At the outset, we would
like you to understand the following salient facts about this project
1. The sanitary napkin project we
have been doing was initiated by Nichi-In as a NOT a 100% a social
welfare project later taken over by M/S HOPE FOUNDATION, India.
2. The SAP Gel which is sold to us
by our principals in Japan, is a very vital material for this project
and it is supplied to us under a condition that at no time, we or the
entrepreneurs who buy the Gel from us for production of the Napkins
will start automation of the production, rather only use manual
labor.
This project has been developed and worked
out in such a way that with the very least investment, without big
machineries and very little training, production could be started in a
week or so. Moreover the aim of this project is NOT to commercially
compete with the branded slim and ultra-slim napkins with Gel, but to
target the lower-middle and lower economic income group to make them
practice this healthy way of maintaining personal hygiene.
How to proceed further, if you
want to start manufacturing the Sakura Magic Sanitary Napkins?
1. First send an official letter from the
letter head of your NGO, NPO or company with an endorsement or
attestation from an official. We prefer to have it endorsed by the
Manager of the Bank (preferably a Nationalized bank)
The letter should contain details about 1.
The full name, 2. Date of registration, 3. Directors / Partners/ Chairpersons
of your organization, 4. The full postal address with Contact
Telephone number, Email ID of the Chief of the Organization, 5. The full
name & postal address with Contact Telephone number of the contact
person, if different from the chief of the organization, 6.Area of
operation, 7. Present commercial and or voluntary work you are involved
in., 8. An assurance saying that you will not go for automation of the
production, 9. A brief outline about the work force you plan to involve
and the production capacity you are likely to target, 10. Endorsement by
the Manager of a nationalized bank.
This letter should accompany the copies of
the registration certificate of your organization and a Demand draft for
Rs. 300/- (Three hundred Rupees only) in favor of "M/S
HOPE FOUNDATION" payable at Chennai.
2. Followed by this, we shall send to you a
Video cassette with full recording of how the production is done. The
recording of audio has been made in local language (Tamil) and we shall
send you a full narration of the same in English. With
this, samples of material used will also be sent and some finished
samples, covers, pamphlets explaining the advantages of the product.
We shall also send the information about the suppliers of all the
material, their address and indicative price. Except the SAP Gel and the
Polythene covers for packing the napkins, which we shall supply, you are free to buy all other
material from whoever you want as long as it is cheaper than the firms
who are supplying us now. As you are buying the pre-printed Polythene
covers with the brand name "Sakura-Magic", the final product
reaches the customer in this brand only. This is to gain a collective
strength for this product in terms of presentation as a social welfare
project on a wider level in so many avenues.
3. Once you are convinced with the above,
you may start purchasing the raw material, equipments like sewing
machines etc and start production. As there have been some request by
agencies to send our staff to their place for the initial supervision
and training at the time of starting this project, we are planning to
depute a staff if our work schedule permits the dates of their
convenience. In that case, the Organization should pay for the full
travel expenses, take care of the accommodation and pay a nominal sum of
Rs. 200/- (Two hundred Rupees only) per day including the days of travel
(To & Fro) as food allowance to our staff, which should be sent in
advance in full by a demand draft.
If you have any clarifications, please
contact our Chennai office at 044-23720805 and ask for the
Sakura-Magic Technical assistance in-charge.
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Disclaimer: This project
guidelines are given only as a hint to help the concerned people with
social welfare & development in mind. The materials given herewith and
the other supplies of all kind with materials as well as information of
all kind regarding the manufacturing of the product or sale or
whatsoever which may provided later regarding this project by M/S HOPE
FOUNDATION,
should be practiced or followed with the utmost attention and care
keeping in mind the local conditions of the society, market etc and
potentials of the organization and their associates. The information or
assistance or guidance provided by M/S HOPE FOUNDATION with regard to this project
shall not be used otherwise and M/S HOPE FOUNDATION and their associates of this
project will not be responsible for any untoward happening, physical or
materialistic loss or damage of any kind at any stage with the
procurement of material, manufacturing, or sale or usage of the
products.
