Ibukia Shambani

QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; TANZANIA

 PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality seeds, fertilizer, and post-harvest storage bags to smallholder farmers

Learn more about the Improved Farm Practices Challenge and why increasing the effective use of fertilizer has the potential to unlock significant crop yield for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Ibukia Shambani innovates access to the most comprehensive, quality, and productive agricultural inputs to smallholder last-mile farmers.

The social agribusiness enterprise was founded in 2022 by Abdallah Mabrouck, alongside two co-founders, Ayubu Mundekesye and Kelvin Robert. Both team members are experts in the agribusiness sector and have a passion for developing the agricultural sector as a whole.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 100 smallholder farmers at last mile prior to the planting season

• Distribute 1 ton of quality maize seeds, 2.5 tons of DAP, 2.5 tons of UREA, and 100 liters of acetic acid as quality inputs to smallholder farmers in three months

• Fundraise an additional $10,000 from other interested partners and donors in three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Abdallah Mustapha Mabrouck - Project Lead

Ayubu Eliah Mundekesye - Business Development Lead

Kelvin Robert Mwise - Credit Management Lead

Salama Centre for Global Family Health

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Salama Centre for Global Family Health seeks to improve access to family planning services among women in underserved communities in Uganda.

Their model seeks to scale up distribution, access, and use of Sayana Press contraception through the private health networks in Jinja District. The private health networks will be recruited and trained to administer Sayana Press to women seeking contraception and train women to self-inject at the comfort of their homes.

Violette the team leader is an international development professional and was previously a GHC fellow serving with S.O.U.L Foundation. Alice has a clinical background with several years of experience in reproductive health, Joan has several years of experience in communication and stockholder engagements. Jovia will leverage her previous IT experience in multiple organizations to support the implementation of the venture.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 500 women by the end of the pilot

• Distribute 1,000 doses of Sayana Press by the end of three months

• Raise an additional $30,000 by the end of three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Violette Hilda Nalutaaya - Team Leader

Jovia Tuhaise - Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Joan Alupo - Communication and Knowledge Manager

Alice Nanteza - Technical Lead

Women for Women Uganda

PMTCT CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Retention in care and adherence to anti-retroviral treatment for people living with HIV. 

Learn more about the PMTCT Challenge and how increasing completion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV can decrease HIV rates and improve lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Women for Women Uganda aims to bridge the gap in health services delivery for underserved and disadvantaged communities by establishing and building local partnerships with communities.

Women 4 Women Uganda aims to use the Traditional Birth Attendant-mentor mother hybrid model to contribute to the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. The model is a sustainable approach to overcoming the barrier of geographic isolation faced by remote underserved communities of Kalangala district, an archipelago of 84 islands with limited access to health facilities by pregnant women living with HIV. For ease of integration into other government community health structures, the distribution of TBAs and Mentor mothers will be at the village level with an average of two mentor mothers and one TBA per village.

Women for Women Uganda was co-founded by three young women passionate about health equity in July 2021. Rebecca Mulungi a Fundraising and Communications Professional, Jane Frances Nakanwagi a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expert, and Ruth Mary Kemigisha a Public Health Specialist.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 300 beneficiaries during the pilot phase

• Distribute three interventions: Delivery of ART and psychosocial support reaching 300 women living with HIV, HIV counseling and testing reaching 600 women and their spouses, Linkage to safe antenatal and delivery services- 100 women linked to qualified health workers

• Raise an additional $5,000 during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Rebecca Annette Mulungi - Team Lead

Jane Frances Nakanwagi - Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment, and Learning Specialist

Ruth Mary Kemigisha - Public Health Specialist

Blesser Breakers

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

Blesser Breakers won the 2022 Fletcher D-Prize. The Fletcher D-Prize is open to all Fletcher students, alumni, and Tufts undergraduates, and is part of a larger entrepreneurship ecosystem of support at Tufts University.

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sugar Daddy Awareness classes. 

Learn more about the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge and how a simple, one-hour “sugar daddy awareness” training could help countless girls avoid pregnancy while still in school, which can lead to entrenched poverty, and build a better life.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Blesser Breakers aims to raise Sugar Daddy awareness by delivering a 3-part, 2-hour intervention to Grade 8 girls in Western Province, Zambia, to reduce risky cross-generational sexual relationships, in turn reducing the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancy.  The intervention will consist of a 15-minute animated video screening (or comic book reading when technology is not available), and a facilitated discussion. To implement and distribute the programming, Blesser Breakers will partner with the Ministry of Education (for on-the-ground outreach, implementation, facilitators, and facilitator training).

Blesser Breakers was founded by Wabei Saboi from Mongu, Zambia, Ashira Pelt from Florida, USA, and Daniel Kibet from Eldoret, Kenya.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 1,000 students during the three-month pilot

• Reach 5,000 students by the end of Year 1

• Reach 15,000 students by the end of Year 2

• Raise an additional $5,000 during the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Wabei Saboi - Project Lead

Ashira Pelt - Project Lead

Daniel Kibet - Project Lead