PACA - caring passionately for loved ones…

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Michael Udoinyang | Jun 29, 2020 | in Ecosystem best practice challenge | Guiding Innovation Dynamics

State your goals.

Building a sustainable Caregiver Ecosystem for children, pets, those with infirmities, disabilities, Carers, and the elderlies;

1. Standardize and harmonize the different certification for caregivers (Eldercare/people with disability/petcare/childcare/Auxiliary nurses to create a marketplace or service the ecosystem for excellent service delivery, global employability for the various care-sect thereby making the profession of caregiving attractive
2. Improve the quality of training for caregivers by adopting the online training method after which posting of selected-trainees to jurisdictional partners (NGOs, LTD/GTE, CSOs, COH modelled etc) for first-hand experience and the inculcation of professional ethics for excellent service delivery
3.  Regulate the ecosystem activities through standardization which will drive Continual training, education and development opportunities resulting in an enhanced Caregiver ecosystem and revenue generation
4. Initiate payment of caregivers in the informal space who has to dedicate their entire life to care for a loved one through the adoption of this practice
5. Generated revenue from this PRACTICE is used to support the ecosystem
6. Adopt the Create Onsite Hub (COH) model; where Consented Parent of people with disability / Individual Certified Professionals with a Space partners up with Accredited Jurisdictional partners (Consisting of NGOs/ CSOs who cater to the needs of caregivers in the informal space whom dedicate their lives to care for loved ones without payment) to Ease the pressure on overburdened care systems and non-existent social security services and government resources
7. Adopt open-source development of technology/hackathons to encourage technology innovation and innovative solutions
8. The goal of this practice will be to continually develop and improve product offerings that will attract an ever increasing and wider customer base.

NB: The adoption of this practice systematically enhances the global caregiver ecosystem/marketplace without overriding existing practices all at once.

What problems (particularly in value chain competitiveness and global disruption) are your community’s stakeholders facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic?

1. Unregulated ecosystem activities and a lack of standardization to drive Continual training, education and development opportunities resulting in an enhanced Caregiver ecosystem and revenue generation
2. No existing Database (With image) of existing certified caregivers for easy verification and confirmation of true identity in the porous system.
3. No vetted training process for intending caregivers/ Problem relating to dearth in Specialist capacity and centers
4. No fully integrated ICT centric workflow/structure to drive, guide and promote quality assurance and innovation dynamics
5. No known means to raise funds from a practice to better service the most vulnerable people in the ecosystem
6. Overburdened care systems, government resources and non-existent social security programs
7. No way to checkmate Caregiver Negligence, bridge of contract, threat of unofficial arrangement by caregiver and customer after first subscription
8. Brick and mortar caregiving centers can no longer be reached by potential clients without going to the center

SOME PROMBLEMS IN THE ECOSYSTEM

1. Harvard researchers estimate that there are more than 386,000 home health care businesses in the U.S., an industry that employs approximately 1.7million people but Africa Lack social worker’s infrastructure, health and social care information centers.
2. There is a Lack of infrastructure that track those exiting Special Education public schools to track their progress and needs (similar to Texas House Bill 1574 2009) in Africa.
3. Autism-related health care and education average more than $60,000 per child in a year. Maximum time for therapy per child is 40-40 hours a week, brick and mortar centers in Africa offer as low as 2 hours a day (Strategic plan)
4. Lack of Value based Caregiver marketplace in Africa that addresses the issue of over-burdened and congested government resources and facility
5. Lack of Campus dedicated to vocational courses for people with disability in Africa; a fully functioning community with residential living facilities, shops, labs, middle offices, and-a worship center preparing them for employment and a productive lifestyle.

What minimum viable solution(s) are you proposing to address the challenge(s) in your community?

PACA is an integrated Caregiver Marketplace (The Platform/Model) that is accessible to differentategoriesfustomer persona. A Cated site (COH), web based platform and Downloadable Application frm Apple Store and Play Store for smart phone Users whom will like to find a caregiver, get trained, certified or find relevant information. A USSD string for feature phone Users whom will like to find a Caregiver or get specific information. PACA partners with Special Education-public-schools, agencies and volunteers to build an integrated system to track their progress and needs to enable us commit proceeds from donations and operations to offering limited scholarships, subsidized therapy and empowering individuals with special needs for an independent life in a self-sustaining community with residential living facilities, educational shops and labs, middle offices, and a worship center.  

Call for suitably qualified governing board members and Volunteers representing each jurisdiction. Partners up with Internationally recognized training bodies for the relevant categories of our broad services i.e (American-Caregiver Association/Applied-Behavioral-Analysis/Certified-Childcare-Professional CCP or adopt the Train-the-Trainers method) to train our limited pool of selected Trainee-Volunteers in different regions(Simultaneously). Trainee-Volunteers are sensitively selected after Volunteering on PACAs platform, existing workforce will be contacted after applying on PACAs platform. Certified Caregivers, Certified Parent of Children with disabilities and Individual Certified Professionals with a Space can Create local Onsite Hubs(COH) where onsite supervised care is given different categories that span - People with developmental disability, ChildCare, PetsCare, Eldercare, and Home-sitters through a digitally streamlined inspection process where applicants who meet the prerequisite go through our franchising process; images are sent to our platform, local inspection is done and approval is given to commence operation.

Revenue is generated in the various value chain.

MVP RESULT; This is why we attract investors

Net profit of 110,000 X 6 =  660,000

48 customers in 6 (six) months = Gross profit for 6 months on a realizable steady customer graph of 48 customers in 6 months is 8x6x45,000 =  2,160,000

OR 48X45000 = 2,160,000

=  2160,000 Gross profit for 6 months.

Net profit for 6 months = 110, 000 x 6 = N 660,000

Recurring estimated No. of customers for a month = 8

Cost per Value based reimbursement plan = 45,000

We offer our system based trained caregiver N30,000, and keep 15,000  X 8 = 120,000 Monthly

Fixed monthly cost for 8 persons = 10,000

Net profit per month on a recurring basis of 8 customers =  110,000

 Tax is pegged to individual caregiver.

 Gross Profit = 8 customers in one-month x 45000 = 360,000

 (Extent of HIGH profitability is reflected without adding other revenue sources)

- PACA has succeeded in creating jobs while earning 15,000 per successful trade deal (Just a channel)

Intending caregivers are required to produce Two Government employed guarantors for "intending

https://paca.africa (We are currently building  and integrating a digital infrastructure that harmonizes our digital community service offerings). 

Share your story (your narrative)

'What shame! I want her hidden away in some place.” ''Where do I get the money from to travel abroad for therapies?'' “Do I really have to give up my life to care for my child, ageing guardian, or relative?” “I will be away for some time; how do I get someone to care for the pets?” “I feel neglected, nobody to speak to, nobody to care for me, why don’t I just die….” Longevity and children should be seen as a blessing, not the other way round. Africa lacks a caregiver service delivery ecosystem, an addressable estimated enduring market of $14. Trillion, with an infrastructure that will engender global employability of certified caregivers

We got a validation to follow through with intentional steps after iterating. An old friend whom happens to be a church member lost his dad. We learnt that his dad had passed on to eternity 5 days before they knew about his demise because there was no one to care for him passionately. Africa lacks a care giver service delivery ecosystem.

In the course of our iteration, we met with Victoria, Victoria is a single working class mother of an autistic child, she complains bitterly of the deteriorating state of her child because she can’t care for him passionately, AND there’s no cost effective evidence based therapy in Nigeria

We met with Mr. Ade, a retired professor who has mobility issues. He wishes death on himself because there’s nobody to care for him passionately. He said life will be worth living if something is done about the narrative

We met with Musa, a fresh graduate from the university of Lagos state, his mom has mobility issues and dementia, he dedicates his entire life to caring passionately for her, he can neither work or socialize – they all crave change. This stories birthed the PACA unique model.

The aforementioned real life stories reinforced our decision to found a niche that changes the narrative.

Everyone should be caregivers!

Please provide any additional relevant information that you would like to share.

Last year, PACAs MVP emerged as one of the global winners of the ITU Innovation challenge; Smart Communities Challenge. Since then, PACA has gotten access to grants and gone on to build a plethora of working partnership relationship with relevant stakeholders like Weforgood International, IHSTowers, Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs, LEAP Africa, Institute of Information Management, BurstIQ in the U.S., the Ministry of Information, Nigeria, Behaviour Analyst Certification Board, Certified-Childcare Professionals (CCP), Insurance companies, Pension Companies, Innovation hubs, Private and public hospitals to create and maintain a caregiver service delivery ecosystem through evidence-based policy, program development and social entrepreneurship. PACA puts sustainability at the core of its operations, with up to 11 revenue sources as a company limited by guarantee (LTD/GTE)

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