Struggling to Educate Children: Erevuka Dada, Kenya
Date
2024
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Women’s Leadership Initiative, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware
Abstract
Erevuka Dada is a Kenyan nonprofit organization focused on providing sexual and reproductive health education to children in the rural east coast of Kenya. Unfortunately, the organization is struggling to establish programs or grow due to a lack of funding resulting from a lack of internal structure. Topics for discussion include the importance of written business plans and budgets and the value of mission and vision statements.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this case, students should:
● Understand the importance of written business documents in obtaining funding for nonprofit organizations.
● Appreciate the need for clear professional structures and internet visibility for a nonprofit’s credibility and ability to carry out its mission.
● Consider possible challenges with the location of the business vis-à-vis the leaders.
Description
Time period: 2019-2020
Geographical setting:
Region: Africa
Country: Kenya
Location: Kilifi County
Featured companies: Erevuka Dada
Employees: 11-50
Type: Non-profit
Industry: Non-profit
Other keywords: Founded in 2019
Featured protagonist: Edna Mutua (Female), President, Erevuka Dada
This case was written by Aynsley Dunham while a graduate student at the University of Delaware, with supervision and guidance from Professor Amanda Bullough, and based partly on classwork conducted by undergraduate students Lexi Reilly, Kameron Stoll, and Stephen Reeves. It is intended to be used as the basis of class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources and interviews with the business leader.
©2024 Amanda Bullough. No part of this publication may be copied, stored, transmitted, reproduced, or distributed in any form or medium whatsoever without the permission of the copyright owner.
Keywords
nonprofit funding, non-profit funding, business plan, internet visibility, nonprofit mission, non-profit mission, business location, grant writing, grant proposals, nonprofit websites organizational management, internal structure, funding, good health and well-being, quality education
Citation
Dunham, Aynsley, Lexi Reilly, Kameron Stoll, Stephen Reeves, and Amanda Bullough. “Struggling to Educate Children: Erevuka Dada, Kenya,” Women’s Leadership Initiative, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, 2024.