Small Enterprise Project
Our first project!
In consultation with a local partner organisation in Rwanda, SAID (Self-Advocacy Initiatives for People with Disabilities), we have decided to fund small enterprise opportunities. These will provide people with the ability to sustain and develop an income.
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From provision of chickens and goats, to small investments in mobile phone top-up schemes, we can support people to support themselves.
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See below for examples of what SAID has already achieved and what we can support!
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SAID had been delivering an initiative called the 'Smile Plate Project', providing chickens and rabbits to families. This was helpful in supporting people with small business activity. From 2019 to 2020, the project was going well but the COVID pandemic damaged its progress. We now have an opportunity to pick up the momentum, supporting families by providing chickens and goats, and the training and skills empowerment to farm them. This will be particularly helpful for people in remote areas where SAID has beneficiaries in need of income.
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Jean-Pierre Sibomana (Head of SAID) on an example of how this has worked well previously:
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'The father of a child with disabilities was happy to receive chickens because he could get eggs to feed his child, and also sell eggs for money.'
People in Rwanda often use road-side phone top-up services. This provides opportunities for small enterprises.
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Sarah was born with a disability and is a wheelchair user. Like many people with disabilities in Rwanda, she did not go to school but has been supported by SAID to engage in an airtime top-up initiative and is living with income from this. She could be supported to increase her investment and build greater capacity for herself and her family.
Another example of how SAID can support people and families with disabilities and the sort of initiative we could fund:
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Jeanne is a single mother living in poverty who looks after her child with combined disabilities. She has been supported by SAID with a small amount of capital to sell clothes. Jeanne is restricted to selling clothes on the street but has been trained and equipped with business skills and has been supported by SAID to find a place to sell from in a common market. This can happen once she is able to secure some more funding.
What you can do.
With your support, together we can give people and families the hope of a sustainable income and the resources to make it happen.
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