Sustainability
put your donation bucks to good use
- Anne Marie Golla
Providing Sustainability to Mamas in Kenya
Last year, to provide sources of sustainable income to mothers in Kenya, a high school started fundraising and donating through Free the Children's We Create Change campaign where every $50 went towards one goat for a mother. They managed to help 31 mothers in Kenya get a sustainable income; empowering them economically. This year, the high school is deciding between adding to that number with the new year's donation funds or starting with the organization's other program in which every $25 goes towards a bundle of baby chicks for a mother. The high school wants to use the most cost efficient program to ensure they help as many women have an income to support themselves and their families.
Cost Effectiveness
The high school wants to choose the most cost efficient program, therefore they are comparing the cost effectiveness of the two. This basically means they want to compare the relative costs and outcomes or effects of the two courses of action and choose which one has a greater outcome for a smaller amount of money. Hence, the independent variable will be the 2015 donation funds and the dependent variable will be the women given a sustainable income, as the effect depends on the funds.
Program A: Goats
Program B: Bundles of Chicks
Cost Effeciency of Sustainable Income Programs
Linear System Solution
Program A -
y = 1/50x + 31
y = 1/50(1550) + 31
y = 1550/50 + 31
y = 31 + 31
y = 62
x - 50y = -1550
1550 - 50(62) = -1550
1550 - 3100 = -1500
Program B -
y = 1/25x
y = 1/25(1550)
y = 1550/25
y = 62
x - 25y = 0
1550 - 25(62) = 0
1550 - 1550 = 0
Since in the y=mx+b form, y is equal to 62 or the y coordinate of the solution, the solution is accurate. Since in standard form, the left side is equal to the right side, the solution is accurate.
Goats or Bundles of chicks?
Therefore, if the school is projecting above $1550, they should use Program B and donate bundles of chicks. If they are projecting at less that $1550, they should use Program A and donate goats. If they are projecting $1550, the school can use either Program A or B.
More Cost Efficient >$1550
Equivalent at $1550
More Cost Efficient <$1550
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Bibliography
"We Create Change." Free The Children We Create Change Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. <http://www.freethechildren.com/get-involved/campaigns/we-create-change/>.
"Alternative Income & Livelihood." Free The Children Alternative Income Livelihood Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. <http://www.freethechildren.com/get-involved/toolkits/alternative-income/>.