Barefoot Case Study applied to BFC
Renée Aarts, Robyn Caldwell, Michelle Gatzka, Semira van Hees and Amanda Tankink
The Breakfast Club by Stichting Dodore
Unique approach that made Barefoot different
& inspiration to start
Unique approach
- Offers skills to the rural poor
- Employment opportunities in their own villages.
- Younger people improve living conditions instead of migrating into big cities
5 non-negotiable values:
- Equality
- Collective decision-making
- Decentralization
- Self-reliance
- Austerity
- Inspired by Gandhi and Jai Prakash
- Devoted his life to help the lower strata of society
- Build many domestic and international partnerships to increase its publicity and fundraising by using his wide network
Unique approach & inspiration to start The Breakfast Club
The unique approach of The Breakfast Club is the principle of servant leadership
We got inspired by:
- seeing the world from an NGO perspective instead of a business perspective. The gain is purely for the beneficiaries.
- Having the opportunity to help other students to get an education as well and have a good start in their lives
BFC
Outputs and outcomes of barefoot & social return on investment
Social return
- Drinking water
- Education
- Medical care
- Women’s training programs
- Agricultural support
- Rural industry
- Appropriate Technology
- Communication
- Social return
Outputs and outcomes of The Breakfast Club & social return on investment
- Output and outcomes:
- Awareness and money
- The social return:
- Motivation and physical and mental growth
BFC
Approach to leadership in building barefoot & how it fits within the concept
Servant Leadership
- Served rural people instead of leading them
- Shares power
- Puts the need of others first
- Helps people develop and perform as highly as possible
- Wanted to help them to become better people, and give them the tools to make the best out of every situation
- Tried to give the basis of values so that the rural poor could grow their “behavior” and “activities”
- Charisma
- Compassion
- Character
- Beliefs
Approach to leadership in The Breakfast Club & how it fits within the concept
BFC
- Train foresight, stewardship and persuasion by creating and organizing events and asking for donations
- Trying to:
- not be authority figure, but provide direction, inspire and motivate others to take initiative themselves
- develop ourselves in practicing servant leadership
- Instead of focusing on raising the biggest amount of money, by using our humbleness we focus on raising the quantity of meals