EssentialNeed.org Ambassador Leadership Program

EssentialNeed.org is a global social Care Network that provides students with a Leadership Program, connecting them with their peers, government officials, and community leaders to help end extreme poverty.

The Program develops their Emotional Intelligence, Passion, and Perseverance, uplifting their identity to become the next generation problem solvers of humanity.

Our five-level Ambassador Leadership Program (ALP) develops youth skills to help end water poverty.  

Approximately 663 million people can't access to clean water; millions of children die every year after drinking dirty water. Research shows extreme water poverty leads to overpopulation - a major contributor to global warming, refugee crisis, deforestation, mass species extinction and more.

The outcomes of water poverty can go unseen and unheard if the connection is not made. This is a global crisis, and engaged youth are in the best position to raise awareness, unite our voices, and be heard. 

EssentialNeed creates a new kind of social network based on care and social equity, and ALP facilitates the growth of the network. Youth participants:

• Learn about the water crisis and conduct this presentation to peers to raise awareness and action
• Meet with local MPs and community leaders
• Publish blog posts on EssentialNeed.org blog and share with peers

Participants can:

• Improve life skills including empathy, compassion, emotional intelligence, and grit
• Boost employment chances - including paid employment with Essential Need
• Network and engage with like-minded people
• Be recognised as an EssentialNeed Ambassador
• Help end extreme poverty and gain social currency/equity through their Care Network

Imagine a world where high school and university students become a vital part of ending extreme poverty.

Through the practical skills gained through the Program, impact is on both the participants who develop new leadership and engagement skills, but on the lives they help save through ending water poverty

We need your help. By reaching every high school and university in the world to mobilise youth through our Program, we are helping youth stand up for a global crisis, and develop real world job skills.

Track listings on this page https://www.essentialneed.org/meet-our-ambassadors - Annually, on-board 1 million ambassadors worldwide consisting of 800,000 level 1, 100,000 level 2, 60,000 level 3, 30,000 level 4, 10,000 level 5

Track posts on our blog - 30,000 blog posts on government officials

Track government's funding commitment to NGOs - Increased foreign aid funding from developed countries

The ALP has five-levels for youth to deliver results. It’s automated and available to every student in every country.

Level-1: study facts and solution strategy provided in this presentation, then publishing a post explaining why they care. Example: Esther.

Level-2: conduct presentation for 20+ peers and ask to add their voice to the ambassador’s Care Network. Example: Grace. 

Level-3: 80+ people added. Example: David. 

Level-4: meet with an MP or community leader, conduct presentation, ask these questions, and publish a post. 

Level-5: fundraise through online donations, businesses, grants, and more creative ways. Example: Silva. 

Think of Facebook as your friendship network, LinkedIn as your professional network, and EssentialNeed as your Care Network working towards ending extreme poverty. 

As part of EssentialNeed, ALP is a worldwide grassroots activist program encouraging 51 developed countries to increase foreign aid funding per capita to end extreme water poverty.

In this page you will find the details of all the MPs and Senators of the 51 developed countries that will be receiving this correspondence. All our community leaders will have the facts about the problem, the solution, and what to do next.

Worldwide, youth will be engaged through more than 100,000 high schools, 26,000 universities, media, and social media. 

School Strategy

1. Email schools explaining the ALP
2. Provide a link to register and download a simple School Kit
3. Provide templates and tools for schools to engage with year 10, 11 and 12 students.
4. Automate every process possible to make it a simple process for the schools to facilitate and track take-up. 
5. Encourage schools to make computer and internet facilities available to students as part of the program.

Automation makes the ALP highly scalability.

1) We are converting businesses to conscious businesses. For example, EssentialMall, Oporto - half of funds raised go to supporting water projects around the world and the other a half is used for ALP and to make the organisation self-sustainable.

2) Website donations

3) Corporate sponsorships 

4) Government grants

5) Volunteers

6) Competition such as this one

7) Donation boxes

8) Opening an online shopping mall where all profits boost our cause

• Lack of funding - the organisation is close to becoming self-sustainable but needs a funding injection for rapid results
• Human resources - LinkedIn has been a source of volunteering talent, but ongoing funding to secure some paid roles will enable scalability and QA
• Scalability - having the end in mind we design for scalability and strive for automation 
• Governments red tape - Australian government continues to reduce red tape for charities
• Software development - we use JIRA, Confluence, Slack, AWS, GitHub, Jenkins and follow best practices
• Making ALP available in every language - we will use Google Translator

https://www.essentialneed.org/government-officials

https://www.facebook.com/EssentialNeed.Org/

https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2016/11/water-is-life/

The Solve network and expertise will help EssentialNeed scale the Program as fast as possible. By connecting with and learning from the community of leaders and change-makers, we will become better resourced and find new ways to partner with key people and decision-makers. By building ongoing professional relationships and networks with the backing of Solve, the ALP and EssentialNeed get the lift they need to create global change on water poverty through local action.

• Google
• Microsoft
• WeWork
• AWS
• NetSuite
• You can find out more about our team, supporters, and project partners on this page.

We are a unique model - closest to us are Change.org and GlobalCitizen.org