Submission

Make entrepreneurship child’s play!

MECP is all about maximizing functionality, drawing inspiration from local culture and optimizing space with as little as possible.

The Make entrepreneurship child’s play! Team is composed of:
George Bugan – Trainer/Project manager based in Bucharest, Romania. Previously I have an NGO background, where I oversaw mentorship projects for disadvantaged children.
Georgiana Ovezea – Architect based in Bucharest, Romania. I always try to see projects through my clients’ perspective and enjoy finding creative & ergonomic solutions for limited spaces.

The Promise Hub concept has the potential to aid tens of thousands directly and an untold number indirectly. To be a part of those that designed the environment for those many to rise above their misfortune was reason enough for us.

The modules, as we designed them, will be a physical representation of the commitment, thoughtfulness and drive of a handful of people to help those that wish to help themselves, but lack the resources. It will be a welcoming, well-equipped and locally-relevant place that aims to touch the lives of many. They will develop a sense of responsibility and drive for excellence within their participants and help them achieve ambitions they didn’t know they had.

The community is an instrumental element in the success and sustainability of any Hub. As such, we have stressed that they should be approached in order to invite them in the decoration of the Hub, they should be invited to discussions and debates on how technology may aid them in their efforts and how the hub members could facilitate. The local community can be one of the pillars of the hub’s survival and should be respected as such.

Please see the link below

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iah3699zr6wha1o/AAD2jf-VllYrSAZp5T4UeU44a?dl=0

Make entrepreneurship child's play!.pdf

The modules are thought as to serve as excellent learning environments, with all the modern amenities one would expect: access to electricity & the internet insulation, ventilation, compost toilets, inspirational interior and exterior designs and specialized equipment that caters to the module’s respective role.

We organized most of the modules as to comfortably house 12 as well and being able to serve as at least 2-4 other roles in order for the individual Hubs to organize them according to their specific needs.

We have included several images so that our proposal may be better understood by prospective Hub founders.
Overall we have strived to use resources as effectively and as creatively as possible, while simultaneously enjoying the process. That’s what we hope Hub founders feel when they are planing the specifics, gathering community members to decorate the modules, and committing hours upon hours of labor to cutting and shaping metal, wood & plastic.

Our proposal includes:
-all the modifications the container must undergo in a step-by-step list with an attached milestone plan as a visual aid,
-a list for the module-specific materials and equipment each of the modules must feature with cost estimates,
-every team position required (Impact team, volunteer or hired laborer) with wage estimates, as well as their respective responsibilities,
-Several 2D & 3D images to illustrate how the module(s) should look like.

All of the materials that cannot be sourced from waste are estimated at full price, with no donation other than the containers and their transport. All the modules are well equipped, in line with Promise Hub values, capable of housing 12, comfortable and welcoming. They achieve this with an average cost of $2828.5/module in the extremely unlikely event that no donation can be obtained. We estimate that with the right partnerships and the right team a $1500 contribution would be sufficient.