Below is my research that we split up and a brief overview of two organizations/initiatives that are currently bringing aid to Nigeria. All of my research I also uploaded as a file because the bullets and underlining make it easier to read... hope thats helpful!
1. The Anti-Corruption Initiative could be very interesting because there is so much corruption surrounding the oil industry in Nigeria. The clip from the article below is one paragraph from a 35 page document about the initiative. I thought this would be a good response to the issues that we raised in our brochure. If you are interested, I will look into this program more.
Overview from http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACH633.pdf:
The Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) of USAID’s Africa Bureau is a five-year program that began in
FY2003. Its goal is to reduce corruption in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have embraced principles of good governance and demonstrated a commitment to reform. The ACI provides performance-based funding to nine countries: Benin, Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, and South Africa. In addition, funding is provided to USAID’s three regional offices in Sub-Saharan Africa to support region-wide projects and provide assistance to bilateral missions. Mission programming has focused on a wide range of areas, including activities directed at legal reform, civil society strengthening, increasing government capacity to fight corruption, enhancing the capacity of legislatures to monitor the executive, and increasing public awareness of petty and local level corruption. While on an annual, per-country basis, the ACI has a relatively small financial footprint, over its projected five-year lifespan it may disburse in excess of 45 million dollars.
2. Riders for Health
“Changing the world through effective transportation.”
Manages and maintains vehicles to deliver health care in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Enables the Millennium Development Goals to be addressed without the cost of vehicle purchase and operation, thus, there is more money for humanitarian support.
Five methods of support:
1. Create infrastructure to manage vehicles that won’t break down in harsh conditions
2. Train nations to use these vehicles
3. Train health care professionals to ride and carry out daily maintenance on vehicles
4. Advise government and NGO administrators on running the vehicle fleet operating systems
5. Raise awareness
Riders is partnered with the Skoll Foundation and Schwab Foundation as social entrepreneurs.
Why Riders is especially successful:
1. Riders has begun to solve the problem of lack of transportation, which is a huge problem in rural areas of Nigeria
2. Designed to make the individual field programs self-sustaining
3. Economic benefits, health care benefits
Specific to Nigeria:
• Began in 1999
• Worked with the World Health Organization to manage a fleet involved in the polio eradication program
• Several garages across the country
• Riders works with local health workers and NGOs
• Also manage vehicles for larger organizations like UNICEF
3. Social entrepreneurship is the work of someone who recognizes a problem and then uses innovative corporate principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make a social change.
Solve problems by:
• Changing the system
• Spreading the solution
• Influencing the society as a whole
Performance is measured on the impact that the venture has on society.
Work through nonprofits and citizen groups, as well as with private and governmental sectors.
Profits from projects usually go back to the community that created them to aid the workers and charities in the area
In the US, organizations are typically separate and individualistic, while in Asia and Europe, there is greater emphasis on social entrepreneurial teams and networks
Youth organizations are increasingly becoming more involved in the social entrepreneurial initiatives
The International Business Leaders Forum, an NGO that promotes responsible business practices, has shown how multinational companies can support social entrepreneurship - either through in their businesses, engaging in public policy debate or creating better internal climates within their organizations.
Examples:
Grameen Bank, founded by Muhammad Yunus: Great example of synergies and benefits that occur when business and social ventures come together
George Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment Program: provides education, cooperative farming, vocational training, savings plans, and business development aid to women
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public: “open sourcing social solutions” initiative use an online forum for collaborating on pressing issues
Skoll Foundation
Both Ashoka & Skoll are great organizations for social entrepreneurship
From the Ashoka Website, examples of individual social entrepreneurs:
• Susan B. Anthony (U.S.): Fought for Women's Rights in the United States, including the right to control property and helped spearhead adoption of the 19th amendment.
• Vinoba Bhave (India): Founder and leader of the Land Gift Movement, he caused the redistribution of more than 7,000,000 acres of land to aid India's untouchables and landless.
• Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy): Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood education.
• Florence Nightingale (U.K.): Founder of modern nursing, she established the first school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.
• Margaret Sanger (U.S.): Founder of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she led the movement for family planning efforts around the world.
• John Muir (U.S.): Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club.
• Jean Monnet (France): Responsible for the reconstruction of the French economy following World War II, including the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The ECSC and the European Common Market were direct precursors of the European Union.
4. Gates Foundation
Established in 2000
Values: “All lives—no matter where they are being lived—have equal value.” AND “To whom much is given, much is expected.”
Mission: “help reduce inequities in the United States and around the world
Leaders: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and William H. Gates Sr. are the co-chairs, and Patty Stonesifer is the CEO
Employees: 520
Endowment: $38.7 billion
Grants in 1 year: $1.6 billion in 2006, projected $3.2 billion in 2009
Support programs in all 50 states and work in more than 100 countries
As of 2006, there are three main programs: Global Development, Global Health, and the US, and a core-operations group
How the foundation chooses who & how to help:
1. Define the problem and opportunity
a. Hire people with knowledge on subject matter
b. Get many different views
c. Ask partners and advisory panels for advice
d. Ask: Can we make a difference?
2. Develop the strategy and agree on a budget
a. Start with broad goals
b. For each possible solution, consider: costs, risks, long-term viability, and potential impact
c. Establish a measure for tracking success/failure of the strategy
3. Make grants consistent with strategy
a. Given the strategy chosen, who would be the best partners?
b. How much money is required?
c. Which grant would fit?
4. Measure results and learn
a. Measure the results to track strategy
b. Constructive feedback improves quality
c. Share evaluations in forums
5. Adjust strategy
Global Development: Foundation works with partners to create opportunities for people to lift themselves out of poverty and hunger. Support agricultural development because most of the world’s poorest people rely on this. Crop production and market access are key targets of aid.
• Give loans and insurance to help during weather setbacks
• Free access to computers for info sharing
• Respond to emergencies with the Special Initiatives grantmaking
• Invest in the agricultural “value chain”—improved seeds to market access
• Focus on small farm households, many headed by women
Grants for Global Development in 2006: $170.3 million
Global Health: Mission to encourage the development of lifesaving medical advances and to help ensure they reach the people who are disproportionately affected. Focus on:
• Access to vaccines, drugs, and other tools against disease
• Research health solutions
The diseases that the foundation specifically targets are those that:
1. Cause widespread illness and death in developing countries
2. Represent the greatest inequities in health between developed and developing countries
3. Receive inadequate attention and funding
These include: acute diarrheal illness, acute lower respiratory infections, child health, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, poor nutrition, reproductive & maternal health, tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable diseases, & other infectious diseases
Support research in addition to disease-specific initiatives. Focus on science and technology, technologies that make more accurate and affordable tools, and studies that apply recent advances in genetics and molecular biology to global health
Grants for Global Health in 2006: $916.3 million
United States Program: Huge focus on education to prepare all students for college & life. Goal is for all students to graduate high school prepared for college. Offer scholarships to aid students.
Grants for United States in 2006: $475.9 million
Look at the brochure!! It looks great. I put in all the info, I just need help with the videos. Also, lets edit any info so I can make changes. Thanks!!
Also, check out this great website...
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html
I uploaded the OPEC slides... excitingggg :-P
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