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As Babykit Company Limited, we make and offer durable and affordable baby warmers to lactating and expecting mothers of 0-3 month babies to protect them from coldness that causes pneumonia.

Therefore, Babykit company uses locally grown materials (cotton) from the local community farmers to make and produce affordable baby warmers.

We make baby warmers for lactating and expecting mothers with 0-3 month babies made from locally grown cotton for mothers to use by entering the newborn baby into the warmer so the baby feels warm and cold. This will help babies feel like they are with their mothers as the warmer provides warmth. Mothers will have enough time to do other domestic work as babies enjoy the product as they have low-income status will also help.

The babykit products are the sifo warmer [sifo means good in the local language, and the heavy baby blanket warmer.] They enter the baby into the sifo warmer while the heavy baby blanket, they use it for covering the babies, and they are all made out from the locally grown cotton grown by the community members.

“The current alternatives are the health partner offering light baby clothes, and the traders offering baby saws that are light and expensive mothers cannot afford to purchase. While babykit uses locally grown materials, cotton, for making very cheap baby warmers and affordable compared to the current solutions, which are expensive at 60,000 ugx compared to ours at 20,000 ugx.

Babykit is accessible and reliable within the community compared to the other solutions, which are far away. They are inaccessible and unreliable to their customers.

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With Uganda’s rapidly growing population of close to 50 million healthy foods are high on demand but unaffordable for refugees living far from urban centres, where items have to be transported long distances. This is why Loketa Agrofarm locally grows and sources peanuts and sesame seeds to locally produce healthy and affordable pure and organic cooking oils. These oils are extracted using cold-pressed and expeller-pressed methods without chemicals or solvents, preserving their natural vitamins and minerals. This approach supports health and increases income for refugees, providing a unique and eco-friendly solution.

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Eco-Shoes Africa is a social enterprise founded by Moses Taban Mathew within the Bidibidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda. Focused on sustainability and community impact, Eco-Shoes Africa recycles discarded shoes to create unique, eco-friendly designs, supporting both environmental protection and practical needs. Through their work, they ensure vulnerable children in the settlement have shoes to wear, especially for school, addressing a vital community need.

Eco-Shoes Africa provides job opportunities for marginalized youth and women in the camp. In a setting where traditional pathways are limited, this initiative empowers young refugees and women to develop skills in shoemaking, transforming the social and economic landscape. As a result, the enterprise tackles local unemployment and inspires community-driven solutions to everyday challenges​​​.

The inspiration for Eco-Shoes Africa stems from Moses’ personal journey. Raised by a single mother in South Sudan, he often went to school with worn shoes his cousin gave him. In 2016, conflict in South Sudan forced Moses to seek refuge in Uganda, where he noticed the same issue—many children in the refugee camp were walking barefoot due to a lack of resources. This powerful memory drove him to launch Eco-Shoes Africa, aiming to give children the dignity and safety of proper footwear. Initially a challenging endeavor, the enterprise began to thrive as a team formed around the shared goal of empowerment and resilience.

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