promoting small businesses for internally displaced persons

Economic Integration: Quick Impact

ProjectsInternally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

NORTH-EAST

NIGERIA

Paper by: Toluwalola Kasali, 29 November 2015

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Contents

Economic Integration 4

Means of Livelihood – Prior to Displacement 5

Project 1 – Petty Trading 7

Project 2 – Tailoring 10

Project 3 – Farming 13

Contact 17

Displaced persons need to be given opportunities to be productive andself-reliant. This requires that the Nigerian government treats displacedpersons as contributors to social & economic development within theircommunities and State at large. Economic integration will allow InternallyDisplaced Persons (“IDPs”) to better interact with communities as theyare viewed as contributors rather than burdens.

A sustainable solution will be achieved when internally displaced persons no longer haveneed for assistance and protection linked to their displacement;

Having a source of livelihood empowers the people and gives them a sense of purpose;

Access to skill training, education and income generating activities, is a way of ensuringthat IDPs can contribute to the social and economic development of the community andthe state.

Economic Integration

Agriculture, Business, Paid

employment and Craftsmanship

Sources of income prior to displacement consisted mainly of Agriculture, Business, Paid employment and Craftsmanship. This will help to give agood indication of how to efficiently support displaced persons and help them get back on their feet socially and economically within a specifiedtime period.

Agriculture Business Craftsman Paid Employment Construction Husbandry Other N/A

Sources: IOM Round VII Report, December, 2015.

Means of Livelihood – Prior to Displacement Major Sources of Income

Quick Impact ProjectsImpact is the primary value proposition

Promoting Small Business for Women Project 1

Project Title Promoting small business for women

Business Petty trading

Objective To give women living in camp sites the opportunity to be trained and engage in income generating activities throughthe operation of small scale businesses.

Beneficiaries Internally displaced women living in camps and sites in North East Nigeria

Executors United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Project Duration 12months

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The absence of a sustainable means of livelihood is a major problem facing internally displaced persons;

There are a total of 1,119,029 internally displaced women, making up 52% of the total IDPs population in Nigeria. Some women are

vulnerable and open to exploitation in exchange for receiving additional support or services;

Engaging women in income generating activities gives them a certain level of self-sufficiency and independence;

Petty trading is an ideal income generating activity for internally displaced women because:

Individuals within the host and neighbouring communities will need to purchase food items and provisions at one point or the other;

The ease of moving around with the products to reach the target market will help increase sales;

Some of the products are fast-moving consumer goods that will be purchased approximately every 1-5 days based on the rate of usage;

Due to the fact that the communities are still recovering economically and individuals are still earning very little, households will use

less products than normally will be the case. They are likely to cut down on consumption until things get back to normal;

Petty trading as an income generating activity will not only be relevant while living in camps and sites but also, when they have been

rehabilitated.

The Project – Petty Trading

Promoting Small Business for Women Implementation

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Expected Outcome

On completion of the group training, each group is given a grant of N18,000 per person to start a business;

Approximately 80 women can be trained in petty trading per month per camp sites. This is assuming that training occurs in batches

of 20 persons every week in a particular camp/camp site;

There will be an increase in the ability of women to meet extra family needs;

Dignity is restored to women.

Suggested Project Cost (Estimate)

Cost Estimate per Person (N)

Petty Trading

Business Petty trading

Training 3000

Equipment 0

Start-Up Grant 18,000

Total 21,000

All costs are estimates

Employment Creation – Petty Trade

Work Program 1- Financially Sustainable Plan

TRADE PROJECT

PROOF OF MODEL: (REVENUE,

OPERATABILITY AND VALUE)

SCALE UP

(INCREASE IMPACT)

Create an

operating

model

Create a business model

Buying & Selling

Learn a skill

Create a

training group in

batches of 5-10

Working Group

Diversified/Single

Product(s)

Choose the products

Inter/outside

community

trading

Access a market Make revenues

Sell products

and make

revenues

Re-invest

=>20% should

be re-invested in

the business

Train a new

group of people

Pilot Project Pilot Project Critical Success

Factor

1. Access to required training & seed capital;

2. Access to market.

Evaluation of projects on

goal achievements and

effectiveness of response

to the needs of displaced

persons.

Potential to achieve

scale

LOW

HIGH

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Promoting Small Business for Women Project 2

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There are a total of 1,119,029 internally displaced women, making up 52% of the total IDPs population in Nigeria. Some women are

vulnerable and open to exploitation in exchange for receiving additional support or services.

Engaging women in income generating activities gives them a certain level of self-sufficiency and independence;

Tailoring is an ideal income generating activity for internally displaced women because:

Most individuals within the host community will need tailoring services at one point or the other although these services are not

required regularly and frequency of use, will be on a need-by-need basis;

This activity will help IDPs implement the skills they have acquired during the training;

It will not only be relevant while living in camps, but also, when they have been rehabilitated;

Dignity will be restored.

The Project – Tailoring

Project Title Promoting small business for women

Business Tailoring

Objective To give women living in camp sites the opportunity to be trained and engage in income generating activitiesthrough the operation of small scale businesses.

Beneficiaries Internally displaced women living in camp sites in North East Nigeria



Promoting Small Business for Women Implementation

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Expected Outcome

On completion of the group training, each group is given a grant of N18,000 per person to start a business. Cost of equipment like

the sewing machine, will be met as an additional cost;

Approximately 40 women can be trained in tailoring per month per camp site. This is assuming that training occurs in batches of

20 persons every 2weeks in a particular camp/camp site;

There will be an increase in the ability of women to meet extra family needs;

Dignity is restored to women.



Tailoring

Business Tailoring

Training 3000

Equipment 50,000


Total 71,000


Employment Creation – Tailoring

Work Program 2- Financially Sustainable Plan

TAILORING PROJECT



SCALE UP

(INCREASE IMPACT)

Create an

operating

business model


Tailoring

Learn a skill

Create a

training group in

batches of 5-10

Working Group

Diversified

Products

Create the products

Inter-community

trading

Create a market Make revenues

Sell items and

make revenues

Re-invest

=>20% should

be re-invested in

the business

Train a new

group of people

Pilot Project Pilot Project Critical Success

Factor

1. Access to required training & equipment;

2. Access to market.





persons.


scale

Sew

Package

Distribute

Sell

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Promoting Farming for Men Project 3

Project Title Promoting farming

Business Small scale farming

Objective To encourage and empower men who have lost their means of livelihood.

Beneficiaries Internally displaced men living in camp sites in North East Nigeria



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There are a total of 1,032,949 internally displaced men, making up 48% of the total IDPs population in Nigeria. If they are

not provided such opportunities for economic integration, they can become a source of instability and disruption within the

community;

Farming is a primary income generating activity in North-East Nigeria and a familiar job for the male population;

Crops will be mainly grain crops like legumes such as Beans and Soybeans. This will be essential in terms of value creation

because they can be stored longer and travel farther without losing marketability;

The produce will be sold to road-side sellers or small market stall owners;

Farming will provide a sustainable source of livelihood as well as opportunities for business scale up;

The federal and state governments will have to consider allocating new land to displaced persons where their land has been

taken-over or destroyed as a result of activities of the insurgents.

The Project – Farming

Promoting Farming for Men Implementation

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Expected Outcome

On completion of the group training, each group is given a start-up grant of N18,000 per person to start work on their farm;

Approximately 20 men can be trained per month per camp site. This is assuming that training occurs in batches of 20 persons per

month in a particular camp/camp site;

Increased ability to contribute to family needs and development of the community;

Increase in socio-economic opportunities;

Dignity is restored to the men.



Farming

Business Farming

Training 3000

Equipment/Tools 30,000


Total 51,000


Cost for tools like hoes and cutlasses will be met by an additional grant for equipment and tools outside the start-up grant.

Employment Creation – The Farm Project

Work Program 3 – Financially Sustainable Plan

Farming Business Project



SCALE UP

(INCREASE IMPACT)

Create a

business model


Land, seeds,

fertilizers, & tools.

Inputs

Create a

working Group

in batches of 5-

10

Working Group

Harvest

The corn is ready

Inter/outside

community

trading.

Create/enter a market Make revenues

Sell corn to

make revenues

Re-invest

=>20% should

be re-invested in

the business

Train a new

group of people

Pilot Project Pilot Project Critical Success Factor

1. Access to land by the Government or local community members;

2. Conflict resolution amongst existing farm/field owners;

3. Access to market .





persons.


scale

Access to micro-credit

Access to market

Farming schemes

Market information

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Project Examples

Example 1: The briquette making machine

Helps to provide a sustainable source of income tomembers of the communities;

The project is scalable and sustainable in the long-runbecause the raw-materials for the biomass briquetteusually include agricultural and forestry waste productslike wood chips, rice husks, straws, coconut andgroundnut shells, etc) and these materials can be easilysourced within the communities;

It will also serve as a way of helping to clear the sites of

the producers;

A sound business model can be built around it andreplicated across other affected communities;

Impact can be measured effectively.

Example 2: Bee keeping training and kits

The training helps to ensure that skills are gained and canbe transferred;

The people operate the hives - employment, some formof purpose is provided;

Production is on a commercial scale – Source ofsustainable income;

Business is scalable – If resources are well employed, theprogram can be scaled up by providing more trainingopportunities, employing more people, expanding theprogram to other affected communities, research, andother forms of social development;

Again, a sound business model can be built around it andreplicated across other affected communities;

Impact can be measured effectively.

State Nasarawa

Project Biomass briquette making

Why? Helping threecommunities recover from a dispute that had escalated into widespread violence in 2013.

No. of persons employed 120 people from three communities

Sales figure Not available

State Kaduna

Project Operate bee hives and collect honey for commercial sale

Why? Communities displaced by disputes with herdsmen.

No. of persons employed Not available

Sales figure US$6000 (N1.18m)

Source: CBN (Exchange rate: N197/$), Thisday Newspaper - The other conflict that is costing Nigeria

Billions

What others are doing

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