Cluster 18 of 28. Ideas 361 to 380
Sri Lankans abroad, both directions
The mechanism
1.5 million people abroad who know how rich countries work, and who send home money and little else.
The 20 ideas
- 361A directory of Sri Lankans abroad: who does what, where, and what they will help with, verified
- 362Return-relocation services: the school, the house, the car, the tax, in one package
- 363Sri Lanka House in London, Melbourne and Toronto: a shop, a café and a desk, the Colombo model abroad
- 364Money-transfer products that buy a specific thing at home (a course, a machine, a roof) rather than cash
- 365Investment clubs of Sri Lankans abroad that own one business each at home, with a manager on the ground
- 366Import agencies in each city with a Sri Lankan community, stocking Sri Lankan brands and nothing else
- 367Family-roots trips for the second generation: the grandparents' village traced, visited and explained
- 368Skilled-volunteer months for professionals abroad on leave: an accountant to a co-operative, a teacher to a district school
- 369Gift and grocery delivery to parents at home, ordered by their children abroad, for a birthday or an ordinary week
- 370Wedding services for Sri Lankans abroad who want to marry at home: everything from the visa letter to the drummers
- 371Mentoring from abroad for the businesses in this list: one professional abroad paired with one business at home
- 372Sri Lankan restaurants abroad supplied direct from a Sri Lankan wholesaler
- 373A book club and speaker series abroad that puts Sri Lankan authors and founders in front of Sri Lankans overseas
- 374Second-generation internships at home, 6 weeks, arranged with firms that want the connection
- 375Citizenship, visa and dual-nationality advisory services that are honest about the rules
- 376Rotations for Sri Lankan doctors abroad: a month a year at a Sri Lankan hospital, arranged and housed
- 377Translation and interpreting businesses serving Sri Lankans abroad in their dealings with the state at home
- 378A bank branch or credit union owned by Sri Lankans abroad that lends to the businesses in this list
- 379A graded Sinhala and Tamil curriculum and exam for children abroad, licensed to the Saturday schools and the video teachers
- 380Retirement-at-home services for Sri Lankans abroad who want to come back at 60 and do not know how