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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

LLEPDEC TRUST

One-line solution summary:

SKILL PROVISION IN LEATHER VALUE ADDITION INVOLVING LEFT BEHIND COMMUNITIES UTILIZING APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR JOB AND WEALTH CREATION.

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PROBLEMS

1.The harvest of goat skins in particular is wasted day in day out.

2. No value addition is involved in the Leather Sector benefitting the owners of ruminants directly/indirectly.

3. Artisan are denied source of immediate availability of leather for manufacture of leather products.

4. The Community is denied access to poverty and destitution reduction for reasonable livelihood.

SOLUTIONS.

By providing SKILLS in PRESERVATION OF SKINS, TANNING of the PROPERLY PRESERVED SKINS and manufacture of products utilizing the leather, the communities earn a living and eventually move out of the poverty levels as jobs and wealth is created within the society which can then be scaled up for Rural and semi urban industrialization curbing movement into cities to seek the dwindling jobs which are no longer available and back e self relient

With the scalable ventures, the world can off take products realizing they benefit the left behind inclusively.

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What specific problem are you solving?

The rearing of goat skins as will be done, will ensure proper animal husbandry management which will give manure to crops for organic fertilizer. As a result the crops will eventually be organically nourished without toxic elements from inorganic fertilizers.

The proper domestication of goats in particular will allow proper rearing which will give on one hand good meat and on the other well nourished skin for good leather and subsequent quality competitively.

Being sustainable, domestication of these ruminants in question, assure resilient ecosystem from the village setup to the artisanal ventures whose market crosses borders for global benefit at large There

What is your solution?

Therefore the reliance of each section of the Value Chain ensures a resilient ecosytem both before and after each division of the leather Value Addition.

In other words, proper upkeep of ruminants as far as housing, pasture, clean drinking water and proper branding coupled with proper flaying procedures, proper Preservation methods and care for long-term storage, the skin quality remains at high level ensuring high pricing when being vended for Ecotanning.

The quality of the ecotanned leather is bound to have preference versus mineral tanned leather employed in most industrial tanneries hence this devised unique BOTTOM TO TOP APPROACH has far reaching appeal to users out of AFRICA.

The environment is preserved and at the same time the customer readily takes in the leather knowing it's environmentally friendly during manufacture as well as during it's usage by the customers.

On the other hand, this upcoming program SME's have what they would need to produce items manageable at their level resulting into job and wealth creation symbiotically effected from ruminant rearing through proper Preservation of the skins, ecotanning into leather and production of environmentally friendly products of various outlook denoting ultimate sustainable competitiveness within and out of Africa.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

The improvement starts with the noble farmer who gets empowered to rear the ruminants for a better earning both from the crops when he organically nurtures them and from the proceeds of the well domesticated ruminants.

The community tanner/tanners will ecotan ensuring the leather which has been elusive in Malawi for over 4o years will now be able to be sourced by the destitute artisans and their counterparts thereby ensuring better livelihood among a wide spectrum of the left behind in wealth creation.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Create scalable economic opportunities for local communities, including fishing, timber, tourism, and regenerative agriculture, that are aligned with thriving and biodiverse ecosystems

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

The farmer benefits by using the droppings for manure.

The butcherman gets a well nourished ruminant for meat and the yield of the skin ultimately becomes nourished as well as being properly preserved for a quality ecotanning..

Finally the leather product fetches high price arising from quality of leather which provides earnings for livelihood from ecotanning for competitiveness to the masses within the left behind communities

Finally product are organic and largely sort for for being ecofriendly

Therefore the value addition denotes concrete interdependence which is sustainable being a natural resource.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Blantyre, Malawi

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

Trials were done home based.

Pilots done in some Comesa member countries.

Now being implemented by 2 Entities in Zambia for definite permanent venture.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Crispin Amasi entrepreneur/Trainer /consultant