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Needs statement

The problem your project answers, built on evidence: who is affected, how much, why now and what is missing.

Your brief

Draft language

Type your details in Arabic or English. Your draft is written in English.

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What exists, and what nobody covers yet.

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Length

Uses up to 286 words of your plan. Only the words actually written are counted.

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What you will get

A medium-length needs statement for your community, built on your evidence.

Your draft

Your draft will appear here. You can edit it or open it in the editor.

What the donor looks for

  1. Evidence with sources: your survey, official data or a published study.
  2. Who is affected and how many, as precisely as you can.
  3. Why now, and what is missing in current services.
  4. People described with dignity, not as victims.

Recommended workspace settings

Mode
Business
Emotion
Neutral
Vocabulary
Standard
Length
Balanced
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Prefer to write it yourself?

Start from the outline

The outline opens in the workspace with the recommended settings. Replace each [bracket] with your own words, then rewrite it.

[The community: who and where, in one or two sentences.][The need: what is wrong, with numbers and their sources.][The causes: why it happens.][The gap: what exists now, and what is missing.][Why now: what happens if nothing changes.]
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A finished example

Read a complete one, written from a brief like yours, with notes on why each part works.