Literacy, Primary Health Care, and Micro Credit
Literacy
34 Musahar children have started going to school.
Vision Statement
Mobile Clinics for Primary Health Care
Micro Credit
Primary, Secondary, Adult Education, Public Libraries
Targeting socio-economically disadvantaged groups: Dalits, women, the landless.
Low administrative costs: make use of volunteers for administrative work when possible, try not to have to rent office space
Clear guidelines to measure progress or lack thereof
Transparent, real-time book-keeping: a complete financial statement for the fund to be posted at the blog on the 1st of each month for the previous month ..... all sources of funds and amounts to be disclosed publicly at the blog
Total accountability
Blog (http://jyoti.motime.com)
Online digital photos that report on the fund's activities (http://photos.yahoo.com)
Max bang for the buck: maximum impact per dollar per person, as in impacting 1000 lives with $1000 better than impacting 10 lives
Salaries: local market rate with a 25% premium, so if a Health Assistant might make Rs 5000 working for the government, the fund would pay him/her Rs 6250 per month
Pilot projects: The village of Gonarpura.
Photos: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/santosh_bhagat2002/my_photos
Coordinator: Santosh Bhagat (volunteer)
Money to be collected through http://www.paypal.com and sent through http://www.moneytonepal.com .
Based on that raise more money, perhaps $100,000, perhaps $ 1 million
Launch this as a "franchise" concept. To be possibly emulated by others from Nepal, India, or the larger Global South who are in the top 1% income bracket on the global scale. Contribute at least half as many dollars to your local NGO as you pay in taxes to your host/adopted country! And help with wider fund-raising, from individuals as well as foundations.
