Uganda - Business creation project

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

Rapha Soap Bliss - soap making project is a creative blend of science and art. Transforming raw ingredients into luxurious bars, each product will bring a smile to the community through giving back to the young and adolescent mothers and babies.

01.01 Décrivez votre projet en détail

According to Uganda Bureau of Statistics (2021), Uganda is well known to be one of the poorest countries in the globe with currently 12.3 million people (30.1% of the population) lived below the poverty line of U.S. $1.77 per person per day. This does not generally imply that no efforts have been done. The World Bank and other international donors have prioritized Uganda and have implemented several multi-billion projects. Individual contributions should not go unnoticed towards the same development cause. Much as all that has been done, the status is still wanting with Uganda still counted among the poorest country around the world. Raph Soap Bliss will make a transformative endeavor that blends compassion, empowerment, and sustainability. Through artisanal soap creation, empower marginalized individuals, providing them with skills, dignity, and economic independence. Each handcrafted bar will tell a story of resilience, community, and hope. With this vision, we can lather up change.

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

Women in Uganda have been left out in the process of economic development. This situation keeps worsening as they approach child-bearing age. Sanity and hygiene is challenging due to inadequate funds to buy menstrual pads. For mothers, they try to set up low scale business that can only sustainn them to eat a day's meal. Their children are malnourished and many have turned into street vendors, putting their lives at risk of defilement, abduction for sacrificial rituals, accidents and influence of drugs. The route cause of this problem is low income. Through Rapha Soap Bliss, each sale of soap will partly benefit the vulnerabke mothers in the Ugandan community. Through financial literacy lessons, these mothers will be trained to manufacture, market, and save income to support themselves out of poverty.

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service que vous souhaitez fournir par votre projet (au moins 3).

1. With an influx of plastic bottles in Uganda countrywide, mainly due to the increasing number of businesses dealing in handwash and showering gel, bar soap is an immediate alternative to reducing plastic waste in the environment. Companies generate a n astounding volume of plastic bottles each year that either end of in lakes or on land. Worst of all, they take forever to decompose. Bar soap is the best way to protect the environment. 2. Environmental Impact. Laundry bar soap significantly contributes to reducing plastic pollution. Unlike liquid laundry detergents that come in plastic bottles, bar soap typically has minimal or no packaging. This enables us to actively participate in achieving SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) by minimizing plastic waste and promoting sustainable packaging practices.

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adressera le produit/service de votre projet. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

The project directly benefits internally directly impacts vulnerable families and children, fostering resilience and hope in the face of adversity. Families suffering after the aftermath of the death of the fathers are many around Kampala especially in the areas of Mengo, Nansana and Nateete. The project will directly benefit 20 women and 10 men, including 40 children. The selection criteria will include both men and women, from 18 years above with no segregation based on race and religion.

01.05 Quand avez-vous commencé à travailler sur votre projet ?

21/01/2024

01.06 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires sur votre projet en plus de vous ?

2

01.07 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

2

01.08 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre projet (compétences, expérience, etc.).

1. Nangera Granie Tausi. A project manager currently working with International Refugee Committee, with over five years experience in project management in both urban and refugee settlements. 2. Amasio Dinah Mercy. A project manager, with over 5 years experience in managing market systems strengthening projects. Currently employed by Save the Children International under the USAID/BHA Uthabiti grant.

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01.10 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre projet ?

a) Énergie (équipements, services, énergie durable et fossiles)

02.01.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

By teaching vulnerable women the art of soap making, the project will provide them with a sustainable income source. These women can sell their handmade soaps, in their town market centers, local shops, and neighbors, thereby lifting themselves out of extreme poverty.

02.02.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

4

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.03.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

4

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.04.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Éducaiton de Qualité'

4

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.05.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project will employee a ratio of 7:3 women to men because women have proven to have more care for their families in the ghettos of Uganda. Furthermore, communities will be taught on gender stereotypes around families through mindset change seminars in order to reduce gender based violence in families in Uganda.

02.06.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

4

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.07.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

6

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

Optimal measurement of raw materials will be taught to participants in this project. The project will also minimise on waste by employing low scale packaging materials like boxes and selling to neighboring communities to minimise on plastic packaging.

02.08.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

3

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.09.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovaiton et Infrastructure'

4

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.10.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

4

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.11.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

4

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.12.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsable'

6

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project’s emphasis on using natural ingredients cannot be skipped. Natural oils like palm and olive oil and natural extracts.

02.13.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Luttle contre les Changements Climatiques'

4

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.14.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

4

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.15.01 Mon projetp contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

6

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The project will contribute to SDG 15 by fostering environmental awareness, supporting sustainable practices, and empowering vulnerable communities—to properly dispose of plastic waste and recycle it. Routinely, the project team and beneficiaries will clean community wells and roads as part of their corporate social responsibility to promote hygiene and sanititation.

02.16.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

3

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

02.17.01 Mon projet contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

4

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de mon projet

The government of Uganda has come up several poverty eradication programs like the Parish Development Model. Through local partnerships between families and women, these funds can be accessed in order to boost the production of their businesses after startup.

05.01 Il existe un grand nombre de clients qui utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire à celui que nous envisageons de créer.

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

05.02 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

05.03 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

2

05.04 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

3

05.05 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

4

05.06 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

5

05.07 Le produit/service que nous voulons créer est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

4

05.08 Justification de mon projet

Bar soap has a very big market in the market economy of Uganda. Both local and imported products are sold on the local market. However, these products are very expensive due to the high tax rates in Uganda and not affordable by marginalized Ugandans. The bar soap market is also very wide and has a ready market because it as an essential commodity in the country.

05.09 Qui sont vos principaux potentiels concurrents et qu'est-ce qui vous différencie d'eux ?

The major competitors are Mukwano Industries Ltd the manifactures of Mukwano bar soap and Chapa Nyota bar soap, Bidco Africa Ltd the manufaturers of White Star bar soap. This project will use cheap and locally purchased raw materials like palm oils to reduce on the cost of production and have a cheaper but high quality bar soap fit enough to be purchased and used by local communities in Uganda.

10.06 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?

Yes. I often have discussions with female friends about their business ideas and advise them on the best strategies to implement them and win. Further to that, I have financially supported female counterparts with capital to startup businesses in line with clothing, jewellery and bakery.