Introduction
Tunda Mia is a food production initiative where the ultimate
goal is for everyone to be able to grow their own food that they need from the
day they were born. The day you were born can be abstract like for example the
day you were born is taken to mean the day you first heard about Tunda Mia. The
first Initiative is Tomatoe Bill which will be discussed in this document.
Imagine being able to feed yourself. Not many are able to say
that they can do this; this is what Tunda Mia is all about, Empowering people
to feed themselves.
Situation Analysis
Many of us Youth find ourselves unable
to feed ourselves hence seeking employment so that we can take care of
ourselves. Tunda Mia addresses this problem by showing the youth that you can
grow your own food as well as make income from it.
Tunda Mia is going to be huge; initiatives of publicity are a
necessary step to get the youth aware of how they can sustain themselves hence
saving money and resources. The first steps however discussed in this document
will address how to grow tomatoes.
Problem Statement
Youth find themselves mentally barred
when they face taking care of themselves, where will the money come from? They
often turn to employment applying but not getting employed, this adds to stress
and sickness is a result. They need to be able to take care of themselves but
need more answers instead of just regular employment
Objectives
1. Create a profitable tomatoe farm at
Boko.
2. Create a similar profitable farm at
Kigamboni when you save up to purchase a farm.
3. Write up similar project documents
for other vegetables.
4. Create a publicity plan.
Outputs
Here is a short list of the desired
outputs:
A1 – Individual able to achieve
self-sustenance throw growing own food.
A2 – Promising publicity initiative
able to reach the world with the successes of the individual.
Activities
1) Cultivate sufficient space to grow
enough food.
2) Buy seed and manure; plant seeds and
water.
3) Water 2 times daily.
4) Add growth fertilizer at the advised
time.
5) Find clients who will take your
produce in bulk.
6) Harvest Crop.
7) Keep some of the harvest for
yourself, sell the rest and use the money made to buy what food you don’t have.
Ghantt Chart
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Activity
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No Day’s/Time
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Comments
|
|
1.
Cultivate
Sufficient Space
|
9/5 hours
|
|
|
2.
Plant and water
|
5/3 hours 30 min
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Plant while cultivating
|
|
3.
Water twice
daily
|
60/6 hours
|
Build automatic watering system
|
|
4.
Add Growth
Fertilizer after 2 weeks from planting
|
1/4 hours 23 min
|
Ask Seed store for the correct
fertilizer
|
|
5.
Find clients
|
1/5 hours
|
See Malls like Shoppers Plaza
|
|
6.
Harvest Crop
|
1/4 hours 23 min
|
|
Budget
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Activity
|
Person
|
Comments
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Budget
|
|
1.
Cultivate
Sufficient Space
|
Reynold
|
none
|
|
|
2.
Plant and water
|
Reynold
|
Buy Seeds
|
10,000
|
|
3.
Water twice
daily
|
Reynold
|
Buy 100m pipe
|
200,000
|
|
4.
Add Growth
Fertilizer after 2 weeks from planting
|
Reynold
|
Buy fertilizer
|
300,000
|
|
5.
Find clients
|
Reynold
|
|
|
|
6.
Harvest Crop
|
Reynold
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
510,000
|
Monitoring and Evaluation
The Crop will be checked daily while watering to ascertain
its health. In terms of income we will be planting 9 sections of 40m squared.
Every 2m squared will have 32 crops which are projected to yield 36 tomatoes
that means 1,152 tomatoes from each section and this times 20 is 23,040
tomatoes per section. We will sell each tomatoe at 100/= so 2,304,000/= is to
be made per section yielding 20,736,000/= this is good profit even if you yield
half the amount it is still 10 million.
Indicators
An individual needs 1,000,000/= to
live comfortably by him/herself. The profits here are 20 times that meaning the
individual will not only sustain their selves but their families as well as
other people. This is an indicator of 2000% success!
Conclusion
Tunda Mia can be the way out of
poverty for many youth to take. I recommend this project to anyone looking to
get out of not being able to sustain their selves.
