UNITE FOOD PROGRAM IMPACT
More than 1,200 tons of Maize, rice, ground nuts & beans have been purchased and sold since June 2o21
Currently, UFP is using a bajaji, two three-wheelers, and a new UFP truck to reach our customers in Dar and beyond into Tanzania.
UFP food items are sold directly to families and retail outlets as well as through distributors in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.
UFP has purchased maize from 1,230 small-scale farming families throughout rural Tanzania.
Small-scale farmers represent 80% of all farmers in Tanzania. Smallholder farmers need to improve their incomes and competitiveness if they are to achieve and sustain a decent standard of living, reinvest in their farms, and continue to supply crops sustainably. UFP provides a fair market price for rice and maize as well as two Agro-Z hermetically-sealed grain storage bags for the farmers to hold back and safely store their own harvest to feed and help support their families throughout the year.
Magret Duma
UFP provided her with 3 AgroZ® Bags to store her surplus crops. During harvest season, maize was sold at 320/= per kg but in December, Magret sold her maize for 650/= per kg earning 330/= profit per kg. Magret utilized her profit to buy uniforms for her grandchildren and new exercise books.
Jema Mbati
She stored 150kg of maize grains during harvest season and sold it for a profit of 300/= per bag. She used the extra profit to attend an agricultural seminar in the neighboring village. She learned how to compost manure and implemented this practice at her farm.
UFP provides paid work opportunities and professional training for dozens of young professionals,
Women in need, Unite Brave Widows, Unite scholars, and young people in the community.
Hundreds of day laborers have earned funds through part-time work at UFP. Additionally, the women enrolled in Unite’s Brave Widow program often work at UFP to assist with production and earn an income.
UFP offers local talented youth and Unite Scholars paid internships to learn the business.
UFP Provides a Free Lending Library and A Community Milling machine
UFP’s free lending library has hundreds of titles (for all ages) available to the team, the extended Unite family, and to all interested community members.
The UFP community mill allows local women to come and process their own maize grown on their small shambas to feed themselves and their families. More than 350 local women currently use the mill.