Jonathan Kalan

Kivu Dairy; The (BoP) Project

A worker at Antoine Uwimana's dairy farm in Gisenyi, Rwanda, grinds feed (maize) for 50 dairy cows. Antoine has enthusiastically embraced the training provided by social enterprise Kivu Dairy, noting that over time it has helped him increase the quality of his milk, and his overall profits.

Kivu Dairy; The (BoP) Project

A farm hand collects milk at Antoine Uwimana's dairy farm in Gisenyi, a town in the Western Province of Rwanda. With 50 cows, Antoine is one of the biggest suppliers to Kivu Dairy, a social enterprise working to improve nutrition in Rwanda by improving access and decreasing the price of quality milk.

Raise The Village; Uganda

Kapir Atiira Village, Central Uganda, was overrun and destroyed by the Lord's Resistance Army in the late 1990's, forcing it's 2,000+ residents to flee into refugee camps. Now, the village is being rebuilt- with the help of an interactive iPhone application called Raise The Village. .(2011)

Raise The Village; Uganda

Kids playing in Kapira Atiira Village, Uganda. Once dependent on livestock as a primary source of income, after the Lord's Resistance Army forced the community out and killed their animals, locals were forced to turn to agriculture as a way to survive. Unfortunately, they have little experience.

Raise The Village; Uganda

Women standing around a watering hole in Kapir Atiira Village, Uganda. In the 1990’s, Kapir Atiira was overrun and destroyed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, forcing it’s 2,000+ residents to flee into refugee camps. Now, the village is being rebuilt- through an iPhone application called Raise The Village. (2011)

Raise The Village; Uganda

Kapir Atiira Village. Women carry water from the single clean well in the village, several miles back home. (2011)

Living Goods; The(BoP)Project

Gertrude Nambaliwa, a Community Health Promoter for social enterprise Living Goods in Kampala, Uganda, shows customers some of her products for sale. Gertrudemakes an income by providing essential health services and products door-to-door to over 400 families in her community.

Mango Tree; The(BoP)Project

Women from low-income families outside of Kampala, Uganda, sew grain sacks which will eventually be used as board games or large story charts for Mango Tree Enterprises. Mango Tree develops culturally relevant educational materials and games for schools and NGOs across east Africa.

Mango Tree; The(BoP)Project

Stockpile of extra games at a container storage unit at Mango Tree Enterprises, a social enterprise that produces educational tools, games, and resources for schools, teachers, and NGO's across east Africa. Kampala, Uganda. (2011)

PeePoople; The(BoP)Project

Anne Nudge, a Sales Rep in Silanga Village, Kibera slums, Nairobi, Kenya, for PeePoople. PeePoople a social enterprise that markets personal, single use sanitary bags for human extreta in slums and disaster emergency areas. (2011)

Honey Care Africa; The(BoP)

Joyce Kavinya Motunga, Kitui district, Kenya, is one of HoneyCare Africa's 15,000 bee farmers in East Africa. HoneyCare Africa is a Kenyan based social enterprise that for ten years has helped rural farmers to start small, income generating bee farms. Kitui, Kenya (2010)

Indego Africa; The(BoP)Project

Jeanne (Jane) Ugirimbabazi, sews a bag for Indego Africa at Cocoki, a women's cooperative in Kigali, Rwanda. Indego Africa is a social enterprise that partners with struggling cooperatives, helping them access global retail markets while providing essential business, literacy, and computer skills training.

Indego Africa; The(BoP)Project

Jeanne (Jane) Ugirimbabazi, sews a bag for Indego Africa at Cocoki, a women's cooperative in Kigali, Rwanda. Indego Africa is a social enterprise that partners with struggling cooperatives, helping them access global retail markets while providing essential business, literacy, and computer skills training.

Indego Africa; The(BoP)Project

Benjamine Stone, President, Indego Africa, at Cocoki Women's Cooperative, Kigali, Rwanda. Indego Africa is a social enterprise that partners with struggling cooperatives to help them access global markets while providing essential business and literacy training. Kigali, Rwanda (2011)

Indego Africa; The(BoP)Project

Women sew handbags for Indego Africa at Cocoki, a women's cooperative in Kigali, Rwanda. Cocoki recently launched a direct partnership with designer Nicole Miller- The first time that a major designer/retailer has ever made a direct contract with a Rwandan cooperative. Kigali, Rwanda. (2011)

Barefoot Power;The(BoP)Project

Saidi Rukamata, of Musubiro Village, Masaka District, Uganda, purchased a Barefoot Powa Pack nearly a year ago to provide clean energy for his family of 8. Barefoot Power is a social enterprise which sells affordable home solar products across East Africa. Southern Uganda. (2011)

Honey Care Africa; The(BoP)

Makasi John, Kitui District, Kenya, stands in front of her home with two of her children. Makasi, who's husband recently passed away, is a bee farmer with HoneyCare Africa, and owns 8 beehives on her one acre plot of land. Kitui, Kenya. (2010)

KOMAZA; The(BoP)Project

Agnes Maitha, 65, is a partner farmer of KOMAZA, owning close to 1 acre of trees in Ganze, Kilifi District, Kenya. KOMAZA is a social enterprise that seeks to create sustainable economic opportunities through "Microforestry" for farmers living in Africa's semi-arid regions, while also establishing "Africa's First Nonprofit Forestry Company." Agnes' one acre has the potential to earn her family upwards of $6,000 in 10-12 years. Most small farmers in the area make less than $300 per year. Kilifi, Kenya. (2010)

Honey Care Africa; The(BoP)

An employee builds beehives at Honey Care Africa's Nairobi, Kenya facility.

Raise The Village; Uganda

An elderly man loads water onto his bicycle to help carry it the long distance home.

Kickstart; The (BoP) Project

Rose Makundi, Kiluvya town, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 2008, Rose purchased a Super Money Maker pump from Kickstart, a social enterprise which develops appropriate technology to help lift people out of poverty, to help her efficiently irrigate her crops in the dry season.

Grundfos Lifelink; (BoP)

Jacinda Mortinda Paul, owner of the "Hot Hoteli", one room shop that serves hot tea, cooked food, and small snacks, uses 7 jerrycans of water each day to run her business. She uses the Grundfos LIFELINK system a market-based approach to supply clean and affordable water to rural communities.

Grundfos Lifelink ; (BoP)

A Grundos LIFELINK system in KMC/Athi River, a dusty town on the outskirts of Nairobi, serves over 3,000 people each day. There is often a demand of jerrycans waiting to be filled. Nairobi, Kenya. (2010)

Barefoot Power;The(BoP)Project

Ronald, one of Barefoot Power's first and most successful "Solar Entrepreneurs," gives a nighttime solar demonstration, or "activation", to the villagers of Musubiro Village, Uganda. Ronald earns his income on commission from selling small, affordable solar solutions to families in off-grid villages like Musubiro. Barefoot Power is the social enterprise that designs, produces, and sells these products through both traditional retailers and a network of solar entrepreneurs across East Africa. Masaka, Uganda. (2011)

Ecotact; The(BoP)Project

A basic pit latrine in Kawangare, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, serves between 200-300 families. Around the corner, there is an Ikotoilet, built by Ecotact. Ecotact is an “innovative sanitation solution” company, which builds and operates high-quality, public, pay-per-use toilet and shower facilities.

Eco-Pesa; The(BoP)Project

Four youth in the Kongowea slums of Mombasa, Kenya. They are working with an NGO called Eco-Ethics International, planting seed beds which they will turn into a for-profit enterprise selling ornamental trees to surrounding communities.

Access Project;The(BoP)Project

In Rwanda, 200 Rwandan Francs ($.34) and a government issued insurance ID card covers the cost of a visit to the Kinyigi Clinic, a rural health facility in northwestern Rwanda. The Access Project, a social enterprise, is working with the government to turn the Kinyigi into a profitable, sustainable clinic.

Access Project;The(BoP)Project

The Ngeruka Clinic, a new health facility opened in August, 2010 in Bugesera District, Rwanda, serves approximately 27,000 previously underserved individuals. Throughout Rwanda there are only 899 doctors for more than 9 million people, and only 185 of these doctors are in rural areas. The clinic, built by NGO Rwanda Works in partnership with the Rwandan Government, was funded by American musician Garth Brooks. Bugesera, Rwanda. (2011)