Experience

Seedloans

• Uganda
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Operations Specialist

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Providing seeds as micro loans to small holder farmers. Providing seeds as micro loans to small holder farmers.



Ouroots Africa

• Founder/Project Manager Team Lead

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Did you know that plastic straws simply break down into smaller and smaller particles, releasing chemicals into the soil, air, and water that are harmful to land and sea animals, plants, people, and the environment? Did you know that a single plastic straw takes 200 years to decompose? Plastic is everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highest mountain, in the polar zones as well as in every desert and on every beach. Ouroots Africa is a social enterprise that takes on the plastic challenge. Our goal is to make the world a better place by developing sustainable, natural alternatives to single-use plastic ♻️. Ouroots Africa is a social enterprise founded in May 2019. Our goal is to provide sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic while supporting rural women's communities. We are in a constant process of innovating and finding more sustainable alternatives that benefit the individual, the community, and the environment. Our philosophy is: just as we grow food, we can grow our products for everyday use, just as our ancestors did before plastic was invented. Our raw materials are grown by rural women farmers, whose expertise is very important to us. The high-quality materials we are provided with are crucial to achieving excellent end products. Each Luseke straw and loofa is carefully handmade by rural women👩🏾🌾. We value our partnership, pay them a fair wage and ensure good working conditions. Thanks to Ouroots Africa, they can now contribute to their family income.



Uganics Repellents

• Uganda
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales And Marketing Representative

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  Malaria remains one of today’s major global health challenges. It perpetuates slow socio-economic development and poverty. In Uganda, malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. More than two-thirds of malaria deaths are children below the age of 5. Uganda has one of the highest malaria transmission rates in the world, with approximately 16 million cases reported in 2013. Especially the rural population lacks the financial capacity to purchase protective measures such as repellents or mosquito nets. The Ugandan Government often distributes mosquito nets; however, these only protect during sleep. The socio-economic impact of malaria includes treatment costs the poor can often not afford, as well as long distances in rural areas to reach health facilities. Severe malaria further impairs children’s learning and cognitive ability by as much as 60%. Since over 50% of the population in Uganda are below the age of 15, the negative educational and economic impact is enormous. Soap is an everyday product even extremely poor families in Africa use almost daily. Uganics sells organic mosquito repellent soap in rural Uganda at the same price as ordinary soap through a social business model. It helps mothers with children below the age of five in rural communities to prevent mosquito bites. Tourists in Uganda have high fears of malaria and like a natural way of preventing mosquitoes during their stay. Therefore, we sell our certified soap to price-insensitive resorts, lodges, and hotels with a high-profit margin to be able to cross finance and subsidize our sales to price-sensitive rural mothers at the exact same price as ordinary soap. Tourists enjoy locally made and organic repellent soap in their bathrooms while rural mothers can protect themselves and their children. The vicious cycle of poverty is broken without needing to incur behavioral changes or depending on donations.