Youth Inclusive Dairy Market System - Mastercard Foundation
Status
active
Period
2022 - 2028
In Partnership With
Ripple Effect Uganda works with smallholder farming households, targeting rural women, refugees, youth, orphaned, and vulnerable children, and persons with disabilities to overcome poverty and malnutrition by increasing agricultural production and productivity, developing on- and off-farm enterprises, increasing access to finance and non-financial development services, building resilience to climate change, teaching natural resource management techniques, and addressing gender inequality. In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Effect is implementing the Youth Inclusive Dairy Market System intervention to unlock barriers to young people’s participation in the dairy sector. To help young people find work, the program uses tried-and-true models, including the Village Agent, Community Animal Health Worker, and Collective Marketing models.
Target Impact
Socio – economic empowerment of 50,000 young women and men in Southwestern Uganda to access dignified and fulfilling work in the dairy sector.
Target: 50,000 Youth in Work
Geographical location: 9 districts in western Uganda: Rubirizi, Mitooma, Bushenyi, Sheema, Ntungamo, Isingiro, Kamwenge, Ibanda, Mbarara
Objectives:
Increase access to quality skilling and skills utilization in the dairy value chain by the young people.
Increase growth of business enterprises for the young people in the dairy value chain
Enable 50,000 young people to access on and off farm employment and establish profitable enterprises in the dairy value chain.
Impact to Date
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35,000
Skilled 35,000 young people in dairy production and its value addition.
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52,000
Enabled 52,000 young people to access work opportunities (3,000 young women).
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11
Onboarded 11 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) to extend affordable financial products and services to young people.
Partnership Focus
Business and entrepreneurship skilling of young people in the dairy value chain.
Strengthen linkages between markets for dairy products and youth enterprises.
Strengthen access to formal and informal business financing.
Provide of appropriate Business Development Services to grow youth dairy enterprises.
Facilitate contract signing between young people’s enterprises and milk off–takers.
Facilitate establishment of new and strengthen the existing Milk Collection Centre to serve as youth incubation centres.