SOLAR BAKING NEWS FROM UGANDA
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There are 2 types of journeys that people can take with a Lytefire solar oven.
1. Entrepreneurial
2. Community Based Organization (CBO)
After Joan Arwa last time sharing about her Solar Fire Bakery in Kenya, today it’s another team presenting what they do with their Lytefire in East Africa.
The project in Nebbi, Uganda, started in 2021 with the support of Plan International Finland - Plan International Suomi and Plan International Uganda.
Back then, a group of young adults received a Lytefire solar oven old generation (without the charcoal drawer) and a long training to launch a professional solar baking activity adapted to their environment. Since then, they never stopped and they now generated some profit.
CBO’s organization is sometimes great to start and get a group to make the best use of their solar oven. At Lytefire, we are all about the productive use of solar energy and now this team would like to start their entrepreneurial adventure.
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Fresh news from the team running the Nebbi Smart Up Solar Bakery in Uganda:
Benedict Bithola – Oyella Janety – Prudence Vasta & Benedict
How is Nebbi Smart Up bakery doing since its creation in 2022?
We have been able to sustain our livelihood through baking and we created a platform for many youths within the region who are employed in selling our baked products like cookies, cakes, buns, donuts, bread, mandazi and others to be engaged instead of turning into criminal activities, robbery, drug abuse among others.
Our bakery has emerged as one of the best bakeries in producing quality products in the region and offering quality training services in baking skills.
The bakery has also become a centre of training for youths who have passion for baking and this has enabled them to gain more skills in baking and marketing.
There is steady growth and profit has been realised due to purchase of new equipment like cake stands, baking tins, buckets, and the ongoing construction of a new kitchen.
We are able to repair broken mirrors, buying of cake mixture with a larger capacity to accommodate bigger orders.
Our current goal is to open up our own outlet in town away from the bakery so as to limit congestion when buyers come and we hope to achieve this after completing the construction of the kitchen.
Construction of the new kitchen next to the solar oven
Joining the Lytefire project was a special moment and the best decision we have ever made because in most countries in Africa, especially in Uganda in which our bakery is located, we are educated to look for jobs as job seekers not as job creators but this bakery group with the Lytefire solar oven and training has given us an opportunity to create jobs.
Written by Mr Benedict Bithola, Manager Smart up Solar Bakery Nebbi Uganda.
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We have acknowledged growth this year because we sat down and realized that our niche market was cake buyers and so we invested a lot towards that in terms of machinery, baking tins, cake stand, refrigerator, commercial cake mixture, human resources, repairing of broken items, replacement of spoilt ones like the mirrors, the cake mixture and to add on that we enrolled in a one month training on cake decoration to perfect our style.
Prudence Vasta
We have made it as the only bakery dealing in large scale cake production and we are recognized in the West Nile region. The district has recognized us with awards of certificate of appreciation for our Outstanding contribution in transforming the lives of the young people. They pledge to support us especially in marketing and access to government loans and grants to support the youth.
Written by Miss Prudence Vasta, Manager Smart up Solar Bakery Nebbi Uganda.
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