Fall Semester Blog #7
https://www.macfound.org/programs/100change/
- What is the larger dream / goal behind your venture?
Starting with behavioral change, we are working to mitigate the health effects of air pollution, but eventually, our larger goal is to reduce air pollution.
- With the help of a visual, describe a coalition you will build to address the larger problem you are trying to address.
- What (kinds of) organizations will you bring together? How might the coalition be transformative for the issue? How you might provide leadership and coordination for the coalition.
- Ministry of Health, Kazakhstan – Government (public outreach)
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan – Government (public outreach)
- Lingnan University – Nonprofit and Academia (air filter)
- AlmaU – Nonprofit and Academia (air monitor, public outreach)
- Lehigh University – Nonprofit and Academia (core stakeholders)
- Haileybury school – K-12 schools (air monitor, air filter, cognitive study)
- Airvision – Startup (air monitor)
- Breathe of the city – Social ventures (air monitor)
- Save tuba – Social ventures (public outreach)
- Indrive – ~Corporations (public outreach)
- Global Health Council – Multilateral (cognitive study)
- World Health Summit – Thinktanks (cognitive study)
In addition to tackling the issue from 4 different aspect simultaneously, bringing these international and local organizations together is great way accelerate our project. We are holistically approaching the issue with diverse teams that has a same goal. While working on ground with local organizations, we are working with national and international organizations to further spread awareness and advance the goal and to go beyond Almaty.
Bridging between these organizations and bringing them together under one goal is the role of our team. Effectively coordinating these organizations through active communication might be our way of providing leadership.