Economic Growth Uganda Project #4494

Microloans for S. Sudanese Refugee Women in Uganda

by Hope Ofiriha

Project Report | Apr 3, 2015
Women immensely Happy

By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director

I am happy with GlobalGiving donors

Thank you supporting South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda.
You made it again in 2015: Your money and cash from other sources helped a project to give money in hands of 359 economically active clients both in South Sudan and Uganda. Loan capital from Deki is a liability which is repayable back at the end of partnership period.

By the time of this reporting:

Hope Ofiriha provided small loans to ten clients from funding from GlobalGiving.
With Deki loan capital; it enables 329 active clients to do an income-generating activity.
With a grant from W4 Hope Ofiriha had given microloans to 40 clients.

With a grant loan capital from GlobalGiving and W4 a charity do not repay back. The money collected from entrepreneurs are recycle in a form of new loans to new clients. The repayments have been excellent, and refugees in Uganda and returnees in Magwi County are progressing with their business.

In a next quarter, we will send you a new field report to let you know the impact of your contribution. The positive change it created in a life of refugees in Uganda and an education their children receiving.

Owinyikibul villagers clashed with new recruits in earlier March.
The government and the opposition have failed to reach a peace deal despite the pressure from IGAD, UN, and the World. There are new fierce clashes in Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Humanitarian situation is worsening. There are 1.5 million people displaced from their villages of which some are living in exile as refugees.

In Owinyikibul of Magwi County, new soldiers recruit clashed with local villagers earlier March. The drunken soldier had refused to pay for the services where he was stuck in a bar fighting. He then organized his fellow recruits burning more than 100 houses and market stalls in retaliation. One recruit in the clashes. A chief has blamed the trainers for failing to keep discipline.

Links:

Back to all project reports

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.