AMAROK

Overview

Amarok is a registered Canadian charity which seeks to improve the lives of illiterate women and children, through literacy, numeracy and lifeskills learning in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Websites

• http://www.amarokcan.com - (Phase I)
• http://amaroksociety.wordpress.com - (Phase II)
  • FAQs

Social Networks

• Ning
• Facebook
• iPeace Ning

Videos

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VXTSZ783KA - intro video message
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSDxgd1Fes - how we teach mothers to become teachers of their own and their neighbours’ children.

Glossary

• Amarok "Original Website" - http://www.amaroksociety.org
• Amarok "Corporate Blog" - http://amaroksociety.wordpress.com
• Amarok on WikiEducator (wiki) - http://www.wikieducator.org/AMAROK
• Amarok "Social Network" - http://amaroksociety.ning.com

Marketing, Fundraising

Tags, Keywords

• women, children, mothers, girls, infants
• education, learning, lifeskills, literacy, illiteracy
• poverty, livelihoods, self-reliance, empowerment
• health improvement, disease prevention

Target Audiences

• learning, e-learning, educators
• social activists
• labour unions, cooperatives
• community organizers
• women/ men who want to give back
  • women's organizations
  • women's business organization
  • women entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs
• investors who believe in high ROI
• companies which export / sell to Bangladesh
  • pharmaceutical companies
  • oil companies
  • shipping
  • banks, credit unions, financial institutions
  • real estate. property management
  • investment, insurance
• different countries
• primary health, public health, health literacy
• capacity building

Projects

• Projects

Proposal Development

• develop list of funding organizations
• develop proposals (on WikiEducator)
  • Mothers of Intention proposal on WikiEducator

Suggestions

• connect with entrepreneurial women - business, social entrepreneurs, etc.

Operations (Internal)

• Board of Directors
• Advisory Board or Council

• • Job Descriptions