Community Laundromat

Scope: Mild

•Women •Wasted time•Every household preforms the same task•Lack of equipment

•Utilize existing equipment to benefit entire community•Save valuable time•Improve efficiency

•Families within the campamentos

•Find & train an organizer•Create Location•Build trust within community- rules/guides

•More time•Consistency

Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts

Will & Stephanie

ResearchTime-SavingGet it all done at once! An average family, especially with children, can save 5 to 10 hours a week by doing its laundry in a modern Laundromat.

Use Large-Capacity-MachinesClean Items Too Large for Top-Load Washers and Home-Sized Dryers. Most home-sized machines cannot handle a queen or king comforter. Large-capacity washers & dryers can wash & dry multiple loads of laundry at one time.

Reduce Stress at Home 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 Family Laundry, you can reduce (or avoid) the stress and turn “Wash Day” into a family outing!

Improve Health and HygieneFabrics become home to many irritants that cause us to sneeze, cough and wheeze, if not laundered frequently.

Environmentally ConsciousHome washing machines (top-loaders) typically consume 30 to 40 gallons of water per wash load, or 2.5 to 3.0 gallons per pound of clothes laun-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 clothes laundered.

Enjoy Your Free TimeSpend the time saved doing laundry with family, relaxing, completing other chores or working.

•Adults- Working Age •Access to job information•Way of advertising skills

•Use skills & time to benefit family

•Community•Local Businesses

•Create community Board-online-analog•Find organizer/worker•Provide training

• Higher Productivity• Stability• Satisfaction

Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation ImpactsJob Sharing Network

Scope: Mild / Medium

Will & Stephanie

ResearchMost 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’s why we network.

Here’s an important fact about networking—you’re not asking for a job. Your task in networking is only to ask for information that may lead to a job. Chances are that the person you’re asking isn’t an employer who has a job for you, but he or she knows someone else who does have a job opening.http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1393065

• Leaders/Helpers •Disjointed•Start from scratch on every problem/issue•Communication•Organization

•Centralize Information• Harness information• Have a base

•Community•Un Techo•Families•Leaders

•Un Techo involvement•Training

•Tighter Community•Better functioning•Smoother transition•Build trust

Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation ImpactsLeadership Training

Scope: Medium

Will & Stephanie

ResearchProject 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

Will & Stephanie

Connectivity

Scope: Hot

•Community Members •Isolation•Disengaged from outside world

•Communal computer•Askan’s connectivity solution•Mobile Device

•Government/City•Businesses•Families

•Service•Providers•Equipment• Central System/Personal System?

•Education•Work/Jobs•Training•Awareness•Relationships

Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation Impacts

ResearchIntel makes PCs more accessible and affordable through innovative PC purchase programs.

http://www.intel.com/intel/worldahead/index.htm

The Internet offers developing countries an opportunity to bridge the international “digital divide.”

http://cse.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/projects-00-01/third-world/index.html

To overcome the big hurdles in financing individual Internet access many civil organizations in developing nations found a more suitable way of using Internet. They decided to use one computer by several users and established so called cybercafes or telecenters or community centers. Telecenters are the Internet equivalent of public telephone boxes.

One of the first NGOs who opted for this solution was the Peruvian RCP with its cabinas públicas. Although the actual fee of 15 dollars per month makes 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

Will & Stephanie

•Kids to Adults •Difficult to continue education at home•Poor educational environment at home•Literacy rates•Access to training

•Desire for education•Community support

•Schools•Tutors•Businesses•City• General population

•Create Facility•Hire & train tutors and teachers•Locate/stock Supplies•Develop Curriculum

•Long term investment•Knowledge sharing

Target Problem Opportunity Stakeholders Implementation ImpactsEducation & Tutor Center

Scope: Spicy

Research826 National is a nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization with locations in seven cities across the country. Our goal is to assist students ages six to 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 happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. 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 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/

How to Interpret the Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Human Capital Deepening, Inequality Increasing, or Waste of Resources? In the recent studies that have both dealt with endogeneity of tutoring and estimated cost effectiveness, private tutoring is found to have strongly positive returns (p. 13)... it appears that tutoring can generally have substantially positive returns as a supplement to formal public-school education (p. 14)

http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166322&entityID=000158349_20080225153509