Informal Proposal on Nomophobia Awareness Campaign

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Topic- Informal proposal
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2INFORMAL PROPOSAL
To,
The UVF President
Dr. Joanne MacLean
Respected Sir/Madam,
I am writing this report proposal to drawn your attention towards the increased effects of
Nomophobia, one of the potential issues among UVF students. Me and my team want to conduct
a UVF awareness campaign about the probable risks of it and is also planning a nature
immersion trip to Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve Camping at Sumas Prairie Road, Chilliwack.
The starting point of the trip will be University of Fraser Valley- Abbotsford campus itself. The
main motive of writing this letter to you is to have official authorization and required funding for
completion of the project successfully. The various aspects of the project proposal including
financial plans, logistics, services and amenities etc. are projected in the next section.
We will remain highly obliged if you consider the project and give us authorization to do the
same and support with additional finance requirement if needed.
Thanking you
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3INFORMAL PROPOSAL
Introduction
The transformation to ‘e’ world has not been a boon for students as students are at higher
risk of continuously using the internet and are deviated from their main study curriculum course
works. Increased use of virtual communication through PCs, laptops, smart phones, tablets and
other such devices are changes in the lifestyles of the individuals and behavioral changes are at
risks (Bragazzi & Del Puente, 2014). According to Canadian Mental Health Association (2019)
Nomophobia is the condition of having no-mobile phone where the individual is at phobia state
of fear and staying away from the phone for longer durations. A brief introduction of
nomophobia will clear things up on how it is affecting he young generation specially the college
and university students and is dooming their career and future success prospects. A survey
analysis was also conducted on the various university students and UVF students topped the list
on the effect of nomophobia. The survey was a part of the public awareness campaign and the
results received highlight the most required awareness among the students here so that UVF
students can cope up with nomophobia with increased courage. A university-based awareness
campaign will be conducted and as apart of this good public awareness campaign a nature
immersion trip is also arranged and eager students can be a part of the trip to be held next month.
The main purpose of the project is to increase awareness of the ill-effects of nomophobia
like mental health problem and make students aware about the hazards of prolonged exposure to
phones both for physical health and mental health support particularly in education and career
developmental aspects (Durak, 2018).
The awareness program will be a one-day program held in the university campaign itself
and the nature trip will follow the next week after the awareness campaign. The team will help
carry out the campaign effectively with their previous experience and expertise in handling such

4INFORMAL PROPOSAL
social awareness campaigns. Though voluntary student participation is focused and
recommended as well. After the campaign required intervention for mental health support can be
formulated based on the results. The campaign will address both problem of nomophobia and
will provide developmental opportunities to the UVF students.
The campaign will be a direct aid to the students and the end results will help the
university administrators to know the actual position of their students and help them recover
from the nomophobia disorder which will improve their academic performances afterwards and
the good reputation of the university will remain as it was before. The project proposal includes
information about the background of the project, reasons for conducting the off-site trip, benefits
to the UVF students, schedule of the project, member partners with their qualifications to find
the actual worth of the team and last but not the least some financial projections for the campaign
to have a clear idea of the financial compatibility of the campaign.
Background
UVF is one of the renowned universities having global accreditation. The university is
well known both for academic results and sincere students’ background. But in recent times the
university is struggling to cope up with extensive gadget application by the students. Increased
gadget engrossment has increased level of stress in students by increasing their mental fatigue.
Students become exhausted to concentrate on class and as a result their academic results suffer
greatly (Han, Kim & Kim, 2017). Social media stress and increased work pressure has increased
depression among students and a break from technologies and gadgets can improve both mental
peace and social lives in individuals (JB, Mathew & Philip, 2013). So, the tech free vacation of
the nature immersion trip to Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve Camping will be of great
importance to the students. Nomophobia is increasing at an alarming rate in this 21st century and