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No skills listedCape Breton University invites employers to collaborate with students from the Comparative Development course. Partnering with our learners offers companies and organizations a unique opportunity to gain fresh insights and innovative solutions tailored to their needs. Our learners are experienced in developing grant proposals. They are adept at articulating a theory of change, linking activities to intended outcomes in a structured and evidence-based way. Additionally, they can create results matrices that include measurable indicators for monitoring progress.
With research skills, our learners can conduct desk reviews of international best practices, ensuring that the recommended strategies are consistent with global standards and applicable to your organization's context.
As part of the Comparative Development course, students will collaborate with non-profits and/or social enterprises worldwide to help them develop community development grant proposals.
These proposals may be for specific grant calls or general funding needs.
Working in groups, students will take on the challenge of conceptualizing and drafting a comprehensive Development Initiative Proposal that is tailored to the needs of their partnered organizations. This proposal will begin with a clearly defined problem statement, identifying the core issues the organization aims to address. Students will then elaborate a detailed project description, outlining the goals and objectives of the proposed initiative. To ensure the proposal's effectiveness, students will develop a Theory of Change to articulate how the proposed activities are expected to lead to the desired outcomes. They will also create a Results Matrix to track progress and measure success, alongside a Sustainability and Action Plan outlining steps to ensure the project's long-term impact.
The deliverables for this project include two key components:
- Proposal: This detailed document will encompass the following elements: Problem Statement, Project Description, Theory of Change, Sustainability, Results Matrix, Action Plan
- 2. Presentation: Students will also prepare and deliver a presentation communicating the key elements of their Development Initiative Proposal.
Students are available to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) if required to protect your organization's confidential information.
About the company
This is a start-up not-for-profit that helps women struggling with high blood pressure/ cholesterol, weight issues, diabetes, and many other chronic health concerns to prevent, suspend and whenever possible (which is often) reverse their chronic diseases, primarily by using the healing power of plant-based nutrition. We also incorporate the other healthy lifestyle pillars or habits.
Vivian Polak, MD, provides the coaching to the clients by way of courses and a women's community for on-going expert guidance and support. It has been enormously helpful to have a few people volunteer from time to time to help get the message and assistance out to the public - with video editing, marketing, website design, other IT support, etc.
Incidentally, my first undergraduate degree was in Business Administration (Western Univ, London ON), but after a few years of working in business I went to medical school, so I need lots of help with many facets of the nonprofit.