Kampala Junior Team Discussions

Unleashing Ideas

This is for Global Entrepreneurship Week which I didn't know about this morning. There was a forum category on Web Entrepreneurs and Africa so I started a conversation, which may attract attention if others join in.

http://forum.unleashingideas.org /2008/11/19/kayiwa-fred-and-his- computer-club/page1/

Last comment added: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:13:30 PST

Fundraising with Fine Art - Help me and the KJT out please!

The Dream for a Team Facebook group and art app is ready to move on to a new, funds-generating stage, this is the situation :

Three established professional artists (based in Lichtenstein, Jordan and the USA) have donated 2 high-res images each of their work for me to use to make high-quality Giclee prints to sell, with all profits going to the KJT specifically to cover school fees. These would be Limited Edition prints, properly documented, with the potential to raise 200% of the cost price whilst still offering fine-art collectors a real bargain. Production cost for each print (up to 12 inches x 16 inches), using a local firm with an excellent reputation, printing 3 at a time as and when needed, is £34 including the proof copy and VAT, my proposed selling price is £100 each. That's £66 profit on each, enough for 2 terms schooling for 1 child if my memory is correct. With this approach, waiting for orders to come in before printing, I would hopefully not have a backlog of stock and could keep the financial risk to myself down to a bare minimum.

The artists are Vlado Franjevic, David Derr, and Hilda Hiary :

http://www.vlado.li/index.htm,

http://www.d2studios.com/,

http://www.hildahiary.com/,

In addition to the 3 who are already engaged there is a 4th here in North Wales who is very keen to get involved, I've only just connected with him so I've not yet finalised any details with him but I love his work here :

http://maginsberg.co.uk/home/ind ex.php,

I really need your help with this! How should I manage things? Given the potentially significant sums of money involved, is this the time for me to set up either as a charity or as a social enterprise business? At the very least I need to set up a dedicated bank account and website, I would need some help with the latter (I'm sure you're all familiar with my technical incompetence by now!)

Looking to the long term I like the social enterprise angle better, as a Fair Trade Fine Art Reproduction outfit it could benefit local and African artists whilst reserving a percentage of the profits for the KJT, producing everything from easily affordable postcards, greeting cards and posters to high earning Limited Editions. I would need sound business advice and some set-up funding to do that, getting local Welsh artists involved opens up opportunities to apply for Local Government funding and free business advice, although I'm not sure how the International element would affect that. In case anyone's getting confused I should add that the profits from the prints by Vlado, David and Hilda will all go to the KJT, as per my arrangement with the artists, Fair Trade terms would come into play further down the line once less established artists become involved.

So to break things down, I need your advice and suggestions in two main respects :

How should I market the prints already in the pipeline online, without infringing the rules on Facebook, Blogger, etc ? Is it necessary at this stage to become a charitable organisation or business of some kind, bearing in mind that I would like to start channelling funds to the KJT asap (i.e. without any red tape and before Christmas, if possible?)
Would anyone like to help me work out a Fair Trade business plan, or a constitution for a charity with a Fair Trade element? I'm thinking along the lines of a Wales-Africa or Wales-Uganda link, which as well as benefiting individual artists would raise awareness of development issues and help finance opportunities for African artists to market their work, for instance by funding community Internet cafes and IT workshops geared towards artists. Starting with Kayiwa's own cherished dream of setting one up for the KJT to manage!

Question (1) is urgent so if you can only spare me a few minutes perhaps you could put your minds to that, Question (2) can wait a little while (even though I'm very curious to hear your thoughts!)

Last comment added: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:01:52 PST

Brainstorming - the Next Phase for KJT

This is the text of my post Brainstormers needed - enthusiasm guaranteed at my new blog

http://ceris62.wordpress.com/

I'll simply copy and paste it here so Nedders can comment here or there, as they wish!

Primary objective

securing or creating a sustainable source of income for the organisation known as the Kampala Junior Team (KJT), a fledgling sporting academy with big ambitions and an overriding concern for the welfare of it’s members

Primary means

collaborative online pooling of talent

Guiding principle

give what you gain, you’ll gain more then you give

Short term goals

creating and consolidating a network of interested parties and individuals, to include artists, entrepreneurs, PR people, the tech savvy, sports fans, journalists, aid and development workers, the KJT organisers in Kampala, and anyone else who has ideas, experience, or practical help to offer.

Assets

3 successful boys’ football teams and a newly created girls’ team

3 dedicated and hard-working organisers on the ground

a small but supportive network of individuals with varying degrees of experience in the field of international development (to date, soccer boots and kits, 70 GBPounds and 1 computer have been donated thanks to the Facebook groups Boots for a Soccer Team , Kayiwa Fred’s Computer Club and the KJT Wales Supporters Club)

Ambitions

solving the problem of housing and caring for the 20 or so orphaned young team members who currently stay with coach Kabugo (and who do not attend school as they have no means of paying their school fees - education costs in Uganda)

developing and expanding the range of sporting, social and educational opportunities the KJT provides in the community

ultimately enabling the KJT to function successfully as a social business and to manage it’s own structural and financial affairs

The next step I envisage a collaborative blog entitled KJT International.

Interested ? Please leave a comment.

More information on the KJT can be found here :

http://www.onehelpinganother.com /

Last comment added: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:58:07 PST

Michezo Afrika International Cup

Kampala Junior Team are keenly looking forward to taking part in the Michezo Afrika International Cup tournament in Nairobi, Kenya this August.

This thread is to discuss everything to do with KJT's Michezo ambitions!

Last comment added: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:58:09 PDT

Kampala Kids League

In a Front Porch discussion, Evvy Bryning said:

Just caught up with this. Fred, have you contacted the KKL (Kampala Kids League) yet. You should. They have been in operation since 2003 and now have over 14,000 Ugandan kids playing football. The man who founded it is Trevor Dudley and he could be a great help to you. Christina and I both know him personally and he does really good work and is very dedicated. Check out his website at http://kampalakidsleague.org/_/

I've left a message in that thread to say I've started a discussion about this here in the Kampala Junior Team group.

edited to add link

Last comment added: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:44:56 PST