i-Sparks INSPIRATION map: Our School in India Owner: IndiaSchoolCommunity -> visit http://i-sparks.net/project-spaces/indi


i-Sparks INSPIRATION map:
Our School in India

Owner: IndiaSchoolCommunity

-> visit http://i-sparks.net/project-spaces/indian-school-project/ for more information

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This MVP Questionnaire helps you put your ideas and resulting project into perspective. You can start your MVP at any place, i.e., first define your Motivation, then Vision followed by Project Objectives. Or you may already have a good idea of a project; in this case the Questionnaire helps you clarify your Motivation and the overall Vision and direction of your project. The 5 Why's helps you dig deeper into your motivation and vision. While it is not mandatory it facilitates identifying the driver of your project. This helps you and give others a much better idea what is behind your problem, idea, project. Ideally, others can identify with your MVP, too. This would be a critical success factor for securing necessary support to finetune your project and build a winning and performing project team.In planning your project make sure that it always is in sync with your MVP.In case you have any questions, send an email to info@i-sparks.com and an i-Sparks coach will contact you.

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I. Motivation



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1. What is (are) the real issue(s)?

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Well I feel rich is getting richer, Poor is getting poorer in India, On top of that, Govt. policies are not taking care of absolute poor. Poverty/begging is overlooked. Average middle class people are busy making their life. The gap between rich & poor is expanding exponentially. Lack of education on poor community, political corruption, lack of incentives for middle class to help the community has taken a toll. Begging has become a business now. Pretty much what happens in India is , everyone trying to fatten their own pockets. Terrible for a community.

in India: rich is getting richer, Poor is getting poorer

Govt. policies are not taking care of absolute poor.

Poverty/begging is overlooked

Average middle class people are busy making their life

The gap between rich & poor is expanding exponentially

Lack of education on poor community, political corruption, lack of incentives for middle class to help the community has taken a toll.

Pretty much what happens in India is , everyone trying to fatten their own pockets.

Begging has become a business now

Stories

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2. Who / what is (are) affected?

Absolute poor people,

do not have ability to study, afford school, pay for books, tuition

parents send their kids to earn money vs study to support their daily live just to survive

no immediate, imment benefits of education that could feed a family

vicious circle: no education, no skills, no money, begging / surviving, focusing on imminent threats / challenges, ...

society / community

3. What impacts does (do) the problem(s) have on those affected by it? or: What happens if nothing happens?

poverty is still the top issue

Even if India is doing well by IT industry expansion, humanity has not improved

Lack of respect other people, especially for poor people,

making them do whatever, yelling at them like a dirt, has become a normal way of life.

"affluent" / middle class are indifferent of poor

do not SEE widening gap between "rich" and poor

economical

lower GDP

lower tax income

less money for public investments

less investment in future

status quo is reserved or worsened

foregone growth opportunities benefitting whole society

social

poor remain poor, rich remain rich

gap between rich and poor is widening

social tension

"rich" spend money on protecting themselves from poor vs. investing in future opportunities

status quo is preserved or worsened

foregone opportunities benefitting whole society

political

political instability

social impacts

economic impacts

less investments in country / region

worsening of socio-, economic, political problems

status quo is preserved or worsened

foregone opportunities benefitting whole society

II. Vision



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The vision is to help under privileged kids to empower, enable to be strong to take on the challenge of life, thru primary education and lessons. Later on provide scholarship students on merit based (identified from those students) for study in college.

1. What is the ideal solution to the problem?

Basic good education for the whole society, including the poor

good / basic education especially for poor = investment in future

creation of new / additional socio-economic opportunities without risking existing ones

greater social stability

creation of investment friendlier climate

ecnomic + social + political benefits and stability

Bringing up a good human being with morale and ethics.

2. What benefits / added value does the solution promise?

Develop individuals, better person & better community

a greater "us" feeling vs. we and the others

societal cooperation and synergy

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WHY?

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WHY?

good / basic education especially for poor = investment in future

creation of new / additional socio-economic opportunities without risking existing ones

greater social stability

creation of investment friendlier climate

ecnomic + social + political benefits and stability for whole society

3. Who / What benefits from the solution?

Everyone

People who is on the giving side, would benefit from making a better community.

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WHY?

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WHY?

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WHY?

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People who are on the receiving side would have opportunity for a better future.

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III. Project Objective(s)

1. As a step toward achieving the Vision, what concretely do we want to achieve / accomplish?
What is (are) our project objective(s)?

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Good project objective(s) = specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timeboxed (i.e., include start and end dates)

1. Open a school in the north east India by 2013, that can provide 10 under privileged elementary students, nursery education (letters, number, shapes, colors, basic disciplines) & provide 1 meal a day, for the first year of service.
2. Thereafter increase capability by accepting another 20 students for 2014. Increase ability to promote the first year students to next class & provide next year of educational services (math, social studies, ethics, behavioral program) , including 1 meal a day.

What does "Project Success" mean to us?

1. Opening a school in north easter region of India
2. Govt permission to run the school
3. Identify right teachers for teaching and administration
4. Able to identify food vendors & right permits
5. Able to transport students from/to school to home
6. Finally securing funding to be able to manage the school year after year

Collect actual or fictitious stories about a) impact of no changes and b) benefits of vision. Then use this input to elaborate on the VISION and derive / develop concrete next steps

Project Success

stories people can relate to. This could be achieved by pictures, quotes, similar experiences elsewhere, etc.

2. Strategy / approach: How do we want to / could reach our project objective(s)?

Understand local market - firms, people, target students area,
Reach out to people who can help - family, friends etc
Costing for running the school

3. What are our concrete next steps?

Research on Indian govt programs and how they have worked so far

Research on how NGO are run in India

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