Economic empowerment to 100 refugee women

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, Tushirikiane continued its activities but it shifted from its main activities and has been focusing on activities aimed at protecting its members from the effects of the pandemic as some of its activities could not be carried out. The activities at a halt are, for instance, education-related activities because schools and colleges are closed until now and activities related to financing new income generating activities.

However, under the project Raising the refugees’ living standards, Tushirikiane decided in September to boost one of the three projects funded under this project. This is the project of a member who was making doughnuts and decided to expand it and changed into a bakery. He was given Ksh 25,000. As far as the other two funded projects (one of selling clothes in the market and the other of tailoring) are concerned, they are still going on. Tushirikiane has been following up on them and they are doing well. However, it is not possible to boost them in this period because many people are not ready to spend on clothes because uncertainty in this period of Covid-19. In addition, Tushirikiane has stopped funding new projects because it is hard now to start a new business due to Covid-19 confinement measures.

Out of $ 1324.54 which has been disbursed, Tushirikiane has so far given out Ksh 115,000).

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• Tushirikiane Website

With the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic activity slowed down in all sectors in general and in the informal sector in particular. This was due to the containment measures taken which did not allow people to move around as usual and do their activities.

As an organisation which helps those in need, Tushirikiane continued its activities but had to adjust the way of carrying them out. Some of its activities could not be carried out. These are, for instance, education-related activities because schools and colleges are closed until now and activities related to financing new income generating activities.

It is in this context that Tushirikiane has not given out any funds under the project Raising the refugees’ living standards since March 2020. This is because it is almost impossible to start a new business at the time when everyone is called upon to stay at home.

This is to mean that as far as this project is concerned, matters stand as they were in March. However, Tushirikiane went on with follow us and wish to report that the three people who got funds in March are still trying their best despite the challenges. The one who is selling second clothes in a market is still there and TUSA is considering injecting some more funds when the economy is to open now. The one who was making doughnuts is also doing well and is planning to expand the business and run a bakery too.

As said in the Report of March 2020, an amount of $ 1324.54 has been disbursed, and TUSA has already given out $ 900 (Ksh 90,000). When the economy opens, we plan to consider another project.