2021 REGIONAL SUMMIT SUNRISE ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS NAME MAWURUKA

2021 REGIONAL SUMMIT SUNRISE ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS NAME MAWURUKA INVESTMENT PARTICIPANTS NAME & SURNAME- PATIENCE N. MUNYENYIWA “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

PLEASE DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS • Please Describe what your business is • Inset Photo or about and how it is run. - I am into Poultry, Tobacco farming and Preschool and also do décor. • I operate at Roslin farm in Manyame Rural District council, the business is comprised of me the owner and 7 parttime employees. • I produce broilers continuously as l keep separate batches in the poultry run. This means that each and every time, there “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

BUSINESS PLAN & CUSTOMER BASE? • Do you have a Business Plan in place for marketing your business to attract more customers? - Yes I have a business plan in place for marketing my businesses. • Have you increased customer base through understanding the needs of your customers since starting their business? - Yes I have increased my customer base to 27 parents in pre school, 5 canteen for poultry production and Boka Tobacco sales floor. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

VIABILITY AND JOB CREATION • Have you identified viable products or services that have proved to be a • Insert Photo success in the market? - Yes I have realised that chicken breeding is a viable project. Pre-school and décor received a warm welcome in the market by the customers as well. • Has the business been able to create jobs? - Yes it has been able to create job around the Roslin Farm especially during the season of Tobacco farming. About 10 people assist in the grading of tobacco. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT? • Do you have a budget or forecasting tool for the business- Yes I have a budget in place for the business to continue growing. • Are you able to produce evidence of expenses and sales such as receipts or invoices. Yes I am able to produce the evidence as displayed. • Do you have a bank account for your business? - Yes I have a CBZ bank Account. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

SAVING AND SELF SUFFICIENCY • Has been able to save from the business. Please give more information. - Yes I am able to save some money from the business, . Through my CBZ Bank account • Has managed to increase household income. Has levels of violence been reduced? Please explain. - Yes I have been able to increase household income through my businesses. And yes levels of violence have been reduced because of the reason that I am now an independent women able to make her own money. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE BUSINESS FOR PAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS INCOME EXPENSES ITEM AMOUNT Poultry 10 500 Stock feed 18 205 Tobacco sales 38 505 2. 5 bags of fertilizer 7 000 Creche 5 000 Labour 2 400 Décor 1 000 Medicines and Insecticides 3000 Chicks 3500 Transport 500 Remuneration 2500 Tobacco seed 1500 Sundry 2 000 Stationery 3 500 TOTAL $44 105 TOTAL Profit 55 005 $10 900 “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE BUSINESS FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS ITEM Poultry INCOME AMOUNT ITEM 15 000 Stock feed, vaccines, lighting and water, bedding 10 000 Tobacco seed 2 500 Fertilisers 10 000 Labour 5 000 Transport 2 500 Stationery 15 000 Medicines and Insecticides 8 000 Sundry 2 000 TOTAL 55 000 Tobacco 40 000 Creche 7 500 Décor 5 000 TOTAL 67 500 TOTAL 12 500 EXPENSES “Empowering Women Ending Violence” AMOUNT

WHAT PLANS HAVE YOU MADE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS? Please list your plans to grow your existing business-I have established the three businesses so that I remain in business in the event of the failure of another -To expand the market of chicken meat to other areas also I am expecting to start keeping more and more birds in the near future. - I am saving to keep my business sustained. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? • Also I am planning to acquire a big farm so that I do tobacco farming at a larger scale. • I would like to establish a school for the pre-school graduates • I want to do poultry at a bigger scale “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

IMPACT OF COVID-19 CHALLENGES UNDER COVID • Chicks’ bookings were closed • Pre-school closed thereby reducing income • Lack of finances for land preparations • Lack of finances to buy agricultural inputs • Functions were banned affecting my décor business “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”

MITIGATION STRATEGIES • Tilling manually • Half tillage by tractor from a neighbour • Fertilised land through chicken droppings and soil from anthills • Ploughed beans , maize and tobacco • Tried online lessons “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”

FORWARD STRATEGIES ON COVID-19 • WAYFORWARD • To re-open preschool on hot sitting to enable social distancing • To open a second pre – school to boost income • To saw uniforms and masks and sell • To purchase a commercial stand for manufacturing of sanitisers “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”

MAWURUKA INVESTMENTS Like an eagle I am flying, soaring high up into the sky. Tatenda, Siyabonga, thank you