Building for Tomorrow

Aaron Meneberg, David Lim, Erica Laster, Lindsey Parr

Why?• Millions of dollars are poured into relief after disasters.

• Lives and resources can be saved by taking preventative measures.

• Proper knowledge and funding is lacking in some high-risk areas.

Who We Are

Mission: Building for Tomorrow will provide the resources necessary to build strong, disaster-resistant communities around the world. By supplying technical training in design and architecture to professionals in disaster prone areas and procuring the funds to build in these areas, we aim to prevent and relieve human suffering as a result of natural disasters.

Vision: A world where all communities are equipped with the knowledge and infrastructure needed to withstand and respond to natural disasters.

Ownership and Legal Structure

Board of Directors• No fewer than two representatives from each country in which we work.• Diverse board including professionals from each of the following fields: Architecture, Urban Planning, Law, Accounting

President• Organization President will be based out of the US

Skills & Experience• Fundraising• Experience living and working in developing countries• Networking and recruiting Board Members• General knowledge in construction / architecture design• Legal • Financial• Government Relations• NGO Management

Our Advantage

• A talented and diverse Board of Directors• Renowned Design and Architecture professional volunteers• Commitment to building safe communities

Operations: Approach

Building for Tomorrow aims to help communities hit by natural disasters rebuild their infrastructure in accordance to natural disaster-resistant standards so as to minimize impact of future disasters. We will begin by entering communities recently hit by disaster and work in the future (1+ year post-disaster) to provide additional guidance and support for future infrastructure projects in the community to foster smarter planning and construction.

Operations: StaffingNGO will be run by a team, fulltime senior staff, including:

presidentfinancial directorcommunications directorgovernment relations directorNGO/international bodies relations directorprogramming directordomestic resource/recruiting directorinternational resource/recruiting directorfundraising directorlegal director.

Staffing (con’t)Additionally, there will be a fulltime support staff, including:

receptionist/office managerassistant to the presidentassistant to the CFOassistant to the two “relations” directorsCommunications assistantProgramming assistantFundraising assistantdomestic resource assistantinternational resource assistantlegal assistant

Staffing (con’t)

Additionally, NGO will maintain a permanent “travel team” who will meet at a work site (in a disaster area) that will establish the operation before SMEs travel to work site. This team, because it will be provided with irregular work and be required to travel internationally with little notice, will receive part time pay while inactive and full time pay when active. They will be considered “on-call.” They will not be required to carry out actual construction on-site, and therefore the focus on personnel will be resourcefulness and managerial skills. This team will be 3-5 people.

Responsibilities of Senior staff• President: the face of the operation, responsible for speaking on behalf of and

representing the organization to the world. He will also provide significant contribution to the areas of government relations, programming, and fundraising.

• CFO: responsible for ensuring the financial viability of the organization through proper accounting and tax filing.

• Communications Director: responsible for designing and implementing communications and crisis management plans; ensuring adequate media coverage.

• Government Relations Director: responsible for establishing working relationships with the US government and governments of organization-identified foreign countries of interest. Main goal is to ensure fluidity and easy of operations by building support at home and abroad for NGO’s mission. Works in collaboration with Fundraising Director when needed.

• NGO/International Bodies Relations Director: similar to the GRD, only with a focus on NGOs and international bodies such as the United Nations and various disaster relief groups, like the International Committee of the Red Cross. Works in collaboration with Fundraising Director when needed.

Responsibilities of Senior staff (con’t)

• Programming Director: responsible for designing, implementing, and managing NGO’s operational programs.

• Domestic Resource/Recruiting Director: responsible for finding and securing subject matter experts in the fields of discipline necessary for NGO’s programming (i.e. architects).

• International Resource/Recruiting Director: same as domestic position, only focused on the countries of interest to NGO, e.g. sourcing “local talent.” Additionally, will need to source local construction contractors.

• Fundraising Director: responsible for fundraising sufficient funds to support mission of NGO. Works with Relations Directors when needed.

• Legal Director: responsible for ensuring the legality of NGO’s operations and establishing a legal regime for the volunteer SMEs who make the NGO’s mission happen.

Responsibilities of others

Support Staff: support Senior Staff.

Travel Team: arrive on-site to work out logistics: organizing pre-recruited local talent, facilitating required local permits/paper work, obtaining all required materials, liaising with local construction contractors, and taking care of various/unforeseen needs.

Hiring Proceedures

• President chosen by board of directors.• President hires Senior Staff with approval of

the hiring committee of the board of directors.

• Support staff to be hired by appropriate Senior Staff member(s)

Office Needs (minor)

This team will work out of one centralized office in the United States. No permanent foreign offices are needed.

Insurance

Insurance for domestic staff is TBD pending funding. SMEs sent abroad will be asked to sign a waver

MARKETING

• -Service• -Demand• -Niche - Size/Location• -Service Promotion• -Promotion Strategies• -Sources of Funding• -Strategies for Obtaining Funding

Marketing Plan• Service: Provide disaster relief to countries that have suffered from

natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes etc. • Demand: Currently, when countries experience a natural disaster, many

are ill equipped to handle the impact of such a large scale crisis. Many citizens are left homeless, as the government attempts to first 1-rescue those in immediate danger, 2- search and find the missing and 3-secure adequate temporary housing and facilities for survivors and displaced persons in the country. Necessary structures such as hospitals, roads, bridges and housing are often destroyed. While the international community often reaches out to support fundraising and provide relief, this is often only temporary and medical in nature. Our NGO would provide reconstruction contractors to host countries to assess damage and rebuild infrastructure to alleviate government burden and increase the rate of return to normalcy for citizens.

MARKETING PLAN• Niche Size/Location: The NGO will begin as a U.S. organization providing services on an international scale. We will

work with various architectural and construction companies to contract out services to countries which have suffered natural disasters.

• Service Promotion: Our NGO will create contacts within the public relations and service sectors of contracting companies as well as with the governments of various controls to establish legitimacy and necessity of such an organization.

• Promotion Strategies: • -Collaborate with the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity etc. • -Create website, twitter account and Facebook pages dedicated to our NGO• -Establish relationships with the State Department • Sources of Funding: • -Individual Contributions• -Donations• -Grants• -Host Countries • Strategies for Obtaining Funding• -Individual Contributions: NGO will implement a giving program for BOD • -Donations: Will seek funding from citizens in the international community• -Grants: Grant writing to State Department, charities and organizations to obtain funding• -Host Countries: Yearly donations from international governments (insurance)

FinancialsCash Flow

2012 2013

Income $50,000 $146,772

Expenditures $3228 $603,228

CASH $46,772 ($ 456,456)

Concluding remarks…

We must act now… we cannot afford to wait.

We envision a world where all communities are prepared for natural disasters and equipped with the resources needed to reduce damage and human suffering.

Our goals are based on the idea that preventative measures not only save lives but, additionally, save money and valuable resources.