Awamo Water Solutions
Awamo Water Solutions manufactures solar powered water ultra-filtration systems using eco-friendly and locally-sourced materials. The enterprise generates revenue from selling water ultra-filtration systems to franchisees and entrepreneurs at wholesale prices using a ‘pay-as-you-go’ scheme, empowering first-time social entrepreneurs along the way.
First time entrepreneurs provide a 799 USD down payment for the solar powered water ultra-filtration system and subsequent monthly 319 USD installment payments to eventually own the franchise after 48 months.
- Conducting 650+ sensitisation programmes about the benefits of clean water and sanitation to over 500 households in Lira.
- Distributing 9+ million litres of clean drinkable water to 450+ households annually.
- Lowering risks of pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
- Increasing distribution of 10 ultra-filtration machines with production capacity of 2,000 litres to 10 districts in Uganda.
- Recycling over 10,000 tonnes plastic waste into reusable PET-bottles monthly.
- Reducing over 500,000 tonnes CO2 per year through reducing use of wood and charcoal for water boiling.
- Generating over $100,000 from sales of 10 water purifiers for franchise entrepreneurs.
- Creating jobs for a total of 150 women and 50 men in sales, production and technician roles.
- Saving $110 in fuel costs (charcoal and wood) per family per month.
Partners
Davis & Shirtliff Uganda offers technical support in customising the SolarPure Ultra-filtration (UF) water purification system.
Finding XY offers training to franchise candidates on business skills such as budgeting, financials and marketing to prepare them to launch a franchise.