OxyCare Uganda

OXYGEN CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Service and repair of oxygen concentrators

Learn more about the Oxygen Challenge and how proper maintenance of oxygen concentrators expands access to medical oxygen to save lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

OxyCare Uganda aims to sustainably care for oxygen concentrators to save the lives of people in communities that would have lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen and functional oxygen concentrators.

OxyCare Uganda’s operating model is rooted in the community. They will recruit and empower local biomedical and electrical technicians, providing them with facility-based oxygen concentrator simulation training. This approach will ensure timely assessment, maintenance, and repair of oxygen concentrators in Northern Uganda, fostering a sense of ownership and trust within the community.

Together with trained and skilled technicians, OxyCare Uganda will train oxygen concentrator users at health facilities to use simple maintenance techniques to reduce errors and downtime. OxyCare Uganda will go beyond maintenance and repair by offering rental and leasing services for backup oxygen concentrators and cylinders during emergencies.

OxyCare will maintain a reliable 24/7 helpline distributed to partnered and all other regional hospitals for seamless communication and immediate response. This ensures that service requests, including emergencies, are never delayed. They will also develop a dynamic website with a 24/7 helpline, standard operating procedures (SOPs), a quick maintenance guide, and an online form for requesting maintenance and repair support, providing a secure and trusted platform. A standby motorcycle will support the repair and maintenance team in responding to emergencies, performing routine assessments, and performing repairs and maintenance.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 70 children and other individuals in need of oxygen within three months.

• Repair and maintain 23 Oxygen Concentrators in three months.

• Fundraise an additional $20,000 from new donors and investors within three months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Solomon Piwun - Biomedical Engineer

Peter Kalulu - Public Health Specialist

Pius Okwairwoth - Electrician

Tony Abeka - Finance and Administration

Aloha Foundation Uganda

TEACHING AT THE RIGHT LEVEL CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Teaching at the Right Level Foundational Learning Program

Learn more about the Teaching at the Right Level Challenge and how an evidence-based foundational learning program can improve primary literacy and numeracy in low-resource schools.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Aloha Foundation Uganda's mission is to foster primary school education and drive socio-economic inclusivity in Uganda.

Aloha Foundation Uganda’s distribution model, set in Chegere Sub County, Apac district in Northern Uganda, implements a teacher-led TaRL methodology within the government education system for grades 3-5 students facing academic challenges.

The unique approach integrates TaRL sessions before and after regular school hours. Individual student assessments guide the formation of learning groups where students receive tailored support to help them catch up. What sets Aloha Foundation Uganda apart is its commitment to continuous capacity development, reinforced through refresher courses.

Aloha Foundation Uganda was founded in 2023 by Diana Ejang and Racheal Gloria Apok. The dual's passion for transformative education creates a powerful synergy for success.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 350 grade 3 - 5 students.

• 690 hours of engagement.

• Fundraise an additional 20,000 USD.

FOUNDING TEAM

Diana Ejang - Co-Founder

Racheal Gloria Apok - Co-Founder

Solar Cube Energy Solutions

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; UGANDA

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

Solar Cube is a social enterprise with the mission to change the lives of many people in rural off-grid areas in Uganda and beyond by using clean and affordable solar products & services.

Solar Cube will distribute quality solar lamps verified by Greenlight Planet through a network of last-mile shop owners selling out affordable solar lamps to last-mile customers in rural and off-grid areas in the West Nile region in Uganda.

The company will apply a flexible payment system accepting cash or instalments using mobile money to suit the financing needs of the last-mile customers. In addition, Solar Cube has developed a solar kiosk that will be leased out to shop owners or businesses using the energy-as-a-service model.

The last mile shop owners will become Solar Cube’s distribution agents to sell solar lamps while powering their businesses for cold drinks, mobile phone charging, and powering TVs using solar power from the solar kiosks.

Solar Cube was founded in 2022 by two energy experts with extensive experience of over 7 years each in the energy sector of Uganda. Solar Cube is led by Mr. Muceka Rolex, the managing director and co-founder, and assisted by Mr. Alokore Yunus, the business development manager and co-founder.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach more than 1,500 beneficiaries in 3 months.

• Using 9 last mile high-performing distribution agents, distribute 300 solar solar lamps in three months.

• Fundraise an additional fund of $20,000 from new investors or funders within three months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Mr. Muceka Rolex - Managing Director and Co-Founder

Mr. Alokore Yunus - Business Development Manager and Co-Founder

Akanyo Santa - Market Development Manager and Co-Founder

Kukhanya

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Mozambique

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

Kukhanya aims to provide small household solar solutions for hard-to-reach communities across Mozambique.

In the coming six to twelve months, the Kukhanya team will be undergoing a restructuring process that includes hiring new members, and organizing training sessions and meetings with their agrodealers and VBAs. They are targeting three provinces initially (Nampula, Manica, and Zambezia).

Kukhanya plans to establish partnerships with key stakeholders in the renewable energy sector to secure financing and expand our reach to more rural communities.

Kukhanya was founded in 2022 by Jorge Mondlane, Lao Un Wai, Ernesto Matabeia and Ritchoni Felix. Jorge serves as the Project and Operational Manager, Laoi serves as the Marketing and Logistics Manager, Ernesto serves as the Sales and Customer Manager, and Ritchoni serves as the Sales and Customer Manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach up to at least 1500 people within the first three months.

• Distribute 1500 lamps in three months.

• Fundraise an additional $100,000.

FOUNDING TEAM

Jorge Mondlane - Managing Director

Lao Un Wai - Financial Director

ChildVax

CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Routine childhood immunizations

Learn more about the Immunization Challenge and how Increasing routine childhood immunization rates in low-coverage areas could prevent millions of childhood deaths.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

ChildVax aims to increase childhood immunization coverage in Uganda.

ChildVax shall increase childhood vaccination coverage in Bukwo district by creating a network of Village Health Teams (VHTs) and providing transport refunds to financially disadvantaged caregivers. ChildVax shall conduct a thorough needs assessment in Bukwo district to identify areas with the lowest vaccination coverage rates and the primary reasons for this, recruit and select dedicated individuals from local communities to serve as VHT members and train them.

VHTs should work closely with the local community to identify caregivers who are financially disadvantaged and unable to afford transportation costs for vaccination visits. ChildVax shall develop a reminder system that sends text messages or makes phone calls to all caregivers a few days before their child's vaccination appointment.

Once the program proves successful in Bukwo district, the team will develop a plan to expand it to neighboring regions with low vaccination coverage, seek partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organizations to scale the program to a national level.

ChildVax was founded in 2022 by a dedicated team consisting of Yeko Olive, a seasoned nurse specializing in childhood immunization, Dr. Ivan Chemos, with vast experience in managing immunization projects, and Chepkwurui Abigail, an experienced financial manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 500 beneficiaries/ children in the 3 month pilot period.

• Send 5000 reminder text messages to care givers for immunization.

• Raise additional funding of $50000 by the end of 3 months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Olive Yeko - Program Manager

Dr. Ivan Chemos - Technical Advisor

Abigail Chepkwurui - Operations Manager

Greenspa

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; MALAWI

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

Greenspa is a startup enterprise which promote utilization of renewable energy technologies to marginalized people in Malawi.

Greenspa strives to improve solar energy access to the underserved and marginalized people in the remotest areas of Malawi. Greenspa has created a distribution network reaching logistically challenged areas with affordable solar technologies.

Greenspa will recruit trained sales technicians and empower them with motorcycles so that they reach hard to reach areas to distribute solar products. Greenspa has partnered with mobile money providers so that mobile money would be its payment platform. They have also partnered with mobile money kiosks in our target catchment areas.

Greenspa’s team is made up of vibrant individuals with diverse backgrounds who are passionate in taking part in fighting energy poverty in Malawi. The founding team include Phillip Kanchiputu, Managing Director; Chifundo Nchochoma, Human Resources and Finance Officer; and Triza Chimwaye, Sales and Marketing Officer.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Use 30 high-performing sales agents to distribute 700 solar lamps in three months of the pilot phase.

• Reach 3000 beneficiaries within three months.

• Raise additional USD 10,000 from other donors during pilot phase.

FOUNDING TEAM

Phillip Kanchiputu - Managing Director

Chifundo Nchochoma - Human Resources and Finance Officer

Triza Chimwaye - Sales and Marketing Officer

Nomad Child Trust

CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHALLENGE; KENYA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Routine childhood immunizations

Learn more about the Immunization Challenge and how Increasing routine childhood immunization rates in low-coverage areas could prevent millions of childhood deaths.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Nomad Child Trust addresses vaccine inequity amongst the vulnerable rural pastoral communities in Kenya.

The Vaccines on the Move model leverages local health infrastructure, conditional transport vouchers, and culturally tailored messaging to address vaccine inequity within Kenya's rural pastoral communities.

This model aims to surmount barriers hindering mothers from accessing crucial immunization services, including the challenges posed by the prolonged drought, the isolated nature of nomadic pastoralism, limited weather-adaptive healthcare initiatives, and competing resource priorities at the county level.

Nomad Child Trust was started in 2023 by Mariam, a dedicated young social work intern at Marsabit Hospital, and Hassan, a changemaker from the Borana pastoral community. Their shared concern revolved around the adverse effects of vaccine inequity among children under 5 within nomadic communities, and they observed that changing climate patterns, nomadic lifestyles, prolonged droughts, and an unresponsive public health system were exacerbating this issue.

In direct response, they founded Nomad Child Trust with a vision of a future where nomadic children have equal access to life-saving healthcare and culturally relevant education to thrive.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 720 caregivers, potentially immunizing between 720 to 1200 children under 5 who might not have been immunized otherwise.

• 7200 mHealth reminders and information in Borana language.

• Secure funding of at least USD 10,000 from partners and investors.

FOUNDING TEAM

Mariam Masudi - Project Coordinator

Hassan Oyugi - Social Impact Officer

Kwawala Energies

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; MALAWI

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

Kwawala Energies is aimed at improving access to clean, safe, and affordable solar energy products in rural and off-grid households in the last mile communities bordering Mozambique in Mulanje district, Malawi.

Kwawala Energies will distribute sunking pico solar lamps in Mulanje through 12 high-performing Village Agents using the Pay Half and Take model. The lamps will be distributed through 12 high-performing Village Agents to 24 VSLAs in the rural areas of Mulanje. The Village Agents are part of the VSLAs and they are trusted in the community.

Kwawala Energies was founded in 2022 by two motivated young and passionate ladies who have an in-depth understanding of the energy industry in Malawi. Ms. Rachael Kapindu, the Co-founder is a well experienced Project Manager who recently worked with Green Impact Technologies, a leading renewable energy company in Malawi. Ms. Judith Luhanga is also a Co-founder and she has worked as a Marketing Field Officer.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 2500 customers during the pilot phase.

• Distribute 500 solar lamps.

• Fundraise an additional $10, 000 USD from philanthropic organizations.

FOUNDING TEAM

Rachael Kapindu - Managing Director

Judith Luhanga - Marketing Coordinator

Awaken Her Initiative

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; RWANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Cervical cancer screenings

Learn more about the Patient Identification Challenge and why identifying individuals in need of medical treatment and finding ways to make that treatment accessible reduces poverty.  

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Through deliberate community awareness, the Awaken Her Initiative envisions a Rwanda in which no woman dies as a result of cervical cancer ignorance.

Their distribution approach is a women-to-women awareness method in which well-trained cervical cancer survivors and medical doctors will assist in raising awareness about the benefits of voluntary cervical cancer screening. The Awaken Her Initiative is a well-designed methodology for reinforcing Rwanda's efforts to eradicate cervical cancer.

Four Rwandan doctors — Drs. Clarisse Iradukunda, Yvette Nkurunziza, Kambali Philbert, and Rwamatwara Alype founded the Awaken Her Initiative.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Education of 4200 women about cervical cancer in three months.

• Cervical cancer screening of 400 women using VIA, and follow-up with 120 VIA-positive women to determine the best course of treatment in 3 months.

• Fundraise $10,000 from new donors within 3 months.

FOUNDING TEAM

Dr. Iradukunda Clarisse - Founder

Dr. Nkurunziza Yvette - Founder

Dr. Kambali Philbert - Founder

Dr. Rwamatwara Alype - Founder

Teso Women's Initiative

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

Teso Women’s Initiative (TWI) is a Community Based Organization which distributes self-injectable contraceptives (DMPA-SC) to underserved women in Ngora District through private health care providers. These providers will be trained on how to distribute Sayana Press to women in need and teach them how to self-inject at the comfort of their homes. TWI plans to scale by enrolling up to 10,000 women in 1 year and 100,000 women in 5 years and involve stakeholders at various levels in the implementation. TWI’s long-term vision for this project is “A community where women have access to family planning services, make informed decisions and live longer.”

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 $40,000 by the end of three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Rose Aliano - Team Leader

Clement Esiat - Business Development Officer

Godlive Olokojo - Project Coordinator

Education Empowerment for Rural and Urban Slums

TEACHING AT THE RIGHT LEVEL CHALLENGE; KENYA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) is an education program that tailors instruction to the learning level of the child, rather than their age. The result is that basic literacy and numeracy are achieved by students before they finish primary school.

Learn more about the Teaching at the Right Level Challenge and other D-Prize Distribution Challenges.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Education Empowerment for Rural and Urban slums (EERUI) delivers the evidence-based Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) program to make timely interventions geared towards equipping children left behind with basic literacy and numeracy skills to solidify their learning.

EERUI will use the regular in-service teachers for instruction delivery after training them on the TaRL approach. This is informed by the goal of leveraging the infrastructural capacity in government schools and embedding the TaRL approach within the school culture for sustainability and scale. The founding team will offer mentoring support to the teachers and monitor the implementation. Every day there will be one hour each for reading and math outside of normal class.

EERUI was founded in 2021 by Simon Wamu, Amos Ouma and Grace Ewoi. Simon works full time as the Chief Executive Officer.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 300 learners across 3 schools within three months

• Recruit and train 9 facilitators

• Fundraise an additional $10,000 from new donors in three months

• Reach 4,000 students by the end of year 1

• Reach 12,000 students by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Simon Wamu - Chief Executive Officer

Grace Ewoi - Project Officer

Amos Ouma - Content Developer

Oxicare

OXYGEN CHALLENGE; INDIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Service and repair of oxygen concentrators.

Learn more about the Oxygen Challenge and why repairing and maintaining oxygen concentrators in low-resource hospitals expands access to medical oxygen - a key treatment for pneumonia, malaria, sepsis, meningitis, and Covid-19.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Oxicare is on a mission to serve over 1 Million patients by helping them service their Health Devices.

Oxicare was started with a simple mission- A Saved Life Saves Lives. The initiative’s business model revolves around recruiting and training jobless technicians from across the country and provide them job of repairing and maintaining Oxygen Concentrators in their local areas.

The organization was founded by full time Program Director Rajesh Bansal (Alumni IIT-Bombay) along with Anika Singal who has extensive experience of working as a Senior Consultant in Indian Government Advisory projects.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 1,000 Customers by servicing 200 Concentrators

• Train 20 Bio Medical Engineers to service 200 Concentrators

• Raise an additional $15,000

FOUNDING TEAM

Rajesh Bansal - Director

Anika Singal - Director

Better Women Health

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; SOUTH SUDAN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Misoprostol.

Learn more about the Maternal Health Challenge and how the distribution of Misoprostol, a $3 drug that can prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, could save thousands of lives.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Better Women Health (BWH) is distributing Misoprostol to reduce the high prevalence of PPH mortality, among millions of women giving birth at home, driven by remote settings of war torn South Sudan.

BWH’s model is based on “a low-cost-effective proven lifesaving solution. Together with the trained Community Health workers (CHWs), TBAs and Health workers; BWH registers pregnant women from 32 weeks of gestation to enable access to misoprostol at health facility delivery or home birth with an upskilled birth attendant. With support from BWH and Health workers, the CHWs & TBAs visit mothers at home and discuss birth preparedness plan, informing mothers of the benefits of taking misoprostol immediately after delivery to prevent excessive bleeding. BWH model is a dire demand to reduce preventable deaths resulting from PPH and saving more lives and easy to administer even by the mothers themselves.

BWH was started ten months ago (April 2021) by Judith Draleru Maturu of BHECO and Kiden Rose Buli a friend who questioned the quick solution to stop women dying from PPH. Seeing it through the tears in her eyes, made it especially personal and women for women struggle. Rose now serves as the BWH project coordinator.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 200 women within three months

• Distribute 800 Misoprostol pills in three months

• Fundraise an additional $75,000 from new donors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Judith Draleru Maturu - Project Director

Rose Kiden Buli - Project Coordinator

Sustainable Initiative for Nutrition & Development

CUSTOM CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Nutrition through exclusive breast milk feeding

Learn more about the Custom Challenge and why we only fund ideas that focus on distributing proven poverty interventions.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Sustainable Initiative for Nutrition & Development (SIND's) exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) and support campaign project aims to increase exclusive breast milk feeding rate by improving health facility and community breastfeeding support continuum for lactating mothers in Nigeria.

SIND’s model is training and engaging health workers, traditional birth attendants and community influencers to promote, protect and provide supportive actions as well as uphold learning and practice exchange of exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) for lactating mothers sustain EBMF for 6-month. SIND exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) and support campaign project creates a synergy for community collective actions to support lactating mothers and shared exclusive breast milk feeding responsibilities

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 1800 mother-infant dyads within six months of pilot

• Train and engage 35 (EBMF support group) champions to promote, protect and ensure lactating mothers practice exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) for 6-month

• Fundraise $200,000 from new donors or investors in the first two years of operations

FOUNDING TEAM

Oderinde Michael - Founder/Program Director

Impact Energy

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

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

Impact Energy was founded by Mapalo Wamushilo and co-founded by Mwemba Mvula. The venture will distribute solar lanterns in partnership with last mile mobile money booths.

The business model is based on working with mobile money service providers to distribute solar lanterns with agents working under them to work in rural field communities to do sales and marketing. The project will be implemented in rural Zambia, where the team has experience working in rural communities to deliver development through schools.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 500 solar lamps during the three-month pilot through a network of 30 agents

• Raise an additional $40,000 during the three-month pilot

• Reach 440,000 people by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Mapalo Wamushilo

Mwemba Mvula

Mlimi Agro Hub

CUSTOM AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE; MALAWI

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality seeds and other key inputs for rural farmers through a franchised agro dealer network and a youth agent network. 

Learn more about the Custom Agriculture Challenge and why distributing proven agricultural interventions can greatly improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

 

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Mlimi Agro Hub distributes quality farm inputs, including fertilizer, seeds and post-harvest storage bags, to smallholder farmers and supports them with extension services on better agronomic practices through village savings groups, farmer cooperatives, and existing hardware stores.

Mlimi Agro Hub model has three main components that include, engaging owners of hardware stores nearer to smallholder farmers as sales agents, providing asset-based loan service to farmers belonging to Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA), and involving lead farmers in the dissemination of information to smallholder farmers on better agronomic practices. Our model addresses major reasons limiting smallholder farmers from accessing quality agricultural inputs and the reasons are limited access to agriculture loan, long distances to agro-dealer shops located in towns and lack of knowledge on better agronomic practices like fertilizer micro-dosing and correct plant spacing.

Mlimi Agro Hub was founded by Gilbert Banda, Wilson Nkhata, and Marko Chiumia. The team members have knowledge and experience in the agriculture sector in Malawi.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 100 smallholder farmers during the pilot period

• Raise additional $10,000 by the end of the pilot period

• Reach 2,500 farmers by the end of year 1

• Reach 8,500 farmers by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Gilbert Chikwama Banda - Managing Director

Wilson Nkhata - Sales & Operations Manager

Marko Chiumia - Business Development Manager

Govuka

SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; ESWATINI

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

Govuka's mission is to leverage existing youth education programming in Eswatini to deliver and rapidly scale a proven and cost-effective solution to reducing risky sex among adolescent girls -- which would in turn reduce teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates.

Govuka will – in collaboration with the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) – compile a locally relevant and proven 1-hour anti-sugar daddy module to be delivered by experienced youth facilitators. Unlike the existing programming, this module will highlight the higher HIV risk of intergenerational relationships to curb risky sex and teenage pregnancies among adolescent girls. This module will be delivered through existing Girls Empowerment Clubs. The Govuka team will pilot in 49 high schools spread across Eswatini’s 4 regions reaching about 2,000 girls directly. The pilot will be implemented according to the following steps: 1) Workshop the curriculum to ensure relevance to the Eswatini context, 2) Leverage existing Girls Empowerment Clubs to pilot supplementary module in schools, 3) Enlist and train expert facilitators involved in Girls Empowerment Clubs on the sugar-daddy module, and 4) Measure program outcomes.

Philile Shongwe is the Founder and Executive Director of Govuka. She will be working closely with Gcinaphi Ndlovu, Program Manager and Thandwa Maphalala, Communications Director during the pilot.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 2,000 students during the three-month pilot

• Raise an additional $10,000 during the three-month pilot to begin scaling nationwide

• Reach 120,000 students by the end of year 2

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Philile Shongwe - Founder