They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. After taking several strategic steps in the implementation phase 1, it was time to perform the main task. In each step of the way several obstacles and challenges had to be faced and overcome.
The project adhered to the saying, ‘ giving your son skill is better than giving him a thousand pieces of gold’ and this was a profound method of ensuring food security at the same time helping alleviate poverty.
The Irima Out of school youth group depicted a lot of commitment and dedication which resulted to sparkling success. This is illustrated in the following photos that were taken during the implementation phase 2 of the project which involved the baking of cookies, packaging, distributing and marketing the cookies.
We started implementation phase 2 on a very high note and with a lot of expectations. Day1 the group was showed how to preparation the flour and also the baking. The baking was successfully done and the packaging was also illustrated to the group.
The project adhered to the saying, ‘ giving your son skill is better than giving him a thousand pieces of gold’ and this was a profound method of ensuring food security at the same time helping alleviate poverty.
The Irima Out of school youth group depicted a lot of commitment and dedication which resulted to sparkling success. This is illustrated in the following photos that were taken during the implementation phase 2 of the project which involved the baking of cookies, packaging, distributing and marketing the cookies.
We started implementation phase 2 on a very high note and with a lot of expectations. Day1 the group was showed how to preparation the flour and also the baking. The baking was successfully done and the packaging was also illustrated to the group.
Day 2 was Monday which is the Irima market day. Most cookies were packaged while some were carried as samples to the market
center to promote and market the product. We were glad that people accepted the product and we managed to sell all the cookies that were packaged.After having witnessed the consumption of the product as being overwhelming we decided to increase the production of the cookies. Some were sold immediately after being packaged while some were distributed.
On the distribution aspect, we decided to ask for old bicycles from the members that could be repaired and used for the distribution of our products instead of always borrowing from other people at a cost. We got some bicycles which after repairing, proved very handy in the distribution of our product.
This was a very positive start. The weakness we faced is that we had not anticipated that much of consumption, what we thought we would used in a week was over in four days. Irima being in the interior of Nakasongola district, organizing for some more raw materials proved costly.
We kindly propose to have more funds to make the production
stable and for the business to be stabilized. We do not want to have a market that we cannot be able to satisfy its needs.
The Irima Project Team takes this opportunity to thank the project facilitators, these include: Jobs Group, Save the Children Nakasongola district, Makerere University and all those who directly and indirectly contributed to the implementation of these project. We had a really adventurous experience, where we gained a lot of knowledge and skills in several things like budgeting, business plans, book-keeping, working with communities and other unmentioned skills.
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We kindly propose to have more funds to make the production
stable and for the business to be stabilized. We do not want to have a market that we cannot be able to satisfy its needs.The Irima Project Team takes this opportunity to thank the project facilitators, these include: Jobs Group, Save the Children Nakasongola district, Makerere University and all those who directly and indirectly contributed to the implementation of these project. We had a really adventurous experience, where we gained a lot of knowledge and skills in several things like budgeting, business plans, book-keeping, working with communities and other unmentioned skills.
The compilation below
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