First Anniversary Celebration, July 18, 2023

To celebrate our one year Anniversary. We partnered with CASE hospital and offered a free medical camp in our community.
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More than 100 women and youth were tested; BMI, breast cancer screening, blood pressure, HIV, among others and did a wellness sensitization as well about keeping healthy.
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We also invited other women manufacturers to come and exhibit their products. .
When a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for others as well.
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The last year was bumpy but worth it and we would not have done it with out your support.
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Milestones.
➢ A committed and supportive team; it’s a small team that will go above and beyond to make things happen.
➢ 1st GAP YEAR program- 23 girls trained last year, fully funded by a Chicago company for 7 months.
➢ Rebranding to Arise Kollection.
➢ Noonday University Scholarship fund- our Gap Year trainees received scholarships to enable them to begin their first year at university.
➢ USAID-SIA Partnership- a fully paid-up Investment readiness package.
➢ PACEID- the export and industrialization team paid for 3 exhibitions in UK, USA and South Africa to enable us to market our goods.
➢ GIZ-ECOS fund- a fully paid-up ISO certification program.
➢ Accelerator programs: 3 so far- E4Impact from Italy, Nest 2023 from the USA and the Ignite program from South Africa.
➢ Brand Design management- received a free offer form an American Company (The Tipton) to design all the company’s, brand needs.
➢ Loyal and supportive customer base; locally the brand was received with open arms, we received URA, Uganda Airlines, Diplomatic Wives Association, US Embassy, as customers. Externally, orders were received from the US, German and UK.
➢ Case Hospital; affordable health insurance for team.
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Cake Cutting
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Chief Guest Sharon O NMay be an image of 2 people and people smiling
Community Community ready for the Medical CampMay be an image of 7 people, grass and text
Production Floor Tour
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Displays by other women owned BusinessesMay be an image of 4 people and text