Summary Micro-enterprises training activities for the fifty poor families who joined in the program have been performing well. Report of micro projects can be viewed directly on our web site at http://www.microaid.org/?q=content/project-report-learn-make-candied-fruits Training activity incorporated in the program "Family Enterprise Development for 50 poor women" is: Learn to make candied fruits Result & Benefit: Women in this small group learn how to make a snack of candied fruits that are widely available around their homes, such as papaya, mango and jackfruit. Candied is in addition to nutritional snacks for children and families. By eating the fruit that is processed naturally without preservatives, then the children and families get extra vitamins from these fruits. When they have this knowledge, women can make it at home and could be a new alternative to get additional money by sell to the neighbors around her house. Participant Comment: Sri Rahayu (Mrs.): It's great because I can make food that kids love Toto (Mrs.): At first I was hesitant for fear of trouble; but it was easy and tastes good Aweng (Mrs.): Children are happy because I can make candied by myself at home Sofyan (Mrs.): It could be a vitamin supplement for my family Toha (Mrs.): I will try to learn again with different fruits Thank you, MicroAid Projects Jalu Wardhana, General Manager

Links:

• Project report: Learn to make candied fruits

• Learn to make candied fruits (DOCX)

Sri Rahayu, a participant in MicroAid Projects products packaging training has now increased her selling price and profits by changing the packaging of her product.
Sri Rahayu, a single mother in Bogor, Indonesia last June, has increased her sales of emping crisps. Emping are traditional snacks from Java. They are made from the nuts of the melinjo tree. Imagine peeling a chestnut, squashing it with a mallet and then deep frying in virgin coconut oil and you will be close to the emping process! Delicious but unfortunately not yet available in your local store!

Before the training, Sri sold her emping crisps for IDR 1.000 (£0.05) per package.
By using better packaging, she can increase the price to become Rp 1.300 (£0.07). The new package that she uses is better quality plastic that preserves the freshness of emping longer and has colorful text. Her products look more attractive , hygienic, taste better and most importantly last longer.

Everyday Sri can produce 50 packages (from five kilograms of unripe emping). Below are the calculations for her emping product family enterprise:

Before the training;

• Production cost for 50 packages = Rp 40.000
• Production cost per package = Rp 800 
• Selling price per package = Rp 1.000 
• Net profit for 1 package = Rp 200 
• Total net profit for 50 packages = Rp 10.000 (£0.53)

After the training;

• Production cost for 50 packages = Rp 46.250
• Production cost per package = Rp 925 
• Selling price per package (with new design) = Rp 1.300 
• Net profit for 1 package = Rp 375 
• Total net profit for 50 packages = Rp 18.750 (£1)

Therefore increase in profit per day is = Rp 8.750 (£0.46). Pretty significant when your average daily income is under £1.25 or $2 per day

Links:

• This report can be read online here

Project Report

Family Enterprise Development for 50 poor women Date of report: May 17, 2010

Summary Micro-enterprises training activities for the fifty poor families who joined in the program have been going really well! (The more detailed report of these micro projects can be viewed directly on our web site: http://www.microaid.org/?q=results)

Training activities incorporated in the program "Family Enterprise Development for 50 poor women" include: 1. Food Processing Activities 2. Crafts 3. New Technology Tests 4. Testing for Sell The Product at Local Market

1) Food Processing Activities A group of mothers have learned how to make crispy chicken legs. This food is very popular in villages and they have been able to make their own and try to be marketed to the nearest neighbourhood

2) Crafts A group of mothers and young girls have tried to make a hand fan made of bamboo. They make their own fan's hands and have tried to market them through the bazaar.

3) New Technology Tests A group of mothers have learned to make plastic flowers from plastic straws used. Plastic straw is processed into flowers as table decorations

4) Testing for Sell The Product at Local Market These training activities will be implemented in the near future. If we already have enough samples, then we will be conducting training this marketing test in the local market.

Thank you,

MicroAid Projects Jalu Wardhana, General Manager

Links:

• MicroAid Projects web site
• MicroAid Projects Photos Library
• MicroAid Projects Videos Library

Project Update Family enterprise development for 50 poor women A project from MicroAid Projects Charity on Global Giving (project ID: 2212) http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/pr/2300/proj2212a.html Update: August 25, 2009

Summary: This project is recently being implementing in the villages in Indonesia and helping 50 poor families learning for women activities such as: A. Food processing: trying out make snacks and meals from local raw materials B. Handicrafts: learning for how to make simple crafts C. Testing new technology: families trying out new simple technology D. Business development: learning for how to sell the product in the village

Until today we still have not received any donation through Global Giving donors yet. We can do the projects using donations from our individual donors. So please help us to continue implementation of the projects. Thank you for your support.

Report Details: A. Food processing

Result & Benefit Result: Five women who have followed the activities feel happy to learn making snacks using rice flour and tried selling it at the small kiosks near their home.

Benefit: Five women have motivated to increase the family income by making simple snacks using raw materials, such as cassava, banana, rice flour, sago, etc. The snacks are delicious and we can sell fast at local kiosks.

Beneficiary Comment • Ketut Sari (Mrs.): I am very happy with this activity, I can learn making cakes and I got a lot of skills and business opportunities that can increase family income. • Mujiati (Mrs.): Now I can make my own cake, I will try to make cakes and sell them at kiosks, start with my own sell. • Mariana (Mrs.): I impressed, increase my knowledge and skills, so I know how to make snacks and my children love it. • Yuyun Suryani (Mrs.): I hope this activity is not only here until I can sell the snacks regularly. • Nengah Suryani (Mrs.): From now I will try to practice my self at home to make snacks.

B. Handicrafts

Result & Benefit 1. This activity improves our skill in embroidering 2. We tried making small tablecloths with new design 3. We all enjoyed doing this activity; beside we have new skill we can also get new friends

Beneficiary Comment • Agustina Florensia: I happy doing this activity and will try to make more tablecloths • Yolanda: Not too difficult but need more patience • Maria Dasilva: I can create 2 tablecloths now, my family are happy • Yunita: This activity is good to increase my skills • Kristina Magdalena: I will try to create more

C. Testing new technology

Result & Benefit Result: Five farmers understand how to create a fish pond, how to cultivate, and selling the fish with the correct way

Benefit: Some families who have followed this training jot more motivation to learn the business of freshwater fishery which using their land which is not productive yet. Recently we are the farmers of crops plant.

Beneficiary Comment • Prayitno: I satisfied with this activity, increase my knowledge about the cultivation of fish, this is can increase my motivation to try expanding business of fisheries. • Prasetiyo: I happy with the lessona that given by local trainer, especially for increasing my knowledge about the cultivation and enlargement of fish. • Rustam Caco: I very satisfied with this activity which is very useful for my family and especially to my knowledge the field of fisheries. • Eko Nyono S: This activity is very good, I feel satisfied with the material presented local trainer about fresh water fish, my spirit to learn more business opportunities in the fishery market is good and this could increase my family income. • Wahyu Wantoro (Iwan): After I followed the training I know how to process the cultivation fresh water

D. Business development

Result & Benefit 1. There is additional knowledge about the analysis of a family business that is currently running, from the identification of potential business to support the family, problems faced, and how solutions to these problems. 2. Each family can understand and know how to do an analysis of both the family business, by utilizing all the potential and opportunities available in the village. 3. Family businesses can better understand all the factors and problems the best solution of every problem that faced 4. Conduct discussions with the family in the village, about what kind of business that are run by the family, what the problems of the business, what are the activities that have been conducted so far in order to obtain the solution of problems faced by business, the potential for what is owned by each family support in running the business.

In the analysis of this family business, successfully identify: • Family business, among others: selling wet and dry fish, sell clothes, make wet and dry cakes, sewing / convection, making fish crackers, Seaweed, lobster and Karamba(basket put in a stream for raising the fish)also the turtle and the sea stars. • The potential supporting for business family, in the form of: Capital (savings from the family), the skills acquired from the training that was held in Bajo Indah village , both facilitated by the government (such as Fish crackers) and NGOs (such as micro-credit training) and business hereditary and that other potential natural form of seafood (fish, Lobster and other) • Problems that are often found by the family, such as: capital, skills in managing the business and the natural environment. • Alternative solutions (short term) that might be attempted: Meeting business capital to each other or to the family in the village cooperative, increase skills training (making crackers)

Beneficiary Comment • Rustam: We can find the solution of the problems that face our midst, and explore possible solutions that we can achieve, which is adjusted to the economic existence of our family • Mukkading: We really hope that our business is in path of attention the form of training and increasing skills of the family of simple equipment to support our efforts, especially in the field of plant hidroponik. • Arsyad: We hope that the attention of the donors to help us in improving skills, especially lobster cultivation and the provision of capital (micro finance) for the sake of our efforts. • Hamira: We really hope to be training like this can continue to proceed, given the capacity of our business is very limited and we expect in this training we get more motivation to improve a family business that is being conducted and we find other business alternative. • Siang: With this training we hope to sting is up, where our business is conducted in this group, especially krupuk fish can continue to run. Not just once or twice a month pelaksanaanya. But we hope this can become routine for the family business in order to earn for the family who still work there. Where we can increase our production business (krupuk fish), so that not only waiting for orders, but we can also meet the needs of families in the villages around us (Bajo Indah)

Links:

• MicroAid Projects web site
• Photo album
• Video album

• Full report - Update 25 Aug 2009 (DOC)