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Moringa Oleifera Nutrition Supplement
Ubicación
Health for all through social entrepreneurship
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Ubicación
Project Street Address
Awuor Otiende Roard, Millimani
Project City
Kisumu
Project Province/State
Nyanza
Project Postal/Zip Code
40100
Project Country
Kenya
tu idea
Year initiative/program began:
2005
Field of work
Agriculture
If Field of Work is "Other" please define in 1-2 words below (and explain in detail in the entry form):
Service / Activity focus (If "other" please explain in entry form)
Delivery Method
Year organization founded (yyyy)
2005
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Project URL
Posicionando tu iniciativa en el diagra del Mosaico de Soluciones TM
Which of these barriers is the primary focus of your work?
Lack of skills and incentives to join formal economy
Which of the principles is the primary focus of your work?
Prove that social return doesn’t preclude financial gain
If you believe some other barrier or principle should be included in the mosaic, please describe it and how it would affect the positioning of your initiative in the mosaic
We support social entrepreneurship as a way to alleviate poverty and unemployment among the youth in Kenya.
Name Your Project
Moringa Oleifera Nutrition Supplement
Describe Your Idea
Health for all through social entrepreneurship
Innovación
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence?
Health for all through social entrepreneurship
Describe what makes your idea unique—different from all others in the field.
The use of moringa oleifera a nutritional medicinal plant a key ingredient to manufacture a porridge flour and other products like nutritional capsule supplement, plant fertilizer etc.
How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing?
The products are supplied to different government and NGOs feeding programs especially the porridge flour that has made the organization win a continental award.
Do you have any existing partnerships, and if so, how did you create them?
We are currently partnering with OGRA FOUNDATION a national NGO and HelpAge Kenya, we also work with the Ministry of Youth.
In which sector do these partners work? (Check all that apply)
Citizen sector (nonprofits, NGOs) , Private sector , Public sector (government).
Impacto
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact.
Our project has great impact on nutrition and Environment. In June 2008 our project won the Sukuma Afrika and the UN Millennium Campagn award in Cape Town South Africa.
Please list any other measures of the impact of your innovation.
1.Nutrition by producing moringa enriched porridge flour
2.Environmental conservation by planting moringa tree.
3. Creation of Jobs
4. Stimulating the local economy by encouraging local farmers to plant and market the moringa plant.
Does your innovation address and/or change banking regulations?
We have set up micro - finance program for the moringa farmers.
How many people does your innovation serve or plan to serve? Exactly who will benefit from your innovation?
Currently the project serves a population of about 200,000 in Nyanza province Western Kenya.
Esta presentación se trata de
Sustenibilidad
Fuente de financiamiento
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)?
Local contribution by members investments and loans and from banks.
If known, provide information on your finances and organization:
Annual budget US$150,000
Annual Revenue US$ 100,000
Number of Staff;Full time 9
Part time: 8
Volunteers: 15
What are the main financial barriers and how do you plan to address them?
The vital, most needed resources for production are:
(i) Dryer/ Dehydrator
(ii) Grinder
(iii) Capsule making machine
(iv) Blister pacing machine
(v) Cold press oil extracting machine (for Moringa seeds)
(vi) Small building factory fitted with 2 milling machines.
(vii) Transportation - vehicle
We would like to have a partner or investor.
Aside from financial sustainability, how do you plan to grow the initiative?
We would like the initiative to be replicated all over the country and the entire African region
La historia
Please select one
What was the motivation or defining moment that led to the creation of this innovation? Tell us the story.
Experience
For the last 10 years, I had been connected with different community organization. I have participated in the World Jersey Youth Exchange Program in 1997, working with Jersey Farmers in England and Jersey Channel Island for 8 Months. I was a volunteer with the Jersey Overseas Aid in the year 2000 where I help build schools. I had also been dealing with herbal books and health magazines.
Please provide a personal bio of the social innovator behind this initiative.
Personal role
Being the founder of the organization, my plan is to lead and act as a the president/Chairman of the company. I will particularly be taking charge of advertisement and marketing of the products through direct selling, contact and close cooperation with different government agencies, feeding programs and medical outreach by different NGOs and the international market. All the members of the organization have their specific task allocated to them; we have IT, business administrator with enough knowledge in the production, processing and marketing moringa nutrition porridge flour and other products.
a) Please identify the individuals that your innovation benefits (Please check all that apply)
Producers , Consumers .
b) Do you help the people you serve to buy goods or services using financial innovation? If so, how?
We help our local farmers by giving loans for the cultivation of moringa tree and other ingredients we are using.
c) Do you help the people you serve to sell goods or services using financial innovation? If so, how?
We are encouraging the local community to plant moringa and other ingredients we use to sell to us.
| Adjunto | Tamaño |
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| BISINESS PLAN FOR PORRIGE FLOUR-DAGO NETWORK YOUTH GROUP.doc | 168 KB |
| Porridge mix wins villagers continental award.doc | 71 KB |
| John Odeyo (2).jpg | 8.48 KB |
| LPO.jpg | 155.61 KB |
| BID-NATURE-AWARD-2008-.JPG | 321.26 KB |
| BID -NATURE AWARD 2008 PAGE 2.jpg | 39.78 KB |
| Packet of Flour.jpg | 17.58 KB |
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