Awamo Water Solutions

Manufacturing solar powered ultra-filtration water purifying systems
2019 SEED Low Carbon Awards; IKI BMU
Water, Sanitation & Health (WASH)
Lira
Uganda

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.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts
Awamo Water Solutions help deliver more than 9 million litres of clean drinking water to more than 450 households in Lira.
  • 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

Awamo Water Solutions leases solar powered water ultra-filtration systems using "Pay-As-You-Go" to enable unemployed youth start and own a social franchise that supplies clean affordable water as their anchor product to poor vulnerable communities in Uganda.

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.