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.
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
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
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
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!
