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A pack for babies,. A pack for life. Presented by Katie Dearden Megan Crowley Isabella Ricordo Kimi Omolokun. Our BIG Idea. Fundraising campaign Create maternity pack Contains scarce essential items Start with one country in Africa. Items included. Our Research.
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A pack for babies, A pack for life. Presented by Katie Dearden Megan Crowley Isabella Ricordo Kimi Omolokun
Our BIG Idea • Fundraising campaign • Create maternity pack • Contains scarce essential items • Start with one country in Africa
Our Research • Malawi's infant mortality rate is90.55 deaths/1,000 live births • male: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.35 deaths/1,000 live births
Our Research • UK’s infant mortality rate is 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births • male: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births
Malawi has one of the highest Infant Mortality rates in Africa • Malawi has close ties with the UK, it was a British colony • It is a member of the Commonwealth • English is the first language • It has a stable government Why Malawi?
Poverty • Food shortages and poor nutrition • Dirty water • Lack of shelter • Gender inequality • Shortage of medicines • Low literacy rates • Infectious diseases What causes high IMRs?
Our Focus Our focus is to help mothers and their babies in Africa have a healthy enjoyable lifestyle.
Our Proposals • Company leaders and sponsors will help us achieve our goals • We shall seek advise in the design of our packs • We will ask CAFOD and other charities if they will transport and distribute our packs through their existing networks • Raise money to make our products and to transport them to Africa.
The Benefits • saving babies lives • Mothers find it easier to look after their children. • Young women/men know about sexual health • won’t be as many starving children in the country.
Growing Our Influence • Who? • CAFOD • Members of the public • Council • Designers • Sponsors • Friends and family • School
Promoting Our Idea • Posters • Internet Blogs • Radio • Flyers / Leaflets • Newspapers
Raising Finance Sponsorship Fundraising • Galas • Sponsored walks • Performances
One step at a time! • Identify problem • Do research • Seek advice • Make a plan • Prioritise stages • Execute
skills we are developing • Being proactive • Having a clear vision • Team working skills • Building relationships • Listening and understanding • Putting others before me • Listening to peoples ideas
!thank you for listening! We appreciate your attention and thank you for listening to our ..BIG IDEA..