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The
list of projects which are a great potency of reducing poverty is as follows:
i.
Snail Farming
ii.
Grass – cutter farming
iii.
Poultry raising
iv.
Soap production
v.
Cosmetics production
vi.
Garment production
vii.
Recycling of paper and plastics
viii. Food processing
These
projects are considered only on commercial basis. Groups are organized into cooperatives and a limited liability basis to undertake the projects. John Boye
Life Care Foundation brings together technical expertise in the following fields
to provide start-up and management services to the local group.
1. General
Management
In
principle, there are Managing Directors that are seeing to the proper management
function of the projects.
2.
Accounting
and Financial Management
JBLCF
employed and provides the company with competent Accountants.
3. Quality
Control
Quality
Control Officer with expertise in the required area of project being undertaken
are provided by JBLCF to help in ensuring strict quality of products and
services.
For
each project only a maximum of three external personnel forming the expert
groups are supporting the projects. From the groups, a Board of Auditors are
formed to keep track of the external expertise attached to the project to help
the local people. JBLCF makes sure that the groups are prudent and does not get
involved in the marketing of their outputs, but instead, rely on external Buying
Houses which will buy the goods from them and re-sell at their own prices.
PROCESS OF PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION
i.
Criteria
for beneficiary selection
a.
Applicants for projects are also expected from groups.
b.
Evaluation of poverty level and need.
c.
Business Plan
d.
Evaluation of Social and Economic impact of project on
community.
ii.
Process
of implementation
a.
Evaluate the Business Plan
b.
Determine the project phases
c.
Legalization of the group
d.
Investment in Phase one
e.
Evaluation of Phase one for further investment
iii.
Process
of monitoring and evaluation
a.
Project Manager do collect regular feed back from the project and inform
management promptly on any problems arising.
b.
The project management team and the Board of Auditors do independently
submit monthly progress reports to JBLCF Management Board.
iv.
Assess
the social and economic impact
a.
Research & Business development Manager of JBLCF independently
examines the performance of the business, and develop a social and economic
index based on the pre-project index. The index are based on the overall
performance of the community.
Research
& Business Development Manager assess the social and economic improvement
status of members of the group, and determine how well the project is being
performed.
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