After-school clubs at the schools, paid by the parents, run by teachers who want the income

A first step

Ask one school principal whether a classroom could stay open for 2 hours after lessons, and ask three teachers whether they would supervise homework and a club for extra income. Then send a note home asking working parents whether they would pay a monthly fee for it. The proof is a room, two teachers and a list of parents who reply yes with a price.

Who pays first

Working parents whose school day ends before their shift does, paying monthly because the club lets the mother keep a full-time job.

What leaves today

When school ends before the working day, a mother's skills stay at home; after-school care turns that gap into a teacher's income and a mother's wage.

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 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. OneThe Letter That Says Yes and Means No
  32% of adult women in work, against 70% of men

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• 439Home-based work platforms that pay properly: sewing, bookkeeping, transcription, design
• 440Shared workspaces for women with childcare attached, in Colombo and the district towns
• 441Women's craft co-operatives with a single brand and a single buyer abroad
• 442Breastfeeding rooms and creches sold to the factories as a service, since the law asks for them

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