Project Proposal Form

1. Group Information:

Name / E-mail / Phone / Meeting times
Dan Belhumeur
Pete Biolsi
Jon Kyle
Deidra Smith
Leonard Chavarria Jr.
Keisha West
Valine Ritchie
Bitsy Kipping /






/ 625-1820
621-8330
621-2132
669-4773
623-3355
625-3264
663-7810
601-6287 / Tues/Thurs., Fri
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2. Project Concept:

The nature of this problem is the lack of general knowledge surrounding four main issues: Environmental, HIV/AIDS, animal treatment, and domestic violence. Blue Creek suffers from extreme poverty and a high concentration of HIV/AIDS in its population. Without sufficient education and awareness regarding these issues, citizens of this community are unable to properly protect themselves or future generations. Though it is difficult to determine the impact the public service announcements we produce will have, the hope is that, if nothing more, they will at least get the attention of the Blue Creek community and motivate them to get involved and become the primary facilitators of future change.

3. The Desired Ends

The primary desired ends of the project are to improve awareness and education in the Blue Creek community regarding issues such as HIV and domestic abuse. Because many people in the group have not yet visited Blue Creek, our understanding of the community is relatively limited. That being the case, another desired end is to create a positive working relationship between our group and members of the Blue Creek community so that Galen students could continue this project, or another one like it, in the future. If the public service announcements we produce are wide-reaching and well received in the area surrounding Blue Creek it would help to address the following three Millennium Development Goals:

3. Promote gender equality and empower women

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

7. Ensure environmental sustainability.

4. Potential Sponsors

Organization / Contact information
(address, phone, name of contact person) / Description of project tailored to mission of sponsor / Status
Tumul K’in / Jeff Frank / Use of broadcasting facilities to educate surrounding community (Blue Creek) on environmental and social issues

5. Timeline

Estimated date / Activity / How objectives will be met / Person(s)
responsible / Complete?
Jan. 29 / -Project team & general description due.
-Oral presentation / -Identify why it’s a problem
-think of alternatives
-Meet with group / Group / Yes
Feb. 26 / Literature Review due / - read and write a report / -each member is responsible for article
Feb. 21-March 18 / Analyze community demographics and current knowledge / -Correspondence with Jeff Frank and outside research from Lit Review topics
-Create a clear project timeline and schedule future trip / Group
March 18
(revise until trip) / Generate scripts for programs to be aired / -Translating information from Jeff Frank and Lit. sources, into radio program / Groups of 2
April 1
(at the latest) / Record PSAs,
Canvas community to promote broadcasts / -Traveling to Tumul K’in
(overnight, weekend trip)
working with Jeff Frank / Group

6. Budget Summary

TO BE DETERMINED NEXT WEEK:

Transportation (bus/van) – consult Dr. Lee

Lodging, food – consult Jeff Frank