Saude Crianca takes care of individuals who, after being treated at the hospital, do not have the necessary means to continue their treatment at home. The team's task will be to develop more sustainable funding methods, preferably not based on one-time events such as donations. The final deliverable of the project is a business plan to be implemented by the organization.
Saude Crianca takes care of individuals who, after being treated at the hospital, do not have the necessary means to continue their treatment at home. The team's task will be to develop more sustainable funding methods, preferably not based on one-time events such as donations. The final deliverable of the project is a business plan to be implemented by the organization.
Saude Crianca takes care of individuals who, after being treated at the hospital, do not have the necessary means to continue their treatment at home. The team's task will be to develop more sustainable funding methods, preferably not based on one-time events such as donations. The final deliverable of the project is a business plan to be implemented by the organization.
Guiding the transition from donations to renewable sources of money
The organization we will help is Saúde Criança, founded 1991 in Rio de Janeiro. This nonprofit takes care of individuals who, after being treated at the hospital, do not have the necessary means to continue their treatment at home, often leading to a re-admission in worse conditions. The organization needs us to come up with a strategy for self- sustainability which encompasses assessment of their resources, market research and development of concrete solutions.
Social needs identified Sustainable social impact generated
Saúde Criança currently receives funding by Saúde Criança aims to help families to break the producing and selling handcrafted products and vicious cycle that starts with poverty, leads to from donations. The team’s task will be health problems and hospitalization that prevent to develop more sustainable funding methods, to get out of misery. preferably not based on one-time events such as donations. Since its creation in 1991, the NGO has managed to have a significant impact. They assisted nearly A method we want to extensively explore is 14’000 people, including more than 9’000 starting a consultancy branch within Saúde children. Through their actions, they achieve Criança in order to spread its method throughout dramatically decrease in the number of days of Brazil for a fee. The final deliverable of the hospitalization (-66%) and improvement of project is a business plan to be implemented by health status of the children they take care. They the organization. also contribute to increase income of the families (+32%), which is key for the sustainability of life quality improvement of these families.
We want to make our contribution by helping
Saúde Criança to become self-sustainable and allow them to expand this social impact.
Project Information Financial Needs
Students involved: 4 Duration of stay: 2 weeks
Area of Impact: Health Flight: CHF 10’000 Target Country: Brazil Accommodation: CHF 6’000 Target Organization: Saúde Criança Other Expenses: CHF 2’000 Time Frame: November 2010 – July 2011 Total: CHF 18’000