Enhance Your Eyesight Liberia (EYE Liberia)
EYE Liberia restores vision for Liberians by increasing access to affordable reading glasses in underserved communities.
READING GLASSES CHALLENGE; LIBERIA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Reading Glasses
Learn more about the Reading Glasses Challenge and how increasing access to non-prescription reading or working glasses can improve the livelihoods of those in need.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
EYE Liberia restores vision for Liberians by increasing access to affordable reading glasses in underserved communities.
EYE Liberia leverages a community-based distribution model. They train youth and women from the communities they work with to conduct basic vision screenings, sell affordable reading glasses and provide eye health education in underserved communities. The pilot will be launched in four peri-urban and rural communities in Liberia (Montserrado, Bong, Lofa, and Nimba Counties), where access to eye care is extremely limited or unavailable.
What sets EYE Liberia apart is its understanding of the local context, as well as combining income generation for local agents with immediate and immense health impact. Its model is local, empowering and sustainable.
Benjamin Varney Jr. is the full-time Founder/CEO of Enhance Your Eyesight Liberia (EYE Liberia).
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
1000+ individuals provided reading glasses within three months.
1000+ pairs of reading glasses to individuals in need in underserved communities.
Secure a minimum of $10,000 in additional funding from local or international partners to support our expansion.
FOUNDING TEAM
Benjamin Varney Jr. - Founder/ CEO
Juto
JUTO seeks to equip women and youth living in extreme poverty by providing them with the tools, skills, and resources needed to build lasting livelihoods and escape the cycle of poverty.
POVERTY GRADUATION CHALLENGE; Liberia
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Poverty Graduation Program
Learn more about the Poverty Graduation Challenge and why an evidence-based program that combines cash or asset transfers with mentorship and other forms of financial and social support helps graduate the ultra poor from poverty.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
JUTO seeks to equip women and youth living in extreme poverty by providing them with the tools, skills, and resources needed to build lasting livelihoods and escape the cycle of poverty.
JUTO will equip participants through business skills training, capital transfer, hands-on mentoring/ coaching, savings/ access to credit, and other life skills training to create income-generating, sustainable businesses and access to loans, credits, and savings, thereby breaking the visual cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.
The program is based on the BOMA – Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) model which is one of the most successful, sustainable, and cost-effective poverty graduation approaches in the world. The program will entail 16 to 24 months of sequenced interventions with a clear exit strategy and rigorous criteria for success.
The founding of JUTO was led by Genesis Sylvester Kolliemene who has over seven years of experience in civic leadership with a focus on youth advancement, social entrepreneurship, community development, and organizational capacity strengthening. Genesis and his co-founders (Otis S. Timothy, Patience D. Tokpah, and Caleb Larry Boimah) are passionate about leading efforts to address extreme poverty and hunger.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Directly reach 50 beneficiaries in 3 months.
Establish 50 new businesses.
Fundraise $10,000 from local donors and government collaboration.
FOUNDING TEAM
Genesis Sylvester Kolliemene - Founder/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Otis S. Timothy - Director of Program Development and Scaling
Patience D. Tokpah - Finance Manager
Caleb Larry Boimah Jr. - Research and Training Lead
Eco-Energy Liberia
Eco-Energy's mission is to improve access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid communities of Liberia.
SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; LIBERIA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Solar lamps.
Learn more about the Solar Lamp Challenge and how these lamps create enormous benefits for developing world families.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Eco-Energy's mission is to improve access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid communities of Liberia.
Eco-Energy will distribute superior quality and easy-to-use Solar Lamps to rural and Off-grid communities of Liberia through people-centered, courageous, talented, and trustworthy field agents who will be recruited locally, trained, and placed in a network to serve fragile communities. The enterprise will distribute lamps through an effective and efficient PayGo model tailored to suit the diverse needs of customers who reside in the remotest part of Liberia.
Eco-Energy was founded in 2022 by two motivated and passionate entrepreneurs who have an in-depth understanding of the energy sector of Liberia. The team is led by Nelson Papi Kolliesuah who serves as the Team Leader and a Co-founder. He is assisted by James M. Sumo, Jr. who is the Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Manager and is a Co-founder as well.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Directly reach 2,500 beneficiaries within 3 months
Using 10 high-performing distribution agents, distribute 500 products/services in three months
Fundraise an additional $10,000 USD from new donors or investors within three months
FOUNDING TEAM
Nelson Papi Kolliesuah - Team Leader
James M. Sumo, Jr. - Sales, Distribution and Marketing Manager
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