Create a Wholesale Enterprise for Gram Vikas:
The business success of a social enterprise lies in the self-sustainability; however, Gram Vikas is under financial distress and is highly dependent on often-delayed government grants and decreasing donations. These situations restrict Gram Vikas’ ability to expand its societal impact, and further undermine the creation of social value to the target stakeholders. (Nicolas Pless).
To make Gram Vikas more sustainable and less reliant on donor money, while not restricting the access to original funding streams such as Government grants and donations, a stand-alone profit-generating company could be set up to ensure a more steady revenue stream for Gram Vikas.
This stand-alone company would complement current GV’s activities and help both GV and the villagers sustain their income revenues. Thereby proposing a wholesale enterprise that integrates the distributing process for household individual income generating activities.
Business Description:
Currently, GV provides skill-building activities and advices on sustainable forestry, agriculture, and livestock husbandry to ensure food security and generate additional income for the villagers. Plantation of agriculture commodities, such as cashews, pineapples, mangos, jackfruits and vegetables is highly encouraged by GV, as these crops enable a steady source of income. (p.6) On top of that, many families have started income generating activities with the loans from Self-help Groups (SHG) in the village. Activities such as broom binding, sewing, tailoring, horticulture, livestock farming and fish farming, just to name a few. The wholesale company offers a fair platform and distribution channel for these goods; hence, scaling up these activities by demand within the village to bigger cities. This company would provide a bridge as pulling the agricultural goods, tapestry and