Masindi Community Foundation
Post Office Box 368
Masindi, East Africa 256
Uganda
Mission
To mobilize and endow resources for the promotion and facilitation of asset based development so as to enable local citizens establish and manage sustainable social enterprises capable of improving their livelihoods and helping them achieve poverty relief.
Most Meaningful Change
The foundation has established/works with the following social enterprises among others; 26 charcoal briquette producing social enterprises(farmers producing effective charcoal briquettes from postharvest agricultural wastes which are available in plenty normally after harvest as opposed to the traditional system of deforestation for charcoal production); so as to provide income/capital for the groups. The 26 charcoal briquette social enterprises (each social enterprise containing 25 members) have so far yielded total income of more than USD 6,000 to the groups. According to each charcoal briquette social enterprise, 60% of the income from the sale of the briquettes is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of a given social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like poultry, piggery etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. Budongo Basket Weavers Association, BUBWA. BUBWA is an only women-association/social enterprise consisting of 210 women. The social enterprise has been successful in linking her asset of traditional expertise in embroidery to available market opportunities for the baskets provided by hundreds of tourists who flock Budongo forest, one of the key tourist attractions in Uganda to see the various primates, key among them chimpanzees. The foundation facilitated BUBWA with quality embroidery for use in the production of the baskets. We also partnered with a local consultant who helped the women adapt their crafts to be more appealing to the tourists. BUBWA currently earns an average monthly income of between USD 20-USD 40 from basket production. According to the social enterprise, 60% of the income from the sale of the crafts is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of the social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like apiary, aviary etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. A rice-processing centre in Nyabyeya Budongo subcounty. The facility/social enterprise is benefitting 158 rice producers. Here 60% of the income from the sale of the crafts is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of the social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like salon, bakery etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. A maize-processing facility in Kigezi, Miirya subcounty. The facility has brought milling services closer to the people, while doing so at a reduced fee. The income obtained from the milling services is injected into the community’s savings box which shall then provide small interest loans to community members to establish sustainable micro-enterprises capable of improving their livelihoods towards achieving poverty relief. Note: MCF's measure of impact is the total monthly income obtained by the community members. Currently over 3,000 people earn monthly income of atleast $100,000 from MCF's interventions; of which atleast 1,000 are female beneficiaries.
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Organization | Masindi Community Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address 1 | Plot 54 Persee Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address 2 | Post Office Box 368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City / Town | Masindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
State / Region | East Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ZIP / Postal Code | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continent | Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map Address (If Different) | Post Office Box 368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map City / Town (If Different) | Masindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map Country (If Different) | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phone | 256465420090 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mcf@mcfuganda.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.mcfuganda.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Leader (Name, Title) | Mr. Kirungi Micheal, Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Name | Micheal Kirungi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Position | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foundation at a Glance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Founded | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mission Statement | To mobilize and endow resources for the promotion and facilitation of asset based development so as to enable local citizens establish and manage sustainable social enterprises capable of improving their livelihoods and helping them achieve poverty relief. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Description | Community philanthropy organisation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Description | MCF exists to; • Establish, promote and maintain sound community-rooted growth funds, to facilitate and promote asset based development as a model that enables communities establish and manage sustainable social enterprises capable of improving their livelihoods and helping them achieve poverty relief. • Facilitate establishment of saving and loan schemes for social enterprises for sustainability and to enable members access very low interest loans to invest in their enterprises and hence increase income levels. • Facilitate linkages between social enterprises and prospective markets like agricultural companies, schools and other agencies. • Work in partnership with other development partners to ensure that key services like extension services, inputs, access to finance and business development services are availed to the social enterprises. • Engage other development actors like the government to create favorable environment for social enterprises. • Support through grantmaking initiatives of formally established community based organizations, CBOs directed towards tackling issues which negatively impact on the social enterprises. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximate Size of the Population Serviced | 669,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Paid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Unpaid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Board Members | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Information (in U.S. Dollars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Total Income in Last Fiscal Year | $368,106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Gifts Income in Last Fiscal Year | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Total Expenditures in Last Fiscal Year | $328,572 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Grantmaking Budget in Last Fiscal Year | $12,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does Organization Have an Endowment | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value of Endowment (or Financial Reserves) as of the End of Last Fiscal Year | $74,584 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in Financial Status Over Last Three Years | Significant improvement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Most Meaningful Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most Meaningful Change that Organization Has Helped to Bring About in the Last Three Years | The foundation has established/works with the following social enterprises among others; 26 charcoal briquette producing social enterprises(farmers producing effective charcoal briquettes from postharvest agricultural wastes which are available in plenty normally after harvest as opposed to the traditional system of deforestation for charcoal production); so as to provide income/capital for the groups. The 26 charcoal briquette social enterprises (each social enterprise containing 25 members) have so far yielded total income of more than USD 6,000 to the groups. According to each charcoal briquette social enterprise, 60% of the income from the sale of the briquettes is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of a given social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like poultry, piggery etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. Budongo Basket Weavers Association, BUBWA. BUBWA is an only women-association/social enterprise consisting of 210 women. The social enterprise has been successful in linking her asset of traditional expertise in embroidery to available market opportunities for the baskets provided by hundreds of tourists who flock Budongo forest, one of the key tourist attractions in Uganda to see the various primates, key among them chimpanzees. The foundation facilitated BUBWA with quality embroidery for use in the production of the baskets. We also partnered with a local consultant who helped the women adapt their crafts to be more appealing to the tourists. BUBWA currently earns an average monthly income of between USD 20-USD 40 from basket production. According to the social enterprise, 60% of the income from the sale of the crafts is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of the social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like apiary, aviary etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. A rice-processing centre in Nyabyeya Budongo subcounty. The facility/social enterprise is benefitting 158 rice producers. Here 60% of the income from the sale of the crafts is divided equally among the members, 20% is injected into the operational fund, OF to meet the operating costs of the social enterprise and 20% is injected into the Savings Scheme Fund to provide very low interest loans to members of the social enterprise to set up other personal micro-enterprises like salon, bakery etc. The foundation offers continuous mentoring and training to the social enterprises during PME to increase their efficiencies in improving livelihoods for poverty relief. A maize-processing facility in Kigezi, Miirya subcounty. The facility has brought milling services closer to the people, while doing so at a reduced fee. The income obtained from the milling services is injected into the community’s savings box which shall then provide small interest loans to community members to establish sustainable micro-enterprises capable of improving their livelihoods towards achieving poverty relief. Note: MCF's measure of impact is the total monthly income obtained by the community members. Currently over 3,000 people earn monthly income of atleast $100,000 from MCF's interventions; of which atleast 1,000 are female beneficiaries. |