The goal of the Ujana Coffee Project is to diversify the income of youth smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda by providing access to locally-created, eco-friendly, easy-to-learn, and easy-to-start income skills that enable them to start micro-businesses instantly.
This page has interactive tools to learn 20 local income skills from Uganda, videos, posters and manual.
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Project Impact
Youth reached with local income skills (directly) (since 2011)
Businesses started by youth with local income skills (since 2014)
Youth reached with local income skills (indirectly) (since 2011)
Total income in USD raised by businesses started with local income skills (since 2014)
Motivation level to stay in farming
Local Income Skills
Our local income skills have six unique features that help you learn them easily and quickly start a small-scale business.
1-3 days
to learn a local income skill
1 month
to start a business
<100 USD
startup capital
Locally sourced & eco-friendly
startup materials
35-40 USD
monthly income
66%
livelihood improvement
Click on the local income solution to watch the short “how-to” video or download a learning poster showing the steps for each skill.
Paper Bags
African Earrings
Reusable Sanitary Pads
Organic Skin Ointment
Dried Spices and Herbs
Nutritious Porridge Flour
Organic Pesticides
Bee Farming
Learning Manual
The learning manual presents 20 local income solutions using a playful design and layout and with four distinct learning features (1) the inspirational story of the solution entrepreneur (2) business tips, (3) a learning video and (4) a learning poster.
Each income solution also has a separate booklet that can be downloaded below.
Field Updates