By Bukenya Muusa | Project Leader
With your support women like Pamela from Pancwala Village age 62 years, married with four children. who joined the microcredit program with a very small business that was home-based. It was challenging for Pamela to take care of her family and educate her children since her husband is an alcohol addict she says. Pamela’s life changed right from the time she attended the Business and Leadership skills training, above all making a decision to join the program
Through her determination to live a better life, Pamela put all the skills she learned from training into practice. Today Pamela testifies of her business increasing of which she owns a stall of vegetables in Gulu main market. "The microloan has enabled me to educate my children, one already at a vocational institution and another in senior five, also I bought iron sheets and plans to build a permanent building house for her family
Our clients receive small loans, typically between $50 and $150, which they invest in livestock, agricultural projects, and other small business ventures. This past quarter we disbursed 882 micro loans to women. empowering them to walk their way out of poverty with dignity.
The leadership program and skills training that Pamela attained, spark up her interest in leadership and she began by leading her subgroup members as a secretary, later the center entrusted her and she was elected as the overall chairperson for the group. Pamela is not scared to campaign for the position but rather see it as yet another golden opportunity to climb the ladder higher in leadership. She is the elected woman council leader for the area of Panwala today representing women's voice in the village council.
We hope that you are curious and interested to walk this journey together. Understanding that we cannot continue this work without your support, our desire is that you will be inspired by the women that we support and our achievements and you will continue to support our efforts with your gits and donation.
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