2. The problem(1)
Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria with 15 million
inhabitants
The number of inhabitants is expected to reach 25 million by
2015, which will make it the 3rd largest city in the world.
As the city grows, the large slum areas of Lagos are
also growing at an enormous pace. In fact, Lagos is
growing at a pace that is not supported by the areal of the
city, and there is limited space left to build on. This has led
people to build homes in inhumane areas, such as in
dumpsters, and schools are not prioritized.
Currently, about 2/3 of Lagos residents live in the slum
without access to clean water, electricity or waste disposal.
There are millions of children growing up in these slums, with
parents that cannot afford their children’s EDUCATION.
3. The problem (2)
In the past, public schools in Nigeria used to be attended by
children irrespective of social class and socio economic
background. However, budget restraints and the extreme
population growth has caused public schools to loose
their position in society. This has further increased the
gap between the rich and the poor, and the situation is
certainly not improved by the fact that the city grows most
rapidly in the slums, where the availability of education
is scarce.
The extremely rapid population growth makes the
situation critical, and immediate action needs to be taken in
order to give the children growing up a decent chance to
get an education.
EDUCATION is the backbone of any functioning society
and a prerequisite for SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT.
4. Project idea (1)
launching a mobile classroom, which will facilitate
teaching at any location.
The classroom will take the form of a bus, and
the bus will travel to locations in the slum to
offer classes to the children living there.
The project will employ teachers from other
countries that travel to Lagos on a voluntary
basis to live there and teach for some time.
Entrepreneurship will in this case work as a
mobilizing force, and if successful, it will result in
new ways of organizing some parts of society.
5. Project idea (2)
When the mobile school buses are equipped,
the target areas are identified and the target
children and their parents have been notified, we
will start to send out the buses filled with
education to the awaiting children.
Not only will the project mobilize individuals, but
also groups and even communities. This project
could work as a catalyst of a revolution in
the educational sphere, and lead to a re-
organization of the social system in the slum
areas.
6. Organization Contribution to society
Ownership
Mobilizing people
Aimed at integrating people into society and
employment
Empowers employees through ownership,
contracts or other documented means
Re-invests its profits in its own or similar
programs
Is independent of public programs
Competences
7. Project Financing
There exist a large number of non-profit organizations
(and respective subsidiaries) that provide funds to
finance entrepreneurial and welfare-enhancing projects in
developing countries. These include globally active
organizations as, for instance, the Worldbank, the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) or the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as country-specific
organizations such as the Swedish International Developing
Cooperation Agency (SIDA) or the German Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Private organizations and corporations finance projects in
developing countries. Not only humanitarian or economic
interests but also reputational considerations are thereby
arguably the most noteworthy incentives. Specialized
companies such as the African Developing Bank.
8. Financial Aspects
Ideally, we would like to finance the project with
the support of several sponsors. Doing so
would reduce the funds necessary per sponsor
and hence, simultaneously increase the project’s
attractiveness for every respective sponsor.
Under a potential scenario in which we would
attract up to five sponsors, the initial cost
therefore would be 800 – 900 Euros per
investor for the first quarter and SEK 2620
Euros for every consecutive year,
Less than 220 Euros per month!
