WHY NOT SRI LANKA? සිංහල

The mechanism, from the book

Sri Lankans abroad have parents at home whom they cannot look after from Melbourne. They will pay, and the money stays.

Every idea in cluster 17 uses this mechanism.

A first step

Talk to the owner of one local pharmacy and ask how many elderly customers collect the same prescription every month and how often they run out. Offer to run the list for 10 of them: a reminder, the refill picked up and delivered, and a note sent to the child abroad. Agree a monthly delivery fee with the pharmacist, and the first family that pays it is your first customer.

Who pays first
A child abroad whose parent takes several daily medicines and has run out before, who will pay a monthly fee not to find out by phone.
What leaves today
Refills now depend on a parent remembering and a relative driving; a tracked service keeps the sale local and gives the family abroad a record they can trust.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The Starter Kit, printableOne click, no form, no name.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

  • Ch. EightWhat It Costs to Go First
    Remittances and what it costs the first one to go
  • Ch. SixteenThe Bridge
    The institutions already in existence that could carry value back

More from cluster 17

All 20 ideas in this cluster

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Idea 345 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.

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