2. •South Africa was the center of
the Apartheid
•There is a high concentration of
HIV/AIDS
•It is on the tip of the African
continent
•The education is lacking and they have little infrastructure
•There is a low life expectancy
•South Africa is a developing country
•There are many slums and the people are undernourished

3. Khayelitsha
The Basics
•Khaylelitsha came into
being in the 1950’s when
blacks were banned from
cities
•There is between 500,000
and 1 million
residents, but there is no
official census
•Located near Cape Town
•Many people live in small shacks that leak and have no
electricity

4. Khayelitsha
Education
•54 Schools
•Understaffed and overcrowded
•92% don’t have libraries
•Very little technology
•High drop-out rate

5. Economist
Inflation: 6%
Unemployment rate: 25%
GDP per capita: $9,790
Literacy rates:
Male 87%
Female 85.7%
Total 86.4 %
Life Expectancy: 52.8 years

6. Economist- What does this
mean?
• South Africa isn’t taking advantage of their entire work
force
• Potential for better economic growth
– Trade
– Technology
– Less poverty

7. Historian
• South Africa is still trying to recover from
the Apartheid
• They became a democracy in 1994
• The current president is Jacob Zuma
• Electricity Crisis
• Capitalism

8. Historian-What does this
mean?
• Educate the leaders of tomorrow
• Learn about the past to better the future

9. Anthropologist
•31 Million Black
•5 Million White
•3 Million Colored
•1 Million Indian
•80 % Christian
•No official religion
•African Independent Churches
•Hindus
•Muslims
•Jews

10. Anthropologist
• Language Barriers:
South Africa has 11 different official languages
which could make country wide education
difficult.

11. Anthropologist- What does this
mean?
• Scarcity of teachers who can deal with the
language gap
• In order to make it accessible it must be
compatible

12. Geographer
• 12 % of the land is under cultivation
– Corn
– Grain
– Vegetables
– Herbs
South Africa and Khayelitsha have been
experiencing droughts, which has hurt the
agricultural industry and people who farm to
survive.

13. Geographer
• Transportation:
– Buses
– Trains
– Taxis
These are notorious for crime. The public transit is
not safe, especially for women and children.

14. Geographer- What does this
mean?
• Need an educated work force to improve
infrastructure
– Transportation
– Irrigation
– Productivity

15. Humanitarian
• Health Care:
• .77 physicians/ 1000 people (comparison in the world- 12)
• 2.84 hospital beds/ 1000 people (comparison- 81)
• 5.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS
• 310,000 deaths due to AIDS each year

16. Humanitarian
Only 4.3% of adults receive post-secondary education
Colleges are established, but most do not attend
In 2001 over 70 percent of adults were educated below the high
school graduate level

17. Humanitarian- What does this
mean?
• Obvious demand for more health care workers
By improving schools and
making them
more accessible and
updated, children could get
the initiative and education
needed to become doctors.
More doctors means
improved and more accessible
healthcare throughout the
country.

18. Our Goal
We want to
provide
electricity, comput
ers and the
internet to current
schools and build
This will hopefully improve more schools to
attendance, lower the improve the
dropout rate, better prepare quality of
students for life after high education, sanitati
school and help the on and
community. infrastructure.

19. Our 5-Step Plan
1. Solar Panels- By setting these up we hope to generate clean, renewable energy for not only
the schools but the surrounding community. South Africa is known for being a very sunny
country, so this type of energy is ideal. We will do this through the SELF Program.
2. Schools- Khayelitsha has many schools, but very few of them have computers or even
electricity. By implementing the solar panels we will give these schools electricity. We also
plan to build an additional 20 schools so that students will have better access and safer
travel.
3. Phone Lines- This will bring telecommunication as well as internet access to the schools. This
all of course will be powered by the Solar Panels and through the SELF Program.
4. Computers- SELF will supply laptops and computer labs.
5. Online Education- Through the laptops each child will be able to access an online program that
will be created by teachers in the United Sates in association with the South African
education system. It will include lesson plans for each grade level.
The online program is perfect since there is such a shortage of
teachers in South Africa.

20. Why Technology?
• How can we best affect the school system and
benefit the most people?
– Quality vs. Quantity Opportunity Cost
– Look at comparative advantage
– Learn from past attempts
By using a website we can cater to all languages, as the site will be
available in all of the major languages.
“ The fundamental reason for believing that prosperity can spread to all
corners of the world is that the very science and technology that
underpin prosperity in the rich world are potentially available to the
rest of the world.” –Jeffrey Sachs

21. Why Solar Panels?
• Efficient
• Clean
• Prime location
• Self-Sustaining
• Will power more than just the school
“But world output it not constant, precisely because technological
improvements allow the world to get a lot more economic value out
of a given level of inputs”- Jeffrey Sachs

22. Our Plan

23. The Solar Electric Light Fund
is a NGO that focuses on
installing solar panels in
developing countries. SELF
will help with our goal of
providing
electricity, computers and
internet to the people of
Khayelitsha.
•“Whole Village”
•Schools
•Water
pumping/purification
•Drip irrigation
•Health clinics
•Community Buildings

24. Training
• People in the village will be trained by SELF
to help maintain the panels
• The teachers will be trained
(specialization):
• As teachers to help with school work
• As mediators to help with classroom
conflict and home problems
• With technology to help with any issues
that may arise and be able to teach the
children

25. Budget
Build solar panels for existing schools:
$5,775,500 (at approximately $106,950 per school)
+
Construct an additional 20 schools:
$250,000 (at approximately $12,500 per school)
+
Power the new schools: $2,139,000
+
Training and pay for teachers: approx. $1,835,500

26. People Reached
74 fully equipped schools
X
approximately 2000 students per
school
Approximately 148,000 Students and
their families with access to
electricity, schooling, computers and
the internet, and will benefit future
students for years to come

27. Results
Production Possibilities Curve

28. Results
Money Market

29. Results
Aggregate Supply and Demand

30. The General Happiness Graph

31. Possible Obstacles
• Getting students to school
– We will build strategically placed schools so
that the trip to school is safer and more
convenient
• Getting students who are needed at home
to school
– We will have to teach the comparative
advantage of sending a child to school over
keeping them home
• Maintaining sustainability of the schools
– The company teaches the residents

32. Take Action!
We need YOUR help to be able to accomplish
our goal. It will take $10 million over an
estimated three years to modify the current
schools and build new ones. Having a better
educated workforce will stimulate the
economy and having internet access will make
for a more competitive market. With a better
education more students will go onto higher
level education to become the doctors of
tomorrow and fulfill the country’s needs in
health care and infrastructure.

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