Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

The initiative program is inducted to promote good mental health and fitness to the community members to maintain a healthy mental state and physical wellbeing. The project is bound to cover all diversities in the community and improve the livelihood.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Upon approval it would be a honoured opportunity to ensure availance of a facility that will render services and activities that will sustain improved mental and physicall wellbeing to a point that the people living in the project locality shall benefit directly in personal and community level citation at large.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Mental health and wellbeing is an uprising issue in communities at large and as an organization we are looking through offering services and activities that will see through alleviating the risks impacted by mental health issues to the community members i.e Dropping out of school, quiting Jobs, closing out businesses, Relationships broken, inadequate Humanitarian sympathy/empathy, Deaths, crime and far fetched negative reasons to breaking the Norms of the culture in the society and disintergrating the national cohesion and unity.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

1. It shall see through alleviation of mentall health problem and well being. 2. The program shall improve Peaceful intergration and national cohesion. 3.The program shall pave enactment of activities that shall promote various Sustainable Development Goals in the country.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The target Beneficiaries are the community at large that the organization is targeting. They are all from the locality and shall be reached upon through sensitization and mobilization.

01.05 When was your company established?

2022-05-01

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

2

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

One Co Apprentice has a hands on experience skill in electrical maintenance and also stylist. Another Co Apprentice is a Taxi driver.

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561217126923

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Both Healthcare and Industry

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Mental health has been a hindrance to successes of the people in the community to make steps forward, it is to our indepth analysis, free community interviews and one on one participation that gave the tip towards provision of community engaged facilitation activities and practise that would ease the luring problem affecting the community productivity to all diverse genders and age.

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

Once the program is in place, the community members shall have an institution ready at their disposal to hold forums and platform that will be in a position to host activities that sustains production through the idea sharing hence in the long run shall assist seeing through Zero hunger in the community.

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Once the facility has been set up and equipped, it will serve the well being of all ages by promoting good mental health and well being to all diversities in the community.

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

With the facility geared up, it will make it easier to promote educational and learning opportunities to the community members that may lead to a rich knowledgeable community members with available IEC Materials and books in place.

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

Through the program intended, equal fair treatment and equal opportunities shall be rolled out to the community members with regards to the current constitutional act.

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

As the organizational goal embraces public health and Sanitation, We shall see through active engagement and involvement to promoting a healthy community proud of clean water and promotion of improved public health and sanitation.

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

Through the program start and roll out, it would be to a planned initiative to train and create awarenes to the community in providing and sharing knowledge that will sustain affordable, recyclable, clean energy.

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

Once the Program is funded and supported wholly it would create a platform for training and workshops that will see through community engagement and employment towards eradication of poverty and alleviation of livelihood.

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

Through the program induction, initiation and roll out, it will be to its great intuitions that it; shall ensure it creates a community self regulatory system that will see through building great resilient structures and eventualy shall promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and futurely foster more innovations.

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

The initiative program shall factor to serve as the best example to showcase and portray equality and inclusivity in all diverse activities to the community.

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

Through the initiative program the cities and human settlements shall become safe resilient and sustainable once people are in good Mental Health and fitness.

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

Once the program has maintained the community peoples' Mental health and state shall improve sustainable consumption and production patterns through moderate circular economy

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

Through the initiative; needs to combat climate change and its impacts shall be easier and well off handled through forums initiated and pro active participation by members.

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

The organization intends to support ecosystem conservation and its habitat to ensure its sustainabilty and better marine initiative development

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

Having the organization activities in place and facility activities in the roll out, the organization shall create a platform that shall see through sustainably managing of forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss through activities that shall support improving and maintenance of life and land.

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

The Facility and program activities is a greater factor that shall see through national cohesion,Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

It shall be in a position to create stronger means of strengthening global partnership for a sustainable development to most parts of the world through borrowed success stories and implementation.

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.08 Justification for my startup

Through the Mental Health and Fitness program it shall be able to overdo the programs that are run out in intervals and occassionaly whilst we would want to have an existing facility that upholds the larger speculation of community members that in the long run shall embrace the services all along calling for more centres be opened in different regions and parts of the country as per the outcome that shall be seen us managing the same thematic problem area.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

One major competitor is Stretchers Youth which do have initiative programs that are are done seldomy on planned basis with no individual station to harbour more activities. I feel having such an institution in place shall offer a platform for the availability on daily basis in our livelihood to curb issues partaining mental health and wellbeing.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

Yes, Through the Initiative it shall harbour a platform to improve the plight of the girlchild and women empowerment to secure a better status quo in community development and entrepreneurship.