Soladrash

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; Ethiopia

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

Soladrash’s mission is to develop a distribution mechanism which will help to create a means to reach remotely located societies with cost effective and reliable solar lamps.

Their distribution model is to serve as a provider, integrator and facilitator of dissemination of cost-efficient solar-powered lamps usable on an individual level. The model will focus on building a distribution network in rural areas starting from Kebele (the smallest administrative region) and continue to neighboring Kebeles, after that to other woredas (the next bigger administrative region) in Southwest region, Ethiopia which is one of the remotest regions.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 500 solar lamps during the pilot period

• Impact 40,000 beneficiaries by the end of the first year

FOUNDING TEAM

Nathnael Tadesse - Project Manager

Vital Water Purifier

Water filters CHALLENGE; ethiopia

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Ceramic Water Filters.

Learn more about the Chlorine Challenge and other D-Prize Distribution Challenges.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Vital Water Purifier is a social enterprise that distributes high-quality ceramic water filters to communities in rural Ethiopia.

The distribution model devised is to transport the water filters using cargo motorbikes within the pilot location, Aleta Chuko Woreda. When a household buys a water filter, we deliver the unit from our local store to their home using cargo motorbikes. The team’s unique quality is that they have lived and seen the life of typical rural families.

Vital water Purifier - Ethiopia is founded by Habteab Argaw, an aspiring social Entrepreneur. Habteab runs the startup as the project manager.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 300 ceramic water filters during the pilot period

• Raise an additional $3,000

FOUNDING TEAM

Habteab Argaw Bantora - Project Manager

Nahom Tesfaye Kebede - Co-Founder

Act 4 Sustainable Actions

Water filters CHALLENGE; BENIN

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Ceramic Water Filters.

Learn more about the Chlorine Challenge and other D-Prize Distribution Challenges.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Act 4 Sustainable Solutions is dedicated to improving clean water access in the Vallée de l'Ouémé region of Benin through the distribution of high-quality Ceramic pot water filters to make a significant impact on the community's well-being.

Their model is based on leveraging existing networks, including schools, social groups, village chiefs, and farming cooperatives to ensure an effective distribution process and encourage community engagement and sustainability. In terms of payment, the team will provide two affordable payment options to help the local community: (1) subsidized rates for households paying in full and (2) an upfront fee paired with installment payments corresponding to the crop cycle.

The Act 4 Sustainable Solutions team comprises Dossa Martin Boton, an environmental and water specialist, and Thierry Adje and David Montcho, a medical doctor and nurse respectively. Their expertise and passion drive the organization's mission to create lasting positive change in the community.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 600 individuals at the end of the three-month pilot

• Distribute 100 Ceramic pots of water filters to householders during the three-month pilot

• Fundraise an additional fund of $30,000 at the end of the three-month pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Martin Boton - Executive Director

Thierry Adje - Project Manager

David Montcho - Supply Chain Manager

TONDA Uganda Limited

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

Tonda Uganda is a new NGO that seeks to establish, engage and scale up community structures for the distribution and improved access of Sayana Press among rural women in Kitagwenda district.

Traditional birth attendants are the center of TONDA Uganda’s distribution model. With the support of the District Health Team, the team will identify and train 100 TBAs and 50 VHTs using PATH’s globally recommended training manual for subcutaneous self-injection. The TBAs will support 20 community dialogues, educating and empowering women before delivering them Sayana Press.

Dr. Besigye’s medical background and previous works on several collaboratives on maternal health and family planning in Kitagwenda district will go a long way in ensuring that our door-to-door traditional birth attendants-centered distribution model will reach the targeted 5000 women in the three months

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 100 TBAs and 50 VHTs trained to support door to door campaign.

• Reach 5,000 women by the end of the pilot

• Reach 50,000 women by year two of operations

FOUNDING TEAM

Rogers Besigye - Co-founder

Brenda Naava - Co-founder

Geofrey Kaujju - Co-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

Bilo Ventures

SOLAR LAMP CHALLENGE; ZIMBABWE

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

Bilo Ventures is a social enterprise whose mission is to eliminate extreme energy poverty in rural Zimbabwe.

According to (ZimStats, 2012), there are 1,536,090 rural households without access to electricity in Zimbabwe alone. The Zimbabwe National Renewable Energy Policy states that rural electrification stands at 13%, with the primary lighting source being paraffin or kerosene candles.

By marketing world-class products and building a rural distribution network, Bilo Ventures will improve lives while creating economic opportunities and a cleaner environment in remote areas. The venture uses a franchise model for distribution. Each franchisee will be an entrepreneur, residing in the local village and will be carefully selected and trained. Each will receive a starter kit with documented best practices for selling solar lamps in a rural context. They will also receive comprehensive training to enable them to quickly ramp up their productivity.

These franchisees will be assigned target and be expected to participate in daily and weekly sessions where performance will be reviewed, successes and best practices are shared and targets are set for the ensuing period. On a monthly and quarterly basis, the franchisees will meet to review performance, celebrate the top performers, share best practices and receive further training.

Bilo Ventures is led by the founding team of Tendai Sixpence, Tawanda Munyika and Constance Muleya. The team is passionate about rural development and the power of free enterprise.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Sell 500 solar lamps that will directly benefit 2,500 people by the end of three months

• Sell 2,500 solar lamps that will directly benefit 15,000 people by the end of Year 1

• Reach 60,000 people by the end of Year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Tendai Sixpence - Co-founder & Managing Director

Constance Muleya - Co-founder

Tawanda Munyika - Co-founder & Finance Director

Seedloans

QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; UGANDA

 PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality agricultural inputs.

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

Seedloans helps female smallholder farmers in Uganda grow more to feed their families.

The model combines the proven microfinance mechanism with a holistic solution along the entire value chain. One woman receives 10kg of bean seeds as a loan. She plants the seeds in her field, where they grow to ~100kg of beans within three months. After the harvest the woman gives back ~20kg of her beans to Seedloans as an in-kind repayment. She uses the remaining ~80kg to feed her family, sell an extra on the market or replant beans for the next season. Seedloans offers 5kg, 10kg, 15kg and 20kg options to farmers – enough to cover one acre of land, the typical field size of a smallholder.

Elizabeth Nalugemwa is a trained entrepreneur and an Obama foundation leader. Growing up as a daughter of a female rural smallholder, she wanted to empower farmers to overcome the challenges she experienced at home.

Sabrina Kuespert is trained in business administration. She grew her passion for smallholders during her time in agricultural finance at KfW-Developing Bank. Currently she is a strategy consultant at BCG.

Lisa Stolleis is a trained economist and pursues her masters degree in Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance. She gained experience in international development as intern and consultant at the GIZ and International Trade Centre of the United Nations.

Merlin Stein is a trained economist and collected profound experience in Impact Measurement in several projects during his graduate time at Oxford University. He currently works in strategy consulting at BCG.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 500 smallholder farmers in the pilot period

• Reach 1,000 farmers by the end of year 1 and 8,000 by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Elizabeth Nalugemwa - Co-founder and Team Leader

Merlin Stein - Co-founder

Lisa Stolleis - Co-founder

Sabrina Kuesper - Co-founder

She Screens Uganda

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; UGANDA

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

She Screens Uganda’s mission is to extend cervical cancer screening services to all women at an affordable cost by early identification and referral for first line treatment of women with precancerous cells through incentivized group transportation, and partners with philanthropy organizations for extensional support.

This culturally sensitive model for cervical cancer screening will pilot in Bukomansimbi district. About 400 women aged 25-49 years will be sensitized about cervical cancer including signs/symptoms and prevention, screened and identified patients will be referred through streamlined referral to first line treatment center through incentivized group transportation, and partners with philanthropy organizations for extensional support.

She Screens Uganda was founded by Nabunnya Naimat following the death of her mother to cervical cancer. Naimat's vision was enhanced by her colleagues Nakonge Martha Dearn and Nemeyimana Vicent who developed interest in this field through their working practice in clinical settings.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Direcly reach and screen at least 400 women aged 25-49 years with in three months

• Fundraise an additional $15,000 USD from philanthropic organizations

• Screen 7,000 women by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Nabunnya Naimat - Program Manager

Nakonge Martha Dearn - Nursing Officer

Nemeyimana Vicent - Clinical Officer

Eco-Energy 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

For Mom And Baby (FOMAB) Foundation

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; cameroon

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

For Mom And Baby (FOMAB) Foundation is on a mission to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths due to preventable causes in Cameroon with a particular focus on rural, fragile and internally displaced communities.

FOMAB Foundation will use a network of community health workers to identify pregnant women, initiate basic antenatal care, and connect them to the closest health facilities where they will get misoprotol-containing birth kits at a subsidised price for skilled delivery. Bringing basic antenatal care closer to women in the communities to ease follow-up and ensure prompt referral is what sets us apart. They plan to pilot this model in the South West Region of Cameroon which is a conflict-affected area with hundreds of internally displaced expectant women who lack access to pregnancy care.

The organization was founded in 2021 by Ashu Martha Egbe who is currently the President of the Foundation. Ngwashi Christabel and Nkwain Carlson joined the organisation in 2022 and together will oversee the operations of this project.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 400 pregnant women within three months of launch

• Use 15 trained community health workers, distribute 360 misoprostol-containing delivery kits in three months

• Fundraise an additional $30,000 from new donors within three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Ashu Martha Egbe - Founder

GrainAid Agency

POVERTY GRADUATION; UGANDA

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

GrainAid Agency works with members of the local community especially women and youth, and other national and international organizations to overcome extreme poverty and hunger through creating access, improving, and diversifying livelihoods.

The GrainAid Agency model ensures that the extremely poor individuals in the community especially women and youth are empowered/enabled to graduate out of extreme poverty and achieve economic and social advancement through a combination of asset building, technical skills training, dedicated coaching and mentoring, and savings as well as social support. The focus on poverty alleviation for the extremely poor reflects our clarity of purpose and our approach which involves building implementation units within the communities, including recruitment and training of community facilitators among people based in the same community with a thorough understanding of the community makes our model affordable and acceptable by the entire community. The chosen solution (poverty graduation) is already proven to work around the world and our approach minimizes the chance of failure by over 95%.

GrainAid Agency was started by Emmanuel Curuma Obia and Gertrude Basirika who have over 18 years of experience in poverty eradication initiatives within Africa and are both passionate about efforts to address poverty and hunger. Emmanuel works full-time at GrainAid Agency as the Executive Director while Gertrude serves on the board of directors as the Treasurer.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide productive livelihood assets to 30 female heads of households thus impacting 120 members of their households, especially children by end of the pilot.

• Provide tailored skills training, coaching, and routine mentoring to 30 female heads of households for effective management of their livelihood initiatives by end of the pilot.

• Raise additional $50,000 by end of the first year

• Scale to serve 600 participants by year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Emmanuel Curuma Obia - Executive Director

Gertrude Basirika - Board Member

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

Growth Pathways

POVERTY GRADUATION; UGANDA

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

Growth Pathways will implement a 12-month poverty graduation program focused on microenterprise development to help the ultra-poor develop sustainable livelihoods.

Growth Pathways uses a micro enterprise development program with six sequenced interventions: Targeting, business skills training, Conditional Cash Transfer, business savings group, mentoring and social integration. The program is implemented through a network of of Business Mentors and local leaders. The pilot is located in Kamuli District.

Growth Pathways is started in 2022 by Ssempebwa Joseph and Adur Joyce. Joseph serves as Growth Pathways program director.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Equip 60 participants with business and group saving training, seed capital and mentorship to increase income and savings

• Launch 20 sustainable enterprises within the community

• Fundraise an additional $20,000

• Scale to serve 345 participants by year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Ssempebwa Joseph - Program Director

Adur Joyce - Partnership Manager

Ssemugooma Fred - Field Coordinator

AgriEn Network

QUALITY INPUTS CHALLENGE CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

 PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Quality seeds and fertilizer as well as transportation of farm produce to market. 

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

AgriEn Network will increase access to quality inputs and extension services to smallholder farmers in Zambia to help them grow and earn more.

AgriEn maintains an input distribution system that is anchored on extension services and market linkages in Eastern Zambia. It makes input accessible to farmers through a flexible access model that builds capacity of the farmer to scale their adoption over time. The venture creates opportunities for not only repeat business but sustainability in the adoption of the quality inputs through strategic linkages between farmers and a network of support organizations across the value chain.

AgriEn was founded in 2020 by a dynamic teams consisting of Yvonne Mtumbi Mwanza, Lawrence Shonga, Mwansa Lwanga, and Gordon Mwanza.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 300 smallholder farmers enrolled over the first three months, impacting 1,800 people

• Raise additional $4,000 within first three months

• Reach 6,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

FOUNDING TEAM

Yvonne Mtumbi Mwanza - Director

Lawrence Shonga - Business Development Facilitator

Mwansa Lwanga - Communication and Marketing Facilitator

Gordon Mwanza - IT Support Associate

Rural Women and Children Development Initiative

MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

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

Rural Women and Children Development Initiative (RUWOCHDI) aims to reduc postpartum hemorrhage through training and community distribution of misoprostol in rural communities of Sokoto then spreading throughout Nigeria.

RUWOCHDI model uses a revolving fund approach to train and distribute misoprostol. The venture will train traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) on effective use of misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage and make it available as well as cost effective. To increase access RUWOCHI will procure misoprostol and distribute to clients through this network. The proceeds generated will be revolved to procure more misoprostol to sustain the program.

RUWOCHDI was founded by Saida Mansur Sani with Zainab Bashir as a co-founder.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Train 50 TBAs and CHEWs on the effective use of misoprostol to treat postpartum hemorrhage

• Distribute 800 Misoprostol pills in three months

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

FOUNDING TEAM

Saida Mansur Sani - Founder

Zainab Bashir - Co-founder

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

Prime Biomedical U Ltd

OXYGEN CHALLENGE; UGANDA

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

Prime Biomedical U Ltd’s mission is to increase access to life-saving in remote and peri-urban Health Centres through timely maintenance and repair of oxygen concentrators in Western Uganda.

Prime’s Distribution model will entail the skilling of biomedical technicians based at a central Oxygen hub to implement a timely maintenance plan for oxygen concentrators at health centers in Western Uganda. Oxygen equipment users will also be trained on how to perform basic maintenance practices which go a long way in reducing user error faults to reduce downtime. Prime Biomedical is also uniquely placed to provide these services thanks to the existing capacity and expertise to manufacture some basic oxygen concentrator spares through 3D printing equipment and access to a fabrication lab.

Prime Biomedical was founded in 2017 by Leslie Turyahikayo.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly provide life-saving oxygen to 3,000 patients within three months

• Recruit and Train 2 Biomedical Technicians to Repair, Maintain and Service 50 Oxygen Concentrators at 5 Health centers within three months

• Directly provide life-saving oxygen to 9,000 patients within one year.

FOUNDING TEAM

Leslie Turyahikayo - Manager

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