Hands on skills for women independency

The vulnerable women communities of nanasna east ii b ward, Nsenge, Masulita and Naluule will be the direct immediate. they will aquire all the available knowledge and skills in the project.
Nurturing For Future Development Organization, will be the one in charge of running the project. its staff members and all organization materials that relevant to the project will all be put to use for the success of the project.
it will mobilize all the beneficiaries of the of the project and make sure the project is finished in time.
Teenage pregnant mothers and those that have put to birth, these are girls of ages of 9-17 who have been defiled, raped or lured into sex, they are currently facing the harsh reality of early and forced marriag
Our survey found 90% of women and girls are living under extreme poverty in the communities of Wakiso district major focus put on nasana east ii b ward, naluvule, masulita and nsenge ,95% do not own land leaving them dependents of men this has increased chances of being abused as they have no say over men. 86% of girls age17 and below get married forcefully, raped and even defiled.
the above communities being remote only few people have electricity and other means of light or even basic needs of life , since women cannot afford any of the above they resort to begging from men this has led to severe abuse and Domestic violence due to increased poverty as men are the only providers of families since, the majority of about 94% are not educated beyond Primary level ,the women and girls cannot find any jobs , this project will help provide soap and candle making skills to women ,girls and teenage mothers which will help them create their own jobs and sustain themselves without having to depend on men.


The project is centered on training the beneficiaries how to make candles and soap for them to use in their homes and sell in and neighboring communities, this is so because the demand and market for the two products is available, the people willing to learn are also available, the material needed for making the two products can be accessed, the project requires little space, it takes little time to produce, the skills once learnt the person can start producing and start to make business.
The project has no season affecting production once the materials needed for production are available together with the person with the skills any time is time for production, the factor of forming groups to supervise the production per group and working as a team is also instrumental in project sustainability, the project will have groups and each group will elect its group leader and all the leaders from each group together will form the project marketing committee and trained as trainers for group members, they will be trained marketing and business administration for project sustainability and continuity.


Stakeholders at the center; Women and girls and teenage mothers are powerful agents of change but never at any time recognized, they are unemployed, abused and have no choice over anything concerning their lives and that of their families. looking at all that this project will help in empowering women, girls, survivors of domestic violence and teenage mothers. The candle and soap making project will help address most of the problems facing these people.

Empowering the people with knowledge that will make them productive and create jobs t
- Increase income and drive poverty out of the communities by selling their produce. - Harnessing Employment Opportunities for Rural Women and girls in rural Communities
- Collaborative Effort in Prevention of early marriages and Teenage Pregnancy for Rural Girls
- Improving the health, economic opportunities and empowerment projects for women, girls and teenage mothers
- Use the project and empower women to support their children with education facilities. - Empower people with disabilities with skills that will make them productive and earn income for their survival - Promoting sanitation in the communities by using the produced soap to make the people and homes clean.
- Other people to profit out of the project by selling the produce
- Use the beneficiary groups as models for training other people to also jump out of poverty
- To empower and encourage project practice to be the foundation for driving rural communities out of poverty, establish and empower the marketing committee to sustainably carry on production and business
- Build capacity of the community by developing knowledge and skills on tackling needs to improve their quality of life. - Create sustainable income generation activities and decent employment opportunities for the rural
communities, women and girls in particular leading to poverty, forced marriages and domestic abuse reduction,


The project will be carried out or will spread to all communities of Wakiso district in the upcoming years the trained immediate beneficiaries will go ahead to train others and the sequence will continue.


Over 90% of young people in and out of schools will adopt positive living in their communities
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- 2 sets of Study documents that will serve as a foundation for viable history in place and project sustainability
- Over 780 women and girls will be equipped and empowered with skills in the project period duration
- Community support groups will be equipped with knowledge and skills to ensure positive Planning
- 2, issues of Print materials in local and English language are appropriate to non-literate and literate users and produced
- Resolutions and commitments to support the project initiatives by community made
- Commitment and involvement in project activities by beneficiaries
- Weekly community sensitization seminars held on soap and candle making skills development
- Empowered seminars for group leaders as trainers every month in project areas
- Monitoring is part of the project implementation to keep track of the project implementation, reporting
on the progress towards the set goals and objective. - Change in average poverty levels in project area compared with non-project areas. - Number of people engaging in project and receiving tangible benefits from project supported activities. - 90% of beneficiaries with practical skills and knowledge and marketing practices
- Record of number of groups and beneficiaries with active production units and participating pupils. - Proportion of community that demonstrate increased knowledge about relevance of soap and candle making. - Cumulative number of people inspired/active in relation to project and Records of functional groups formed. - Records of number of people adopting sustainable soap and candle making, 20% increase in every
production interval. - Records of quantity of soap and candle making materials and tools facilitated to beneficiaries


building and process strengthening. The objective is to ensure that at the end of the implementation period, all project stakeholders including beneficiaries and local community members increase their capacity to undertake soap and candle making practices. This objective renders the success of the project making it an issue of great importance as the immediate development objective of poverty reduction, this increase interests among people and project continuation.
The project design does include a project implementation strategy, the project management will encourage and facilitate the beneficiaries of the project to form groups and constitute themselves into a Community.
Association, which provides opportunities to further manage project after its official closure. Beneficiaries will be encouraged to participate in selecting group leaders, trained as trainers for their group member about the skills in making soap and candle to ensure sustainability.
Project funds realized from the products sold by group members will be used to ensure productivity.
expansion of projects by each group in terms of space and outputs, which results in objectively verifiable benefits. This will provide a long-term basis for poverty reduction among the poor and strengthen their ability.
to focus beyond immediate subsistence needs.
Project staff, group leaders and group members will participate in baseline surveys that will contribute to
enhanced local capacity to continue to apply and refine project methods and extend results and lessons learned to other areas.
By involving the school community in all stages of the project from planning, designing, and finally operation and maintenance will help ensure sustainability of the project, by skilling the youth and young generation in the campaign to fight poverty, promote health and sanitation. To guarantee suitability and sustainability, the Project will pay special attention to assessing and meeting demand at all levels.
The project is set to establish and promote a training demonstration training Centre that is used as a platform.
to train the beneficiaries and other community members, the knowledge learnt will be always used for productive purposes and the trainings will continue even after the project funding.
The demand for soap and candles is ever increasing with increased population, this makes the project needed.
each and every day that comes within and neighboring communities, the beneficiaries also need them for home consumption therefore continuous production greatly benefits the beneficiaries in homes.


Cost risk this may occur when our project goes over the budget we initially.
set. this might be caused by price changes.
Time crunch, time risk, this might be encountered due to climate and weather changes as trainees might not come for training mostly during rainy seasons yet these.

Stretched resources these might occur as we find many more women and girls in need than the original estimated number.


project initiation, project planning which will begin the moment funds come in project execution,
project monitor, monitoring is performed by group leaders, organization’s staff and project team who will routinely gather information during project field visits to make sure the implementation is going on track, reports prepared upon each visit conducted. We shall undertake routine collection of information for the purpose of tracking achievements, ensuring accountability of the resources used and results obtained, and facilitating decision- making. Through monitoring, we shall document project results, processes, and experiences throughout the
entire project implementation period.
Evaluation: will be conducted through interviews, beneficiaries will be asked their knowledge about the
project so far, and how best the project has achieved the purpose it was put in place, day-today operations, whether attend the conducted training; how attractive are the topics covered and materials used in the trainings, how applicable are the project ideas and views discussed with beneficiaries. Periodic reports prepared to find from field visit findings, the project team will meet regularly with groups and their leaders to share field findings to improve project operations, measure project impact on community and assess whether project is achieving the targets set, basing on income from the products and make project adjustments needed. final stage will be project closure and reporting to donors or funders.