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Solution overview

Our Solution

ORGANIC ILEMBA

Tagline

Improving food and nutrition security of Vulnerable Populations in Taita Taveta County, Kenya, through Access to Fishery products.

Pitch us on your solution

The essential micronutrients play a significant role in metabolic activities and energy storage in the human body, particularly in women during menstruation and pregnancy, and in children during normal growth and development.

The prevalence of anemia in preschool children ranges from 42% to 53% in East Africa with fish we believe it will address this. Through our solution on fish Farming using Cages we will be able to increase accessibility of nutrition in our Rural communities in Taita Taveta county and able to reach the malnourished ones.

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What is the problem you are solving?

There is an urgent need to solve the problem of micronutrient malnutrition that is prevalent among young children and women in Taita Taveta not only in this region but also across Africa.

Who are you serving?

Particularly in women during menstruation and pregnancy, and in children during normal growth and development. like The prevalence of anemia in preschool children ranges from 42% to 53% in East Africa.we believe we this project we can solve the problem.

What is your solution?

Our Mission

To further organic and sustainable agriculture in arid and semi-arid region, food security, landscape restoration, and lifestyles in East Africa.

Our aim at the moment is to Improving food and nutrition security through Cage fish farming at Lake Challa in Taveta Sub-county, Taita Taveta county in Kenya. Due to fish has the highest protein we intend to use modern fish farming techniques, (cage farming) where maximum production is possible. This will make the economy strong and ensure availability of required nutritious food the targeted malnourished. With this structure it will also create great source of employment for the unemployed youths from farming to the Market segment.

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Reduce barriers to healthy physical, mental, and emotional development for vulnerable populations
Enable parents and caregivers to support their children’s overall development

Where is your solution team headquartered?

Wundanyi, Kenya

Our solution's stage of development:

Prototype

More about your solution

Select one of the below:

New application of an existing technology

Describe what makes your solution innovative.

Using of modern fish farming techniques (Cage Farming) maximum production is possible.And due to High demand of fish we will be able to reach required targeted number of household which are malnourished on the project first phase compared to other techniques.

Describe the core technology that your solution utilizes.

One of the benefits of fish cage farming is the ease of harvesting the fish. Fish may be removed with a hand-held net and processed.

Cage aquaculture involves the growing of fishes in existing water resources while being enclosed in a net cage which allows free flow of water.

In view of the high production attainable in cage culture system, it can play a significant role in increasing the overall fish production.
Cage culture also offers the farmer a chance to utilize existing water resources in which most cases have only limited use for other purposes.

Also our ORGANIC FISH FEEDS from Cassava leaves

Food is critical to aquaculture because it usually constitutes over 50% of production costs,and also because it provides the energy inputs necessary to achieve maximal growth.

The high protein content &nutritive value of cassava leaves are well documented.Cassava leaf yields amounting to as much as 4.60tonnes dry matter per hectare may be produced as a by-product at root harvest.

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Indigenous Knowledge
Behavioral Design
Social Networks

Why do you expect your solution to address the problem?

Taita Taveta has deteriorated significantly to critical levels, where 1 out of 4 children is acutely malnourished. Due to poverty, lack of food and other essential resources for survival, 33% of children stunted the age of five are stunted(low-height-for age), 22% of these children are wasted (low-weight-for age) while 43% of the total population is chronically undernourished. This call for immediate and urgent scaling up of nutrition services delivery structures to effectively target households with nutrition vulnerability.

Select the key characteristics of the population your solution serves.

Women & Girls
Pregnant Women
Children and Adolescents
Rural Residents

In which countries do you currently operate?

Kenya

In which countries will you be operating within the next year?

Kenya

How many people are you currently serving with your solution? How many will you be serving in one year? How about in five years?

Able to generate 12MT of fish to reach 3,000 households which are malnourished.Also to scale by adding more than 20 cages from the profit we will generate from the first phase, so to reach our 3 years target of 50,000 households which includes schools.

What are your goals within the next year and within the next five years?

to reach 3,000 households which are malnourished on our first phase, and 3 years target of 50,000 households which includes schools.

What are the barriers that currently exist for you to accomplish your goals for the next year and for the next five years?

Facing challenges as Organic Ilemba is what makes us to grow strong and skilful but none which are bigger than our will and tenacity to push forward and achieve our short, medium, long-term and ultimate goals. Financial challenges, encountering bureaucratic elements in different institutions, lack of adequate and relevant data amongst others.

How are you planning to overcome these barriers?

Our financial challenge we hope to solve it Through fundraising, applying for equity or grant application.

If your solution has a website, provide a link here:

http://www.twitter.com/organicilemba

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http://www.twitter.com/organicilemba

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About your team

Select an option below:

For-Profit

If you selected other for the organization question, please explain here.

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How many people work on your solution team?

NesphoryMwambai
C.E.O
Leonard Mwadime
Sales and marketing

Gilbert Kichoi
Communication and Technology

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Technical Manager

Tabitha Mbuchi Nyaramba
Financial Manager

Mariana Ndungu
Nutritionist

Haward Atubwa
Environmental educator

For how many years have you been working on your solution?

2

Why are you and your team best-placed to deliver this solution?

NesphoryMwambai
C.E.O
He is a holder of Diploma in Computer science and certificates in Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness and (CompTIA Security+, CLOUD+, CISA, CompTIA N+, CompTIA A+, ICDL) From Computer Pride college and CybraryIT

Leonard Mwadime
Sales and Marketing Manager
He hold a Degree in journalism and Media studies from university of Nairobi.
Broadcast Journalism as Managing Editor, The pot News

Gilbert Kichoi
Communication and Technology
Software Developer and IT Project Operations Manager, he hold a Degree in Computer Science, and runs an ICT company. He aims to implement ICT innovations in agribusiness.

Jaxon shako motto
Technical Manager
Diploma in theology and Development at Bishop Hannington Institute Mombasa, Bachelor’s Degree in Divinity at St Paul University Limuru

Tabitha Mbuchi Nyaramba
Financial Manager
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and Resource management at Maasai Mara University

Mariana Ndungu
Nutritionist
She Hold a Bachelor of Science in food nutrition and dietetics at University of Nairobi

Haward Atubwa
Environmental educator
He holds a Bachelor of Science in wildlife Enterprise and management at Chuka University

George E. Mjomba
Aquaculturist / ecologist Mentor / Advisor
Bsc fisheries & Aquatic Science at Moi University. 35yrs of experience in fisheries and 28 yrs practical participatory experience in Aquaculture & extension services.

With what organizations are you currently partnering, if any? How are you working with them?

Taita Taveta County Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries (Fisheries Department) , Taita Taveta University (school of Agricultural , earth and environmental sciences ) , Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Nailab

Your business model & funding

Partnership potential

Why are you applying to Solve?

We believe as a young Enterprise such as ours run by youths, partnership and mentorship from experience players will create a position for us to accelerate our Innovation, validate our impact and business model, and scale our innovative solution.

What types of connections and partnerships would be most catalytic for your solution?

Business model
Technology
Funding and revenue model
Legal
Monitoring and evaluation

If you selected Other, please explain here.

n/a

With what organizations would you like to partner, and how would you like to partner with them?

Organisation which are working on SDGs 1,2,3.

If you would like to apply for the AI Innovations Prize, describe how you and your team will utilize the prize to advance your solution. If you are not already using AI in your solution, explain why it is necessary for your solution to be successful and how you plan to incorporate it.

We believe AI and big data can help us improve our model of early childhood development by create concrete data on % percentage of Malnutrition in the community. By pin pointing villages to villages data in the county.

If you would like to apply for the Innovation for Women Prize, describe how you and your team will utilize the prize to advance your solution.

The fund will enable us to install more than 5 cages on the Lake of (10 x 10 x 3m depth) with this type of a cage can hold upto 32,000 fingerlings.we intend to start with 9,000 fingerlings With the rate of mortality of 10% and survival rate of 90% our estimate harvest per cage will be 8,100 fish. Also purchase of fish Feeds,solar power Freezer container,fish fingerlings then the other goes to labour & staffing.The fund will enable us to generate 60MT of fish each year from the 5Cages so we can be able to reach 15,000 households which are malnourished.Our target for 3year is to reach our target of 50,000 households which includes schools.

If you would like to apply for the Innospark Ventures Prize, describe how you and your team will utilize the prize to advance your solution. If your solution utilizes data, describe how you will ensure that the data is sourced, maintained, and used ethically and responsibly.

The fund will enable us to install more than 5 cages on the Lake of (10 x 10 x 3m depth) with this type of a cage can hold upto 32,000 fingerlings. we intend to start with 9,000 fingerlings With the rate of mortality of 10% and survival rate of 90% our estimate harvest per cage will be 8,100 fish. Also purchase of fish Feeds, solar power Freezer container, fish fingerlings then the other goes to labour & staffing. The fund will enable us to generate 60MT of fish each year from the 5Cages so we can be able to reach 15,000 households which are malnourished.Our target for 3year is to reach our target of 50,000 households which includes schools.