. The women themselves have earned varying amounts of money -- in the large Tuareg leather co-op the women pay the artisans who actually made the goods sold a higher portion of profits than the others. Those who are co-op members but not skilled artisans -- they may garden, grind grain or take part in other cooperative activities -- share in a smaller percentage of profits. The Wodaabe cooperative includes talented embroiderers only and all profits are shared equally. All the women have earned enough to contribute much-needed food to their families. The Wodaabe cooperative has operated for 2 years. This January the women spent over $800 to support their school -- they purchased medicines, paid salaries of a teacher and cook, and purchased books. The Tuareg women's leather cooperative this year spent $1,000 on food aid and scholarships.
The program is reinvigorating traditional crafts. Without profitable markets, younger women were not learning skills.
Save for a few younger women who have attended primary school, all the members of both cooperatives are illiterate. They had never used a ruler, known how to center a design or make a 90-degree angle. Many have never left their home regions, gone to market, taken part in commercial life. RAIN offers literacy classes in Tifinagh and French. The women go shopping for materials with RAIN, are learning the how to judge their costs to produce goods and calculate profits. They are astonished to see how their school savings funds grow and allow them to provide substantial assistance to their schools. Tarbane, a member of the Tuareg cooperative, came by bus from her home in the Agadez region to Niamey, Niger's capital. It took her two days. There she met Halima and Djumare, Wodaabe embroiderers. Tarbane had never seen Niamey and had never met a Wodaabe person -- though these nomads share tradition, nomadic lifestyles and live in neighboring, sometimes overlapping areas. When introduced she proudly wrote her name in the sand. The technology of a bus ride may not seem significant but bringing women together is empowering. Technology for the rural people of Niger -- who live without electricity or cars, whose days are often filled with walking miles to pull water from a well for their families and animals, who pound millet for daily meals -- can be as simple as a ruler or a bus or learning the value of money and is life changing.
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
1.Women in nomadic societies are in charge of home and children but have little political or economic power.
2. Fewer than 10% have attended school. Neither the Tuareg nor Wodaabe women can speak the national language, French. The majority of Tuareg women in our program do not speak Hausa, the most widespread language in Niger, used in almost all commerce. The RAIN program is bringing them out of isolation. 3. None of the women have been fairly treated in the marketplace. Nigerien merchants and foreign organizations and business people alike have paid them low 'local' prices for goods that are sold for far more in the United States or Europe. They now receive all the profits of their labors.
4. The women had only rudimentary tools and worked outdoors with children, dust and dirt interfering with their work. They are improving their skills with the help of simple tools and guidance from expert artisans. RAIN provides working space.
5. The women have not been treated as respected artisans, but laborers. We told a group of Wodaabe women we would teach them to measure and to draw the designs they would embroider. They had never done this. A man would draw the design, they would then embroider it. No one wanted to learn to measure or draw until I said: "My goal is for you to be independent, to make goods and earn money without having to wait for someone else to draw the design or measure for you. Many hands went up:'yes, we'll learn.'
Summary: Through honing their skills, having access to markets, interacting with those outside their villages, RAIN artisans are gaining knowledge and independence, they are earning money for their families' health and well-being, they are providing substantial support to the schools their children and their communties' children attend. Djumare said: 'our husbands don't understand the importance of health and education for our children.' These mothers do; they are proud to be helping their communities.
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. What might prevent that success?
RAIN continually provides training. We are teaching artisans the importance of making well-designed and beautifully executed products. The growth of their school accounts and ability to support schools motivates them greatly. They are often shy; we make sure that their communities understand and acknowledge their contributions and support their efforts. We offer literacy classes for their general well-being and to enable the women to become more accomplished in producing and marketing their products. We constantly work toward knowledge, skill and independence.
Niger has suffered political insecurity making work for the Tuareg women very difficult; their production the last two years was very reduced. The insurrection in their region is over but travel is still difficult. Niger is subject to political and food security that can hinder production.
Our second challenge comes from local merchants. We are seen as hindering their ability to buy crafts cheaply for resale. One local men's group in particular has attempted to dissuade the leather workers. Local chiefs and community members help by putting social pressure on the men to stop. The Wodaabe women were recently approached by a foreign merchant who offered to buy their goods but insisted they must have exclusive access. The women refused, they had been poorly treated by this person in the past. We are confident that the fair treatment and payment offered by RAIN, knowing that they receive all profits from their labors and the reward of supporting schools will serve to attract many more to RAIN's cooperative programs.
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
Year 1. Members of the Tuareg cooperative are now returning to their homes in regions that were closed for two years due to political insecurity. We will work with them to rejuvenate their school and artisan activities. The Wodaabe women are developing a line of embroidered goods and learning to reliably produce specific products to enable us to broaden our markets and online sales. Our cooperatives are well-known in the Agadez region. To meet the demands we have from women seeking to earn, RAIN has recently initiated enterprise programs with other women volunteers, most notably the women who serve as mentors to schoolgirls. We have recently increased this program from five to thirteen schools and seek to introduce it throughout rural Niger. In 2010 we started our first enterprise to support the mentors of Arlit and generate funds to buy materials for the traditional skills classes they offer to schoolgirls each week. This pilot enterprise is a herding program known in Tamasheq (the Tuareg language) as Temoko -- a start up herd is given, then people share the offspring to create herds for others, who in turn give offspring, and so it continues.
Year 2. As the women gains skills and literacy they will take on more of the design, quality control and marketing of their products. We seek to hire a Niger woman to work with the cooperatives on a full-time basis and develop markets within West Africa. RAIN will start new cooperatives -- artisanal and other -- to generate livelihodods for women and support for schools. As a result of these actions we expect sales and profits to increase significantly -- thereby increasing the support the women offer their schools, providing long-term stable bases of annual support.
Year 3. We expect the artisans' cooperatives to gain independence, though RAIN will continue to provide access to U.S. markets for a longer time. We plan to significantly increase the number of cooperatives and organize like cooperative businesses into countywide groups to bring women of different regions and peoples together for sharing, learning and empowerment.
How many people will your project serve annually?
1001～10,000 人
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
Niger is the recipient of much foreign aid. We seek to see our enterprise model of generating funds advocated by the government, redirecting some aid from large donors to this domain.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your project in?
1～5 年
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your innovation
We have partnered with the government of Niger in offering education programs. In the U.S., partnerships with businesses include boutiques where the cooperative products are sold, as well as various online marketplaces. Our Fair Trade partners have been the most helpful, selling our products with reasonable markups to allow the women in Niger to receive US retail prices for their goods.
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
We are just completing our strategic plan. The women's cooperative initiatives require upfront funding for training, materials and workshop space. Once the cooperatives are established, the funds generated for sales pay for materials. We continue to invest some funds in training and product design. These modest investments are funded through grants (we have received funds from Aid to Artisans) and private donations.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
RAIN began with a mission to improve education for nomadic children in Niger. We began in a village called Gougaram, in the Agadez region that is home to many of Niger's Tuareg people. Gougaram parents' first priority was to install a garden for their children. RAIN worked with them to accomplish this goal -- parents, schoolchildren, teachers all came to work with RAIN staff and some Board members to install the region's first drip-irrigated garden. Men and women helped the gardener, women came to the garden a few days a week to harvest vegetables and cook them for lunch for Gougaram's 110 students.
One day a woman named Akadaka approached me and said: "We women are happy to help our school, but we need help, too. Can you help our cooperative?" I hesitated, we were small and needed to stay focused. Our mission was to support education, not women's cooperatives. Some time later I talked to Akadaka again and posed a question: "If we help the cooperative, will the women share their earnings with the school?" Her response was an enthusiastic "Yes!". Many meetings, two visits by an American leather artisan, design sessions, successes and failures followed. The women's artisan's cooperative is now known throughout Agadez, the women have learned and earned, and are proud to support their school.
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
Bess Palmisciano is a lawyer who has worked in private practice in New Hampshire and also served as in-house counsel at Signal Capital Corporation, Wentworth Capital Corporation and FleetBoston Financial Corporation. Before becoming an attorney she had a career as a college administrator.
In January 2000 Bess took a brief vacation from FleetBoston and visited friends in Niger, West Africa. With her husband and friends, who were diplomats living in the capital city of Niamey, she traveled north to the Air Massif and desert areas. The Air Massif and Sahara Desert are home to the Tuareg – nomads who are part of the Berber people who live in North and West Africa. Bess and her friends hired Tuareg guide, Moussa Haidara, who was born into a nomadic family and educated at a state-run boarding school for the children of nomads. He now brings tourists to the desert. Bess noticed that he also brought clothing and food for the children, whom he treated with great tenderness. He was well-liked and respected by the people in the region. He told Bess of the plight of his people, who live in such remote areas that little assistance reaches them. Bess, and her husband John, told Moussa they would like to help. He did not forget this offer. He showed them the school he had attended, now in terrible repair. Bess returned to the states and asked some friends to help rebuild the school. She returned to Niger to talk to nomadic people about their needs, hopes, desires and motivation. She searched for organizations that might expand their services to include the remote nomads of Niger. Finding none, she decided to create a nonprofit organization. Over the next year, Rain for the Sahel and Sahara, Inc. (RAIN) was born.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Friend or family member
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すDoes your project address any of the following barriers to women’s technology access and use?
Women’s time poverty, Social norms, Economic or institutional constraints.
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how.
Women's time poverty. RAIN works with women and their husbands to ensure the women have time to work -- usually for periods of a week to ten days -- away from their family and chores. Men are coming to understand that they should help their wives to earn livelihoods. Many are proud of the women's contributions to their families and communities.
Social norms. It is not easy for traditional women to leave their homes and travel to a training or work session. As in making time, we've learned it's important to include men in discussions of the cooperative and its work. Women themselves must be encouraged to progress -- beginning with small steps like measuring and drawing which they feel are in the men's domain.
Economic or institutional constraints. Nomadic women are among the poorest in the country with the worst living standards in the world. (UNDP 2009) To buy tools or travel to markets is impossible for most. Income generation is key to their access to the means to earn more. A simple leg up is not to be found in Niger. Institutional constraints affect literacy. Many in Niger, even school teachers and directors, believe either that women, as future mothers, do not need education or that women are simply not smart and can't learn. Seeing the accomplishments of women in enterprise, their success in literacy classes helps to dispel these myths. Better yet, the women themselves, who all to often discount their own intelligence and ability, gain confidence and the desire to learn.
Does your project involve women in one or more of the following stages of the technology lifecycle? Identification of the problem the technology will solve:
Market research, Technology introduction, Technology training, Creation and maintenance of market linkages for women's economic outputs, Assessment and evaluation.
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how you will ensure women’s involvement in each relevant phase of the technology lifecycle.
RAIN starts with raw skills the women artisans already possess and builds on them. For example, the Wodaabe women have an embroidering tradition centuries old. RAIN brought research of designs for Western markets, and co-designed with the women themes and motifs that incorporate both. RAIN trains the women in designing from patterns, measurement, design consistency, and new forms of applying their embroidery, from T-Shirts, to pillowcases, to home decor. RAIN also provides the technology and training to employ these new techniques, with rulers, drafting tablets, compasses, and more. In addition, the women learn math through self management of profit bookkeeping and distribution, product pricing, concepts of market value, and even basic math. RAIN also assists in the women accessing their local markets in addition to U.S. markets, thereby developing business savvy and direct sales skills. A committee is appointed in each cooperative to develop and enforce quality control guidelines for each product. In the U.S. RAIN utilizes the internet to market and sell the items, through online world marketplace networks. Our latest development is the addition of a retail designer who will provide a full evaluation of our current designs and apply her knowledge towards keeping them fresh, unique and relevant.
If women are a focus of your project, how did this focus evolve?
The project focused on women from its conception..
Which type of women will your project reach directly?
Rural, Low income.
In what ways does your project team/leadership involve women?
It is led by a woman/women., The core project team includes women., The core project team includes women from developing countries..
Has your organization formed any new partnerships in response to this challenge? If so, with what type/s of organization/s?
None.
Has your project leadership had prior experience with the following?
Working with women, Working with technologies, Working to increase women's economic empowerment through technology, Working on innovation.
Created on 04/5/2010 by virgelinachara
Asomujer y trabajo es una organización conformada por población afro en su mayoría por mujeres de la costa sur y municipios y departamentos aledaños a sus lugares de origen, implementando sus prácticas tradicionales desde lo gastronómico y culturales lo que queremos es dar conocer de manera comercial nuestros productos innovadores como los son (las mermeladas de borojó, chontaduro, yuca
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No
How long has this organization been operating?
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HERENCIA AFRO ( MERMELADAS Y COCADAS DE FRUTA 100% NATURAL)
Describe Your Idea
Asomujer y trabajo es una organización conformada por población afro en su mayoría por mujeres de la costa sur y municipios y departamentos aledaños a sus lugares de origen, implementando sus prácticas tradicionales desde lo gastronómico y culturales lo que queremos es dar conocer de manera comercial nuestros productos innovadores como los son (las mermeladas de borojó, chontaduro, yuca
Country your work focuses on
n/a
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your idea unique?
Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
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Tell us about the social impact of your innovation. Please include both numbers and stories as evidence of this impact
Problem: Describe the primary problem(s) that your innovation is addressing
Actions: Describe the steps that you are taking to make your innovation a success. What might prevent that success?
Results: Describe the expected results of these actions over the next three years. Please address each year separately, if possible
How many people will your project serve annually?
100 人未満
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Don't know
Does your innovation seek to have an impact on public policy?
If your innovation seeks to impact public policy, how?
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your project in?
Does your organization have a board of directors or an advisory board?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with businesses?
Does your organization have a non monetary partnerships with government?
Please tell us more about how partnerships could be critical to the success of your innovation
We would like to learn more about how your initiative is financially supported. Please explain your business plan/revenue model
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
Tell us about the person—the social innovator—behind this idea.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
If through another source, please provide the information
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すDoes your project address any of the following barriers to women’s technology access and use?
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how.
Does your project involve women in one or more of the following stages of the technology lifecycle? Identification of the problem the technology will solve:
If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain how you will ensure women’s involvement in each relevant phase of the technology lifecycle.
If women are a focus of your project, how did this focus evolve?
Which type of women will your project reach directly?
In what ways does your project team/leadership involve women?
Has your organization formed any new partnerships in response to this challenge? If so, with what type/s of organization/s?
Has your project leadership had prior experience with the following?
Pretoria South Africa
25° 44' 45.6684" S, 28° 11' 13.632" E
Maxum Business Incubator provides an enabling environment where start-ups from the knowledge-intensive sectors, including information and communications technology (ICT), biosciences, electronics, and advanced manufacturing and materials, are fast tracked to compete in the global village. The incubation process improves the survival rate of start-up companies by helping them become financially viable, usually within two to three years. http://www.maxum.co.za/
Oakland United States
37° 48' 15.7392" N, 122° 16' 14.8908" W
Informal workers are described as the most disadvantaged workers in global supply chains, where there is little enforcement of minimum wage or labor laws. Research cites that there are an estimated 250 to 400 million informal homeworkers living in poverty worldwide. Child labor, debt bondage, and dangerous working conditions are regularly reported. SMS Labor Link uses uses affordable and widely available technology to educate workers and engage companies doing business with them to adopt the best practices for informal workers.
Created on 02/12/2010 by kaisa079
INTRODUCTION
Organization: World Vision Tanzania-Lake Zone
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World Vision Tanzania-Lake Zone
Are you an individual between the ages of 18 and 35 who would like to apply for a nine month Young Champions Program mentored by an Ashoka Fellow?
No
団体名
World Vision Tanzania-Lake Zone
団体の所在地
P.o.Box 78,Shinyanga,Tanzania
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ANGELS OF CHANGE: A Positive Deviant/Hearth Approach to Maternal Health
Country your work focuses on
Describe Your Idea
INTRODUCTION
In this world, every minute one woman dies of pregnancy or birth related complications. WHO defines maternal death as: death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy from cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes. Perinatal death means death of a fetus from 28 weeks of gestation to seven complete days of life including stillbirths. The perinatal mortality; is a sensitive indicator of health status of women, the health of the newborn and quality of health care provided during perinatal period especially delivery and immediate postnatal period. According to TDHS 2004/5,there is high antenatal care coverage- 94% at least one visit; 62% makes four or more visits yet the maternal mortality ratio is still high- 578/100,000 live births and under 5 mortality rate = 112/1000 live births.
Tanzania is amongst countries with very high number of maternal deaths in the world, the high maternal and newborn mortality constitute a silent emergency in Africa, (WHO, 2004) .Two decades after safe motherhood initiative (SMI); the maternal and perinatal mortality levels have sadly continued to rise instead of declining. Health indicators are not improving which may be attributed by poor quality of health services provided (reproductive and child health survey, 1999; TDHS, 2004/5).Poverty, social exclusion, low levels of education and women violence/abuse are amongst the contributing factors.
ANGELS OF CHANGE
Angels of Change is an entry point to prevent maternal deaths using the Positive Deviant/Hearth Approach. Angels of Change is an Idea of intensive behavior change Intervention targeting Mothers of Childbearing age and Pregnant mothers who at risk of maternal complications. It is derived from the fact that despite of all of the above factors contributing to the high Maternal mortality in Tanzania, one thing is evident, that there are a number of women who has never experienced Pre, intra and post delivery complications within our communities under the same resources, these mothers has been able to explore the environment and make use of the available resources while others are not able to do that, these are the one I call the Positive Deviants or The Angels of Change. Through identifying these Positive Deviant Mothers and Using the Community Based Hearth Session Approach, women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women can be brought together to share the Positive Deviant behaviors practiced by Positive Deviant Mothers. Different issues involving locally-discovered positive deviant practices as well as promote other practices essential to healthy living. Hearth sessions incorporate a number of approaches for behavior change including identification of Angels of change in a community, peer to peer support, Mother Dialogues, counseling, negotiation, Adult learning principles, skills building, motivation through visible practices and Women mobilization. Family planning, prevention of unwanted and high risk pregnancies, ensure skilled care during childbirth; ensure access to quality emergency care when a complication arises are among the topics during Hearth sessions.
It involves learning what these Role Models (Angels of Change) has been doing to promote their socially and communally acceptable behaviors and practices promoting good maternal health, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Health care utilization and promoting these practices to be adopted by other mothers. The Hearth part of Angels of Change idea using a PD approach is an intensive behavior change Intervention targeting mothers at risk of maternal Complications.
Sites of implementation including selection of places where majority of Youths are found/lives/work in relatively close proximity, where there are a significant number of risk behaviors.
Angels of Change will be identified though Initial dialogue with respective mother’s groups in a particular community/Institution through peer voting systems especially during antenatal visits. The respective group, guided by Community health workers will anonymously select an Angels of Change with positive deviant behaviors and practices communally acceptable which promotes good maternal health using a special tool. Our Health Volunteer(s) together with the selected Angels of Change will facilitate a mothers Conversation process to discover behaviors and Practices depicted by a selected Role Model and the Group will set up Action Plan. The selected Role Model will trained on facilitation skills and be responsible to conduct Hearth Sessions with Material support provided. She will also be Our contact person in a Particular group observing how peers are adopting her/his practice and behaviors and recommending the way forward. The project will facilitate group meeting at least twice a month and Group learning visits to other successful group with the same socio-economical circumstances. Each group will have a chairperson, Secretary, one Angel of Change and one guardian, teachers/ a community member identified by the group will serve as Guardians. Our Health volunteers will be conducting regular supportive visits to respective group(s) and Provide Monthly report.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your idea unique?
The Positive Deviance (PD) process identifies acceptable, effective and sustainable practices that are already used by at-risk mothers and that do not conflict with local culture. Through learning what their peers with equally limited resources and risk situations are doing to promote maternal Health, Mothers are then empowered through Hearth Sessions to adopt better practices and behaviors even in areas with very limited access to health information and services. It is, in essence, it is a “mop-up” program to eliminate the pool of maternal Complications among women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women , not only through Health Promotion but also by permanent behavior changes which are acceptable by the community and can be carried on to next generation of women.
PD Approach1 has been in Practice for nutrition rehabilitation programs in Vietnam and Rwanda resulting to marked reductions in child malnutrition and improvements in child health within a short period of Time .ITS USE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES HAS NEVER BEEN DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE,Making it unique. The angels of Change Project will be linked to other health interventions for all women within the target communities if any.
Its is a Programme which is self centered and Communally driven buiding the Capacity of women especially in resource limited areas to be responsible for their health by taking appropriate actions at the right time through guidance of their Positive Deviant Peers leading to improved maternal Health.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
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What impact have you had?
PD Approach has been in Practice for nutrition rehabilitation programs in VManonga ADP of World Vision Tanzania resulting to marked reductions in child malnutrition and improvements in child health within a short period of Time .Its our hope that if used in Maternal issues the Result will be overwhelming.
Problem
Tanzania is amongst countries with very high number of maternal deaths in the world, the high maternal and newborn mortality constitute a silent emergency in Africa, (WHO, 2004) .Two decades after safe motherhood initiative (SMI); the maternal and perinatal mortality levels have sadly continued to rise instead of declining. Health indicators are not improving which may be attributed by poor quality of health services provided (reproductive and child health survey, 1999; TDHS, 2004/5).Poverty, social exclusion, low levels of education and women violence/abuse are amongst the contributing factors.
Despite of all of the above factors contributing to the high Maternal mortality ratio in Tanzania, one thing is evedent, that there are a number of women who has never experienced Pre, intra and post delivery complications within our communities under the same resources. Through identifying these Positive Deviant Mothers and Using the Community Based Hearth Session Approach, women of Childbearing age and Pregnant women can be brought together to share the Positive Deviant behaviors practiced by Positive Deviant Mothers.
Actions
FUNDRISING: My organisation is working to look for fundings for this Project
INTERGRATION;We also expect to intergrate the Project in our Current Health Projects
TRAINING: We expect to train more people on Positive Deviance/Hearth Approach to create a Pool of Competent workers
Results
We expect that mother's Capacity on Maternal health issues will be improved by strengtherning Positive behaviors leading to appropriate actions during Pregnancy,Delivery and Post deliverly leading to overall reduction of Maternal deaths
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Training of co worker to create a Pool of Competent workers who will actively implement and Monitor the Angels of Chance Project.We also expect to intergrate it in our current Health Programmes.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Lack of Enough Funding at Inital Stages and lack of commited team playing co workers
How many people will your project serve annually?
100 人未満
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your project in?
Idea phase
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating?
5 年超
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Through expertise exchange and referral support
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
FUNDS
TEAM WORK
INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that you led to this innovation?
Mariam(Not her Actual Name) an old lady with Seven children with the Last Born,Nameless dying in early days of her life.Mariam suffered a severe hemmorrhage afterwards,the cause being retained placenta which was very very difficulty to remove.She was brought to the hospital,exahusted and tired,paper white appearance and it was a weekend and a Doctor on Duty was not available in the ward.Luckly enough i was there visiting my wife who has just delivered a baby girl Eileen.After observing that the Doctor on duty was not there then i thought i've to do something to save Mariam's life.I told the nurse,'i'm a Doctor and i think i can help'.At first she didn't agree with me ,she needed to see my ID Card.Unfortunately i didn't have one.I was just Completed internship in Dar Es Salaam and moved to Shinyanga to wait for posting.Unwelcomed by the nurses i just grabed the sterlile gloves and gown from the Nurses hands and rushed to the Bed where Mariam was gasping,after a series of emergency Procedures Mariam became stable,back to life again.....at that point the nurses realized that i was really a medical Doctor.Nearby Mariam there was a Woman Called Fatuma(Not her real name),she knew Mariam of course and they were neighbours to our suprise.She was just delivered a Seventh baby without any Maternal Complications.After talking to her for some time i discovered that she was poor even more than Mariam,then i kept asking myself 'Why people having the same resources,others make good use of them while others are not???.I asked the same question to Fatuma ....to my suprise the practises she explained are those what i currently call Positive Deviant Behaviors.After some time i attended a Positive Deviant/Hearth Training and started offering technical support to one of our Programme area which was implementing the Nutrition Project among Underfives using the PD/Hearth approaches...very successifully.Then i thought the very same idea can pbe used in Maternal health issues ...of course as ANGELS OF CHANGE PROJECT.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Majority of Programmes aiming at Good Materal Health are always Generalised and institutioanl approaches.However programmes aiming at Buiding Capacities of women to become the Angels of changes for their lives by observing and learning from peers who have the very same resources but having Positive deviant Practices are very few if Any.Angels of Change Projects is a Socially,acceptible and centered Projects which uses socially driven practices which are Positive to build capacity of expectant mothers in Materal Health issues.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
Created on 12/10/2009 by sureshshanth
Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges
Organization: Rathanas Trust
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15, Rock VIew, Pasumalai, Madurai-4, TN, India
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TV & Mobile medias are best
What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?
Even a good idea/product should be advertised to the some extent. Then comes to mass application through schools/colleges. In which, around 75% of the humans will attend schools/colleges. So, it is very much necessity to advertise among schools/colleges
Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?
ビジネス
Country your work focuses on
n/a
What will be the impact of your idea?
big sports festivals like Olympics, World Cup Foot Ball, Wimbledon Tennis or World Cup Cricket, the numbers of viewers are immensely viewing.
Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?
I happened to view so much of television news and sports channels. By establishing an environment for social good to occur via television & balance thru mobile phones today, our impact will only increase over time.
How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)
It will cost around $ 1000 per state in India(29 states). Based on the media we advertise this message it will come down or up. Campaigns are only attracted to limited coverage. But door to door campaign only thru TV/Mobile
This Entry is about (Issues)
main
Madurai, TN India
9° 54' 50.3496" N, 78° 7' 18.2172" E
Everyone in this life is affected or influenced by marriage, either through their parents or their own. Keeping a marriage strong while surviving life's trials can be a huge struggle, but learning from other's experiences can help us through these times. Ladies are not weaker sex. They are not only baby making machine. India is conservative - More women CEOs in India than U.S. It is a women dominant society. So, it is very clearly speaking, the technologies are observed quickly by women than men in India.
Created on 12/1/2009 by sureshshanth
a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.
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Describe Your Idea
a) Kitchen garden & b)Rain Harvest are to be practiced among group. If a sufficient area is found in a house and they can form a group of 10 to 15 and do this as regular cultivation of fresh veg & greens.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat makes your idea unique?
The village laborers are involving their most of their time in fighting with each other, communal clashes, sex addiction, drug addiction, used by Political meeting(by giving some amount and one day meals). They are practiced to avail all the benefits on FREE. Hence, they are not ready to do hard work and wanted to earn much profit on a short period. Due to this they are using unwanted chemical manures to spoil the health of humans. The practice of wasting the time by seeing the TV serials, chat with another, etc. will be reduced. They practice to get some self awareness while doing any work on group. Sharing their views on various matters will lead to healthy environment.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
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What impact have you had?
Every person should allot some space or at least plant in mud pots will give strenth to the family members. They can get the fresh vegetables or greens from their kitchen garden itself. Or they can use their neighbour houses for this purpose. In which, the relationship will be developed. The waste water, vegetable wastes are putting as manures for the small plants. Communual violence, idleness, etc. will be reduced. By this formation of Kitchen garden Group, the real economically backward people will benefitted. Helping, compassion, Our future generation (our children) should know the real culture and helping tendency, compassion on fellow humans and the fruit of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Problem
The strength is fresh vegetables. The weakness is regular quantity will not get from kitchen garden(for such option, we can use the fresh veg market). Threat will be coming from big farmers or villagers. Opportunity will be increasing as well as the health of the family members will develop. I am expecting a bright future generation if we use this Kitchen Garden Group.
Actions
The kitchen garden techniq to be adopted as hobby. Physical work may increase health and the concentration on work will give them mental health. This work to be undertaken at least everyday 30 mimutes. In which, the family will get weekly 3 to 4 days or even everyday vegetables.
Results
Self Help Group may be arranged and around 10 to 15 ladies will assemble in a house, where sufficient place is available for planting such kitchen garden veg & greens. The income and expenses may be shared among them. This unity will give them psychological strenth.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
The idel time will be reduced and the practice of FREE to be vanished from the minds of the housewives and idle gents. Regular plantation and understanding will be developed among one another without seeing any caste, creed and colour.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
I believe the most of the village labours are practiced idleness, hence they sit and drink tea shops and arrack(tasmark) shops. Hence, the crimes are increasing. They might be the prevented this and this can be tackled by their wife's and family members. Even drunkards are reducing.
How many people will your project serve annually?
101～1,000 人
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat stage is your project in?
1 年未満
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating?
1 年未満
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
No
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Yes we three are all practising it in our houses.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
Support, campaigns, distribution of seeds, methods to be adopted
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
Every Goverment extending so many benefits to the farmers, but actually they beneficiaries are big and corporate farmers.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
M.S.Swaminathan and Isreal scientists who did lot of reveluation in agriculture even in desert.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
Baby food should be with iron, proctein & Vitamin C.
If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. In a village of 2000 people mostly around 5 to 10 pregnant women are found. So, it is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).
Alongwith the nutrition flour powder, we must council the ladies for betterment of their mind. The ladies are very fond of goose berry, which is very well available.
Created on 11/23/2009 by sureshshanth
If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. It is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu in Tamilnadu, India”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).
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If the pregnant ladies are noted down and properly treated, then most of the Nutrition problem will be solved. It is very much necessity to identify them and give nutritious food of “Chatthu Mavu in Tamilnadu, India”, ie. Dhal flour powder (contains nine dhalls).
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Government subsidy to be extended for such dhals cultivation, which are easily grown in Indian climate and easily available in the Indian rural market. Then the cost will be much lesser. Otherwise, every 10 to 15 Villages, around one acre of such dhal cultivation to be planted and supplied to those NGOs or Government Organizations on direct purchase. The people will easily get it and flour this dhall with mixies or with stone machines(available in rural areas). Nutrition on your mouth is the best way to cut down This nine dhals cultivation should not be under trade practices.
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No
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What impact have you had?
Alongwith the nutrition flour powder, we must council the ladies for betterment of their mind. The ladies are very fond of goose berry, which is very well available in all parts of India. Hence, by asking them to eat the goose berry and then we have to advice them to eat for their baby. During milk feeding, they should avoid fat foods, hot drinks, soft drinks like coca-cola, pepsi, etc., cigarettes, and other alcoholic items.
Child rights deprivation high in India, says Unicef
NEW DELHI, Nov 20, in Deccan Herald.
Problem
The midday meal scheme(with egg) is started giving on in the schools upto 8th standard in Tamilnadu, India. Everyday one green and fresh vegetable are given along with rice. It is better to organize through Government with the help of NGOs to monitor the schemes. "If world leaders are serious about reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, then strategies and funding for reducing death and disability related to preterm birth must receive priority," Dr. Howse adds.
Actions
The midday meal scheme(with egg) is started by the late Chief Minister Mr.Kamaraj during 1960’s and then followed by the late CM Mr.MGR during 1980’s and it is still going on in the schools upto 8th standard in Tamilnadu, India.
Everyday one green and fresh vegetable are given along with rice. It is better to organize through Government with the help of NGOs to monitor the schemes.
Results
Within a year or two the health of the children as well as their education will increased.Baby food should be with iron, proctein & Vitamin C. Pigeon peas, cajanus cajan, wheat, cereals, legumes, mung, phaseolus mungo, mash, phaseolus radiate, chick peas, net protein utilization, protein efficiency ratio. Nine mineral elements, Na. K,P, Ca, Cu, Zu, Fe and Mn were determined in the raw and cooked whole and dhals of the cultivars of pigeon pea. Cooking caused significant decrease (P<0.05) in the macro mineral elements in whole seed and dhals.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
a) For every 5 to 10 villages one to two acres of land to be cultivated nine dhalls and greens alongwith some fast growing vegetables with the help of NGOs and local villagers. Some of them are get employment opportunities.
b) Supply through Government and local bodies to all schools(nowadays Matriculation schools are not providing the Government Midday meals scheme)
c) Followup & monitor with the help of NGOs
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Government midday meals scheme
How many people will your project serve annually?
1001～10,000 人
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$100 ‐ 1000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
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Idea phase
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
No
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating?
1 年未満
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
No
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
No
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Three of us are partners and doing some kind of social works around us to some old age homes, orphanages, etc.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1) Buy cultivated lands
2) Supply through Government local bodies
3) Monitor and HRM
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My daughter was having heart problem due to this malnutrition. Now she is suffering from lungs problem also. God is with us.
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News from various sources like UNICEF, Science Daily, etc.
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Created on 11/4/2009 by Morolake Adekunle
Organization: Total Development International Foundation
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Total Development International Foundation
団体名
Total Development International Foundation
団体の所在地
124,Oyo Road,Orogun, Ibadan Nigeria
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Approximately 250 words left (2000 characters).
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No
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What impact have you had?
We have reached 40 villages in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State Nigeria making their nutrition better.
Problem
Undernourishment through inadequate protein in the diet
Actions
Donation of sheep by project to villagers and by villagers to villagers
Training in required skills for livestock rearing and vegetable farming
Training in prosessing of traditional menu with soy beans added for protein
Linking farmers directly to produce end-users
Results
Improved nutition for rural families.
Higher income for farmers
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
2010- sustained commitment on the part of the target population
2011- Funds to break new ground in other localgovernment areas
2012-sustained commitment on the part of the people
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Large-scale civil disturbance leading to people's displacement from their traditional locations.Widespread livestock epidemic
How many people will your project serve annually?
1001～10,000 人
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
$50 - 100
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
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Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating?
1 年未満
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
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Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
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Created on 11/2/2009 by sureshshanth
Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.
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Every house should have empty land or roof garden/kichen garden in their houses. The rain water harvest set up should be in the house while optaining registration.
Healthy Food, Healthy Thoughts, Healthy Environment and Faith & Prayer(Meditation/Yoga) will give HEALTHY BODY & MIND and Success in life.
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The villagers have to come directly to the market and sale the vegetables. Proper market to be arranged in every centre of places. Benefits like Free tickets, free watering, free electricity and without rent, etc. to be given to promote village vegetable vendors.
Kitchen garden should be placed in every house on a duty for the community.
Government should monitor and help for roof top garden in order to get fresh vegetables.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
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The house keeper works like gardening, house cleaning, vessel cleaning, cloth washing, shopping, etc. to be done by children.
The parents should be their role model (don’t smoke & drink in house before children), since they are our best mimic.
Better to speak frankly about sex when they are adolescence. Otherwise, this will affect
