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Example  Of  Project  Proposal 

Project  Proposal

Title: Agro-vet  Store  and  Horticulture  Project

Time:  Frame   /   Project  Period

Month:Year     to   Month:Year

Name:    Cheborgei  Locational  Otige  Micro-finance  Group

Funds  Request: ............................

Vision:  To  Improve  People's  Standard  Of  Living

Mission:  Working  Together  To  Build  a  Better  Future

Executive  Summary

The micro-financial group aims to start a project which will gradually alleviate hunger and poverty among rural people. The already pooled resources are not enough to start a viable project.They are then seeking a willing donor to help them overcome financial constrain.

Once the funds are available they will apply for an income generating project.This will enable them to raise their income and to repay loaned funds.

All group members will participate in the group's activities, by way of contributing funds and any other practical work.

At the end of the project period, in view of each member, is expected to have improved his/her economy.

The group is community based organisation which draws its members from sub-locations. The group is formed and set up by-laws for the start of the project period.

Assisting  Partners  ( Network)

The group is expected to be self-sustaining during the period.The partner would continue to be an institution that would network with the group.This is in the way providing any needed training and technical advisory services through their savings and cooperative staff.

The ministry of social services would provide the legal framework in which the group would operate.The DSDO would be contacted whenever there is any issue that requires ministerial guidance.The community development assistant would work with the management of the group at the grass root level

Background

The idea of group formation and subsequent proposal of the project came after short courses conducted by  Litein AIC Community Cottage department.Some community members earlier had been trained in TBA and HBC. Litein AIC Hospital realised that they should offer a course that would help community members manage and utilize their domestic resources well.

The micro-finance course came about and the facilitator of the training suggested that the best way to implement the ideas gained from the training was to form a group by the graduands. Cheborgei Locational Otige Micro-finance Group was formed in December 2006 and registered by the ministry of Culture, Sports and Social Services in January 2007.The group conducted merry-go-round with fourty one registered members. At the time of preparing the proposal,the merry-go-round was about to complete a circle through all members.

Objectives

The overall objective of the group is to improve the standard of living for each member of the group.This is by way of pooling the members finance resources, by creating a capital base.The capital obtained will enable the group to start a project of choice.Since the group would get a fiscal orientation, and create a revolving fund.Loan may be borrowed from the fund by members for their individual needs.In addition to the group's joint capital, set apart as a revolving fund and the group would start  an enterprise such as Agro-vet Store or Horticulture project.

Goals

When everything has been put in place for each member:

(a) may source capital on easy term.

(b) Has a source of income from the enterprise.

(c) His/her economic position improved.

(d) Their bargaining power as a group would do better future.

(e) The same benefits would be felt at family level.

Beneficiaries  Of  The  Project

The immediate beneficiaries of the project are group members and their families.The community members benefit from employment of certain cadres of workers with skills and enterprising members of the community may follow suite and form similar groups.

Work  Plan

The three executive members will be responsiple for the activities of the group.Some technical experts from other institutions maybe invited to provide certain technical advisory services.The project work plan will run for the time frame as tabulated below.

Activity                 Time  frame

Training                July  to  December  2006

Registration          January  2007

Of the group

Merry-go-round    From  January in 2007

Capital acc.             August  2007

Budget

Item                  Estimates          Sponsor

Plot purchase   100,000             Donor

Group                    

Contribution         50,000

Next  Request:   350,000

Agro-vet investment details in a separate sheet.

Farm  investment details in a separate sheet

Monitoring  and  evaluation

The operations, activities and business of the group will be opened to monitoring and evaluation by officers from the ministry of culture, Sports and Social Services and the Ministry of Cooperative Development.

The areas to be surveyed include administration, management of group resources and finances.The surveillance of the group will generally be done on yearly basis. Audit books accounts will be viewed and analysed.

Project  Management

  Management of the project will basically in the hands of the executive members and the elected committee members.They will request technical management input from other institutions, such external services include accounting and auditing. As the progress is made,the group will train or employ an accounts assistant.

Sustainability

The project is expected to be sustainable under the group management as stipulated in the by-laws.when a member cease membership could sell his/her membership shares to another person.

A members list and certificate of registration will be attached to the proposal.

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