There are more problems that we face today than before, following status quo or thinking that billionaires and their foundations will save us is simply a dream that has not been realized and will never be.
Poverty is a complex problems and will not be solved if we let the governments and the rich address it while we watch and send thoughts and prayers.
If status quo does not solve problems, perhaps we need to all try to do our part and look for solutions, try for our local community. It take effort and courage to bring about change.
9. WHY DO WE HELP?
ā¢ Religion?
ā¢ Branding?
ā¢ Good Intentions?
ā¢ Guilt?
10. POPULAR FORM OF
HELP: DONATIONS
Individuals and business like to help by
donating money.
Some donate a certain portion of profits
while others a certain amount every regular
interval.
This is a minimal form of helping and one
of the most common form.
14. DONATIONS
Nepal received USD$4.1 billion from
International Communities and World
Bank.
Guess what is progress at the 1 year
anniversary?
15. REAL IMPACT IN
NEPAL IN MAY 2016
Some construction on infrastructure
started.
Some rebuilding on UNESCO sites.
Number of homes rebuilt =
0
16.
17. OTHER PROBLEMS
ā¢ Political indecision (Nepal
Reconstruction Agency)
ā¢ Unofficial Blockade on Indian border
ā¢ PUSHING OF BLAME
ā¢ WAITING FOR HELP
18. RESULTS
ā¢ People died from exposure from
environment.
ā¢ People displaced living in tents
ā¢ Farmers living in tents on their
farms, reduced income and food.
ā¢ Jobs lost (no Fuel)
ā¢ Unequal distribution of support.
19.
20. CASE 2: SINGAPORE
HELP IN NEPAL
Students from Singapore visited Nepal and
distributed aid.
Supported by Churches, what can go
wrong?
21. SINGAPORE HELP
Students decided not to leave Kathmandu,
and just deliver aid in Kathmandu.
They discovered bibles in blankets.
(Common practice in Relief)
They āhelpedā to remove it.
22. RESULTS
What do you think when a majority
Buddhist / Hindu country finds lots of
bibles in their capital?
23. MANY PEOPLE WANT TO
HELP, FEW KNOW HOW
Everyone thinks helping is easy.
Most do it out of convenience.
Does anything think about the impact of
their deeds?
Some help out of pity, and they get angry
when they see the recipients have a nice
meal or buy something nice.
25. COMMON HELP MISTAKES IN
DISASTERS
1) Bottled Water
100,000 liters of bottled water ā 40,000
people a day
Cost + Logistics $300,000
Cost for NGO with Filter to purify 100,000 of
water - $300
NO PLASTIC WASTE!
32. COMMON HELP MISTAKES IN
DISASTERS
Clothes and Toys
NGOs do not have the capacity to provide
ānon-essentialā aid.
Most clothes and toys WILL be wasted as it
will be improperly stored and create a
health hazard.
33. COMMON HELP MISTAKES IN
DISASTERS
Many International NGOs spend in the
country the money is donated to buy
supplies, and this means that businesses
in the disaster areas are excluded.
People in charge are not on site and
bureaucracy prevents them from reacting
to changes or identifying gaps on the field.
35. CANāT HAITIANS
DRIVE?
Haiti Earthquake 2010
Food donation & delivery.
Trucks of Aid to Port-au-Prince.
5 year old saw the Dominican driver
and asked, āCanāt Hatians Drive?ā
37. Many humanitarian agencies, big aid
organizations and traditional non-
profits elect to deal with immediate
needs of displaced people during an
āemergencyā period, discounting how
to integrate the survivors into existing
political and economic systems.
38. Both skilled and unskilled labor
supply go under utilized because of
policies within camps. Transforming
Survivors into refugees.
39. Is helping any help?
Not reallyā¦
At least not in the way we are doing itā¦
40. Often when we helpā¦
We make life decisions for
those we are helping.
41. Often when we helpā¦
We fail to see the whole picture
and feel content to help.
42. Often when we helpā¦
We search the approach most efficient to
us not to those we are trying to help.
43. Often when we helpā¦
We destroy the very same environment
we are trying to help.
50. How can we
not use our
gift to lift the
burden of
others?
51. Disaster Response Liesā¦
ā¢ Only experts can help.
ā¢ You will be a burden in the field.
ā¢ We donāt need anything, we have all we need.
ā¢ Do not send clothes or food, send money.
52. We all can respondā¦
ā¢ And guarantee an efficient responseā¦
ā¢ Donate Action, not money, not wordsā¦
ā¢ But how?
53. Disaster Response Basics:
You can be useful in the field ifā¦
ā¢ Bring your own supplies and food to the field.
ā Or buy them locally if possible.
ā¢ Engage the local stakeholders and work for
them, with them.
ā¢ Are connected.
ā¢ Have independent mobility.
ā¢ Listen, learn, respect.
60. Disasters create survivors,
they donāt create refugees.
It is the conventional relief system what turns
survivors into refugees.
61. Disasters do not destroy
knowledge or capacity
Teachers are still teachers, doctors are still doctors,
nurses are still nurses, carpenters are still carpentersā¦
68. POVERTY IS A
COMPLEX PROBLEM
Many people think poverty can be solved
by one idea.
Policy makers think that simple police
change can uplift millions living in poverty.
āCopying Chinaā is not a solution.
Technology may be improving, but how can
poor people be affected by āSmart Citiesā
āPovertyā is not uniform; different
communities in the same countries have
different needs and problems.
69. THERE IS NO ONE SIZE
FITS ALL SOLUTION
People turn to microfinance.
Banks and institutions follow.
Social Entrepreneurship is a big thing.
Countries and universities are excited to
support the next big social startup.
No much studies are done to learn about
failures as funding is just for success.
70. POVERTY COSTS MORE
Everything costs more when you are poor.
When you buy sachets, you pay more.
When you take loans, you pay more.
(Higher default risks?)
Credit card discounts do not apply.
Cost of single trip a lot more than monthly
transport pass.
ā¦
71. POVERTY NOT BY
CHOICE
Nobody choose to be poor / homeless
Some may work 14 hour days 6 days a
week just to pay bills and have not enough.
EVERYONE makes irrational choices with
money.
Risks of bankrupting because of a mistake
is much higher for the poor.
āFreeā Information is not free if you do not
cannot afford Internet.
72. INEQUALITY
When wealth inequality is so high that the
rich end up sitting on more money than
they can spend, all that money is doing is
hanging around in a bank account.
The poor can have multiple jobs and still
not able to afford rent and feed themselves.
Social Mobility is worse now than before
with rising inequality.
73. Capitalism - A core feature of
capitalist economies is the so-
called free market, within which
some will inevitably win and
others will lose out ā and that
spurs people to work harder.
74. āthe rich man glories in his
riches, because ā¦ they naturally
draw upon him the attention of
the world,ā while āthe poor man
goes out and comes in
unheeded, and when in the midst
of a crowd is in the same
obscurity as if shut up in his own
hovel.ā
-- Adam Smith
75. DISTORTION OF SYMPATHY
AND EMPATHY
It undermines both morality and happiness.
Crazy Rich Asians is full of āvice and follyā.
People admire (or worship) the rich
regardless of
how their money
was made.
76. FAIRNESS?
The wealthy are often lauded as innovators
and job creators.
The poor has to juggle with a small budget
and make it work for his family.
The poor lacks options and do not have the
luxury to think sustainability.
77. RESULT?
Unhappiness ā 99% movement
Fragmented people ā Poor does not care
about the rich. (Foreign labor in Dubai /
Singapore)
Prone to fake news.
Rise of populism.
Rise of fundamentalism.
78. 2020 ā
INFLECTION POINT?
Will we slide into vicious and downcycle of
major conflicts, climate catastrophe and
eventually civilization collapse?
Move of Indonesiaās Capital to East
Kalimantan, will we see more forest
removed and more forest fires?
Impact of Belt Road Initiative, is this going
to be Chinaās soft power? How would
middle eastern countries react to the rise?
79.
80. WHY ARE MORE PEOPLE STILL
GETTING INTO POVERTY?
1) Inequality
2) Conflict
3) Climate Change
4) Lack of infrastructure
5) Limited capacity of government
6) ā¦
Are we trying to end poverty or just keep the poor alive?
81. WRONG FOCUS
There is often a disconnect from the policy
makers, CEOs and foundations with their
beneficiaries.
They live in different worlds.
People believe that you have to do well
before you can do good.
Rich people want to fund large scale
projects and get quick results.
82. NGOS - GIVE
Mosquito nets
Great solution to reduce Malaria / Dengue.
People can work / attend schools more.
Giving continuously can affect livelihoods
of the person mending nets as a career.
Abuse will happen as some will use nets for
fishing.
Are different models of providing nets
tested?
83. Is being to āPCā
harming us?
Is there cultural
appropriation?
Are ballerinas
vulnerable to
discrimination?
POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS Kendall Jenner
84. DID TRUMP WIN BECAUSE POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS WENT TO FAR?
Ethics, policies and political correctness.
Is it ok to talk about the uncontrolled
population growth that needs to be
addressed?
Can we complain that a handicapped
grabfood delivery person takes too long to
deliver food?
86. SOCIAL INNOVATION
The point is, everyone can contribute.
Not just with money, not just doing
little tasks with no real impact.
We have innovative ideas, knowledge
and skills to solve complex problems.
There are interesting projects near
you or you can gather friends to work
on something you care about.
87. There are so many new
problems happening
everyday.
Complaining does not solve
problems, protesting does not
solve problems.
88. There is only so much the
government or NGOs can do.
Being big and bureaucratic
allows them access to
resources, but they are slow
to respond to changes.
We need innovation and
people to take actions and
accountability.
89. The crisis is not a crisis of
resources. It is a crisis of
imagination. When the plight
of humans is approached as a
crisis of resources, the natural
response is to produce
handouts.
90. For some, it means creating
businesses that address those
needs, and developing
plausible pathways to scale
those businesses so that
solutions stretch to the scale
of the challenge.
Then it is to look at how we
can support these businesses.
91. The solutions to the problems
the world face are complex
and getting to this solutions is
not an easy task.
There is definitely a solution
out there.
92. 2020 TECHNOLOGY?
Can technology alleviate poverty and
inequality?
Doubtful, but it can empower people who
are creating solutions.
93. BLOCKCHAIN
Creating trust, but also efficiency
ā¢ Distributed power
ā¢ Partner interoperability
ā¢ Ad hoc capabilities
ā¢ Privacy
94. BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain crowdfunding: groups can raise
money transparently for public good
projects.
Blockchain governance tools: democratize
fund allocation by allowing donors to
directly vote on how money gets spent.
Blockchain general ledger tools: show
donors where each bit of value goes,
ensuring that their votes translate into
money spent on desired initiatives.
95. BLOCKCHAIN
LIMITATIONS
Complexity: Not everyone understand
Network size: Requires a large network of
users. If a blockchain is not a robust
network with a widely distributed grid of
nodes, it becomes more difficult to reap the
full benefit.
Transaction costs, network speed:
āBloating' because it forces miners to
perpetually reprocess and rerecord the
information. (keeping all records)
96. BLOCKCHAIN
LIMITATIONS
Human error: The data stored on a blockchain
is not inherently trustworthy, so events need to
be recorded accurately in the first place.
Security flaw: If more than half of the
computers working as nodes to service the
network tell a lie, the lie will become the truth.
Politics: Blockchain protocols offer an
opportunity to digitize governance models,
essentially they are smart contracts which
parties need to agree on. (Still evolving as it is
a growing field)
97. P2P
P2P systems can make relief very efficient.
Maps showing locations of survivors and
their needs can be broadcasted, and
donors can come and solve those needs
and buy only things
e.g. Amazon Disaster registry