 
 
 
 
2021 
G RAISE MENTORSHIP 
PROGRAM REPORT 
2021 COHORTS 
 
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THE G RAISE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM REPORT 2021 COHORTS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE PROGRAM 
This report provides the details of the selection process and the Live-In sessions that were performed under 
the on-going second cohort of the G-Raise Mentorship program 2021. The program was premised to be 
folded under three objects namely recruitment, Exposure and Mentorship. 
 
Having identified the 5 additional local champions through a very through selection process, we managed to 
conduct the live-in session for 5 days at Donyo Sabuk National Park. The camp was very productive and it 
helped in creating the basis for the activities to focus on, during the subsequent months of mentorship. 
 
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Value proposition 
Many youth in Kenya are seeking to address community social-economic challenges through entrepreneurship but 
have consequently lacked the prerequisite required skills to attain their maximum potential.  G-Raise Program aims 
at providing mentorship needed to ensure these initiatives are nurtured to become viable and scalable social 
businesses. 
 
 
 
 
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Problem being addressed. 
Lack of entrepreneurial support systems:  
Many youths have brilliant ideas and solutions to societal problems but lack the support to scale this into fully 
fledged business operations.   
Education system mismatch: 
Kenyan education system lacks the means and capacity to prepare youth into initiating entrepreneurship initiatives.  
Little focus on Village Based Initiatives: 
There are very few support systems at local level to support entrepreneurial ideas. 
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Solutions proposed 
 
Identifying & exposing local youth entrepreneurs  
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Personalized mentorship for local youth with social impact ventures 
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Business startup support: Capital and technical support  
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Solving social-economic problems through localized  enterprises 
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Linkage to an ecosystem: For  continuous support system and scale-up 
1. CHAMPIONS TRACTION( 1st & 2nd COHORT) 
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NaiColour 
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Chrisah candy and cakes & CHRISAH FISH 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NGO FAM 
 
 
 
 
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SAM ENTERPRISE 
 
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Crystal aquariums 
 
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San sham ENTERPRISE 
 
 
 
 
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Hunters production 
 
 
 
 
 
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Desi Ventures 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Melvins 
 
 
 
 
 
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NANYUNGU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2. Lessons learnt 
The second cohort experience borrowed heavily from the first lessons learnt.  
Several crucial lessons that we are learning.  
 The lessons include; 
•Application: The first cohort we opened up the application process country wide. This enabled our reach 
national and made the process to be highly competitive. The negative challenge to this was that it proved to 
be an expensive exercise that need cross country follow with limited operational budget and human 
resource post the mentorship. 
•Selection: To encourage cross peer to peer support we have decided to concentrate on an yearly basis the 
five local champions to come from the same region and in this we have selected our areas of selection as 
Machakos, Busia and Mombasa. This has been informed by the fact that in these areas we already have 
support structure that can do follow up on very limited budget.    
•Site visits: We have premised the visits to be done by our other partners like Iha Benard in Mombasa, 
Catherine in Machakos and Charles in Busia. 
   
•The live-in sessions: The live in sessions as compared to the first cohorts will be limited so much to 
practical, peer to peer learning and exposure of business models that the local champions are employing and 
the program will seek to address the seemingly open and loose gaps. We learnt that the first live in sessions 
was so much academic and we tried a more relaxed approach that employed a lot of outdoors and business 
visits. 
 
 
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•Venue: A decision has been made that the venue shall remain KENYA WILDLIFE DONYO SABUK CAMPING 
SITE. 
 
 
3. Current plans 
                THE G-RAISE  
MENTORSHIP  
PROGRAM 
  
  
  
Mar-22 
Apr-22 
May-22 
Jun-22 
July-22 
Total BUDGET                         GOAL 
            
                    -    
                   -    
                   -    
                   -    
Kshs 835360 
48250 
16025 
16525 
447750 
306810 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Expenses 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Selection process costs 
                30,000  
               
               
           
                   -    
  
Business support costs 
                         -                        -    
                   -    
                   -    
        250000  
  
Mentorship camp (live in session)  
                         -                        -    
                   -    
        210,000  
                   -    
  
Mentors/ consultants fee 
                 
                    -    
          10,000  
        180,000  
          20,000  
  
Follow-up support costs 
                         -                        -    
                   -    
                   -    
             7,200  
  
Impact assessment costs 
                         -                        -    
                   -    
          20,000  
                   -    
  
Admin costs 
                15,000  
           15,000  
          15,000  
          15,000  
          15,000  
  
Miscellenious costs 
                  3,250  
             1,025  
             1,525  
          22,750  
          14,610  
Total expenses 
                48250  
           16025  
16525          
447750      
306810         
 
BUGET KEY 
1. Financing will be addressed through three sources:- 
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Gertler Clark family foundation proposing Kshs 370000. 
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Gnu Foundation proposing Kshs 245360 
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WATER tank business profits Kshs 220000. 
 
 
 
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ANNEX DOCS: 
 
 
 
GOAL 
OUTCOME 
OUTPUT 
ACTIVITIES 
INPUTS 
Integration of fishery resource governance and 
social enterprise development to increase 
bargaining power and reduce poverty among 
SMEs towards the sustainable development of 
the fishing industry 
 
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Improved demand and supply to the market  
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Production uniformity to the market 
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More than 100 youth empowered though 
venture 
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Increased cages in the farm  
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Increased access to youth empowerment 
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Quick productive fingerlings  
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Quality feeds 
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Production line equipped with high skill in 
Aquaculture production line system monitor 
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Outsource for funds 
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Empower and provide employment/jobs to 
youths within the society 
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Increase access to youth empowerment 
training facility   
Date: 24th February, 2022 
Results 
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NGOLOBES FAMILY 
PHONE:- +254710769944 
 
 
 
Promote and nurture upcoming artist talents. 
Educate community through entertainment. 
Creative and innovative mindset environment. 
Edu-tainment for self-sustainability. 
GOALS 
OUTCOMES 
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Increase of benefits to upcoming artist/talents. 
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Community knowledge empower through artist articles. 
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Creation of income generating activity. 
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Instill self-confidence and self-sustainability. 
Reduction of criminal activities. 
Reduced rate of immoral behavior. 
Increase rate of youth’s school attendance. 
Increase creative and innovative skills in our community. 
Increase rate of IGAs. 
OUTPUTS 
ACTIVITIES 
17 upcoming artists benefited. 
Artists’ workshops for knowledge empowerment. 
Launch media campaigns on nurturing upcoming artist talents. 
Edu-tainment campaigns for brighter, informed community. 
Creation of artist clubs nurturing talents within our education institutions. 
INPUT 
Studio equipments. 
Funds. 
Tutors, adjudicators and trainers. 
Artists. 
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CRYSTAL AQUARIUMS BUSINESS MODEL  
E-mail address: aquariumscrystal@gmail.com  
Contact: +254(0)714016759  
 
 
 
GOALS  
OUTCOME  
OUTPUT  
ACTIVITIES 
INPUTS 
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To offer our aquarium products and services countrywide in all 
regions of Kenya in the next three years. 
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To become Kenya’s leading Reference Company on ornamental 
fisheries and aquarium products in five years.  
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Customer satisfaction and appreciation of our  final products 
presentation 
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Beautifully aqua caped aquariums accompanied with beautiful and 
healthy ornamental fish appealing from a distance.  
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Therapeutic effects on hospital patients and home occupants. 
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Attention to detail in each aquarium production process.  
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Proper fish medication, storage and transportation equipments  
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Professionalism in delivery of products, services and customer care. 
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Individual level training on the best and most recommended 
customer care practices. 
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Regular research and training on new trends of aquarium 
production to our technical staff/employees.  
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Vigorous and regular training on aquarium production processes 
and ornamental fish care and handling 
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High quality breeds of fish sourced from reputable suppliers 
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Proper glass thickness with respect to the aquarium size/volume. 
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Proper quality and the most recommended tools and accessories 
for the aquarium production processes.  
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SANSHAM VENTURES: 
EMAIL: sanshamventure@gmail.com  
PHONE: +254737583351/+254725308629  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Have clean, affordable, efficient energy (Liquefied Petroleum Gas). 
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Conserver our environment and water catchment areas. 
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Empower our community through support on income generating 
activities (IGAs) as agri- business. 
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Reduce hazardous health complication issues. 
GOALS 
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Community empowerment knowledge on importance of environment 
and water catchment conservation. 
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Economic empowerment through tree seedlings income generating 
activities (IGAs). 
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Reduced de-forestation and increased afforestation coverage. 
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Increase family IGAs through sells of tree seedlings. 
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60 families trained on clean, safe energy use. 
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Reduced hazardous health complication cases. 
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Increase of environment conservation knowledge. 
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Increase use of clean, affordable, efficient (LPG) energy. 
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Train community members/women/youth groups on clean, affordable, 
efficient (LPG) energy importance. 
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Train community environment experts of re-afforestation importance. 
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Launch media campaigns on use clean, affordable, efficient (LPG) energy 
and importance of environment and water catchment areas 
conservation. 
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Trees seedlings supplies 
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Trainers 
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Participants 
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Funds 
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LPG supplies. 
OUTPUTS 
ACTIVITIES 
OUTCOME 
INPUTS 
Date: 24th February, 2022 
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HUNTERZ PRODUCTION LOGIC MODEL  
Email Address: hunterzproduction21@gmail.com 
       PHONE NO.0748779881 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GOALS 
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Increased connectivity.  
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Entrepreneurial opportunity. 
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Speed and accuracy.  
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Education and training 
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Information Security 
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Avail stable internet service 
and other related computer 
services to a greater 
population within the 
local/rural areas. 
OUTCOMES 
OUTPUTS 
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Ten students have benefited. 
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Stable internet access 
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increased information 
Technology 
ACTIVITIES 
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Offering Digital Literacy 
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Acts as Bridge between access 
to E-Government Services 
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Create an E- commerce I-Hub 
for easy internet Access 
INPUTS 
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Funds 
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Addition of Computer Machines 
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WIFI 
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CCTV Cameras 
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DESI VENTURES LOGIC MODEL 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GOAL 
 Funds 
· Animal Acquisition 
· Time 
· Structure Construction 
ACTIVITIES 
OUTCOMES 
 
OUTPUTS 
INPUTS 
 Field days 
· Farm visits 
· Clinics 
· 15 piglets produced 
· Structure expansion completed 
  
Increased Knowledge in:- 
· Animal Health 
· Animal nutrition  
· Reproduction  
· Budgeting  
· Financial risk 
¨ Promote modern pig farming and care 
of animals to meet or increase 
consumer demands 
¨ Promote conservation efforts to 
minimize environmental impact 
¨ Sustainable farm operations; Profit 
maximization, expenses reduction  
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NANYUNGU CONSTRUCTION CO. 
PHONE: +254703677401/+254794444692 
 
 
 
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Create self-sustainable income activities. 
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Reduce poverty level through creation of employment. 
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Promote and local available materials, resources and talents/skills. 
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Empowerment knowledge of skills labor. 
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Availability of decent affordable homes. 
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Creation of income generating activities. 
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86 families’ access to decent affordable houses. 
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Trained and completely certified 127 skills laborers. 
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Increase of IGAs. 
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Value addition of our local products. 
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4 media campaigns completed on knowledge empowerment of skills. 
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Train and empower knowledge to skilled laborers. 
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Achieve more decent homes. 
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Increase knowledge empowerment on value addition to local products. 
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Community workshops on IGAs for self-sustainability. 
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Trainers. 
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Participants’. 
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Equipment’s (upgraded masonry tools) 
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Funds. 
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Market for products. 
ACTIVITIES 
INPUT 
GOALS 
OUTCOME 
OUTPUTS 
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