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PPF - Partner
Project Facilitation
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What is it?
ICAfrica's Partner Projects Facilitation (PPF) Program allows both individuals and groups to contribute money, equipment, tools, or any other resource, to specific poverty reduction programs anywhere in Africa. Africans in
Diaspora who would wish to provide business development financial assistance to impoverished members of their extended families, or fund
community development projects in their hometowns, can also do so through the PPF program
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Are there any real-life examples?
Plenty. Here's just one: one Canadian resident donated $100 to
assist an especially impoverished farmer in Cotonou, Benin.
This cash injection was extremely critical for the farmer and
his family, who were on the edge of starvation. They
immediately rented better farmland, purchased seedlings,
cultivated mixed crops, and managed to survive through stages
of harvest. This single $100 project supported the well-being
of six people and placed the family in a stable financial
position to continue cultivations in subsequent farming seasons. |
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How does it work?
An individual or a group of people living outside Africa contributes resources for the purpose of business
development for education, food, medicine, water, or any other poverty reduction initiative.
ICAfrica then uses its contacts on the ground to executive this request, and considers it a donation to ICAfrica. This partner then receives a full project report, as well as a tax
deductible receipt (only for Canadian contributions).
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How do I participate?
To participate in our PPF program, send us an e-mail, complete with desired project and amount to be donated. Keep in mind that no donation is too small.
For example, an average micro-credit project for a team of
10 village women costs about $1000 (10 x $100). If you do not have a specific project in
mind, contact us, and we would be more than happy to assist you in finding one.
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What are some sample projects?
The projects listed in the table below are good examples. However, the total list of possible projects is exhaustive. They include, but are not limited
to entrepreneurial type projects like micro-loans advances to teams of 10 to 20
village/small-town women/men, enterprise projects to help repair playgrounds in your old primary school; setup
skills-to-jobs training centers for young men and women; help fund borehole water supply in a particular village.
Opportunities are endless.
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For
more information, please send email to:
admin@icafrica.com
or write to:
The Executive Director
ICAfrica
207 Bank Street, Suite 462
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada K2P 2N2
Tel: 613-371-9800
email: eugene_nzeribe@icafrica.com
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Sample
Projects
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PROJECTS
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LOCATIONS
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DESCRIPTION
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APPROX. COST |
| Cameroon
- Women Micro-credit |
Douala,
Cameroon |
Micro loan to enable
20 impoverished women in a community business development team to expand
and diversify their super-micro
businesses and begin to earn incomes of at least $5 a day each, to
support and bring their families above
the poverty line.($100 per woman) |
$2,000 |
| Kenya
Women Micro-credit |
Nairobi,
Kenya |
Micro loan to enable 50 impoverished women in several
districts around Nairobi & Kimende to expand their super-micro
businesses and begin to earn income that brings their families above
the poverty line.($100 per woman) |
$5,000 |
| Uganda
Women Micro-credit |
Kampala
region |
Micro loan to enable 20 impoverished women in several
districts around Kampala to expand their super-micro businesses and
begin to earn income that brings their families above the poverty
line. |
$2,000 |
| Internet cafe |
Abakaliki, Nigeria |
Will provide internet services to a community of
100,000. |
$5,000 |
| Widows
micro-loan project |
Lagos, Nigeria |
This organization encompasses 138 widowed women trained in making soap, candles, perfumes, etc. Needs capital to setup various ventures, creating an estimated 20 jobs. |
$10,000 |
| Beauty salon |
Enugu, Nigeria |
Salon will provide high-end hair, nail, and skin-care services and beauty products. Will immediately create seven full-time jobs at start-up. |
$4,000 |
| Grass-cutter farm |
Ngor-Okpala, Nigeria |
Young, 22-year-old man seeking investment as a source of livelihood for his six siblings and aging parents. |
$1,500 |
| Ghana rural water borehole |
Tarkwa, Ghana |
Venture looking to provide borehole drilling and water supply services, starting with Tarkwa - a community of 10,000. Will create approximately 30 jobs. |
$85,000 |
| HIV care training |
Murera, Kenya |
Organization looking after HIV patients
and their families need micro-enterprise establishment micro-loans for
family members of HIV patients. Will create approximately 15 jobs. |
$25,000 |
| Farm equipment rental |
Tamale, Ghana |
Entrepreneurs will use funds to acquire additional rental equipment. Will create 10 new jobs, and help local farmers increase
production. |
$25,000 |
| Internet service provider |
Abakaliki, Nigeria |
Entrepreneur
needs micro-loan to provide public internet access to the surrounding
community and university. Expects to create 20 new middle class
jobs within 12 months. |
$15,000 |
| Women's micro-venture |
Onitsha, Nigeria |
Osugbo Market Women's Association looking for investment to create 20
separate micro-ventures, generating 20 jobs. |
$2,000 |
| Restaurant |
Bamenda, Cameroon |
Entrepreneur would like to open a small restaurant in his community, creating two immediate jobs. |
$488 |
| Hair salon |
Bamenda, Cameroon |
Mbone Helen would like to operate a hair salon, but needs to acquire driers and retail products. Would create two immediate positions. |
$400 |
| Sewing service venture |
Bamenda, Cameroon |
Middle-aged woman needs to replace her sewing machine to open a new garment making venture. |
$244 |
| Farming co-operative |
Egbema, Nigeria |
Assist 100 peasant farm families to collectively develop a sustainable food production co-operative, employing 200 people.
($1800 / family) |
$180,000
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