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GULU SOAP WORKS

With peace on the horizon, Northern Uganda's war affected population is now ready, able and eager to start rebuilding the local economy. Following a fun online collaboration to fine-tune the project plan, Life in Africa community members in Gulu are now seeking start up funds to produce and market liquid soap in the region.

Scroll on down for the full proposal. Comments or questions? Please join us in the Soap Project Development Discussion

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Project Name

Gulu Soap Works

Project Location

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WE Center Gulu

(Northern Uganda)

Project Description

Gulu Soap Works is a community owned, community run liquid soap making business. The members of the community will participate on a voluntary basis and will be rewarded with community bananas (points) based on the amount of their participation that can be exchanged for cash once a month. The members will participate in the making of the soap, the packaging, and the sales and marketing of the finished product.

Funding Required

=840,000 Ushs (approx. $500)

Online Project Champion

Congratulations Munnu Morrish for all your hard work on this proposal!

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Gulu Soap Works started out as an idea Munnu championed at a global Omidyar.net community gathering that was held in Gulu in Feb. 2007. In a vote for the most fundable idea at that event, Munnu's project didn't win. But the idea didn't die, and Munnu didn't give up.

In the months since then, the global community of supporters who now gather at ned.com have excitedly offered ideas, guidance and moral support, while Munnu has learned everything he could about soap making and worked with Life in Africa community members in Gulu to fine-tune the community soap-making plan.

Feedback, kudos and friendly pokes to Munnu are definitely well deserved!

Participating LiA Members

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All 85 LiA members in Gulu will have the opportunity to learn how to make soap and participate in earning income through group production and sales.

The following LiA members have pledged to play a regular role in the project:

  1. Munnu Morrish
  2. Irene Adokorach
  3. Akena Michael
  4. Katusi Dennis
  5. Lakop Sunday
  6. Anying Santa
  7. Lamwaka Mary
  8. Oketa Robert
  9. Aciro Margaret
  10. Atim Grace

Member Project Managers

Production: Katusi Denis

Sales: Adokorach Irine (Gulu) & Ezra Kayia (Kampala)

Finances and Record keeping: Munnu Morrish

Profit Sharing

All participating members will earn community bananas

  1. 2 hours of production = 1 banana
  2. Each liter sold by member = 1 banana

LiA community members in Kampala will be eligible to earn bananas for selling the liquid soap that's made by their friends in Gulu.

Starting Budget

Equipment Required

  1. Universal-wide range PH indicator of 1-14 or 2-10.5
 =6500 (Litmus Paper)
  1. Mingling(mixing) stick
 =2500
  1. Weighing scale
 =7500
  1. Gas Mask
 =6000
  1. Containers(3)
 =18000
  1. Water tank(1)
 =15000
  1. Rubber Gloves(3)
 =18000
  1. Safety Glasses(3)
 =18000
  1. Misc. Equipment Fund
 =16900

Total............................... 108,400 Ushs

Chemicals needed to make 500 litre

  1. 20 kg sulphonic Acid
 =125,000 Ushs
  1. 5kg Caustic soda (sodium Hydroxide)
 =50,000 Ushs
  1. 20kg Tibro /Ungerol/Slies
 =137,500 Ushs
  1. 4 kg Urea
 =7500 Ushs
  1. 4 kg Sodium Metasilicate
 =40,000 Ushs
  1. 1 kg colour (Apple Green)
 =35,000Ushs
  1. 1 kg Perfume (Lemon,Lavender)
 =40,000 Ushs
  1. 400 litres Water
 =2500 Ushs
  1. 5 kg Salt
 =15,000 Ushs

Total................................... 461,600

Misc. Costs

  1. Labels....(40 stickers on the containers)
 =40,000 Ushs
  1. Packing 5,10 and 20 litre jerican plus (recycled water bottles)
 =35,000 Ushs
  1. Marketing
 =50,000 Ushs
  1. Transport cost
 =60,000 Ushs
  1. Money Transfer Fees
 =40,000 Ushs
  1. Unplanned Expenses
 =45,000 Ushs

Total............................................ =270,000 Ushs

Grand total........................................ =840,000 Ushs

Projected Profits

Pricing:

  1. 20 Liter with Container
 =30,000 Ushs
  1. 10 Liter with Container
 =15,000 Ushs
  1. 5 Liter with Container
 =7,500 Ushs
  1. 20 Liter without Container
 =26,500 Ushs
  1. 10 Liter without Container
 =13,500 Ushs
  1. 5 Liter without Container
 =6,750 Ushs
  1. 1 Liter with Container
 =1,200 Ushs
  1. 1 Liter without Container
 =1,000 Ushs

A 500 Liter Batch will sell for =750,000 Ushs

Less cost of approximately =500,00 Ushs

Profit per 500 Liter batch is approximately =250,000 Ushs

10% into the Community project fund = 25,000 Ushs

25% into Banana fund for production = 62.500 Ushs

25% into Banana fund for sellers = 62,500 Ushs

40% into Gulu Soapworks fund for expansion = 100,000 Ushs

The 10% Community project share will remain constant

The Banana % will increase as the project becomes financially solvent

The expanson % will decrease as the project becomes financially solvent

How YOU can support Gulu Soap Works

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  1. PLEASE VOTE for the Gulu Soap Works project in the Razoo SpeedGranting process at Facebook before 30 September 2007!
  2. After you've voted, please recruit 10 friends in your facebook network to vote. (Feel free to do that again tomorrow if you've got more than 10 friends to recruit!)
  3. Head on over to Razoo, and let your network there know you've completed this act to support entrepreneurship in the developing world
  4. Recruit others at Razoo network to complete the act too!

Suggestions, questions, encouragements? Please join us in the Soap Project Development Discussion

Page name: Project Proposal
Last editor: Christina Jordan (158)
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:10:20 PST
Tags:  africa community facebook gulu income-generation lifeinafrica online-fundraising razoo soap uganda
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