Thought for Food

Team Leader

Lara Yahfoufi

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Thought for Food

One-line solution summary:

In such societies Education is not the primary need, food is! Hunger & Poverty are the main issue therefore lets correlate the two.

Pitch your solution.

We need to sell Education to these societies and not just offer it the parents of these girls do not see education as a must and therefore will not offer it willingly. In this case what should we do? see what their primary need is and condition it with education of their girls. Offer more food more security with each lesson, exam passed, course given to their girls. The more a parent is offering his/her girl an education, taking her to a school, giving her a book, the ore they are offered "what they think they need most". We need to approach the parents in this way because we want to invest in their girls and they are the road and we need to speak their language. By the time the girls grow up hopefully by this mean Education will become to them as important as Food:)

What specific problem are you solving?

The problem here in my society (Arab) and many others in the world is that alot of poor families do not consider education as a must especially to their girls. A girl could easily just to learn how to serve at her parents house and then she guarantees to be a good wife (enough future for her). While money and earning money to buy food is definitely a number one priority and anything that serves in that road is a good opportunity.

What is your solution?

My Solution is simple to offer the primary needs of the parents in exchange to educating their girls. Offer them easier and more access to food, water, shelter the more they invest in their girls education. Making it a public rule that families who educate their girls will get certain coupons for every year finished, will get a certain raise on their salaries is found (if possible depending on their organization) .. etc

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

The population is the poor families in Africa or certain Arab countries or any where in the world were Education is not priority and the basic needs ARE! We need to be humane we can not ask a tribe family in Africa who fears hunger everyday to educate her girl? maybe they care maybe they wish to do that but on what basis do we expect that from them when they can't even find food or water? Therefore in my solution we would be solving both problems we will be correlating the hunger with the poor education because our ultimate goal is to reach a society where your education can defeat the hunger in your family. But to reach that place we need to sell education to the parents by using their need to basic rights and helping them get it but with a simple price which is ultimately a gift to them.. their girls education.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Reduce the barriers that prevent girls and young women—especially those living in conflict and emergency situations—from reaching key learning milestones

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Beirut, Lebanon

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Lara Yahfoufi

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities

Solution Team:

Lara Yahfoufi