Package baby delivery kits for pregnant mothers
Muzalema
Siavonga, Zambia
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Muzalema
Member since
March 2018
On-time repayments
166 installments • 72%
About Me
My name is Muzalema Mwanza, I am the last born in a family of four and I am married with one baby boy. I am a civil engineer by profession and my late father always encouraged me to chase my dreams.
As a new mother, I learned of the difficult requirements that rural Zambian clinics impose on expectant mothers to provide their own tools for giving birth such as a scalpel blade, sterile gloves, and birthing mat for delivery of their babies. I managed to buy the things they require and gave birth to a beautiful boy in 2016, after which i realized that for many months I had a hard time finding these products all in one place so I established Safe Motherhood Alliance, a social enterprise to package and distribute sterile materials for childbirth for pregnant women in low-income communitiesand rural areas.
My Business
We provide Baby Delivery Kits to pregnant women in low-income communities and rural areas to ensure and improve safe births by developing a simple, low-cost, disposable delivery kit for pregnant women that will be used during childbirth because everyday in Zambia, hundreds of mothers and babies die at childbirth because mothers have to provide their own birthing materials. But with the baby delivery kits, mothers can rest easy knowing their newborns will be free from using unsterilized,-materials.
Loan Proposal
We will buy inventory with the Zidisha loan to package and provide a sterilized $10 - $15 baby delivery kit containing essential supplies a woman requires at childbirth to ensure she has a clean, safe and hygienic delivery.
We sell the Baby Delivery Kits to sell to pregnant mothers through using our distribution channels of midwives, clinics & health facility's. We work to ensure every baby gets an opportunity to live his or her potential and every mother gets the opportunity to watch her baby grow. One delivery kit ensures a safe delivery, creates behavioral change and offers economic empowerment to a birth attendant.
The Zidisha Loan will enable us to increase our profit margin to sell our baby delivery kit from US$10 to US$12 for the basic kit and $15 for the Baby Plus Kit depending on the package they choose and the loan will enable us to pack more kits and launch our product in various clinics and Hospitals.
My Videos
Jan 22, 2021: Safe motherhood alliance
May 25, 2024: Contributing to safe motherhood journey
May 25, 2024: Safe motherhood
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$20.00
Date disbursed
Apr 2, 2018
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
1 week
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Lenders
United States
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Ed Jan 22, 2021
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