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WindAid, impacts/outcomes? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The goal of this page would be to be transparent about the approach for potential long-term volunteers and partners so that they have a better understanding of your process.
        This could benefit the organization by:
        
        building credibility of the process
        
        Help partners and volunteers find opportunities for themselves.
        
        Building Credibility
        From our participant interviews, they were keen on learning how the organization did what they did and if it was ethical. They wanted to learn how communities we're being incorporated with the organization/projects, and if it had an ethical approach. (I'm not exactly sure what an ethical approach entails, but I'm assuming anything against voluntourism.)
        
        When interviewing long-term volunteer, it was quoted that "it was hard to know what i'll be doing." There was ambiguity of what the long term program entailed, and I think the same ambiguity is here.
        I assume : If we're able to elaborate on our approach, we can build credibility and trust with visitors, partners, long-term volunteers, and potential donors - as we're elaborating on the costs/process.
        Other questions were:
        What's the process?
        How is success measured?
        Are community members always dependant on WindAid? How?
        
        From the competitive analysis (i.e. other NGO websites) I found that they tend to included their business model as well. I can only assume it's to build trust with volunteers and those who donate.
        
        Helping Partners & Long-Term volunteers find opportunities
        When learning about the approach and projects, long-term volunteers and partners, would have a better idea of how WindAid works. This could make it easier for them to finding how they can use their skills/knowledge with WindAid
      - Assets required:
        Photos and videos of in action moments of community engagement & working together.
        External reports of the approach, outcomes? etc. ]
- - - - Providing information on expenses/resources as supporting evidence on the costs of the projects. If it's worth mentioning here? Do we have reports that we can share with the public?
        User story: When learning about the projects, I want to know the expenses the organization has, so i can make a better judgment about my donation (or volunteering).
      - On a separate page, providing a detailed (case study-like) to talk about the details of the projects. I'm not sure how much detail we would need to get into... but its intention is to educate visitors on the process, and what it takes to carry out a project.
        
        Starting out with a brief description about who the demographics of the community, What was the problem they were having? how it started (did the community contact you, or did you choose?), and why was this important for them?
        
        How was WindAid involved? Here we can shine with our projects. What is the work involved? Was it only installing wind turbines? What was community engagement like? How long did this project take, is it still continuing?
        
        Any supporting evidence of the outcomes? How was success measured?
        Were community members taught how to maintain the windturbines, or were they dependant on WindAid?
      - Assets required:
        Photos & Videos of projects worked on, possible community engagement and testimonials from the community
        Reports for further evidence, outcomes, expenses, etc?
- - - - 4.3.2.2
        Providing an overview of the program, what they'll be learning, the impact, etc.
      - 4.3.2.3 The itinerary of the 4-week program.
        
        Possibly showing a "step by step" process of the key learning and work with pictures/videos.
        
        Current Itinerary:
        Elaborating on each point, would provide more clarity of its importance and create better expectations for what they'll be doing.
        Customers want to see the work they'll be doing, preferably watch videos about the workshops so that they can get a better idea.
        They also want to learn about the products/technologies, and how they're implemented and used.
        
        Day Activity
        
        Day 1 Orientation and introduction to the WindAid Institute. Check out the workshop and Trujillo plaza.
        
        Days 2-3 Begin workshop training, health and safety training, cultural awareness, Spanish Language lesson available for those that want to learn Spanish.
        
        Days 4- 21 You will be building a wind turbine. Weekends are free and depending on the location, volunteers will have the opportunity to visit the recipient community of their wind turbine or even other installations. There are optional organized tours of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Chan Chan, Colonial Trujillo and Huacas del Sol y de la Luna.
        
        Day 19 Pack the wind turbine, equipment and materials for the installation.
        
        Days 22-26 Relocate to recipient community for assembly and installation of the wind turbine. Presentation of wind turbine to the community.
        
        Day 27 Farewells and depart Trujillo.
      - Testimonials from short-term volunteers ~3-5
        Descriptive experiences that really resonate with someone who would be interested in this experience.
        
        A testimonial that relates to the 'work/hands-on experience' they gained.
        A testimonial from outside of engineering
        Providing the opportunity to search for and contact ambassadors who have gone through this experience can be beneficial to reassuring them.
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7S7FYqvjg&feature=emb_title
        
        Madison Wood Testimonials:
        https://www.windaid.org/madison-wood-scotland-mechanical-engineering-at-university-of-strathclyde/
        
        Workshop Experience Mike davis:
        https://www.windaid.org/mike-davis-england-mechanical-engineering-at-university-of-exeter/
      - 4.3.2.1 The goal of this page is to provide a detailed description of the work volunteers will be doing. Communicating the biggest takeaways from this experience and how they will benefit, can increase the chances of volunteers inquiring / applying.
        Ultimately, for those younger folks who are looking to gain work experience, how can we make this attractive to them, so that they consider this (from the research, they want to make this experience also attractive to their future employers).
        For engineering students, how can we make this interesting for them, what key aspects of their professional growth can we focus on? What do they gain?
        While not making it purely focused on engineering students, what else do other volunteers gain from this (Hands-on) Work-experience?
      - Assets required:
        Photos/ videos
        
        Great video shot. We can def. use this if accessible.
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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TSeb2SIGtU
    - - We must provide a detailed description of who this program is intended for and what they can do in this program. What is the program designed for? And how can customers make the out of it?
        We must identify who our target audiences (or who we're trying to attract), and communicate it on the page. The easier we can align customers (and their skill sets) with WindAid's needs, the easier to determine fit.
        
        Questions to answer:
        What is the program designed for?
        Who is it for?
        What kind of projects will they be working on?
        What is the process of volunteering?
        
        :!:Most importantly, how are they supported and what do they benefit? Maybe we can showcase this through projects other volunteers have worked on?
      - Assets required:
        Photos & Videos of projects worked on.
      - Testimonials for long-term volunteers ~3-5
        Descriptive experiences that really resonate with someone who would be interested in this experience.
        If we can find a testimonial that talks about how wind aid has helped them through out their journey/career development, etc we can reassure potential volunteer
      - 4.3.3.1 The goal of this page is to align long-term volunteers, with WindAids' needs. Finding the best fit would require communicating the type of volunteers needed, possibly their skill sets, & the projects they could work on. The more transparent about the work & process, the easier for Volunteers to decide/contact.
  - - - Overview of arrangements for volunteers. How are the rooms selected? What kind of rooms? What are the room like? Are they shared rooms? Will there be 24/7 front desk? What kind of facilities?
        
        Keeping this page simple by communicating the most important things (questions listed above), and providing a VIRTUAL TOUR of the place would benefit the volunteers very much.
        
        A map of the house in the city with frequently visited places.
      - Assets required:
        Photos & Videos of the accommodation.
        Possibly a MAP of the House, located in the city and marking key 'travel destinations' or shopping malls, (frequently visited.)
    - - 4.4.3.1 Leisure
        
        Here we want to communicate the daily life of a volunteer at Windaid. We want to reassure people that it's not all work, but there is play. Showcasing the social opportunities that foster those connections people leave with, is a great selling point to volunteers. Here we can show the kind of people that volunteer, and the things they'll be doing but also how they'll be networking with other volunteers from engineering and other backgrounds.
        
        The map idea of the house and frequently visited places could be used here too.
        
        Mention the beach!!
        Do we have videos of any social engagements aside from the workshop?
        How are people engaging with the community? What's the local city like? What are the people like?
        Spending:
        On average, how much is beer? food? traveling around? Possibly have a section of how much someone would spend to have a nice night out, mainly to paint a better picture of how much money they'd need to bring extra
        
        Learning Spanish, what is the process? what is the costs? What is the time commitment? Possibly have a short section about this.
      - 4.4.3.2 Travel opportunities
        
        Here as Rishi had suggested, It would be a great idea to show the travel opportunities, details and how much time it would take out of their trip so they can plan accordingly. Providing details of how to get to places and possibly a map of WindAid relative to most frequently traveled places.
        I don't think it's necessary to go further in detail about the locations, as users would probably do it on another website anyway, BUT if there are personal recommendations to traveling, we can mention that.
        
        Assets required:
        Photos and/or videos of travel opportunities.
      - Assets required:
        Photos and/or videos of leisure activities with people socializing.
        Photos/videos of Spanish lessons/process ?
        Map of house and frequent places
- - - - From the website:
        The WindAid Institute program was set up to help provide electricity to those without through the use of wind turbines. As such we aim to set prices as low as possible in an effort to make this opportunity available to more people and increase the number of wind turbines that together we can provide to those communities. It is the contribution from our volunteers that enables us to buy the materials required to design, build, and install the wind turbines. Subsequently we can provide wind turbines to communities in Peru who cannot afford to financially contribute. The remainder of the fee covers your time with WindAid Institute. This accounts for accommodation, food, support staff, operational expenses, and transport during the project phases.
        https://www.windaid.org/light-up-a-life/dates-costs/
      - From the website:
        It is the financial contribution and work of the volunteers during the WindAid Institute program that covers the cost of the wind turbine and installation such that the completed wind turbine is presented to the recipient community at no cost.
        https://www.windaid.org/about-us/
  - - - E.G of direct costs to volunteers
        
        -All accommodation throughout the duration of the project (Including a day or two before and after the program)
        
        -All food throughout the duration of the project (3 meals per day, 5 days per week)
        
        -Collection upon arrival in Trujillo
      - E.G. of indirect costs to volunteers
        
        We can use these points in the first section, where we talk about the staff, equipment, and other "back-end costs"
        
        Advice for visa applications, flights, insurance, kit, cultural awareness, language etc
        
        -Full supervision and guidance by a trained engineer during the manufacture and installation of the wind turbine
        
        -All tools and equipment required for the wind turbine construction and installation
    - - These should be mentioned, and also elaborated on the emails if they're already not.
        Possibly a traveling to peru page to better prepare them.
        
        Flights and transport to Trujillo
        
        -Travel Insurance
        
        -Visas (if required)
        
        -Personal Vaccinations / Medications