P to P Micro Scholarship

ProjectProject

By Daisuke Miyoshi, WASEDA University Undergraduate

- For everyone can GROOVE on the future -

Bangladesh through My Eyes

1. Self-esteem

2. Salary and Academic Background

3. Scholarship

1. Self-Esteem

What’s the Difference ?

I met a girl…

Mimi

She is more cheerful and friendly

than others

and also talks about her dream often

Some of the other

1. Self-Esteem

Truth be told, Mimi is …

A Scholarship Student

-Has a donator and many Japanese friends

who support her dreamwho support her dream

-Has many chances she can communicate

with others and talk about herself

1. Self-Esteem

So, IMAGINE.

If everyone in villages had a chance If everyone in villages had a chance

to express his/her dream

and to gather compassion for him/her,

Then .. ?

Lack of Money

2. The Poverty Cycle of Bangladesh

Lack of Academic BackgroundLack of Employment Chance

Donators

3. Situation of conventional scholarship

-Donators cannot know about any students until they actually donate to them

Students

-Students who are to receive scholarships usually have none to do

but just wait for donators

Scholarship Foundation

-Almost all foundations are very small and cannot get enough donators.

Bangladesh through My Eyes

Lack of Money

Lack of Self-Esteem

-Lack of

Self-Esteem

-No

effective support

Lack of Academic BackgroundLack of Employment Chance

Chance of Change

Most of the villages have

Internet Access and Solar Panels.

Everyone can be connected to the world sustainably

How can we solve How can we solve the problethe problemm ??How can we solve How can we solve the problethe problemm ??

P to P Micro Scholarship

Scholarship from the world

<Student> <Donators>

-Make the World a Scholarship Fund-

Scholarship from the world

-Commit “my challenge project”

-Broadcast their lives

< Theory of Change >

Parents: More Salary

Gather a lot of compassion

and scholarship money

through the INTERNET

Children: Better Academic Background

More Self-Esteem

More Employment Chance

Name : Shama

Age: 11 message

P to P Scholarship Site

System of Scholarship (1)

Student

<Dream>

To be a doctor to help my village

<My Challenge Project>

I will gather garbage

In my village every morning

<Data>

Financial Situation :Bad

Income a month : 6000tk

Invest now !$10select

Existing Scholarship

Foundation

Registers students

from their database

Student

Messages and donates

as much as they want

70% To $120

About her dreamAbout her dream

Every student commits to

do “my challenge project”

which can be something

Helpful for the community

or something challenging

for her.

Every student commits to

do “my challenge project”

which can be something

Helpful for the community

or something challenging

for her.

System of Scholarship (2)

After the scholarship is realized …

Student

Broadcast

her life and

“my challenge project” This month,

My score is

so so..

But it’s

gradually

getting

better.

You can see students’ lives

Existing Scholarship

Foundation

organizes

Student

Text Video report

You can see the actual

lesson real-time

through Ustream

You can see students’ lives

and communicate

with each other

Donators

Innovation

-Can donate to students who they have the compassion with

-Can communicate with their students and be motivated by their stories

-Can see the real situation in developing country lives through the tangible student

Students

-Can gather compassion from the world and get scholarship chances

-Can also broadcast their lives and can attain ICT-literacy

-Can be potential Social Entrepreneur through “my challenge project”

Scholarship Foundation

-Foundations can gather more donators and introduce more effective ways

Vision

“All youth can GROOVE on their future”

Challenges

-Sustainability

How can we create the business model for this project?

-User Incentive

How can we motivate more people to invest to students ?How can we motivate more people to invest to students ?

Should it be a Return by loan model like KIVA, Vittana ?

Or the Newspaper scholarship model in Japan ?

Or other incentives ?

-Target Student

What is the best target age ?

First Partnership

-Grameen Communications

Global Communication Center

(Ashir Ahmed)

One of the biggest and most creative ICT companies in Bangladesh

Has effective networks in villagesHas effective networks in villages

-Babu-Kano Foundation Scholarship foundation in Ekhlashpur, a Bangladesh village.

Has successful programs.

Trial PlanMAY : Start to live in Bangladesh and research situation of students

JUN : -Research and make clear the students’ problems

-Pick up some students who need scholarships

and upload their data to the special site

JULY : Advertise for donators and broadcast the changes of students

AUGUST : Same

SEPTEMBER : Depart from Bangladesh and go on a journey around the world

to visit social innovators and to study cases which can empower this project.

OCTORBER : Same. Study from great cases.

NOVEMBER : The end of this month, go back to Japan and report my journey.

Through this we can also get funds from companies

DECEMBER : Goes back to Bangladesh and drives our project

Together, produce countless

“Love Stories”“Love Stories”

between each person and each future.