Agriculture and Education
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Localização
Project Street Address
Kabutabule,Njule Parish, Bubandi sub-county
Project City
Bundibugyo District
Project Province/State
Western Region
Project Postal/Zip Code
Project Country
Uganda
Sua ideia
Country your work focuses on:
Uganda
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Em que estágio está seu projeto?
Operating for 1-5 years
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
<$10
Dê um nome ao seu projeto
Agriculture and Education
Describe Your Idea
INOVAÇÃO
Describe your idea in fewer than 50 words.
We started this organization in the view that farmers were producing cash and food crops but sabotaged by middlemen by giving them very low prices. This even hand capped them from educating their children and affected on their health status in their homes.
What makes your idea unique?
To curb the malpractices that was rampant in crop sales and purchases. We started lobbing for organic companies from Kampala to come down to Bundibugyo in order for them to deal with the farmers directly than middle men collecting money from these companies in a way of cheating farmers in pricing their crops. Companies so far attracted to Bundibugyo are:
• OLAM Uganda limited and others.
What is your area of work? (Please check as many as apply.)
Education , Development & Prosperity , Community development , Food security , Hunger , Poverty alleviation , Rural development , Sustainable agriculture .
What impact have you had?
Companies in conjunction with our Association / Organization have trained farmers in organic production thus planting, weeding, pruning, inter-cropping, drying method in case of cocoa, storage and carrying out inter and external inspection famers who lead to certification and enabling these companies to reach the unique international organic markets hence better prices for farmer’s crops. Due to the rise in farmers crops prices , development indicators envisaged are:
• Improving on farmers children education
• Improving on health care management
• Improving on shelter, from grass thatched to iron sheeted shelters.
• Farmers have been trained to get into petty business
• Skills in new methods of farming (organic production in general improves income and live hood).
Describe the primary problem(s) that your project is addressing.
The primary problems that my project is addressing are: Low prices in the farming community, lack of good farming practices, low level of Education for not having better income generation projects, poor health care, poor housing, food security, pests, diseases and predators, exploitation of farmers, psycho-social problems, introduction of more crops and livestock other than cocoa and vanilla plus fruits.
Describe the steps that your organization is taking to make your project successful.
Steps that my organization is taking are as follows. Lobbing and advocacy for farmers better crop market, training in organic production (cocoa and vanilla), training farmers on financial management and commercial farming, introduction of new crops like fruits, mobilization and sensitization about the values of education , HIV prevention and sanitation.
Impacto
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Success in Year 1:
mobilization and sensitization on growing of new crops like fruits, more food crops for food security and good management methods, rearing of animals and poultry keeping.
Success in Year 2:
After achieving the above, we need to look at levels of processing, packaging, storage and post harvest handling methods and good marketing.
Success in Year 3:
mobilization and sensitization of the community about children education, HIV prevention and good sanitation in homes and orphanage homes.
Do you have a business plan or strategic plan? (yes/no)
we have a strategic plan
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 1:
Financial support to meet the above activities, transport facilities and office equipments.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 2:
Having more skilled human resource to manage the above activities and office management for the smooth running of the project.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization? STEP 3:
Establishment of school dropouts and orphanage institution (Vocational training) to the successfully candidates.
Describe the expected results of these actions.
Expected results of these action are: community free from poverty grievance by increasing peoples income and live hoods, well educated community with self-reliance and developed community, improve feeding leading to balance diet and immunity, good hygiene and sanitation, good farming practices, reduce death rates due HIV/ AIDS
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The defining moment that led me to this innovation is to have a community free from poverty, free from hunger, free from diseases, free from exploitation, due to ignorance, thus by teaching and training the community on how to practice proper methods of farming e.g. growing crops and rearing animal and look for people who can buy these produce at a reasonable price so that the whole community can be able to educate their children, improve on health status and caring of orphan by giving or establishing vocational schools with aim of improving their skills.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
The social innovator behind this idea was/is to put measures on how to practice proper methods of farming, storage, handling hence good price for produce which will result to educating properly their children, having enough food and be able to support their health status.
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
I first heard about change makers during change makers pogramme on Voice of Toro
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SUSTENTABILIDADE
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Lack of financial support from government, NGOs and other funding groups, lack of enough skilled man power, lack of enough office equipments e.g. computers, political instability, lack of transport facilities, diseases e.g. HIV, poor road net work.
Financing source
no
If yes, provide organization name.
How long has this organization been operating? (i.e. less than a year; 1-5 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)
no
A História
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.
Non-Government organizations currently aid us in organizational development such as giving training to our farmers and assisting increasing their incomes by buying their crops at higher prices, the government has assisted our organization by training our members on HIV/AIDS prevention, sensitizing our farmers and entire community on values of education, the government has also registered our organization as a community based organization.
How many people will your project serve annually?
1000-10,000
What is the total number of employees and total number of volunteers at your organization?
Currently we have three (3) employees and twelve (12) volunteers.
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.
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