Our first idea was to connect sponsors with their sponsored children, to make donations transparent and a beneficial experience for both parts. Then we realized we were falling short; as much as we differentiated ourselves from other NGOs by having an internet platform used as a meeting point between donors and those benefiting from these gestures, we weren’t going to stop the problem that both NGOs and those who receive our help have.
We found ourselves with two problems;
On the one hand is the transparency problem. A lot of money is lost on the way, paying the NGO’s worker’s wages, for example. We propose a system that assures that 100cents of each euro given by our sponsors reaches entirely those who are sponsored.
On the other hand, donations create a financial dependency and don’t solve the problem from its source. Imagine a country in which the government gives the minimum needed to survive and doesn’t care whether the population receives an education that will allow them to be self-sufficient. In our opinion, NGOs take over this type of government function, solving the apparent problems, giving the minimum so that Africans have enough to live, but forgetting the root problem; the lack of education and tools that will make it possible for them to have their own growth and that are two essential pillars in the creation of a sustainable development.
However, we can’t forget that those who receive these donations are receiving the opportunity of having an education, a healthy nourishment and even somewhere to sleep. The key is to be able to take advantage of this improvement in their quality of life in order to break the vicious circles and create a sustainable development, transparent and respectful of the role and importance of the members of the community where the development is taking place. NGOs must provide the knowledge, and create the anxiety to start and improve new businesses that at the same time can help the growth and development of their country.
Our idea has resulted in a mixture between NGO and the concept of social enterprises, a recently emerged phenomenon, which we will explain carefully in another blog post. We want to create a different NGO, self-sustainable, and based on the certainty that each euro donated reaches the cause for which it was donated. We want to create a development atmosphere in Kibera, helping social entrepreneurship and involving ourselves in the formation and education of the members of the community. We want to give the opportunity of education, growth and curiosity to a generation that, in a few years, will lead the economy. We want to make them see that they don’t have to settle and that they can aspire to much more. We want you to be able to see the changes that your help makes on the lives of these people, because it wouldn’t be fair if only we experienced such pleasure. We propose an inclusive model that helps groups at risk of exclusion to grow and develop their community, and which at the same time reports a transparent and real experience to those who decide to do MORE FOR THEM. (Mas Por Ellos)
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