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Keepers Club Chicago

Created: 09/14/09 by Thomas OGrady

Locations

Thomas M. OGrady
9645 S. Hamilton Chicago, Illinois 60643 Keepers Club Founder and Director
United States
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United States
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Generational Thinkers

Created on 09/1/2009 by Makoko

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The world needs individuals who are very much concerned about making life comfortable for the next generation. Helping to alleviate extreme global poverty is something that should be a matter of great concern for this current generation.

Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Comunity Wellbeing (Socio-economic Interface for violence Elimination).

Created on 08/18/2009 by SEIVE

 A dysfunctional family breeds future poor mental health and the disturbed mind originates from some form of violence. To improve community wellbeing we must end domestic violence. But domestic violence cannot be eradicated without placing men at the forefront of protecting women from violence since men are its main perpetrators.

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Section 1: About You

名

FR. PAUL

姓

OKOTH

Website URL

http://Under construction

Country

Uganda

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

SEIVE

ウェブサイト

http://under construction

団体の電話番号

line+256-(0)45-447-9099 mob: +256(0)774764772

団体の所在地

Socio-Economic Interfave for Violence Elimination (SEIVE), Plot 8, Budaka Close, Namakwekwe, Mbale. P.o.Box 2474 Mbale, Uganda

団体の所在国

Uganda

団体の種類:

非営利団体

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Name Your Project

Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Comunity Wellbeing (Socio-economic Interface for violence Elimination).

Country your work focuses on

Uganda

Describe Your Idea

 A dysfunctional family breeds future poor mental health and the disturbed mind originates from some form of violence. To improve community wellbeing we must end domestic violence. But domestic violence cannot be eradicated without placing men at the forefront of protecting women from violence since men are its main perpetrators.

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What makes your idea unique?

Several innovations exist in my idea.Firstly, it does not consider gender issues to be the commonly accepted concept:a women's issue.It is about men taking responsibility for their actions rather than women fighting for their rights.
Secondly,I (and my organization) hold that domestic violence is a behavior internalized in early childhood by the exposure of children to violence in a domestic context.We think that its removal in men requires psycho-social therapeutic approaches such as counselling and behavioral change methods rather than the currently predominant punitive measures alone.
Thirdly, the outcome of this approach is unitive rather than divisive for a couple.Male perpetrators of domestic violence do not return from prison angry and vengeful.Instead they get to understand their circumstances develop a true loving non-violent relationship with their spouses.
In addition men and women have found themselves closer to each other than ever before.Perhaps the most important novelty here is that many faces of domestic violence are addressed simultaneously. Hidden and less obvious forms of domestic violence, such as denial of sex and withdrawal of monetary support are confronted.It is an in-depth healing approach.
Because it is hard to attract men to join non-economic pursuits,the men end up in cooperatives, get socially integrated and are at the same time relevantly rehabilitated in their natural social environment rather than in correctional institutions that have little bearing to the sitz-in-leben in which they live.It is a new holistic methodology.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

Yes

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What impact have you had?

From a little known counselling program we are now overwhelmed by the public demand.We did not expect that we would receive so many clients a day; hundreds of phone calls.We did not know that our clientele would expand to cover all kinds of people with all kinds of problems: The childless couple,men living in dire poverty, the woman seeking help for her alcoholic husband,the couple that is looking for an answer to what makes them always fight, the sexually addicted husband,people who claim their homes are haunted by demons; the list is endless.when all was said is done,we encounter the everyday problems of families and communities at the very roots of community mental health.
Over the years we have from experience and study developed a workable and popular way of dealing with family issues by counselling.
Our work has gone beyond the borders of the country and continues to spread spontaneously from mouth to mouth.
More and more victims of domestic violence opt to come to us hoping to find a solution that will not force them to hand their violent husbands to the prisons. they do not want a divorce, they want a change in their spouses.
A wide section of the population is now involved: schools, faithbased groups,correctional institutions,women's organizations, human rights organizations,law enforcement and policy makers,Government and village comunities.Men are finally becoming part of the gender issues platform and taking their responsibility at all levels.

Problem

The main problem concerns is the elusive nature of domestic violence.Men return from prison sentences and continue to re-offend. Exposure of children to domestic violence creates future violent youth and adults.We wish to free society from this endless cycle of violence begetting violence. The world has not appreciated the power of peaceful non-violent forms of conflict resolution.We want to see an end to the death penalty, to ineffective punitive approaches to psychologically based problems.
In many parts of africa, the use of the cane in schools is still encouraged. where it is illegal, there are no measures to stop it completely.The effects of exposure to violence are little understood. Drug addicts, alcoholics,sex addicts, violent persons, all end up behind bars with little chances of true indepth healing.We question the current manner in which the roots of societal mental health are dealt with.Domestic violence happens in the most basic unit of society, the family, and is not different from a mini war.

Actions

We researched on why men are the main perpetrators of domestic violence.Results showed that most perpetrators had been exposed to domestic violence in their childhood. Local leaders help identify afflicted families and we offer marital counselling to both perpetrators and survivors.We rented an office,advertise in the media,get access to perpetrators in prison,get the police to identify more perpetrators and have lobbied the district Justice for counselling as a component of sentencing perpetrators.With the permission of the education office we address institutions on domestic violence.
We keep and study records of cases and counselling methods that worked or didnt work in specific cases.Our volunteers form peer pressure groups and work together in economically viable investments. Part of their profits help their victims and maintain our office and work. With a music band we march in streets and make peaceful demonstrations against brideprice during the 16 days of activism.We make referals of survivors and perpetrators to suitable programs and train men's counselors.

Results

More survivors are reporting abuse to our office and men in communities are becoming more sensitive to domestic violence.The presence of anti-violence groups of men incommunities keeps potential perpetrators in check.Women are feeling safer in the communities where we are present.We are receiving referals from all sectors of society, even by wives who fear court proceedings and dont want a divorce or loss of custody over their children.Men's cooperatives are springing up and poverty in families being alleviated. there is a clear decrease in the statistics of domestic violence.Ex-prisoners find easy to reach and attractive rehabilitation programs.We help re-integrate ex-perpetrators into new and productive lifestyles.Women's rights groups are finding it helpful to work with men.Gender issues are no longer solely a women's thing.There are now platforms for men and women to work together.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

In the first year,men's cooperatives will have to be economically viable to enable volunteers to work against domestic violenc while simultaneously sustaining their families.Part of the profits from their common income generating activities is essential for the self-sustenace of the project, our office and work.Investment funds for such common enterprises would have to come from the volunteers themselves as well as donations from goodwill and well wishers.Through awareness seminars financial appeals can be made from the communities themselves.
Such funds would be spent on social education, awareness and sensitisation on issues of domestic violence at all levels of society; seminars for schools,law enforcement,political and civil administrators,faith-based groups,cultural institutions, social organizations, legal and economic systems.The support of law enforcement, political and civil administration is vital for the change of attitudes towards and policies on domestic violence.
In the second year,with adequate funds, violent and abusive cultural,political and traditional systems would have to be challenged through social campaigns.Mens groups would have to actively support and complement womens' groups that work against domestic violence.
In the third year society would have to be involved in comprehensively rejecting all forms of exposure to violence in general(such as capial punishment and war) and domestic violence in particular. At the grass roots and national levels, legal systems that do not take the nature of male perpetrated violence into account would have to be denounced and ammended.Active change would need to occur at all levels of social and political structure.Laws would need to be enacted against any exposure of children to violence and especially domestic violence. The nature, causes and effects of domestic violence in relation to community mental health would need to be taught as a mundatory subject in schools,universities and other institutions of learning and government would have to include in her budget funding for psycho-socio economic enterprises such as counselling and recovery centers for violent people, sex and drug addicts, alcoholics, refugees and other victims of her own violence-sustaining and regenerating culture.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

The quality, number and availability of domestic violence counselors determines the quality and degree of impact on mens attitudes. We would not succeed if we failed to fund the initial training of key personel. we would also fail if we did not penetrate the higher levels of social hierarchy since these effect changes in policy and laws and can use their financial and administrative advantage against us.
We would fail if we did not have income generating activities as these are essential for sustaining the commitment and involvement of men who will normally prioritise their need to earn a living for their families.

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?

$50 - 100

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

1～5 年

In what country?

Uganda

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

Mifumi Project

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 any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?

Yes

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Networking with NGO's are important for the effective spread and implementation of our methodologies.Our link with organizations that work against domestic violence adds a multiplier effect to our overall impact on society.We are able to share notes on types of cases, improve on our approaches and together have a stronger voice to impact on public policy. we have benefited much from skills specific trainings carried out by partner organizations. It is also important for us to maintain a referal mechanism that takes care of persons who would more suitably be taken care of by other NGO's. Collaborations that lead to wider demonstrations such as occur on the 16 days of activism are critical for our success in impacting on the public.
Because our men generally earn a living for their families we have to be linked with businesses that mutually benefit the organization and the business communities. Economically viable investments need the expertise of businesses that have been involved before us.
Partnerships with government are critical for influencing changes in public policy and amendments of unjust laws. There is need to enforce discipline where perpetrators initially resent us.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

Firstly, we need to extensively change men's attitudes towards domestic violence and gender issues by making them responsible for protecting women against violence. This in turn requires widespread use of radio, newspaper articles and community seminars: thorough advertisement and publicity.
Secondly we must first have the men in our camp before we can do anything to them or get them to do anything for themselves. This requires attracting their interest and commitment by setting up attrative income generating projects for and with them, grouping them up in cooperative unions.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

I noticed that one mentally disturbed lady spent much of her time apparently "caring for and consoling" another mentally ill lady.The "carer" made quicker progress and soon recovered.And then I experimented with other clients and deliberately got them to attend to people with similar problems. It soon became obvious that here was something important and unrecognized.Now I know it will take former male perpetrators of domestic violence to end domestic violence in other perpetrators. As an alcoholic I was subjected to many years of abuse at the hands of those who did not really understand chemical dependency.(dismisals, expulsions, humiliations,etc). I only began to recover at the hands of recovered alcoholics at the guesthouse, a treatment center in Rochester Mn, USA.Since then I have wanted to see other troubled persons get appropriate therapy and treatment.Punishment alone will not turn the violent perpetrator into a peace activist.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

CURRICULUM VITAE OF FR PAUL OKOTH
• 2006-2009 Assistant pastor, St Austin’s parish, Mbale municipality, Archdiocese of Tororo. Assistant staff, radio Maria, Uganda, Mbale branch. Working on sound track for a film on domestic violence about to be released by Mifumi women’s project, Uganda.
• 2008 Won an Ashoka International fellowship award for placing men at the forefront of ending violence against women.
• 2005-2006 Assistant pastor, Budaka parish, Archdiocese of Tororo. Founded Socio economic Interface for Violence Elimination (SEIVE)
• 2005 Made presentation at Pan African conference on abolition of bride price, Kampala Uganda
• 2004-2005 Diploma in computer repair, Stratford Institute, Washington DC, USA
• 2002-2005 Attended BSC Chemistry lectures and piano pedagogy, Bucknell University, USA. Was Church Organist at sacred Heart parish, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
• 2000-2002 Guesthouse, Rochester Mn, USA, Member of the North American Catholic clerical association for chemical dependency and addiction therapy.
• 1999-2000 Parish priest, Situmi catholic parish, archdiocese of Tororo. Organist at National celebration of martyrs day(3rd June,2000) at Namugongo, Kampala
• 1994-1999 Parish priest, Gangama parish, Mbale municipality
• 1990-1994 O-level science teacher, St Pius X seminary, Nagongera, Tororo, Uganda.
• 1986-1989 BA Theological and Pastoral studies, Ggaba national Major Seminary, affiliated to Pontifical Urban University of Rome. Ordained Roman Catholic Priest. Pastor, sipi Parish, archdiocese of Tororo.
• 1985 pastoral exposure, Budadiri Parish
• 1983-1984 Diploma in theology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
• 1982-1984 diploma in philosophical and religious studies, Katigondo National Major Seminary.
• 1980, 1981 East African Advanced certificate of Education, Physics, chemistry, math, St Mary’s college Kisubi, Kampala
• 1976-1979 East African Ordinary certificate of Education, St Pius X Seminary, Nagongera, Tororo, Uganda.
• 1974,1975 Primary 6, primary 7 Kisoko Boarding school, Tororo
• 1971-1973 Primary 3, 4, 5 Rock view school, Tororo.
• 1969,1970 Primary 1,2 Elgon view school, Tororo
• 1968 Elgon view Nursery school, Tororo

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Through another organization or company

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

Ashoka Global association of Social entrepreneurs (Ashoka)

PUBCON

Created on 08/16/2009 by snezana

Producing Green book on Community Mental health. Organizing Public consultations on Communiry Mental Health in Macedonia. Draft the strategy and proposals to the Government.

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Section 1: About You

名

Snezana

姓

Chichevalieva

Website URL

Country

Macedonia

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

団体の所在地

団体の所在国

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団体の種類:

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Name Your Project

PUBCON

Country your work focuses on

Macedonia

Describe Your Idea

Producing Green book on Community Mental health. Organizing Public consultations on Communiry Mental Health in Macedonia. Draft the strategy and proposals to the Government.

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What makes your idea unique?

tHERE WAs never held public consultation on mental health in the country. The Government has wrong perspective of public opinion on the issue and does not implement the right strategy approach in developing community mental health

Do you have a patent for this idea?

Yes

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What impact have you had?

So far the community mental health is not developing at all, resulting in outburst of problems of people with mental health.

Problem

The Government is not paying attention to the rising problems in mental health. It never has organized public consultation to screen the needs and situation in the area and to see what the population things about the scope of the problem, main issues and main resolutions to the problems. This has resulted in increasing of the number of people with mental illness and their families having problems (societal, economic,health, discrimination, e.t.c)

Actions

1. To draft a Green book on community mental health
2. To organize public consultations ( on line, public debates, interviews, e.t.c.)
3. To draft White book on community mental health
4. To propose strategy and legal changes to advance the situation.

Results

1. Upgrading democratic process in the country
2. Advancing human rights of the vulnerable population
4. Advancing the health of people, especially children and women
5.Decrease the cost of treatment of the mentally ill people (health savings)
6.Increasing information to the public
5. Orienting action towards expressed needs of the voulnerable population

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

2009: Setting up the seen:Built a full scale project,Train NGO to organize public consultations
2010:Draft a Green paper (book) on community mental health (situational analyzes), organioze and implement public consultations
2011: Draft a White paper (book) with opinions and reccomendations for further action, draft legislation/strategies that have to be amended, table drafts to the Government and make it public (publishing, web sites...)

What would prevent your project from being a success?

Not enough resources.

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?

$1000 - 4000

Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?

Yes

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

In what country?

Macedonia

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

NGO VERITAS&VIRTUS Anti Violence Aliance

How long has this organization been operating?

1～5 年

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

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.

Partnership with the NGOs is crution for broad coverage of the population in Macedonia. Partnership with the Government provides for unlimited approach to the information regaRDING THE SITUATION, AS WELL A POLITICAL SUPPORT to realize the projects and propose advancements in the area.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

1. Advancing human capital in mental health
2. Resource mobilizing
3. Advancing strong synergies among the stakeholders.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

The defining moment was a few people escapes from the mental health hospitals which proved that they can not take appropriate care of these patients, and their families, crying for help, since they were not helped to care for their relatives in the community (safer) settings).

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

I am working as a lawyer for more than 20 years now in the area of health and social issues. I was one of the founders of the mental health reform in Macedonia. I have drafted and proposed to the Government the Law on mental health , which was adopted, but never implemented. I also wrote a book on mental health reform, aiming to raise awareness of the preventive role of law in mental health and to advance community mental health.

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

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths Workshops and Field Trip Project

Created on 08/10/2009 by hbutts

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Section 1: About You

名

Heather

姓

Butts

Website URL

Country

United States

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

800-284-3055

団体の所在地

3260 Netherland Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463

団体の所在国

United States

団体の種類:

非営利団体

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Name Your Project

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths Workshops and Field Trip Project

Country your work focuses on

United States

Describe Your Idea

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H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will collaborate with non-profit organizations which have after-school and weekend programs to provide workshops in the areas of physical health, mental health and life-skills.  The activities will be carried out by H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths’ workshop leaders, directors, officers, staff, advisory board and volunteers.   

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What makes your idea unique?

Youth Statistics - Why H.E.A.L.TH for Youths is so necessary
H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will focus in and around the New York metropolitan area, with the hope to eventually branch out regionally, nationally and internationally. According to the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development's 2008 Annual Report http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/downloads/pdf/2008_annual_report.pdf, while 33% of the city's overall youth budget is earmarked for after school and extra-curricular activities, and great strides have been made to assist families in these areas, there is still a great deal of work left to do - and this work can be done by non-profits such as H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths. Additionally, while rates for certain health care issues are on the decline among youths, for teens 15-19, rates of pregnancy remain at 93.2 per 1,000 in New York City, as opposed to 72.2 Nationally(http://www.getthefactsny.org/policymakers/documents/NYC-NEWYORK.pdf).Rates of smoking remain high (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/csi/noid-youth.pdf). In 2005, an estimated 93,000 of the 280,000 public high school students in New York City used alcohol (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/survey/survey-2007subsAbuse.pdf).

Do you have a patent for this idea?

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What impact have you had?

We are a new organization, but we know that we will have a great impact. We will also be able to demonstrate our impact through an evaluation/survey process, as well as interviews and other evaluation metrics.

Problem

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will focus in and around the New York metropolitan area, with the hope to eventually branch out regionally, nationally and internationally. According to the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development's 2008 Annual Report http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/downloads/pdf/2008_annual_report.pdf, while 33% of the city's overall youth budget is earmarked for after school and extra-curricular activities, and great strides have been made to assist families in these areas, there is still a great deal of work left to do - and this work can be done by non-profits such as H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths. Additionally, while rates for certain health care issues are on the decline among youths, for teens 15-19, rates of pregnancy remain at 93.2 per 1,000 in New York City, as opposed to 72.2 Nationally(http://www.getthefactsny.org/policymakers/documents/NYC-NEWYORK.pdf).Rates of smoking remain high (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/csi/noid-youth.pdf). In 2005, an estimated 93,000 of the 280,000 public high school students in New York City used alcohol (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/survey/survey-2007subsAbuse.pdf).

Actions

The workshops will be provided to underserved ages late teens-early 20s in low-income areas of New York and New Jersey. The students will participate in at least one workshop each week. There will be 10-15 students in each workshop. The program will have around 45 students the first year and over 100 students in the years after.
H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths programs benefit poor, distressed and underprivileged youth because the programs encourage the overall growth of the participants by focusing on the areas of health and life-skills. H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths programs benefit collaborating non-profits because H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will provide health and life-skills workshops currently lacking form many after-school programs, which will in turn improve the quality of the after-school programs and enhance the appeal and reputation of these programs.

Results

Through intensive workshops using innovative educational tool such as multimedia, computer gaming film, interactive discussion and field trips, students will be able to discuss healthcare and educational issues of concern and work with experienced professionals to lessen risk factors for unsafe behavior that could lead to detrimental consequences.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will have its first annual meeting in June 2009. We will continue to work with the Columbia University Law School and hope to secure additional funding in the coming months. We have approved by-laws and various policies for the organization and have secured our 501(c)(3) status (attached).
We will need an infusion of funding, as well as support from the community, our Board (of directors and advisory) and the students themselves.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

- Lack of Funding.
- Lack of general support.

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

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What stage is your project in?

1 年未満

In what country?

United States

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths

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?

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.

We have already secured partnerships with several universities, non-profit organizations, individuals, and partners. These will be the backbone of our workshops and field trips. We will take the students on trips to various museums, restaurants, animal welfare centers, colleges, all to expose them to programs, environments and experiences that they would not otherwise be exposed to. There will also be an academic component through SAT/LSAT/MCAT preparation that will prepare students for life after high school and college.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

-Funding
-Support from other organizations
-Support from our users (students) and our organization (Board of Directors, Advisory Board).

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

Working with other non-profits that were lacking in these type of workshops, services and trips for young people. We realized that we could create an organization to provide these services to other non-profits as well as young people in the community.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Our current board:

Anthony Antonucci - Former Police Officer - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Expertise in dealing with at-risk youths, post-traumatic stress disorder and juvenile delinquency issues. Training specifically in dealing with at-risk youth, emergency management and violence prevention.

Heather Butts, JD, MPH, MA - Regulatory Specialist at Columbia University Medical Center; adjunct teacher at Columbia University School of Public Health and Board member of several non-profits the focus on young people and underserved populations. Background in psychology in education, as well as teaching and counseling young people.

Hugh F. Butts, MD - Psychoanalyst in private practice in New York with decades of experience working with trouble youths and underserved populations. Expertise in post-traumatic stress disorder, forensic psychiatry and juvenile delinquency.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Through another organization or company

If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company

CHHCS

Social Responsibility: The Key to Wellbeing

Created on 08/2/2009 by relationalcenter

We want mental health care to address the problems that face whole communities through social action.  Thinking about mental health in terms of community wellness supports the underserved to advocate for better conditions, greater access to resources and care, and more influence in policy decision-making.

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Section 1: About You

名

Mark

姓

Fairfield

Website URL

Country

United States

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

The Relational Center

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

(323) 935-1807

団体の所在地

5486 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

団体の所在国

United States

団体の種類:

非営利団体

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Name Your Project

Social Responsibility: The Key to Wellbeing

Country your work focuses on

United States

Describe Your Idea

We want mental health care to address the problems that face whole communities through social action.  Thinking about mental health in terms of community wellness supports the underserved to advocate for better conditions, greater access to resources and care, and more influence in policy decision-making.

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What makes your idea unique?

We consider mental health to be a function of how beneficial the relationships are between individuals and their environments. We define mental health care as a set of strategies to address the quality of fit among the multiple relationships that make up a person’s whole life space. Because we believe that what actually contributes to and sustains emotional challenges is systemic, we will not focus on changing behaviors. We believe that people behave in ways that reflect the quality of the relationships in their lives. Problematic behavior points to problematic relationships in the broader context. Extinguishing disturbing behavior without addressing the systemic problems they highlight puts the burden of responsibility solely on individuals. This only compounds emotional suffering.
We do not offer a medical model of care. Medicine is practiced to cure illnesses. While it is true that many problems that compromise mental health are due to organic or biological imbalances, the human suffering that accompanies those imbalances is not adequately addressed when treated as a sickness or a symptom. We believe in the power of medicine to support overall general health. But we do not believe that medicine alone will achieve health. We believe that health is a function of quality of contact. So our care services are aimed at supporting our participants to retrieve or create improved contact in the relationships most critical to their well-being.

Do you have a patent for this idea?

No

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What impact have you had?

The results of our 2008 consumer satisfaction survey yielded very positive results. Of the participants responding to the survey questions (25% of surveys administered in both English and Spanish), 33% agreed their experience at The Relational Center was very positive, while 58% strongly agreed. The majority of respondents were minorities (58%). The responses to the surveys included questions pertaining to how timely participants were contacted in response to their requests for service, how culturally sensitive their counselors were, the quality of listening their counselors demonstrated, how aware their counselors were of their needs, how much counselors encouraged them to take an active role in their care, and how well counselors addressed their main concerns. Additionally, the survey addressed issues related to how open counselors were to receiving feedback, how caring and transparent counselors appeared, and whether problems improved significantly within the time they had been working with their counselors. Across all of these domains, the average scores indicated a response midway between agreement and strong agreement. This provides a basis for concluding that the services at The Relational Center are very likely to successfully impact our participants in the way we have intended.

We conducted a similar survey among our trainees, requesting feedback about how effective the training has been in fostering higher levels of cultural competence, clinical skill and increased capacity to think in more complex ways about culture, class and context. We also asked trainees to comment on the quality of their experiences with trainers and supervisors. Again, across the board, the responses indicated a high probability that trainees are receiving the quality of training that we have intended to offer at The Relational Center.

Problem

The problem we are addressing is the lack of attention to systemic, cultural and environmental contextual conditions in the course of designing programs and services for underserved groups. In the area of mental health, interventions tend to be overly focused on individual issues. The result is a care plan that ignores community-wide challenges that, if unchanged, will continue to maintain individual human suffering. A medical model of mental health care--the standard model in our country--will always run the risk of distracting us from the more pressing contextual problems and challenges we must address.

Actions

In addition to individual counseling, The Relational Center offers a Community Action Group model for developing strategies that address the systemic problems leading to human suffering. By providing opportunities for our participants to collaborate with others with shared concerns, we are changing the conditions we believe are sustaining agony and suffering in underserved groups--disaffection, alienation, isolation, disempowerment, oppression. Creating opportunities for individuals to participate in community action is our approach to developing a culture of belonging, social responsibility, political activism and mutual care.

Results

The result of this model is a continuum of relatedness, a communal context in which a very diverse range of participants with a variety of challenges and disabilities can connect, get support, work together, develop projects, exercise their voices, make a difference in their worlds. As outlined above, our consumer satisfaction and trainee self-assessment results were very positive. While they do not guarantee that we are always hitting our targets, they do show a trend that we are heading in the right direction. Meanwhile, we will continue to encourage honest feedback, criticism and suggestions from our care services participants and our clinical trainees and organizational apprentices about how we can revise and refine the systems and processes on which we rely to carry out our mission.

What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.

The Relational Center is headed in the right direction. We are about 75% self-sustaining through program generated revenues and rely for about 25% of our budget on development funds. We do NOT accept government funding or health insurance reimbursements because we believe depending on these funding streams ultimately disempowers are participants and leaves us vulnerable to catastrophic economic changes (leading to contracts being pulled or policies reshaping the eligibility criteria for receiving further funding). What we need to be successful over the next 3 years is the capacity to preserve this funding philosophy--a culture of self-sustaining development. So far, we have seen that his is possible.

What would prevent your project from being a success?

What would prevent this project from success is the failure of our organization to sustain itself. Barriers to fund development and board development stand as threats to the successful implementation of our programs and services. Nevertheless, these are the very areas of vulnerability we are most focused on addressing over the next 3 years.

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

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What stage is your project in?

1～5 年

In what country?

United States

Is your initiative connected to an established organization?

Yes

If yes, provide organization name.

The Relational Center

How long has this organization been operating?

1～5 年

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes

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.

The Relational Center has Memoranda of Understanding with three critically important community partners: 1) El Rescate; 2) Antioch University Los Angeles; and 3) University of Southern California. In every case, the agreements we have developed with our partners leverage their resources and wide support bases to contribute more to the communities we serve. In particular, our commitment to diversifying the mental health workforce and influencing care models to strive toward more community-driven, relational principles could not be achieved as widely and successfully as it now can as a result of collaborative projects with our partners. Sharing resources and building on synergy are resources just as important to our well being as our developed funds.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?

1) Identification of at least 3 well-connected candidates (with ties to high net worth individuals/corporations) appropriate for membership on our board of directors; 2) One or two sizable multi-year foundation grants for core operating support; and 3) Continued success with program implementation, development of community partnerships and solid evaluation outcome data.

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What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

The defining moment for me was when I realized that we are not slaves to the status quo. When we work together--as a community--it doesn't matter how much money we have or who will give us permission to try something new or different. What matters is that we are creative, that we have potential, that we can think outside the box. While it was daunting to imagine starting an organization with our professed mission, with no financial support to speak of and very little foundation other than the passion and dedication of a small group of people, I could see it. I could see the vision of something happening in spite of a lack of resources. I could see how reusable human energy could compensate for a lack of money.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

Mark Fairfield, LCSW, BCD, (Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work), holds an MS in Social Work from Columbia University and has completed four years of post-graduate clinical training leading to certification in Relational Gestalt Therapy. He has served as a faculty member at the Pacific Gestalt Institute, Clinical Director for Common Ground in Santa Monica, and is currently the Executive Director for The Relational Center. Mark’s private practice is in two locations, one on the West side and the other in the Miracle Mile area. Mark has trained and presented internationally and has published in journals and books primarily on the subject of groups, dialogue, harm minimization and deconstructing individualism.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)

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"Every Seed/Child Must Grow!" not GMO...

Created on 07/29/2009 by leo_hphp@yahoo.ca

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Aloha, we're glad you could make it. Please, pull up a shell & take your SEED-cause i know you've been standing on your feed, all day long! 'Fir starters, i hope i one: don't bore you with grammer mistakes [test: we have to be really honest to discuss such important itsyuoes] and two: if you cud see how missing peaces land exxxtraaaa letters make DNA, AND or DAN, then you May understand what some people mean when they say BOOOOoooooHoooOo for GMO (GenModOrg) and EHYA i mean YEAH for GmO (Good/God made Optimism).

Join us on the Rethinking Mental Health competition site

Created on 07/22/2009 by Elizabeth

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Ashoka Changemakers, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, launched the “Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing” competition. We’ll be looking for innovations that allow individuals, families, communities, and society to move past narrow perceptions of mental health and expand our understanding and collective involvement in finding solutions.

 

RW - WE, RECYCLED WORTH - WECYCLED EARTH

Created on 07/11/2009 by leo_hphp@yahoo.ca

Bicyclists all over the world deserve to "share their wealth of health" with anyone. Offsets of every kind (to pay fines, bills, traveling expenses on other vehicles (-cycles in tow) worldwide, etc., imagine it…!) will be given, for using a bicycle (or electric motorized cycle) as your primary transportation.

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名

adas

姓

brehann

Website

Organization

RW WE, RECYCLED WORTH - WECYCLED EARTH

Country

Canada

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

RW WE, RECYCLED WORTH - WECYCLED EARTH

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

5148452654

団体の所在地

Montreal Quebec

団体の所在国

Canada

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Are you a traveler or travel company?

Yes

Name Your Project

RW - WE, RECYCLED WORTH - WECYCLED EARTH

Country your work focuses on

n/a

What is the likely impact of your idea? (150 words max)

RW WE (Are double-you we? It takes two to tango & sometimes more - your old self & the new ‘recycled/re-educated/re-inspired’ ones) will impact Earthlings, of Earth, through reversing every kind of 'IF' (Individual Footprint(s)), by ramping up the transition away from carbon related travel, by replacing it with ZERO EMISSIONS vehicles, travel & other rewards. ***IMPACT-RESULT: ‘Team RW WE’ kicks off on an ongoing global journey. One which will always being imbued with new volunteers, to promote our innovative initiative of providing support to tour little known places & unknown cultures. ‘WE’ will bring each tribe to the world stage [with education & videos about those cultures (as if curious & cautious children & vice versa) without ruining the indigenous nature of…& unique reason for traveling to & sharing of…time honored understanding] & the WISDOM which ALLOWS each of our tribes, to sustain ONENESS, with & within our environment(s).

Why is promoting global travel and engagement important? What makes your idea innovative? (200 words max)

From antiquity, the importance of uniquely knowing other tribes, sharing & communicating with each about the environment which supports its longevity has always helped to balance consumption to prevent the overuse of resources. Those tribes have now become our 'global village', in a domino effect of action & a house of cards, waiting to be toppled by increasing climate changes. Our idea is as innovative as smoke signals in the sky…or is that a hurricane…and earth will continue to innovate. Every tribe from every arc of the Earth, MUST read into the 'world wide smoke web' to contribute accordingly, by asking your self, “Are you, you (RW) from your future, or the Recycled noW” & “Can WE ‘travel’ back in time to discover/understand our ignorance, to re-ignite our journey with earth-lingering love for all life, in the present/gift, the world over, the planet around Recycled Wisdom”? Yes WE Can!

Describe Your Idea

Bicyclists all over the world deserve to "share their wealth of health" with anyone. Offsets of every kind (to pay fines, bills, traveling expenses on other vehicles (-cycles in tow) worldwide, etc., imagine it…!) will be given, for using a bicycle (or electric motorized cycle) as your primary transportation.

What would it take to launch or spread your idea? How much would it cost to make your idea a reality? (150 words max)

To ‘launch’ RW ‘WE’ need everyone to earnestly NEED to pitch in, & a unique website to ‘spread’ the love & care for earth will allow for this 'reality' to happen. RW ‘WE' need sponsorship-teams composed of small businesses & individuals matching one another's donations. ‘WE’ need GOV’s & NGO's contributing to a partnership-fund to level the playing field but not remove the advantages of any company's longevity as a leader in their respected field(s). Join RW ‘WE’ transitioning from FEAR OF POLLUTION to ZERO POLLUTION. Make your life healthier & simpler with RW ‘WE' -cycling for life. ‘IF’ YOU ARE alive…YOU ARE a leader…& RW ‘WE' will follow your lead in re-cycling YOUR earth. Condé Nast Traveler, IS our ‘lead’ launch pad for making RW ‘WE' your ‘reality’. Humanity is ready. Are you…ready to join the global-cycle tribe? [RW WE, estimates 70,000USD startup; 1 yr tour & website]

Describe your work as a social innovator (150 words max)

My work, in (n=social) ovation: to understand/innovate where humanity went off course, to grasp/innovate the significance of collective observation, to be an example of communicating/innovating ‘with’ others by being a better listener, to focus-on/innovate others’ gifts, so those gifts can transform the lives of any listener, to change/innovate my habits (even when they do not suit my wants) in order to better understand humanities needs. Last yet not least, to better the way for others to live off the grid [of control] & onto the earth grid freeing humanity from the ten-thousand-fear old trick of giving slaves more income, & rising prices, to “make” us all “believe” we’re free while oppressing us mentally with unnecessary propagandist media. ‘WE’ don't push the envelope; ‘WE’ mail it back to slave masters with messages of love in the face of persecution. Sow, if I am you. Are you me, reaping RW WE?

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LEO - Low Earth Orbit - HPHP - Human Powered Helicopter Project

Created on 07/6/2009 by leo_hphp@yahoo.ca

LEO: an airborne cycle for personal, sport & public transportation. As bicyclings Wright Brothers are Changemakers of a generation, LEO is a record-setting, environmental, hovering inspiration born of da Vinci's sketches/memory & handed to us to enter Igor I. Sikorsky's competition: http://vtol.org/awards/hph.html

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名

a

姓

b

Website

Organization

LEO - Low Earth Orbit - An End to Poverty

Country

Canada

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

LEO - Low Earth Orbit - An End to Poverty

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

5148452654

団体の所在地

Montreal, Quebec

団体の所在国

Canada

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Are you a traveler or travel company?

Yes

Name Your Project

LEO - Low Earth Orbit - HPHP - Human Powered Helicopter Project

Country your work focuses on

n/a

What is the likely impact of your idea? (150 words max)

Earth impact: from bicycle enthusiasts to an airplane industry, from E=mc² to breakthroughs in science & technology in far less time & even less time from Burt Rutan, Richard Branson & Dr. Peter H. Diamandis to a thriving 'public' space industry & FROM ACROSS TIME, Leonardo's drawings flew into teamLEOnardo's hands, to inspire travel starved minds & bodies exhausted by imposing immigration rules, to ignite human awareness of our ability to reverse climate change. With help from our hp-friends, Greg @ http://www.pedaltheocean.com/ & Marcelo @ http://xof1.com/ LEO educates through imagination by turning history's wrongs into rights, by saying 'YES WE CAN' to a human-solar powered future. As “Earthlings”, we need to take transportation into our hands; as adults, we need to leave a legacy of following through with childhood inspirations/innovations &/or life-dreams! LEO, impacting HEARTS, MINDS & BODIES beyond age, gender &/or past failures in another’s hand is our…DREAM IMPACT!

Why is promoting global travel and engagement important? What makes your idea innovative? (200 words max)

Global (or further than yesterday) travel is the cornerstone upon which all nations (dreams) were built. Through thick & thin, engagement was the tool through which Intellectual Property could be shared, benefiting everyone involved. Centuries of innovation with Chinese hovering toys have circumnavigated Earth, inspiring American dreamers (Canadian, USian, Mexican), giving flight to countless conversations & innovations in aeronautical design. Naturally, our mission/our flight plan, is… the freedom to hover & roam… LEO is our seed of innovation on the wing! Next, we plant/partner LEO with eco- & geo-tourism & development projects to encourage global tourism; to offer a new & very important perspective of the land where “the people live” & to personally engage humanity with the most natural & pleasing resource available, to flying creatures; the beauty & fragility of our planet, from above! It’s teamLEOnardo’s dream that it’s important to you, that LEO’s… DREAM AWAKENS!

Describe Your Idea

LEO: an airborne cycle for personal, sport & public transportation. As bicyclings Wright Brothers are Changemakers of a generation, LEO is a record-setting, environmental, hovering inspiration born of da Vinci's sketches/memory & handed to us to enter Igor I. Sikorsky's competition: http://vtol.org/awards/hph.htmlLearning from all who have tried/died trying: http://www.humanpoweredhelicopters.org/sikorskyprize/index.htm pledge to innovation. Wonderful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caHCbuh_Yyc Thanks Prof Naito!

What would it take to launch or spread your idea? How much would it cost to make your idea a reality? (150 words max)

Reality? HISTORIC EVENT! LEO prepares to win Sikorsky's Competition. The human & solar powered (public) transportation dream is realized as the healthy choice for billions. A change in human being/mobility requires new immigration laws. Earth from above, in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2nd article, PedalLEOtour2010: raising the ‘travel bar’ to hovering above GREEN, helps to sustain a human powered (helicopter) industry. Global relations change. After dreaming up a ‘far-fetched-flying idea’ my Wright Brothers must have wondered if bicycles would be ‘sustained’ by 'twittering, innovating or recycling' their inventions. SO, sustaining LEO is in the hands of the hungry! The REALITY is the cost of life! With an ability to willingly cross borders, LEO announces the beginning of the END of POVERTY. Later, we upgrade LEO with a solar-electric engine giving older people a new way to explore retirement/a new life, encouraging youth to stay healthy & young. LEO's REALITY…POVERTY’s END…DREAM LAUNCH!

Describe your work as a social innovator (150 words max)

As Earthlings our work is so innovative, it is not yet well known worldwide, but greatly received in local regions. Our seed/kind of grassroots innovation comes from (35+) years of travel experience between the mates of teamLEOnardo. From Los Angeles to Nepal, Alaska to South America, India to Europe and Australia to Japan & many more places/routes in between, our unique brand of social innovation begins, where our birth places end - sowing in us all an indigenous nature to roam - free from the ignorance of borders in our new global village, Earth! In teamLEOnardo's workshop, the sound of social innovation is in the voices of contributors visiting their investment from time to time, where helping out gives them a "hands on" experience of home/hand-made fun, education & community supported activity! The PedalLEOtour2010 will be LEO's way of giving back to all the 'global villages' visited along the way. For teamLEOnardo, social innovation is giving LEO your 'two cents' by reserving a pilot's seat in your name with comments & suggestions, by pitching in where LEO needs help, & by reminding others to stay tuned for Hover Day. VOTE for your FREEDOM, earthling, thank you! DREAM SHARED!

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Save World Biodiversity through Travel

Created on 06/29/2009 by stammke

Ecology Project International envisions a program to bring youth from biodiversity hotspots in Latin America (Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, and Mexico) to visit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the world’s first National Park in M

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Section 1: About You

名

Kelsey

姓

Stamm

Website

Organization

Ecology Project International

Country

United States

Section 2: About Your Organization

団体名

Ecology Project International

ウェブサイト

団体の電話番号

+1 (406) 721-8784

団体の所在地

P.O. Box 9192 Missoula, Montana 59807

団体の所在国

United States

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Are you a traveler or travel company?

No

Name Your Project

Save World Biodiversity through Travel

Country your work focuses on

Costa Rica

What is the likely impact of your idea? (150 words max)

Individual transformation - To gain first-hand experience in the natural world, as well as the disastrous results of unabated human impact on nature is a transformative experience – one that is vital for youth world-wide if they are going to play a role in forging solutions to global environmental challenges. Changing the research paradigm - EPI shares its collaborative vision and partnerships with researchers from around the world. Investing local residents in research is fundamental to successful conservation. Capacity building - EPI's programs foment shifts in attitudes and behaviors regarding the importance of conservation and the value of local flora and fauna. EPI participants also gain practical skills and scientific knowledge. Increased environmental protection - Participants finish EPI programs not only armed with a broader education, but these students directly contribute to saving threatened and endangered species. Empowerment – EPI’s programs empower youth to take an active role in international conservation.

Why is promoting global travel and engagement important? What makes your idea innovative? (200 words max)

Deeply engrained in our approach is the ethic of international dialogue and collaboration. EPI’s programs are unique: no one else creates scientific partnerships that involve local residents in research and experiential education in Latin America, and 2009 marks the first time our students from Latin America participated in our Yellowstone Ecology Program in Montana. In our model, visiting students from other countries meet their local peers who are collaborating on the same project. We are creating global impact through local participation, capacity building, and empowerment. At each project site, local and visiting students participate in the same program – but in a different language – and come together for a day of cultural exchange and scientific collaboration. They present to each other their findings on the data that they collected and its analysis. Global conservation is more efficient when it is trans-cultural and sensitive to the realities of different countries. When we partner students in this fashion they realize that no matter who you are or where you come from, you can make a difference in the world and exchange ideas about how to make it better.

Describe Your Idea

Ecology Project International envisions a program to bring youth from biodiversity hotspots in Latin America (Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, and Mexico) to visit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the world’s first National Park in Montana and Wyoming, where they will participate in hands-on scientific projects, learn about conservation, interact with Montana peers, and be inspired to apply their knowledge of conservation.     

What would it take to launch or spread your idea? How much would it cost to make your idea a reality? (150 words max)

To spread our idea, EPI needs the funds to launch a publicity and media campaign to raise awareness with students about our programs. According to our research, it would take approximately $100,000 to fund an effective media campaign. Our organization is based on an innovative business model; all students pay tuition to participate, investing them in the program outcomes. Because we work with underserved populations, the majority of our students are not able to afford the full cost of participation. We maintain a scholarship fund, and provide up to 90% tuition assistance for local student participation (they comprise 2/3 of our total enrollment). To extend this opportunity to reach more youth, EPI also needs financial support for scholarships for thousands of individuals each year, amounting to $150,000. These scholarships for low-income youth will be matched 2:1 by the tuition paid by our participants.

Describe your work as a social innovator (150 words max)

EPI’s first program was developed in Costa Rica in the 1990s. Prior to EPI's presence in Costa Rica, local residents were not included in the conservation solution for Leatherbacks at Pacuare Nature Reserve. Most Costa Ricans in the area had eaten sea turtle eggs or meat. The Reserve employed armed guards to keep locals away and residents were discouraged from being on the beach during the nesting season for fear that they were there to poach turtle eggs. When EPI first proposed this collaboration, Reserve staff expressed the concern that EPI would be "training future poachers" in their protection techniques, and that locals would have no interest in learning about sea turtles and their habitat. Now, after nine successful years of our program, local residents are embraced by Reserve staff and seen as collaborators in a shared goal.

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Nouvelles Perspectives pour la Promotion de l’Alphabétisation (N.O.P.P.A.L)

Created on 06/24/2009 by tmbaye906

 

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Name Your Project

Nouvelles Perspectives pour la Promotion de l’Alphabétisation (N.O.P.P.A.L)

Describe Your Idea

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Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.

What makes your idea unique?

What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)

What impact have you had?

Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.

Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.

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What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:

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What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:

Describe the expected results of these actions.

What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

This Entry is about (Issues)

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What would prevent your project from being a success?

Financing source

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)

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Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

How many people will your project serve annually?

What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?

What is your organization's business classification?

Please select one

Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)

MARIA MOTHER OF CHARITY RELIEF HOME

Created on 06/24/2009 by Mary Lusambo

ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN MY COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT BY OFFERING FREE EDUCATION  AND INTRODUCING COMMUNITY SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR THE VULNERABLE.

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Mungwi Road

Project City

Kasama

Project Province/State

Northern Province

Project Postal/Zip Code

+260/10101

Project Country

Zambia

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ZAMBIA

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for 1-5 years

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What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

<$50

Name Your Project

MARIA MOTHER OF CHARITY RELIEF HOME

Describe Your Idea

ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN MY COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT BY OFFERING FREE EDUCATION  AND INTRODUCING COMMUNITY SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR THE VULNERABLE.

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Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.

EMPOWER THE VULNERABLE SOCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY SO THAT THEY COMPETE FREELY IN ALL LIFE CHALLENGES.

What makes your idea unique?

MY IDEA IS INDIGENOUS AND I AM DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.I AM PART OF MY COMMUNITY AND SO I AM ABLE TO INTERACT FREELY WITH THE TARGET GROUP AND GET THE FIRST FEEL OF WHAT AFFECTS THEM. I RELY ON WHAT I HAVE IN THE HANDS TO ACHIEVE WHAT I HOPE FOR.

I BELIEVE IN LOVE AND SELF CONVICTION WHEN DEALING WITH THESE SOULS AND I AM THEREFORE ABLE TO HELP THEM JOYOUSLY.

I HAVE MANAGED TO MAKE GROW THE CHARITY WITHOUT ANY KIND OF SUPPORT FROM EXTERNAL OR INDEED INTERNAL SOURCES. I HAVE MANAGED TO PRODUCE BREADWINNERS ALREADY WHO ARE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THIS NOBLE CAUSE.THIS IDEA HAS ACHIEVED ALOT.

THE SCHOOL HAS INTRODUCED AN ADULT LITERACY CENTER WHICH HAS SEEN A GOOD NUMBER OF PARENTS ENROLLED INTO DIFFERENT GRADES. THEY HAVE LIKED THE IDEA AND THEIR ACADEMIC RESPONSE IS POSITIVE.

WE ARE RUNNING OUR LESSONS USING AN EASY LEARNING TOOL CALLED"BREAKTHROUGH TO LITERACY". THIS IS A SYSTEM WHICH EMBRACES LEARNING IN A VERNACULAR LANGUAGE. THIS MAKES READING AND WRITING VERY EASY EVEN WHEN IT IS INTRODUCED IN AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
BOTH ADULT PUPILS AND THE REGULAR PUPILS HAVE FOUND THIS TYPE OF LEARNING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.

What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)

児童と青少年, 青少年の非行, 行動の問題, 男児の育成, 育児, 児童労働搾取, 児童就労, 児童保護, 幼児の育成, 教育, 教育改革, 女児の育成, Mentorship , 遊び, 若者の育成, 青少年リーダーシップ育成, 発展と繁栄, 成人教育, ビジネス, コミュニケーション, 地域開発, 消費者保護, 企業の社会的責任, 経済開発, 雇用, エネルギー, Fundraising , Globalization , Housing , Hunger , Income generation , Information technology , Infrastructure , Labor , Mentorship , Networking , Poverty alleviation , Rural development , Scholarships and grants , Social Enterprise , Sustainable development , Technology , Rural , Water , HIV/AIDS , Recreation , Sports , Substance abuse , Human Rights & Peace , Abuse and violence , 児童労働搾取, Civil rights , Conflict resolution , Gender equity , Human trafficking , Hunger , Indigenous cultures , Intercultural relations , Men's issues , Racial equality , Security , Tolerance , Vulnerable populations , Women's issues , Public Participation & Engagement , Citizen participation , Citizen sector , Corruption , Cultural preservation , Ethics , Intergenerational relations , Law , Mentoring , Public policy , Social work , Spirituality , Sports , Transparency , Volunteerism , Women's Issues , 青少年リーダーシップ育成.

What impact have you had?

GREAT IMPACT AS I SEE SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE LIVES OF MY TARGET GROUPS.

Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.

POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.

EMBARKED ON A SCHOOL PROJECT WHICH OFFERS FREE EDUCATION TO THE VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
LINKING THE PROJECT WITH POSSIBLE FUNDING AGENCIES WHO SHALL HELP US GROW STABLE INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES.

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What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:

INTRODUCTION OF A MODERN BOARDING FACILITY ACCESSIBLE BY FEE-PAYING STUDENTS AS AN INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITY ALSO BENEFITING PUPILS WHO CAN NOT ACCESS THE SCHOOL DUE TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THEIR HOMES.

Success in Year 2:

INTRODUCTION OF A SKILLS TRAINING CENTER EQUIPPED WITH WOOD/METAL WORKSHOP MACHINERY, SEWING MACHINES, KNITTING MACHINES ETC.. FOR SERVICING THE VULNERABLE BUT INDIRECTLY ACTING AS AN INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITY.

Success in Year 3:

INTRODUCTION OF MODERN SOCIAL AMENITIES WHICH SHALL ATTRACT MANY FEE-PAYING PUPILS TO THE SCHOOL THEREBY BROADENING THE INCOME BASE FOR THE GOOD OF SELF-SUSTENANCE.

Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)

NO
THE DUTCH STUDENTS AT WORLD SCHOOL ARE DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN AND A PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR US.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:

COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF THE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL INTO A FULL FLEDGED SCHOOL.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:

EQUIP THE SCHOOL WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT SUCH AS SCIENCE AND COMPUTER LABORATORIES IN ORDER TO EXPOSE OUR PUPILS TO FULL TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO ATTRACT MANY FEE-PAYERS WHO ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF OUR INCOME.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:

ELECTRIFY THE SCHOOL SO THAT THE PUPILS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE GLOBAL NETWORK THROUGH INTERNET FACILITIES AND ALSO SEE THE PUPILS ACCESS MODERN EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENTS WHICH NEED THE USE OF POWER(ELECTRICITY).

Describe the expected results of these actions.

EXTEND THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO AS MANY VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS THEREBY ERADICATING POVERTY IN MANY LIVELIHOODS.

What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

I GREW UP IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND MY PARENTS STRUGGLED TO GIVE ME AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS THE HUMBLE EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY. I HAVE PERSONALLY TESTED POVERTY AND SO I KNOW ITS IMPACT IN UNEXPLAINABLE TERMS.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

THE SOCIAL INNOVATOR BEHIND THIS IDEA IS THAT POVERTY WHICH HAS STRICKEN MOST HOMES IN MY COMMUNITY CAUSING YOUTHS TO RESORT TO SOCIAL VICES SUCH PROMISCUITY, THEFT,DRUNKENNESS AND THEREBY BRINGING FORTH INCURABLE DISEASES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS, SHALL BE REDUCED.

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT CHANGE MAKERS THROUGH "TEACH A MAN TO FISH" WHO SENT ME AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMPETITION.

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What would prevent your project from being a success?

LACK OF INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES AND LACK OF INFORMATION LEADING TO POSSIBLE FUNDING AGENCIES.

Financing source

N

If yes, provide organization name.

N/A

How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)

1-5 YEARS

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

YES

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)

NO

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)

NO

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Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)

YES

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT IS A STAKEHOLDER IN ALL EDUCATION RELATED BUSINESSES. IT ACTS AS A REGULATORY BOARD THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND IT INSPECTS ALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE SET RULES AND REGULATIONS.
GOVERNMENT ALSO SUPPORTS THE SCHOOLS BY ISSUANCE OF PRACTICING CERTIFICATES AND WHICH ARE AUDITED ANNUALLY. THEY ALSO PROVIDE US WITH TEACHING AIDS LIKE BOOKS(READERS) AND THEY INVITE US TO EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS.

How many people will your project serve annually?

100-1000

What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?

1 PRINCIPAL
1 SENIOR TEACHER
12 TEACHERS
5 CDEs

What is your organization's business classification?

Non-profit/NGO/citizen sector organization

Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)

Marshi Improvement Information Technology Education and Cyber School Project.

Created on 06/10/2009 by marshi

“The idea is to accelerate sustainable quality through a digitally technological inclusiveness for the poor , marginalized and vulnerable school children as  a fundamental human rights for a sustained human development and equity, poverty reduction, HIV/Aids reduction, self reliance and timely global connectivity”

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Project Street Address

Bweri Area, Musoma Nyere road

Project City

Musoma

Project Province/State

Mara

Project Postal/Zip Code

+255

Project Country

Tanzania

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Tanzania

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What stage is your project in?

Operating for 1-5 years

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What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

<$10

Name Your Project

Marshi Improvement Information Technology Education and Cyber School Project.

Describe Your Idea

“The idea is to accelerate sustainable quality through a digitally technological inclusiveness for the poor , marginalized and vulnerable school children as  a fundamental human rights for a sustained human development and equity, poverty reduction, HIV/Aids reduction, self reliance and timely global connectivity”

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Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.

“The idea is to accelerate sustainable quality through a digitally technological inclusiveness for the poor , marginalized and vulnerable school children as a fundamental human rights for a sustained human development and equity, poverty reduction, HIV/Aids reduction, self reliance and timely global connectivity”

What makes your idea unique?

Marshi idea is not only unique but also relevant and appropriate. School children are sensitive to new ideas and have the capacity to grasp and absorb user and reader friendly ideas which they deem or perceive as closet to their hearts and mind. “bringing a live mouse into a classroom will often tease children and more often than not will raise several questions from the children”, remember, there is a semblance between a “live mouse and a microchip mouse”. At Marshi Academy, we want all pupils to differentiate between a mouse and a mouse”. The introduction of digital technological education as a mass -catch- up learning component will significantly transform the schools’ quest for quality learning environment hyperbolically relevant and appropriate.
➢ The pupils will start learning Information communication technology from nursery (age 4) up to the ladder, will access and surf the internet skills as well this an ability them to connect to the rest of globe in this fast trendy globe of super highway technology age. The concept’s reality will be witnessed where the small beds starts exchanging correspondences with newly acquired global peer friends, will improve their learning skills through self – study e-learning while taking all the advantages of e-library.
➢ The pupils will also be able to access HIV/AIDS information resources vide free access to e-resources, this will help build and improver the children’s human development equity and economics vis – a – vis self reliance preparedness, not withstanding extreme pertly reduction. This explains why the project in unique.

What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)

児童と青少年, 青少年の非行, 行動の問題, 男児の育成, 育児, 児童労働搾取, 児童保護, 幼児の育成, 教育, 教育改革, 女児の育成, 遊び, 青少年リーダーシップ育成, コミュニケーション, デザイン, 雇用, Food security , Income generation , Information technology , Networking , Poverty alleviation , Social Enterprise , Sustainable development , Environment & Sustainability , Environmental justice , Sustainable design , Waste and recycling , Health care , Health education , HIV/AIDS , Reproductive and maternal health , Sanitation , Sports , Wellness , Disability rights , Gender equity , Security , Tolerance , Vulnerable populations , Citizen participation , Ethics , Social work , Volunteerism .

What impact have you had?

Since the inception of information communication technology education and Cyber School project ,the applications skills associated with information technology for the few and have been limited to pupils in class 6 and 7 receptively. There have been a sustainable parents and guidance support network increasing local communities and local authorities’ awareness of ICT education and Cyber School and leading to improved access to quality education, social support for these poor and vulnerable children not withstanding.
It is noteworthy that the pupils have begun comparing the mathematical calculations inachiries like calculators, mathematical tables, and manual calculators with the ones in the software tools. Many pupils who have leant basic excel and foundation data base expressly state that with the comprises and internet access at Marshi Academy, they are able to quickly solve mathematical problems without any reference the foremen tined traditional methods. Many parents within the Marshi community have since made applications to enroll their children for information communication technology education and cyber school lessons, this in spite of the very limited opportunities and have formed parents peer support groups of tens with a view to enable them contribute membership fees for their children.

Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.

The marginalized poor children, vulnerable children, street children and
Deaf children in our community have community have been excluded from access to quality education, refection and completion; this is due to their lowest socio-economic status and recurring injustice. The situation is accentuated with food poverty, lack of fees to pay for tuition and procurements of school text books required by public schools, provable learning institutions is not within their imagination to access due to astronomically high fees charged by private owners and or investors.

The greatest problem which the project is addressing is the total exclusion of the poor children, vulnerable children street children and the deaf children in the digital technological worlds this is a fundamental human rights violations for these children, it is a deliberate attempt to permanently subject them to extreme vicious cycle of poverty; because of their poor background and law – socio-economic status, the educational regulatory authorities in Tanzania have never come up with a policy of prodding free ICT education to these target population. Whereas children from upper class income families and average income earning families continues to enjoy access to schools equipped with ICT education families thus making them relevant to info age of this dynamic globe, the reverse happens to children from the lowest income earning families, this notwithstanding the children from zero income earning families; this is the hide gap! The project is therefore an earliest entry point for Marshi Academy to help Improve access, retention and completion of digital technological education and cyber school services for the poor marginalized children, vulnerable children, street children and the deaf children who are enrolled at our education institution, so as to narrow the hide gap, to allow these poor population to maximize their quality learning opportunities which will make them complete with other peer children from able families, it will help enhance and restore human rights for these targeted population.

Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.

Marshi Academy is currently undertaking a situational analyst and needs assessment study about the feasibility and viability of Information Communication technology education and cyber schools for Mara Region in Tanzania. The study invited participation of 13 primary school heads, 16 Secondary should heads, 8 representatives from parents association,3 representatives from the civil society groups and 2 education officers from the ministry of education and vocational training in Mara region in Tanzania

The participants are activity hooding group focused participatory meetings and awareness creative for the project with our institution taking a lead in ICT and cyber school resource’s mobilization. The institution has had series of pre-planned meeting with officials, teachers and sub-ordinate staffs, school children are constantly briefed about the impending project, arrangements for class room renovations are taking shape while ICT furniture and fittings is in progress in readiness for mass catch up ICT education and cyber school lessons for immediate take off, differential peer committee levels with well defined roles have been set up to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project. The organization is identifying ICT tools, internet tools and other needed resources and levels of personnel to take charge of training of our pupils.

The project implementation officials will hold focused and pre-planned meetings; will recruit project staffs i.e. project coordinator, ICT trainers, project accountant, project admin secretary; 2 project support assistants; project cyber café administrator and 3 cyber school assistants.

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What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:

This year will see procurement of ICT fools stationers, training manuals furniture and fittings, internet facilities; recruitment of project staff i.e coordinator, accountant and IT trainers, cyber school administrators and support staffs; designing of policies, rules and regulations governing the project running; there will be pre-planned meetings for officials and staff: followed by organized quarterly seminars and workshops; there will be publicity, awareness and advocacy for the project launch using flyers, banners, brochures and posters so the public and community be informed about the project; enrollment of students/other trances and learning process to continue including organized practical’s and theory examinations and certificates issued after every three mouth: there will be two learning sessions i.e normal (from 8.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m ) and 5.00 p.m to 7.00 p.m) from Monday to Friday; while cyber school services and other series will be pronsed as from 7.00a.m to 10.00 p.m everyday; inclusive project stakeholders and reporter submitted to all parties; these will be annual project and it in order to ensure transparency

Success in Year 2:

The project marketing and publications will continue more aggressively in years 2 with new product range introduced; the latest Microsoft windows will also be introduced to students, trainees; there will be more research to students, trainees; there will be more research and development conducted by the project staffs in order to keep pace with innovations and diversified products for customers retention and new ones, satisfaction not withstanding; there will be increased enrollments of new students, trainees and additional customers attracted to diversified project services; will ensure attractive and affordable prices which are completive to all and second to non of our competitors; students will be offered free ICT education training while school leavers will be offered free stage 1 Microsoft office training packages but will pay fees as from stage 2; will introduce bonuses to customers; entry prize a ward competitions eligible to pupils and different prize awards to commercial customers. We will procure more desktop computers and laptop for education, training and cyber case use so as to student computer ratio; this will engrave quality access to ICT for students and to others; regular monitoring and evaluation and annual and it will be upheld; all these will be our success in year 2.

Success in Year 3:

The year will begin with review of the 1st two years project development using swot analysis; we will continue to enroll more pupils and other trainees; adopt new customer retention strategies while attracting new clients; we’ll continue with introduction of new product range; latest Microsoft windows also to put on offer; this year will see many pupils gaining excellent training of trainers skills and thus becoming peer ICT (TOTS) and used by the Institution as very resourceful persons; more entry competition price awards for pupils and customers will maintained; all will be winners in different categories this will entice our project beneficiaries; there will be more community support; more collaborating partners and networks invited thus helping strengthen our organization/project.

Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)

We have both a business plan and strategic plan.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:

The most important actions needed to grow our initiative will be ensure the following activities.
• Pre-planned meetings (officials)
• Seminars for officials and staffs (quarterly)
• Seminars for community leaders (quietly)
• Procurement of ITC tools, coevals
• Recruitment of ICT trainers and other staffs
• Advertising and social marketing of the Initiative
• Enrolling pupils, retaining and ensuring completion of studies; learning and examinations
• Daily monitoring and evaluation involving teachers, pupils and officials

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:

More regular meeting and seminars to be up hold; ensuring all enrolled pupils have adequate ICT tools and learning materials; sponsoring trainers for further in-house training in order to continued offering quality services; more research and development activities to be up hold;
• Practical and theory lessons will be conducted weekly to all pupils
• Introduction of a one- stop – stop at the Cyber School will more instinctive more lively; this will be a 24 hour service with staffs waking in shifts.
• We will indent to attract more clients compounded with our new entrant diversified product range in the market is while maintaining market leadership.
• Mandatory annual and it to ensure.

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:

• Review of the activities of the 1st and 2nd step.
• Increased enrolment for pupils and to introduce ICT education that pays for itself.
• Pupils to be actively involved in training their peers that’s those who had been identified as (TOT’s), this will make other new pupils to learn faster.
• More pupils will also be used as peer cyber school administrators at the cyber café
• Enrollment of new local and international collaborating partners
• Ensure consistent and regular examinations to the pupils.
• Uphold mandatory crudités to help enhances greater accountability and transparently.
• Constant research and development to continue
• Release of newsletters for the schools highlighting the project activities and successes
• Develop web and hosting
• Introduce partnerships and networking

Describe the expected results of these actions.

The expected results of those actions are stated as hereunder
The poor needy orphans and vulnerable
➢ Pupils will have increased access to information communication technology education and training skills thus enhancing their digitally technological inclusiveness vis-à-vis increasing human nights for these marginalized population
➢ These children’s increased access to the cyber school services will help info we their global digital connectively thus enhances accelerated quality learning i.e e-learning; e-health recourses e-sports, e-children relevant in their sustainable child development and global knowledge sharing
➢ There will be increased institutions sustainability due to more diversified product range associated with ICT education and cyber school
➢ Increased community support through groups

What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

. Our school administration some pupils had a one week tour to Kenya; to visit venin’s schools to see how fellow peer pupils learn; we visited 4 schools in 2 schools, we fund agricultural school enterprise introduced and pupils here themselves actively involved in groaning of tomatoes, vegetables and passions which they sell; these kids financed their education without compromising their quality learning. In the other 2 schools, we found school children learning computers and browsing the internet, the kinds were as small as 4 years, more interesting was the fact that these 2 schools were located in rural villages; the pupils in these schools share one computer for 20 pupils and it learning was going on with pupils very happy, we noticed these judging from their faces, questions and answers our pupils and teachers were lost for words; we could see sadness on the face of our poor pupils who felt something missing and or lost; on our return journey to Tanzania, many pupils asked us many questions then we could answer; this worked the beginning of our plans to start up this initiative; we commissioned a need assessment study lasting 21 days; prepared of business plan and a strategic plan.

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

There is need to keep pace and to maintain relevance in the society we live. The globe has become rapidly trendy. Complex and intuitive, while population keeps growing daily, the resources a mind the population growth gets strained, depleted and scores; the environmental situation is even getting more challenging due to HIV/AIDS epidemic not sparing even school children, poor orphans and the like is the children across the globe is constantly subjected to neglect, Isolation child slavery, abuse and other forms of ills, malnutrition etc. Many helpless children have been denied access to quality education; excluded in the digital technology while also facing diverse forms of poverty and other economic injustice
➢ Our project envision a just and equitable society where the level ground for children irrespective of their social and economic status and background; to narrow the wide gap and to increase inclusiveness in the provision of qualitative and qualitative learning; we see our idea as the most relevant, appropriate, feasible and viable and the single innovator with multiplier benefits to this once forgotten population; the idea will help overcome all odds and create a level playing field all the pupils and other stakeholders if replicated to other schools in Tanzania

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

First heard about the change makers through the Tanzania representative

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What would prevent your project from being a success?

If you fail to plan then you must plan to fall our project is founded on a carefully
thought out plan with set goals, mission, objectives strategies and measurable indicators; our project success is pegged around the following;
➢ Financial sustainability:
We levy fees to various customized trainer clients; charge fees for diversified product range i.e. business cards, posters, flyers secretarial services’; Internet braising services; while offer tree training to our students. The prices we charge are competitive, affordable and help increase our volume of sales thus posting expected surplus to father improve the financial base of the project
➢ Market and Research development
We adopt aggressive marketing; advertisement for our many production, adopt a customer retention strategy; offer law prices and maintain high quality ICT education and cyber café services so as to concavity increase volume of trade; more enrollments for trainees/pupils and new customers; new innovation to attract more customers; this boost our sustainability so we continue with our leadership

➢ Institution capacity building training
Organized in –house training and seminars to our officials, staffs and project staffs ensure guaranteed quality service delivery this will make sure mountain relevance and appropriateness .We will train school children on ICT technical aid to become peer ICT technical aid TOTs so that we maintain our local ICT technicians as school pupils, this will technically sustain our project
Community support and Partnerships.
We enjoy optimum support from the community due to our participatory approaches in initial project design planning and implementation; the communities see this project as their 5 they have vowed to support it to the later. We endeavor to increase national and global partnerships to help improve our sustainability base. We plan to establish Marshi Community ICT Schools Trust Fund, an independent entity which will draw her leadership within this community and will manage and lobby for ICT tools, will conduct research and development and will formulate policies for ICT for schools and petition various software providers to help improve access to ICT education for school children We however see poor economic performance by our government which may farce it to introduce taxation to ITC tools; this may make procurement of ICT for schools expensive; the new software vials may also success of our project

Financing source

No

If yes, provide organization name.

How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)

1-5 years

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

Yes, functional 12 members

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)

Yes

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)

Yes

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Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)

Yes

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

Our organization is founded on the following principle tenets’, partnerships,
Networking, collaboration, volunteerism, equity among others. Our belief is that, together as one we stood, we build ourselves, streghten and maximize our diverse potentials. Partnership enhances increased sustainability, through shared experiences and efforts; there are needed resources beyond our means and through expanded partnerships, we are able to acquire these resources at a considerably faster and convenient means; so it is critically significant that we continue to build on partnership for continued accelerated sustainable development and to optimize our achievement

How many people will your project serve annually?

1001-10,000

What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?

30 employees, 25 volunteers

What is your organization's business classification?

For-profit

Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)

None of the above.

Christ Followers School Complex

Created on 06/3/2009 by isakindo

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Project Street Address

MANHEAN

Project City

ACCRA

Project Province/State

GREATER ACCRA

Project Postal/Zip Code

KN

Project Country

Ghana

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Country your work focuses on:

GHANA, WEST AFRICA

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What stage is your project in?

Idea phase

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What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?

<$10

Name Your Project

Christ Followers School Complex

Describe Your Idea

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Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.

A BABY OF TWO(2)YEARS WHO ENROLLS IN THE SCHOOL FROM NURSERY THROUGH TO THE VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND JOB SKILLS PROGRAM WILL WITHIN SEVENTEEN(17) YEARS COMPLETE THE SCHOOL WITH GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. (AFTER THE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS THE STUDENTS ARE LINKED TO THE EMPLOYING COMPANIES).

What makes your idea unique?

WITH GHANA'S PRESENT UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS AND LOW STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, STUDENTS FROM CHRIST FOLLOWERS COMPLEX SCHOOL WITHIN FIFTEEN(15) YEARS ARE ABLE TO GET THE APPROPRIATE SKILL AND TRAINING NEEDED FOR EMPLOYMENT WHILST EVEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE SUCH FACILITIES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)

児童と青少年, 男児の育成, 幼児の育成, 教育, 女児の育成, Mentorship , 若者の育成, 青少年リーダーシップ育成, 発展と繁栄, 地域開発, 企業の社会的責任, 経済開発, 雇用, Hunger , Income generation , Labor , Mentorship , Poverty alleviation , Social Enterprise , Sustainable development , Wellness , Ethics , Mentoring , 青少年リーダーシップ育成.

What impact have you had?

THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY MAJOR IMPACT, EVEN THOUGH LAND AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN SET IN PLACE

Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.

HIGH EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN GHANA COUPLED WITH RISE IN EMPLOYMENT, LEADING TO SELF-RELIANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION

Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.

LAND AND OTHER BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN PROCURED WHILE STEPS ARE BEING MADE TO GET PARTNERS AND SPONSORS ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO WILL BUY INTO THE VISION AND JOIN HANDS

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What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:

GET PARTNERS OR SPONSORS WHO WILL BUY INTO THE IDEA AND AGREE TO SUPPORT, SO THAT WHEN FUNDS ARE READY, ALL NECESSARY STRUCTURES AND OTHER LOGISTICS WILL KICK-START

Success in Year 2:

WHEN ALL STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, STAFF TO HANDLE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES ARE ROLLED ON BOARD, WHILST CURRICULUM FOR ALL CLASSES ARE BEING WORKED OUT AND STUDENTS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR ENROLLMENT

Success in Year 3:

THE PROGRAM WILL BE IN MOTION BY NOW AND A MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR

Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)

YES, A BUSINESS PLAN

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:

GET PARTNERS OR A SPONSORSHIP BY WINNING THIS COMPETITION WHICH WILL PROVIDE FUNDS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:

GET THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO HELP FINE-TUNE THE WHOLE IDEA OR VISION

What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:

GET ALL THE HELP AND GUIDANCE TO SEE THE IDEA IN MOTION

Describe the expected results of these actions.

SEE EVERY CHILD OF SCHOOL-GOING AGE ENJOY QUALITY EDUCATION AND THE END BE SELF-RELIANT BY GETTING A BE-FITTING CAREER OR EMPLOYMENT

What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?

THE LOW STANDARDS OF EDUCATION AND HIGH RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF TODAY

Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.

THE SOCIAL INNOVATOR IS ISAAC KING AIDOO A RETIRED PUBLIC SERVANT AND AN ENTERPRENUER IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA WHO SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE HIS QUOTA TO REDUCING POVERTY AND DEPENDENCE IN OUR WORLD

How did you first hear about Changemakers?

THROUGH AN EMPLOYEE OF TECHNOSERVE, GHANA

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What would prevent your project from being a success?

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Financing source

YES

If yes, provide organization name.

CHRIST FOLLOWERS FELLOWSHIP CENTRE

How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)

1-5 YEARS

Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?

AN ADVISORY BOARD

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)

NO

Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)

NO

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Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)

NO

Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.

THERE IS NO PARTNERSHIP YET

How many people will your project serve annually?

MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, WHEN ALL IS SET

What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?

40, BUT WILL INCREASE AS PROJECT GROWS

What is your organization's business classification?

For-profit

Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)

None of the above.