Project: FFECL (Flora Fauna Env. Conserv. Ltd.)

This proposal requests PHC Service support to help FFECL strengthen and scale its Eastern Uganda community development work as a credible, fundable, and well-governed programme.

From the PHC perspective, the offer is to provide the structure behind delivery: clearer planning, defined priorities, practical governance routines, action tracking, monitoring, evidence capture, and donor-ready reporting. This will help FFECL coordinate its work in regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, cooperative training, early childhood support, and zero-waste value addition in a way that is visible, accountable, and easier for partners and funders to trust.

In practical terms, PHC support would help turn local effort and good ideas into an organised project pathway with stronger records, better follow-up, and a more disciplined basis for funding, collaboration, and future growth. The PHC role is already reflected in the attached material as governance, monitoring, and reporting support; this proposal frames that support more clearly as part of the project’s next stage of development.

FFECL is a grassroots, women-led community organisation working in Eastern Uganda to conserve natural ecosystems, improve food security, and create stronger livelihoods through practical environmental and social action. The project responds to linked problems affecting families in and around Jinja, including degraded soils, poor waste management, food insecurity, limited market access, and the pressure these place especially on women and children.

Its approach combines regenerative agriculture, permaculture, climate and waste awareness, school and community demonstration activities, cooperative development, and early childhood support, with a strong emphasis on turning agricultural waste into useful products and new income streams. Existing work around pineapples and other crops points toward a zero-waste model in which farming, value addition, local training, and community wellbeing reinforce each other. The longer-term aim is to build a credible, self-reliant, environmentally responsible community platform that can expand its impact through better structure, stronger partnerships, and practical delivery on the ground.

• Flora Fauna Environment Conservation Ltd (FFECL) – Local project lead and host organisation, providing overall direction, community coordination, and implementation leadership through its founder/director, board support, and operational team.
• FFECL Women Leaders, Project Leads, Farmers, and Childcare Providers – The core local participants delivering the work on the ground across regenerative agriculture, cooperative activity, early childhood support, food production, and community-based livelihood development.
• Youth Mentors, Mobilizers, and Local Volunteers – Supporting community education, training follow-up, practical demonstrations, outreach, and wider participation by young people and households.
• Local Educators, Early Childhood Volunteers, and Community Schools – Contributing to the educational and child-development elements of the project, including training, awareness, and school-linked demonstration activities.
• Community Elders, Landowners, and Local Authorities – Supporting local legitimacy, land access discussions, community participation, and the wider enabling environment for implementation and growth.
• Order Efficiency Ltd / PHC Service – Providing the external governance, planning, monitoring, risk visibility, structured records, and donor-ready reporting support that helps the project operate in a more transparent, accountable, and fundable way.
• Technical, Market, and Learning Partners – Potential collaborators contributing specialist support in agro-processing, sustainability, value addition, cooperative development, or independent review as the project grows.

The project is intended to deliver both practical economic gains for local farmers and a credible, replicable zero-waste agricultural model that strengthens livelihoods, environmental responsibility, and funder confidence. Expected outcomes can be grouped into four domains.

Pilot-Scale Zero-Waste Pineapple Enterprise

• A functioning pineapple-based pilot centred on Evelyn’s farm, with at least 5 acres in productive use and a clearer pathway toward wider farmer participation.
• Pilot processing streams developed and documented around pineapple fruit, fibre, extracts, vinegar, and bio-fertiliser or compost-based outputs.
• Initial unit-cost, feasibility, and margin data captured for the main product lines, creating a practical basis for future scaling, investment, and market development.

Stronger Incomes, Reduced Loss, and Better Resource Use

• Improved and more predictable income opportunities for Evelyn and participating farmers through more structured production, processing, and value addition rather than reliance on ad hoc raw-produce sales.
• Reduced post-harvest loss and better use of pineapple by-products and other agricultural waste, turning underused materials into additional value streams.
• A stronger practical case for zero-waste farming as both a livelihood strategy and an environmental response.

Skills, Roles, and Local Capability Development

• Strengthened local capacity in farm operations, processing, sorting, grading, quality awareness, record-keeping, and cooperative working.
• Creation of clearer on-the-job roles such as processing lead, fibre or value-addition lead, finance and admin support, training coordinator, or community mobiliser.
• A growing base of local participants with practical experience in structured delivery, transparent tracking, and sustainable agriculture methods.

Transparent and Replicable Delivery Model

• A live PHC governance layer showing how funds are allocated, actions tracked, risks identified, and progress reported in a disciplined and visible way.
• A documented delivery model for pineapple-based and related regenerative-agriculture initiatives that FFECL can adapt for wider community use.
• A clearer evidence base for future funders, partners, and technical supporters considering follow-on support for value addition, infrastructure, training, or wider expansion in Eastern Uganda.

Category	Description	Total Cost
Cloud Services / Data Storage	Data storage for project datasets and real-time reporting	£1,900
PHC Start Pack - Hardware (*1)	A set of 5 Single Board Computers, Monitor and UPS	£1,442
PHC 7-Day Review (*2)	PHC Service for Pre-start Review (7 days)	£277
PHC Setup (*2)	PHC Service during 2-month Setup Phase	£2,076
PHC Continuation (*2)	PHC Service during 3-month Continuation Phase	£3,236
Miscellaneous	Travel, training, insurance, and other variable costs	£1,000
		£9,931

(*1) Hardware Breakdown

Category	Description	Total Cost
Single Board Computer Set x5	Raspberry Pi 500, Mouse, hdmi cable, power cable)	£722
Monitor x5	Mini-Monitor (for RP500)	£480
Site UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for site computers.	£240
		£1,442

(*2) PHC People Costs [Review=M1, Setup=M2,3, Continuation=M4,5,6]

Role	People	Hourly Rate	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	Total (GBP)
PHC Strategist	David Winter	£12.60	10	8	8	8	8	8	£630
PHC Analyst	Abubakr Harakat	£8.40	5	16	16	16	16	16	£714
PHC Admin	PHC Admin	£4.90	5	24	24	24	24	24	£613
PHC Trainee	[name1] [name2] [name3]	£1.68	0	48	48	72	72	72	£524
Project Leaders	Evelyn Namuolo [name2] [name3]	£8.40	10	72	72	72	72	72	£3,108
Total			£277	£1,038	£1,038	£1,079	£1,079	£1,079	£5,589

Appendix Highlights:

• Community Share Protocol: 10% allocation recognising grassroots contributors.
• PHC Share-Out Mechanism: Structured redistribution of project value to consultants and humanitarian causes.
• PHC Service Cost Model: Tiered accessibility ensuring humanitarian affordability.
• Trainee Integration Pathway: Local capacity building via live project experience.
• Consultant Gallery: Recognition of all certified PHC participants via PHC Portal listings.

• The Story of PHC
• Project Gap Analysis
• PHC Portal (Project Page)
• Rate Calculator - Setup Phase
• Rate Calculator - Review Phase
• Rate Calculator - Continuation Phase
• Approach to Prospective Funder
• Rate Calculator - Spreadsheet