Project Management E-course assignment: Exercise1b

Project Management E-course assignment. Exercise 1B

What would be different in my community after this project..

Through this project I would be able to educate the children involved in child labor throughout my society. This would eventually help them survive a better life in their future.

Background Summary:

Who: My aim is to educate those children who work in workshops and small scale factories. Where there is not only a hazard to their health but also wastage of their precious time when they can make up their future to become a better human being.

What: For this project I would have to go out and look for those children who are indulge in this labour work and they are not going to school. Just to earn some money, to give them to their parents. As an only source of income. This project would surly bring a good impact because it would improve the lives of many families and their children through the education provided to them. As their first right.

Why: I want to do this project to see a more educated youth ahead. Also to enhance the income status of many families, when their children would be able to work in some better places due to the education provided to them enabling them to use some technology too.

Where: This project would be carried on near the area I live so that I can fully monitor what’s going on. Where there is a need of my attention. I would look for the children in the slum area not so far from where I live. And once I would start off with this project they would all be coming to a school which is owned by my mother, in the evening to get free education. This would prove to be a best possible place to teach them.

When: Once I would start get the required funds for hiring the teachers and provide the students their uniform or some clothes. The stipend so that they can give something home to run the livelihood when they would be studying indeed. This project would start off that day. This project would have to last long for almost 3 to 4 years in order for them to be able to read and write. As our mission is not to give them an education of a very high level which could be impossible because of their ages in particular.

How: With the help of the International community and the Pakistani government I would proceed with my project. This is totally as a community service work.

My objectives to achieve the aim of the project:

My objectives are to provide quality education to at least 100 numbers of children who can not get the education they require due to lack of awareness of the parents or the lack of money for them to survive. So in order to run the livelihood the children have to go out and work in mechanic workshops or some small scale factories which include carpet weaving and stuff. This is seriously hazardous for their health.

This project would be accomplished near to the place where I live so that I can fully give my contribution and carefully examine the project for it be successful.

The time duration for this project which I have decided is 4 to 5 years.

This project would be funded and accomplished through the help of the NGO's working in the area, on the same subject.

My aims in particular are to educate some really needy children who wants to study or their parents wants them to study but they can’t due to low income. And to bring them an awareness of how important is to get education for the easy survival.

The main objectives are as follows:

a) Identification of down trodden families whose children are involved in child labour.

b) Identifying possible solutions.

c) Identifying actors already working to solve these issues.

d) A joint work plan and implementation strategy.

e) Evaluation of the intervention and measurement of impact.

My challenges and risks to the success of this project:

I have been a project manager for the small community service projects here in my community with a group of other alumni’s. There were many challanages faced by me and my group which would not be different while I do this project. The chalanges were lack of funds, people are never easily convinced to give funds for even a noble cause and for that a strong proposal is a must requirement. Lack of support of the society and the people. Once we were cleaning this public park and some people just came up to us and asked us to stop or they would report to the management for our act.

I have also been out for the search of children who works day and night for hardly any money and when I asked them, do you want to study and go to school, I would even pay you for studying and still they replied no we are not intrusted in studying we are happy here. That is the biggest challenge I am going to face because only 2% of the 10% are going to agree to study and get a quality education.

Another challenge can be the parents of the selected children. Would they agree and trust me for their children that I am going to make them study and also going to pay them for it.

For this project I am totally prepaired to face challenges but I would tackle them carefully and smartly because this cause to end child labour would bring a positive and a great change in my society. Which eventually gives me strength to do this project effectively.