winner, most recommended project experiences from the field 2013 one hen campaign innovation...
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WINNER, MOST RECOMMENDED PROJECT
EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD 2013
ONE HEN CAMPAIGN
INNOVATION EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
HistoryFounded in 2009 by University of Nairobi students.
How it works◦ IEP gives rural Kenyan women
and youth a “micro-loan” of an indigenous hen and a cage.
◦ IEP trains beneficiaries on entrepreneurship, poultry management, agribusiness, financial management, adaptation to climate change, value chain linkages, and other cross-cutting issues.
What is the One Hen Campaign?
Economic self-sufficiency among youth and women.
Source of income from selling eggs and chicken.
Beneficiaries’ Savings & Credit Cooperative Society where they access finance as a group and obtain cheap credit, share dividends, and create market linkages for products.
Basic business/financial literacy skills.
Results for Beneficiaries
Improved food security from increased consumption of eggs, chicken, and indigenous vegetables produced by kitchen gardens well nourished by chicken manure.
Reliable database on production and the costs of different production systems (in progress).
Cottage industry blossomed in villages to manufacture chicken feed locally.
Reduction of urban migration as youth and women create enterprises that employ staff.
Plays an important cultural role.
Results for the Community
Lack enough resources to deliver services to all members
Poor terrain (impassable roads during rainy season)
Political interference
Need technical expertise in setting up structures for our business model
High cost of chicken feed
Current Challenges
Awards
Strategic Partnerships
Funding Support for:o Transportation/o Motor vehicleso Trainingo Feedingo Treatments and
Vaccinationso Construction costs for
Ultra-modern village poultry houses
o Office equipment
Invitation to Join Us
INNOVATION EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
1ST FLOOR, TWIN PLAZA BUILDING
KEROKA TOWN, BEHIND TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES
P.O BOX 817 -40202, KEROKA
www.iepkenya.org
(020) 81-55-003
+254 726 639 110, +254 727 045 571
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