Child food processing
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Project Street Address
Project City
Project Province/State
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Project Country
Uganda
Your idea
Country your work focuses on:
Uganda
Website URL
YouTube Upload
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
<$10
Name Your Project
Child food processing
Describe Your Idea
Innovation
Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.
Cereal processing to supplement infant diet in rural communities to reduce on the malnutrition and its effects in society e.g processing soya bean, maize rice
What makes your idea unique?
The idea of processing cereals to supplement on infant diet in rural villages involves society directly getting involved in the general health of infants , provides maximum utilization of resources within our locality to support infant health , it is self sustaining ,ensures food security in society and income generating.
What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)
Child care , Early childhood development , Community development , Rural development , Food security , Vulnerable populations .
What impact have you had?
Causes of malnutrition have been reduced, food security has been reduced, and idleness has also been reduced since every body almost has a role to play
Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.
Try and error problems, lack of technical assistance
Illiteracy of the community about the idea
Poor storage facilities
Poor conservation measures, blending and branding
Advertising the product to get market
Hand utilization
Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.
Land consolidation to grow enough to support the idea soliciting for funds from reliable sources to support it, sensitizing people about the product.
Impact
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:
sanitizing the stakeholders in the project about their potential support, the project plan, Idea, its future plans its purpose to the families, individuals, society and country.
Success in Year 2:
Capacity building , helping the people to know how to handle produce to ensure food safety , recording , traceability and all the codes of practice and conduct. Acquiring technical assistance and equipment used in processing the cereal.
Success in Year 3:
Improving on packaging in terms of materials used that match international standard. Advertising the product on a national level.
Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)
yes
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:
Food safety
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:
Quality
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:
sustainability
Describe the expected results of these actions.
The above will lead to good health of infants and adults, increase market demand of the product, good reputation of the project, continuity of the idea.
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
I watched a video that showed children starving almost to death , malnourished yet Uganda is an agricultural country in which such a case should not occur. So I thought of this idea that can act as a food basket to other areas in which children are starving.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Mukisa is a women’s group of about 30 created by the horticulture exporter’s association. These being mothers and already in agriculture they needed something that would hold them together when I shared this idea with them they welcomed it. As it promoted their agriculture production, food security, and family health and ate the same time income generating and self sustaining.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
On radio from Mrs. Victoria Nyakundi.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Sustainability
What would prevent your project from being a success?
initial funding to acquire technical assistance , processing equipment and sensitizing members about codes of conduct and practice hence quality and safety of the product.
Financing source
no
If yes, provide organization name.
Iganga district farmer’s association.
How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)
Less than 1 year
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
It only has committed members but as we progress we plan to incorporate abroad of directors or advisors.
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)
no
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)
not yet
The Story
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)
no
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Any parterneship with government will be promoting our idea of providing food basket to starving/ malnourished children; it may purchase our products to internally displaced children, to hospitals.
How many people will your project serve annually?
More than 10000
What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?
Currently 30 All members are doing voluntary work.
What is your organization's business classification?
Non-profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Have you received funding from any of the following groups? (Please check as many as apply.)
None of the above.
 | Florence Nakitto submitted this idea. - 966 days ago |
