Hi! this is Amanda. I'm here with Anni and Arihant. Hi! Hello! We're presenting
our idea for an Education and Innovation Center in the Western region of Ghana. We
call ourselves TRUNKS in education which stands for teaching resources uniting
new knowledge sustainability and education. It's a long title but it
addresses the issues that are near and dear to our hearts such as the
misalignment in the school system which leads to a high level of unemployment
amongst Ghanaians even after they graduate school. And the school system
fails to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, communication skills -
- an essential aspects that make people marketable in the workforce. So we want
to address that by encouraging creativity and innovation which are some
skills that world leaders such as Mark Cuban and Elon Musk say are very
relevant for the upcoming workforce. We have some statistics on these issues to
further support their importance. - As Amanda just mentioned, the place where we
want to build up our center is the Sekondi-Takoradi area and Western Ghana.
The reason why we picked this place is that it's already got a couple of
resources that we want to connect like the transport system and it's got 39
schools colleges and universities which we would like to collaborate with.
But there's also a lot of needs we feel we can address. Such as the fact that
there's only two libraries which require fees. There's a lack of free community
centers and there's a great divide between the two parts of the city which
are developed and very underdeveloped. So we feel we can help with that by
creating a stationary Center and supplementing it with a circulating
library bus. And projects we would like to implement would be workshops that
teach self-esteem, aid to self-aid, hands-on skills and creative problem solving and
thinking which we feel are important for the
workforce. We would also like to address activities such as arts and sports and
games from a very early age on, so children learn about teamwork,
Entrepreneurship - we feel it's a very important quality in today's market
because a lot of Ghanaians can't just find a job they have to invent one for
themselves. And they can't do it without creative ideas, so we would like to
support that. And we would also like to provide physical educational resources
like books and ebooks and downloadable lectures which would be included in the
mobile library. - Some sustainability plans we have to further develop ourselves and
keep our center running would be the sale of branded products something that
would be our primary source of income, of furthering work exchanges with local
university students and international partnerships with universities, hosting
events such as art show projects, performing arts events and sporting
events, collecting donations from some high-level, high-profile workshops that
would go beyond just serving our local area and our mobile area, but can be
distributed internationally. And use of the land that we want to purchase for
permaculture, which is something I'm very excited about. It has two hundred coconut trees
which we can use not only to teach permaculture but also teach
entrepreneurship and create hopefully a sustainable income for our center.
To address the issues we will need a few things and the most important and
exciting part of that is local connections. We want to work closely with
teachers, school leaders, community centers and for that we will need a
facility and a bus and also some solar panels which will keep the electricity
costs down. We've got a number of donations lined up like the books, games,
school supplies and computers. And donations is also a large part of our
sustainability plan. And here is a slide for why we want to buy the property
and not rent it. - And furthering our financial planning is this spreadsheet.
We have a total initial setup cost of 115.000 Euro,
and then a monthly expense of around 900 Euro. So we are requesting a
total amount of 125.000 Euro for our
establishment and first year of operation. We hope to, from the get-go,
crowd fund each month 500 Euro and have a return on promotional
products of 500 Euro, adding up to 1.000 Euros. So we would even
have a little surplus on our monthly expenses, or even the ability to expand
upon our current plans. Any of the objectives mentioned in our
sustainability and Development Goals that proved to be successful would be in
addition to this financial planning sheet. So we do have a pretty
well-established goal to be able to maintain ourselves going into the second
year of operation. As for our first two months of operation, we have a two month schedule
laid out. The first month overall focus would be establishing the
necessities, meeting legal requirements and really ensuring that everything - when
we get to Ghana - is established and ready to roll. In our second month we want to
further review our tactical plan and start our strategic marketing campaigns.
That will help us not only begin selling selling products but also
sourcing donations and further sponsors. - Then we've got a contact list for you.
We've already contacted quite a few people in Ghana and outside of Ghana.
We've received a lot of very positive feedback. We contacted people who already
have successfully running businesses like street libraries
and we've contacted people who have already built libraries as an NGO. We've
also reached out to potential sponsors and donors who could help us in the
donation process. - This is our team. I'm Arihant and my favorite
part of the project is the fact that it is not just a reading center but also
it's an education center that will bridge the gap between the school and the
business world. - I love the inclusion of so many
community participants and existing resources that are already in Ghana , and
facilitating them, connecting things so there is a cycle of knowledge sharing
and sustainability. I also love the facility we hope to purchase. It has
already been a nonprofit organization focused on human rights,
so transferring that into our project will be a more easy transition, keeping
the flow of Ghanians coming to the center, recognizing it as a safe haven.
And it's located in such a strategic area between two major cities with easy
access, but also in a rural enough area that we can reach the people who need
assistance the most. My name is Anni and my favorite part of the project goes in
line with what Amanda just said. I'm very passionate about reaching people who
might not have access to resources like school or libraries. So my favorite part
is the mobile aspect; going around communities in a converted library
van or bus to promote learning for those who can't get it for themselves.
Here's a reference page of some of the sources that we really depended on. And the first
one listed is a video that we think really establishes and visualizes the
need for a center like ours in the location that we plan it. If you have the
opportunity to watch that video, we really encourage you. Thank you for
listening! Thank you! Thank you very much!
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