Iganga District Farmer’s Association.
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Location
Project Street Address
Project City
Project Province/State
Project Postal/Zip Code
Project Country
Uganda
Your idea
Country your work focuses on:
Uganda
Website URL
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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?
<$50
Name Your Project
Iganga District Farmer’s Association.
Describe Your Idea
Innovation
Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.
organaising women in groups of over 30 and providing them with working kits and helping them to start saving and loaning to themselves.
What makes your idea unique?
It involves groups of farmers who know and trust each other saving and loaning to themselves at low interest of 7-10% and sharing the saving and the interest at the end of the year.
What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)
Community development , Food security , Rural development , Sustainable agriculture , Food security , Hunger .
What impact have you had?
Over 20 groups were formed and have an average saving of over 20 million Uganda shillings.
Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.
Low house hold income
Increasing female headed household.
High interest rates charged by financial institutions on loans.
Limited agricultural finances.
Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.
Building the capacity of farmer trainees.
Advising the farmers on rightful loan usages.
Training farmers in group dynamics
Encouraging trust amongst group members.
Impact
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:
Formation of more saving groups
Success in Year 2:
Increase saving and loan usage.
Success in Year 3:
Introduction of business oriented activities.
Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)
Yes strategic plan to train both women and youth in the age bracket of 16-30 in beekeeping and improved beehive making so as to overcome poverty.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:
Capacity building
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:
Provision of tool kits
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:
Describe the expected results of these actions.
Groups will be self sustained
Farmers will have enough house hold income
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
Realisation of that women don’t own an income
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
Women are easy to organize and are trust worthy
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
From a workmate
This Entry is about (Issues)
Sustainability
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Lack of funding
Financing source
yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Iganga District Farmers Association
How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 years; more than 5 years)
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs? (yes/no)
yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses? (yes/no)
yes
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Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government? (yes/no)
yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
Information sharing and collaboration linkages
How many people will your project serve annually?
100-1000
What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?
7 full time and 7 community based trainees
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.)
European Union (Any EU Government) , USAID (United States) , World Bank .
 | Joshua Mutengu submitted this idea. - 966 days ago |
