Bar soap making
Location: Kadungulu, Uganda
Project leadtime: 3 months
Requestor: Joseph Apetu for Resilient Villages Uganda (Revuganda)
Description of the project:
The project aims to sustainably increase the income of single mothers by making bar soap. This will improve nutrition, health and income for 30 single mothers who are heads of vulnerable households living in extreme poverty, unable to provide for their families and send their children to school.
Bar soap is one of the most popular forms of soap in Uganda. It is a low-cost cleaning agent that you will find in most homes in Uganda. It is made from salts of vegetables or animal fats. Starting a bar soap business requires low investment capital but has good returns.
70% of the income generated shall be divided equally among the 30 single mothers that will be organised into one self-help group. 30% of the income generated will be ploughed back into the project for the expansion of the bar soap business.
Every two years the project will identify new groups of 30 single mothers who can benefit from the project.
Objectives:
- To support 30 single mothers to become financially independent, selfsupporting and resilient by creating sustainable livelihoods and enhancing their income generating capacity through bar soap making.
2. To establish an effective Monitoring and Evaluation system for the successful implementation of the project.
Beneficiaries:
The project will directly benefit 30 single mothers who are heads of vulnerable families living in extreme poverty .These women will be organized in to one self-help group consisting of 30 members and they will work in shifts of 10 women per week on a rotational basis. Indirectly, the project will benefit over 1.500 people.
Budget: 9.662 € (37.664.000 UgSh )
Risks:
Women from vulnerable families, who live in great poverty without income, turn to prostitution to survive (fish/food in exchange for sex). This can only be prevented by increasing their financial independence.
Attached documents:
Detailed project proposal and budget
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