PROGRAMMES
Programme number with the prefix A shows they are benefiting from ActionInvest. H shows it is a pure HR&S programme.
ON-GOING
No
Name
Country
Partners
Start
Status
Ambition
Outcome, Impact & Lessons learned
A3
Community services through small scale businesses
Togo
S.E.VIE, M.YAWO, L&D
2011
On-going
Support villagers to start and run a business, while also providing access to school for their children.
Began 2011 with S.E.VIE. SEVIE preferred to move the programme to Tsevie in 2019. Restart 2019 with L&D.
A4
Table banking
Kenya
Amani Women Group
2011
On-going
Facilitate for villagers to have access to loans for their businesses.
Supporting the structure already established with more funds, so that they can increase the size of the loans.
A6
Ghetto survey of Former Child Soldiers
Liberia
IDEFOCS
2013
On-going
Learn from ghetto dwellers about their ambitions and challenges.
Completed survey report and advice for framing programme A19.
A19
Botanical Reintegration Village
Liberia
IDEFOCS
2014
On-going
Provide re-integration support to former child soldiers and women who went with fighting forces, based on the surveys mentioned in A6.
We have procured land in Little Basa, built a reintegration home, cleared farmland, planted crops and offered coaching to a ten Target partners.
A21
Raising awareness about early pregnancies
Togo
S.E.VIE
2016
On-hold and the restarted through Renaud.
Jeanette: Community members; girls, boys, mothers, fathers, teachers and other stakeholders are provided with awareness raising about the consequences for a girl, if she becomes pregnant. Face-to-face meetings are arranged where the topic is openly discussed.
Renaud 2022; the objective of the project is to strengthen awareness of women or girls who are victims of aggression in order to help them overcome the stage of guilt and to denounce without fear and above all in anonymity their attackers through a platform digital downloadable and operational 24 hours a day.
Remember that this platform will be piloted by law practitioners, health professionals and practising psychologists It is expected at the end of this project, the reduction of the rate of raped and abused women. The aggressors must become aware of the legal penalty they incur through their acts. towards the victims
This platform will be the first of its kind in West Africa or perhaps in all of Africa, I believe that the state will also have its card to play, that is to say that the Ministries of Justice and Health will be involved and will also finance.
Successfully planned by SEVIE but an international fundraising campaign failed. To be continued through L&D.
A231
Small scale businesses in urban vulnerable settlements
Uganda
Open
2017
On-going
People with small-scale businesses in vulnerable settlements in Kampala, are supported with coaching and start-up loans, in case they want to scale-up their businesses.
This programme was initiated in 2017 with 256 Creative Arts. We made a survey in the community and started giving out small loans and provide coaching. The pay-back was not as agreed and 256 Creative Arts proposed a school for hair-dressers. See A232. The collaboration with 256 Creative Arts was concluded in 2021 and we are seeking a new partner.
A232
Beauty salons
Uganda
Open
2017
On-going
The business idea is that trained hairdressers from Kamwokya will be employed. 40 young girls took an examination with Creative Arts.
This programme was initiated in 2017 with 256 Creative Arts that proposed a school for hair-dressers. The collaboration around the salon with 256 Creative Arts was concluded in 2021 and we are seeking a new partner.
A25
Tailoring in urban vulnerable settlements
Kenya
Dolas Creation
2018
On-going
Dolas Creation has a tailoring production business in Kibera, a vulnerable settlement in Nairobi, and the ambition is to support scaling the business.
We have agreed to collaborate and are discussing the structure.
A27
Accreditation of Scientific laboratory
Burkina Faso
Senexel
2020
On-going
The ambition is to accreditate chemical scientific laboratories in Burkina Faso and ensure business through selling chemical analyses.
Knowledge sharing, consultation by HR&S Expert advisers, and internship arrangements by HR&S Branch Burkina contributed to the accreditation process at SENEXEL. The first phase of the collaboration was concluded in 2021. We remain in contact.
A28
Tailoring business – bed runners
Kenya
Veema Households
2021
On-going
PMP: Manufacture bed-runners and sell to hotels etc.
H&S: Scale a small business with woman CEO, create employment opportunities, create awareness about accounting and business planning.
1st loan paid.
A29
Cold storage for fish
Liberia
Little Bassa Community
2021
On-going
PMP: Enable sales of fish during a longer period of time as a result of cold storage.
HR&S: Empower villagers in Little Bassa to have improved livelihood. Little Bassa is chosen to empower relations where the BRV is located.
First loan transferred to Branch Liberia.
A30
Coffee
Uganda
Kimu Cofee
2021
On-going
PMP: Start and scale a coffee businesses.
HR&S: Empower small scale farmers by providing ab buyer. Create employment opportunites.
CEO is the team-leader so loan provided by external investor, reimbursement to CEO through locally raised funds at local branch.
A31
Small loans to individual at institutions.
Liberia
Ramses&Lionle
2021
On-going
PMP: Small loans to individuals employed at identified institutions.
CEO: Piloted successfully with 7 loan takers.
H1
Research management workshops
Sub-Sahara African countries
Scientific Institutions
2015
On-going
Knowledge sharing, consulting
20 workshops have been held in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries.
H2
Laboratory management workshops
Sub-Sahara African countries
Scientific Institutions
2015
On-going
Knowledge sharing, consulting
Five workshops have held in thee Sub-Saharan African countries.
H3
Social enterprising workshop
SSA
Social entrepreneurs
2015
On-going
Knowledge sharing, consulting
H4
Development programme workshops
SSA
Development stakeholders
2015
On-going
Knowledge sharing, consulting
H5
Farming management
Land procured
Togo
SEVIE
2015
On-going
Social enterprise
Land procured in 2012. Initiated by SEVIE, to be taken over by L&D. EURO 7,000 invested.
H5b
Land procured
Liberia
IDEFOCS
2015
On-going
Social enterprise
USD 2,000 invested in 2013 and land procure in 2014. Total USD 7,000 invested.
H6
Health Mgt
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
Ongoing
The idea was as early as HR&S and even before.
This programme was born when Action10 visited ghettos in Liberia in 2013. It continued with the Ebola awareness campaign in Liberia in 2014? and Covid19 awareness campiagn in Togo 2021. In 2019 HR&S started planning for trauma counselling in Liberia.
H6b
COVID-19
All RISE centres
2020
On-going
Identify solutions addapted to lock-down, closed borders and other pandemic contexts. Infrom about risks and preventive measures in Littel Bassa.
H7
HR&S Network for Researchers
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
The idea was as early as HR&S and even as Action10.
Established at HR&S webinar on Research management in February 2021
H8
HR&S Network for Technicians
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
The idea was as early as HR&S and even as Action10.
Established at HR&S webinar on Laboratory management in March 2021
H9
HR&S Network for Entrepreneurs
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
The idea was as early as HR&S and even as Action10.
Established at HR&S webinar on Social enterprising in April 2021
H10
HR&S Network for Development stakeholders
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
The idea was as early as HR&S and even as Action10.
Established at HR&S webinar on Sustainable development in May 2021
H11
HR&S Shop-Africa _Karité
Togo
Karité House
2015
On-going
Deliver to HR&S Shop
H11b
HR&S Shop-Africa_West African fabric
Togo
Délali ADEDJE
2015
On-going
Deliver to HR&S Shop
H11c
HR&S Shop-Africa_Cards, paintings, patchwork, jeweleries and more
Uganda
Ubuntu Art House
2017
On-going
For HR&S Shop
H11d
HR&S Shop-Africa_East African design
Kenya
Dolas Creation
2019?
On-going
For HR&S Shop
H12
Solar panels & mills in rural villages
Togo
S.E.VIE,
M. Yawo, L&D
2015
Re-opened
Euro 2,000 invested in SEVIE and two solar panels and two millse were procured. The mashins were used until broken down, no income saved. Re-start through L&D and M Yawo in 2020, seeking funds.
H13
Self-sustained laboratories
SSA
All RISE Cenres
2015
On-going
Scientific researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa often lack access to functioning advanced scientific equipment.This programme aims at enabling researchers in Nigeria access. The initiative benefits from the HR&S practical strategy “Functioning Advanced Scientific Equipment (FAST)” and an office in Abuja managed by Noveleq.
The idea was early as HR&S and even before.
PSAN, Noveleq in NigeriaThe initiative is taken in collaboration with Noveleq registered in Nigeria. A pilot project started 1 January 2020 and addresses five Nigerian scientific institutions. The programme reaches out to TETFund in Nigeria and international scientific equipment manufacturers.
Senexel in Burkina Faso
H14
Cross-cultural sharing
Sweden & SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
Social enterprise
Practical strategy CROSS developed in 2015 and has empowered all partnerships ever since. In 2019 HR&S delivered its first dedicated seminar on the topic for JAK, and in 2021 for CSR.
H15
Motivation
SSA
All RISE Centres
2015
On-going
ActionArea Motivation
H16
Trauma counseling
Liberia
RISE
2019
On-going
Crowd-funding on StartSomeGood was not successful
H17
CSR
Sweden & SSA
All RISE Centres
2021
On-going
Events with visit.org
Concluded or postponed
No
Name
Country
Partners
Start
Status
Ambition
Outcome, Impact & Lessons learned
A1
Basic education and children abuse prevention
Togo
S.E.VIE
2009
Concluded 2019
All children in the villages where we support cooperatives, have access to and manages primary education. Awareness raising around children’s rights.
Integrated in A3 and thereby made financially sustainable. The 200 children entering the programme were successfully taken through primary education.
A2
Community mill and school lunches
Togo
IARAD
2011
Concluded 2014
The profit from community mills pays for school lunches, while villagers do not have to walk far to mill their corn and cassava.
We did not reach impact, and the lesson learned was that “needs driven” in its most profound HR&S definition, has to be honoured.
A5
Language education over radio
Nigeria
SpellAfrica
2012
On-hold since 2014
Offer education in English to adults who knows Pidgeon English.
Integrated in A20.
A7
Access to sanitary pads in rural villages.
Uganda
BanaPads
2013
Concluded 2017
Manufacturing of sanitary pads from banana steams, and support vendors to develop a small business through selling the pads in the villages.
The partnership and the programme went well but then our partner received a major aid grant from Sida in Sweden, and decided to focus on aid instead.
A8
Child care centre
Colombia
Kiwanis
2013
Concluded 2018
We aimed to build a child-care centre in a vulnerable settlement outside Kali, we also aimed to train single mothers in a professions.
We did try programmes in Colombia but we were not able to bring our message about sustainable economy across and decided to focus our efforts on only one continent, Africa. Our strategy was implemented to some extent and was well appreciated.
A9
Health cliniq
Togo
S.E.VIE
2013
Concluded 2016
Facilitating the set-up of a health care centre in a rural village through social enterprising, by providing start-up loan and coaching.
We benefitted from a health care centre building constructed by a charity organisation. The services went well, but income generation was not enough to cover the costs.
A10
Support to local entrepreneurs
Nigeria
SpellAfrica.
2013
On-hold
Support small-scale business owners to scale, by coaching on basic business management.
A small survey among street vendors and small-business owners identified that coaching on accounting seemed to be useful. Shall be coordinated with other initiatives taken by Spell-Africa.
A11
Village libraries
Cameroon
LINK-UP
2013
Concuded 2018
The ambition was to ensure school books for pupils. The business model was a combined library and book store.
We looked into the possibility of shipping free books from Sweden to Cameroon, but the shipping cost was too high. The programme was concluded due to lack of a favourable business model.
A12
Water, sanitation, hygiene
Togo
S.E.VIE
2013
Post-poned
The ambition is to offer safe drinking water, toilets and hygiene facilities in rural Togo.
In the cooperative programme A3. village meetings we always ask our partners what they want to see next. After a few years of collaboration, they mentioned hygiene as their next priority. SEVIE made a calculation on the business model for providing water and it seemed sustainable, and we made an effort to raise start-up funds, but were not successful.
A13
Letter exchange
Cameroon
LINK-UP
2013
Conlcuded 2016
The ambition was to offer a letter exchange programme between children from different continents, as a complement to A11.
A letter exchange programme was run for two years, between Cameroon and Sweden as well as between Cameroon and USA.
A14
Rural banking
Togo
S.E.VIE
2013
On-hold since 2016
To save money from the profit generated through A3, and use this to set up a rural bank.
Funds were set aside as part of the profit while running A3. These funds were then shared with the person who had saved so that she had a capital to invest, but the aspect of paying back again was not reached.
A15
Language education application for cell phones
Nigeria
SpellAfrica
2013
On-hold since 2016.
Provide education in English to adults who speaks Pidgeon English.
Integrated in A20.
A16
Ebola prevention campaign
Liberia
IDEFOCS
2014
Closed
Share timely and state-of-the-art knowledge from HR&S to local partners that is further shared to the local community, and acted on, by our partners.
Ebola awareness raising campaign successfully implemented and concluded 2015.
A17
Construction of houses
Colombia
Kiwanis
2014
Conlcuded 2018
Kiwanis ran a very interesting programme where they coached women to build houses. The method was developed in a manner that the workers did not have to be physically strong. The ambition was to scale the programme locally while learning and copy the approach to other places in the world.
The collaboration effort was linked to A8 and A18, but we could not agree with Kiwanis on the financial sustainability aspect.
A18
Training in a profession.
Colombia
Kiwanis
2014
Conlcuded 2018
This ambition is linked to A8 targeting child-care. In A18 aimed to train single mothers of the children in a profession, while the children we taken care of. The profession was home-businesses as well as plastic recycling business.
Kiwanis ran profession training according to a regular programme benefitting from volunteer trainers. Our effort to scale the initiative was successful in the sense of sharing strategy, but we could not agree on the financial sustainability aspect.
A20
Back2School
Nigeria
SpellAfrica
2015
On-hold since 2021
Provide education in English to people who only knows Pidgeon English.
Lectures in English have been provided to adult students in Lagos. This is a continuation of previous initiatives taken by SpellAfrica with the same ambition but different designs; A5 and A15.
A22
Empowerment of speech in vulnerable rural settlements
Togo
GOLD
2016
On-hold since 2018
It is obviously the people that live under certain conditions that knows what works locally. The ambition with this programme is to collect this information directly from the source.
GOLD initiated a network with rural Liberian farmers and took time to listen and compile to their stories .The effort to support scaling was challenged due to local conflict of interest
A24
Enabling women teachers in natural science subjects
Burkina Faso
IDS
2018
On-hold
To provide young women who want to study to become teachers in natural science subjects with baby care support.
The programme was put on hold as we could not identify a structure for sustainable economy.
A26
Small-scale businesses in urban settlement
Togo
S.E.VIE
2018
On-hold since 2021
The ambition is to copy A3, and to offer small business loans and coaching to business people in a semi urban settlement, Tsévié.
In 2019 we were approved financial support from Stockholm Rotary International, and the programme was launched i January 2020.
H0
Livelihood improvement
Kenya
LIP
2015
On-hold
EURO 1,000 invested in 2012
H0
Small-businesses
Cameroon
LINK-UP
2015
On-hold
EURO 1,000 invested in 2013
H0
Scientific research & Enterprising
Rwanda
INES
2016
On-hold
Contact was established with Ministry of education who linked us with INES. A few days were spent at the university explaining the procedures, paid for by INES, but eventually they were expecting aid donations and nothing else.