1. Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts
Community •Women •Wasted time •Utilize existing •Families within the •Find & train an •More time
•Every household equipment to benefit campamentos organizer •Consistency
Laundromat preforms the same task entire community •Create Location
•Lack of equipment •Save valuable time •Build trust within
Scope: Mild •Improve efficiency community- rules/
guides
Research
Time-Saving Improve Health and Hygiene
Get it all done at once! An average family, especially with children, can save 5 Fabrics become home to many irritants that cause us to sneeze, cough and
to 10 hours a week by doing its laundry in a modern Laundromat. wheeze, if not laundered frequently.
Use Large-Capacity-Machines Environmentally Conscious
Clean Items Too Large for Top-Load Washers and Home-Sized Dryers. Most Home washing machines (top-loaders) typically consume 30 to 40 gallons
home-sized machines cannot handle a queen or king comforter. Large-capacity of water per wash load, or 2.5 to 3.0 gallons per pound of clothes laun-
washers & dryers can wash & dry multiple loads of laundry at one time. dered. High-efficiency, commercial washers found in modern, self-service
laundries typically use as little as 0.5 to 1.5 gallons of water per pound of
Reduce Stress at Home clothes laundered.
Make Doing Laundry Fun. Most families must do laundry daily or at least
weekly. By reducing the time spent doing laundry along with entertainment at Enjoy Your Free Time
Family Laundry, you can reduce (or avoid) the stress and turn“Wash Day”into Spend the time saved doing laundry with family, relaxing, completing other
a family outing! chores or working.
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2. Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts
Job Sharing •Adults- Working Age •Access to job •Use skills & time to •Community •Create community • Higher Productivity
information benefit family •Local Businesses Board • Stability
Network •Way of advertising skills -online • Satisfaction
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Scope: Mild / Medium •Find organizer/worker
•Provide training
Research
Most people know that the best way to find a job is through networking. You
can go to networking meetings, tap into your own personal network, or ask
friends who they know.
Jeremiah Owyang from Forrester Research agrees that social networks allow all
parties involved to better search for and reach their target.
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/socialmedia.htm
Employment experts believe that 60–75% of all job openings are never
advertised; that’ why we network.
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Here’ an important fact about networking—you’ not asking for a job.
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Your task in networking is only to ask for information that may lead to a job.
Chances are that the person you’ asking isn’ an employer who has a job for
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you, but he or she knows someone else who does have a job opening.
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393065
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3. Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts
Leadership • Leaders/Helpers •Disjointed •Centralize Information •Community •Un Techo involvement •Tighter Community
•Start from scratch on • Harness information •Un Techo •Training •Better functioning
Training every problem/issue • Have a base •Families •Smoother transition
•Communication •Leaders •Build trust
Scope: Medium •Organization
Research
Project Concern International has a training program where promotores from
different communities come together and learn from each other.
http://www.projectconcern.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7019&news_iv_ctrl=1264
Relationship Orientation. One of the most salient cultural characteristics in
developing countries is the importance of relationships and networking.
Interdependence in a trusting relationship serves a critical function in reducing
uncertainties and maximizing the benefits when resources are scarce... Those
who are close to the‘person-who-matters’ (i.e., the in-group members) usually
get the organizational benefits, while others (i.e., the out-group members)
may feel alienated.
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/aycan.htm
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4. Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts
Connectivity •Community Members •Isolation •Communal computer •Government/City •Service •Education
•Disengaged from •Askan’ connectivity
s •Businesses •Providers •Work/Jobs
outside world solution •Families •Equipment •Training
Scope: Hot •Mobile Device • Central System/ •Awareness
Personal System? •Relationships
Research
Intel makes PCs more accessible and affordable through innovative PC To overcome the big hurdles in financing individual Internet access many
purchase programs. civil organizations in developing nations found a more suitable way of using
Internet. They decided to use one computer by several users and established
http://www.intel.com/intel/worldahead/index.htm
so called cybercafes or telecenters or community centers. Telecenters are the
Internet equivalent of public telephone boxes.
The Internet offers developing countries an opportunity to bridge the One of the first NGOs who opted for this solution was the Peruvian RCP with
international“digital divide.” its cabinas públicas. Although the actual fee of 15 dollars per month makes
http://cse.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/projects-00-01/third-world/index.html
it nearly impossible for most Peruvians to participate even in this way, taking
into account the minimum wage of 120 dollars in March 2000, this solution
aims in the right direction. To maintain a family you need to have at least
500 dollars a month. Perhaps this is a chance for poor people to get in touch
with the Internet. Nowadays there are cybercafes in almost every developing
country.
http://www.home.uni-osnabrueck.de/uafemann/Internet_Und_Dritte_Welt/Malaysia/InternetProsandCons.htm
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5. Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts
Education & •Kids to Adults •Difficult to continue •Desire for education •Schools •Create Facility •Long term investment
education at home •Community support •Tutors •Hire & train tutors and •Knowledge sharing
Tutor Center •Poor educational •Businesses teachers
environment at home •City •Locate/stock Supplies
Scope: Spicy •Literacy rates • General population •Develop Curriculum
•Access to training
Research
826 National is a nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization with How to Interpret the Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring:
locations in seven cities across the country. Our goal is to assist students ages six to Human Capital Deepening, Inequality Increasing, or Waste of Resources?
eighteen with their writing skills, and to help teachers get their classes excited about
writing. Our work is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can In the recent studies that have both dealt with endogeneity of tutoring and estimated
happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to cost effectiveness, private tutoring is found to have strongly positive returns (p.
future success. 13)... it appears that tutoring can generally have substantially positive returns as a
supplement to formal public-school education (p. 14)
Through volunteer support, each of the seven 826 chapters provides drop-in tutoring,
class field trips, writing workshops, and in-schools programs—all free of charge. 826 http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK
=64166322&entityID=000158349_20080225153509
chapters are especially committed to supporting teachers, publishing student work,
and offering services for English language learners.
826 programs almost always end with a finished product, such as a newspaper, a
book, or a film. This teaching model, known as project-based learning, encourages
students to collaborate and to make creative decisions, and gives them ownership
over the learning process. Each 826 chapter is a warm, welcoming place where
students can get things done.
http://www.826national.org/about/
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