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Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
Jack
Kafwanka
Da'joy Manufacturers
, CB, Ndola
, CB, Kitwe
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2011
The project is addressing the needs of youth unemployment by providing decent jobs, (we have over 30 employees so far )climate change by providing renewable energy, and deforestation by introducing an alternative energy resources from the commonly used charcoal from charcoal burners, Landfilling by sawdust by manufacturing sustainable products and poverty reduction by ensuring employment for local people thereby improving their livelihoods and that of those who depend on them.
My brother and I are still very young and we have already started experiencing problems from bigger companies who are trying to take up our project. We also have problems with transporting of our role materials. I think the government should put up measures that protect young entrepreneurs. We plan to involve older members of our famil to help us overcome this problem.
The project is aimed at empowering youth thats why we introduce the activity in this style. Edutainment! No youth wants to listen to a boring lecture thats why we are fusing education and entertainment making a learning environment fun and habitable. We will address our community needs inform of drama and dance and music communicating to them about environmental sustainability and conservation, teaching them mitigation and adaptation to climate change, how to be creative and seizing the day with innovative ideas and knowing to respect eachother whether male or female. Atleast this way we are assured they will listen and drawing the energy and morale from the activity we’ll be 85% sure of implementation. We plan to open up plants in all the 10 provinces of the country.
While we all want to generate a lot of income, it is imperative that we know
the minimum we must raise to achieve the proposed objectives related to fulfilling our respective
goals and covering administrative costs. the plan i can compare to a table just as it needs four leg to stand so will we need for pillars to guide our financial sustainability. These pillars are extracted from my experience;
1. Strategic and financial planning
2. Income diversification
3. Sound administration and finance
4. Own income generation
And also be able to deliver products and services to the market at a price that covers their expenses and generates a profit.
About two years ago, I had a business idea which my family encouraged me
to pursue. This coincided with the first Zambian Children’s Climate Conference
by UNICEF, which I attended.
Having learned a lot about climate change, I got back home and decided
to recycle saw dust. However, I did not have the money to implement the idea.
This project was realized with financial assistance from a USAID project
in September 2010 and started operating in March 2011. One day, my brother
and I were listening to the radio and heard an advertisement about an NGO
that was funding youth businesses across Zambia. At the time I was in school
and below 18 so my elder brother, Kenny took it up. Our business was among
38 that were funded from over 180 applicants. That is how Daj’oy Manufacturers
Company Ltd was born.The company makes briquettes from saw dust. The product is a substitute for coal,
burns longer, and is environmentally friendly. I decided to do this to help fight
deforestation.
Yapya- Youth Investment Trust of Zambia are responsible for the loan we used to start the business through Dfinance which is their subsidiary that handles all the funds loaned out. The mission of Yapya is to establish itself as the agency of choice for the provision of youth empowerment services in Zambia that facilitates countrywide job creation and increased income for young people through skills development, industrial placement, assess to market and to invest capital while leveraging a vast platform of local and international partners.
UNICEF Zambia- provide media coverage for the project to all its offices worldwide and local newspaper plus encourages the Climate Ambassadors involvement through the Wildlife Conservation Society of Zambia (WECSZ).
Creating partnerships with complementary businesses that will help your beneficiaries have more impact - such as creating a daycare center that supports a businesses