Max & Wends Excellent Adventure

July 2007

Malawi & Mozambique

Country Facts
Population Poverty Literacy - male - female Life expectancy Infant Mortality Maternal Mortality HIV/AIDS Malawi 13.6 m 53% 76% 50% 43 yrs 92/1000 1120/100k
WHO>50=poverty

Mozambique 20.9 m 70% 64% 33% 41 yrs 110/1000 1500/100k 16%

14%

Epicenter Strategy
Vision:

What would the end of hunger look like? If handouts were the answer dont you think that after 20 years things would be better? Where does the food come from? Super humans?
Partnership with local government Gender equality 50/50 committee structure Build an epicenter

Commitment:

Action:

The Epicenter

Medical clinic Birth center Pharmacy Assembly hall Rural bank Library Food bank

The Epicenter

The Food Bank

Loans = seed and fertilizer Produce up to 60 50kg bags of maize Loan payoff = 6 bags Food security and personal transformation!

The Rural Bank

Funded by THP Women run the bank Loans of $40-$240 Groups of 10-15 women To qualify, the recipient must

Maintain a savings account at the bank Be literate or enrolled in literacy classes Keep school-age children in school

Term 6 months; rate 30%, payback >98% Registered within 5 years

Florence
Loan $35 = 3 pigs 2yrs = sold 27 pigs 15 pigs in corral Sells the manure Fertilizer loan Refurbished house Paid for childrens education Economic Security!

Flora
Loan $35 = 3 pigs 3yrs = sold 180 pigs 80 pigs in corral Goats and chickens Refurbished house Electricity & TV Supports 34 orphans Economic Security!

Water
Irrigation reduces work, increases yields and doubles harvest 72% of rural population do not have access to safe drinking water THP funds boreholes Committee operates Significantly improves production, health and life expectancy!

Medical Clinic
Staffed by nurses Pharmacy Immunizations Health education Access to healthcare previously unattainable!

Meet Mrs. Matolao Traditional Birth Attendant

43% of births occur with no health worker in attendance In 3 years

5,022 births 11 babies died No maternal deaths

Improving infant and maternal mortality rates!

Adult Literacy
1 year program State examination 156 graduates at Ligowe 164 at Nsondole 90% are women Restoring dignity and unleashing the human spirit!

Pre-School
Children provided with a uniform Taught alphabet, songs, health and basic hygiene Provided a warm, balanced meal

The Chiefs

THP Corp

Federal Govt

The Partnership
Empowered People
THP Local Local Govt Investors

What the Government Said

THP is a critical element of empowering Malawi THP is in perfect harmony with Malawi goals and MDG Involvement of women is key to improvements of all human kind
Aaron Sangala, Dep Minister of Women and Child Development

What the Government Said

I have been involved with many NGOs. The difference with THP is you invest in people THP is the best NGO he has ever seen The first of its kind in Malawi
Charles Msosa, Minister of Energy & Mines

What the Government Said

The empowerment of women is an advancement of all human kind THP is economically & socially empowering African women The government is committed to support THP and the epicenter strategy
Sidik Mia, Minister of Irrigation and Water

Who Are You?

Florence

Flora

Mrs. Matolao

The Tipping Point

How many many epicenters How epicenters are needed What is10,000 point? the tipping 500there1000 115now? to in Africa? to end hunger are

Wendys Vision

Moving Africa to the Tipping Point

the campaign for an Africa free from hunger.

the campaign for an Africa free from hunger.

JFK Joint Session of Congress 25 May 1961

This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.

JFK Rice University 12 Sep 1962

Neil Armstrong The Moon 16 July 1969

Ending world hunger, one grilled cheese at a time.

Every 5 Seconds

Every 5 Seconds During That Same 5 Seconds

a grilled cheese is sold a child dies of hunger. by a FeelGood chapter.

But what if

Q: How many grilled cheese is

that?

A: 6.3 million per year

Q: How many did we sell last

year?

A: 20,000

Q: How do we get from here to

there?

A: Lets start by knowing where

we are.

Q: How many grilled cheese did

the average FeelGood chapter sell last year?

A: 720

If we sell a grilled cheese every 15 minutes. Thats 4 every hour. If we operate for 2 hours per day, 3 days per week 30 weeks per year a single FeelGood chapter will sell

720 grilled cheese

Q: Theoretically, how many

grilled cheese could a FeelGood chapter sell?

A: Not sure, but the average

McDonalds sells 78k hamburgers per year.

But What If We Could

sell a grilled cheese every 3 minutes. Thats 20 every hour. If we operate for 8 hours per day, 7 days per week 40 weeks per year a single FeelGood chapter will sell

44,800 grilled cheese

Then to Reach Our Goal

of selling a grilled cheese every 5 seconds We would only need 141 FeelGood Chapters And if we could make only $2 per sandwich We would generate >$12 million every year Toward the sustainable end of world hunger.

Ending world hunger, one grilled cheese at a time."

Is It Even Possible?
To sell one grilled cheese every 3 minutes. 20 every hour. Operate for 8 hours per day, 7 days per week 40 weeks per year.

Yeah, like putting a man on the moon!

From Here to the Moon

Today Goal

Connor

Minutes per grilled cheese

15
2

3
8

Anders/ Hours of operation per day Paula

Daniel
Jamie

Days per week

Weeks per year

3
30

7
40

Shilpa/ FeelGood chapters Danielle

28

141

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