Welding and Fabrication Enterprise For Youths in the Slums of Kalerwe
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Youths living in the slums of Kampala and especially in Kalerwe Village in Kawempe Division are the most disadvantaged in the community. They cannot afford to rent them on their own, so they start sharing it with their neighbors, relatives or friends.
Further on that a daily challenge in the slums of Uganda is the search for clean water, because the small trenches that run through the slums are so dirty and full of life-threatening diseases like typhoid, bilharzia and Cholera. The poor people have to get water from other sources like public paid taps, private taps, or protected wells. However, being so poor, even the 200 Ugshs per jerry can is still too expensive for the people to afford.
Besides overcrowding and the lack of clean water, the poor sanitation in the slums of Uganda is surely alarming. The whole ground is carpeted by rubbish, having no toilets, both kids and adults dump their wastes in the little corners amidst the same environment they live in, everywhere you look is a trench is stinking stagnant water. Now imagine the disease mutation here and the rate at which they spread. Life is simply on probability of tomorrow in the slums of Uganda.
When it gets to education, probably all people in the slums are drop outs https://loveugandafoundation.org/life-in-the-slums-of-uganda/. Young girls of thirteen to fourteen years of age have been impregnated and dropped out of school. Nearly all parents in the slums cannot afford the 30 USD to take their children to school for a term and just imagine a family that can fail to get what to eat, can it really educate someone? So most children are sent to look for simple jobs, to work and supplement the family income. Walking through the nasty streets in the slums of Uganda, you notice little children selling yellow bananas, eggs, sweets, brooms and other things on the street. Unfortunate as it is, child labor is so high among communities living in the slums in Uganda.
OUR WISH
Because of the dire situation among the youth, we wish to raise support of USD 3000 to establish a Welding and Fabrication Centre to provide free training and skilling opportunities to the urban poor and out of school youths in the slums of Kelerwe, purchase and supply of an Angle Grinder, a Baby Grinder, Compressor, three Welding Machines and capital for the purchase of startup materials to train 100 out of schools and urban poor youths a year in welding and fabrication. For every three months, 25 youths will be trained and equipped with skills in making agro-processing machines such as; grinding mills, feed mixers, feed mills, forage choppers and all agricultural machines so as to minimize agro produce wastage, add value and improve quality of produce. In addition, the youth will be trained in all other metal and fabrication work so that they are able meet the market demands which are extremely high considering that Uganda is an agricultural and fast developing economy. Working with partners like Tools With Mission, the project will provide start up tools for trained youths to start welding and fabrication workshop as a source of employment and income, provide employment to youth with the workshop to engage in production for market and earn income to support their families, improve household incomes, and work with Directorate of Industrial Training- as a long term strategy to secure accreditation to award certifications to the trained youths so that they are able get employed with relevant organizations that require their skill set, it will also provide employment opportunities to the youth in the slums so that they can engage in productive ventures. In addition, the project will also engage in making products for the market and 10% of every sale made will be ploughed back in the project for sustainability so as to continue supporting slum communities in Kalerwe in Kawempe Division, Kampala District. It will also involve network for the marketing of products.
Approach
The team has already secured a venue and secure facility within the slums of Kalerwe for the purpose. In addition, the team will be headed by Mr. Joseph Machika who is a professional in the field of welding and fabrication for over 20 years now, having worked with different top companies in Uganda during which he attained high levels of expertise and enormous experiences in machine works such as Machine building and construction- where he worked on production of all machines such as grinding mills, feed mixers, feed mills, forage choppers –agricultural machines and, all other machines, Joseph worked with farmers, businesses and Non-Governmental Organizations across the country in manufacturing, training and installation of machines will be in charge of the trainings
Wish List
1) Purchase and supply of an Angle Grinder – USD 400
2) Purchase and supply of a Baby Grinder –USD 300
3) Purchase and supply of a Compressor – USD 450
4) Purchase and supply of 3 Welding Machines –USD 1400
5) Training materials -450
Further on that a daily challenge in the slums of Uganda is the search for clean water, because the small trenches that run through the slums are so dirty and full of life-threatening diseases like typhoid, bilharzia and Cholera. The poor people have to get water from other sources like public paid taps, private taps, or protected wells. However, being so poor, even the 200 Ugshs per jerry can is still too expensive for the people to afford.
Besides overcrowding and the lack of clean water, the poor sanitation in the slums of Uganda is surely alarming. The whole ground is carpeted by rubbish, having no toilets, both kids and adults dump their wastes in the little corners amidst the same environment they live in, everywhere you look is a trench is stinking stagnant water. Now imagine the disease mutation here and the rate at which they spread. Life is simply on probability of tomorrow in the slums of Uganda.
When it gets to education, probably all people in the slums are drop outs https://loveugandafoundation.org/life-in-the-slums-of-uganda/. Young girls of thirteen to fourteen years of age have been impregnated and dropped out of school. Nearly all parents in the slums cannot afford the 30 USD to take their children to school for a term and just imagine a family that can fail to get what to eat, can it really educate someone? So most children are sent to look for simple jobs, to work and supplement the family income. Walking through the nasty streets in the slums of Uganda, you notice little children selling yellow bananas, eggs, sweets, brooms and other things on the street. Unfortunate as it is, child labor is so high among communities living in the slums in Uganda.
OUR WISH
Because of the dire situation among the youth, we wish to raise support of USD 3000 to establish a Welding and Fabrication Centre to provide free training and skilling opportunities to the urban poor and out of school youths in the slums of Kelerwe, purchase and supply of an Angle Grinder, a Baby Grinder, Compressor, three Welding Machines and capital for the purchase of startup materials to train 100 out of schools and urban poor youths a year in welding and fabrication. For every three months, 25 youths will be trained and equipped with skills in making agro-processing machines such as; grinding mills, feed mixers, feed mills, forage choppers and all agricultural machines so as to minimize agro produce wastage, add value and improve quality of produce. In addition, the youth will be trained in all other metal and fabrication work so that they are able meet the market demands which are extremely high considering that Uganda is an agricultural and fast developing economy. Working with partners like Tools With Mission, the project will provide start up tools for trained youths to start welding and fabrication workshop as a source of employment and income, provide employment to youth with the workshop to engage in production for market and earn income to support their families, improve household incomes, and work with Directorate of Industrial Training- as a long term strategy to secure accreditation to award certifications to the trained youths so that they are able get employed with relevant organizations that require their skill set, it will also provide employment opportunities to the youth in the slums so that they can engage in productive ventures. In addition, the project will also engage in making products for the market and 10% of every sale made will be ploughed back in the project for sustainability so as to continue supporting slum communities in Kalerwe in Kawempe Division, Kampala District. It will also involve network for the marketing of products.
Approach
The team has already secured a venue and secure facility within the slums of Kalerwe for the purpose. In addition, the team will be headed by Mr. Joseph Machika who is a professional in the field of welding and fabrication for over 20 years now, having worked with different top companies in Uganda during which he attained high levels of expertise and enormous experiences in machine works such as Machine building and construction- where he worked on production of all machines such as grinding mills, feed mixers, feed mills, forage choppers –agricultural machines and, all other machines, Joseph worked with farmers, businesses and Non-Governmental Organizations across the country in manufacturing, training and installation of machines will be in charge of the trainings
Wish List
1) Purchase and supply of an Angle Grinder – USD 400
2) Purchase and supply of a Baby Grinder –USD 300
3) Purchase and supply of a Compressor – USD 450
4) Purchase and supply of 3 Welding Machines –USD 1400
5) Training materials -450
