Provide Vocational Training for Ugandan Women

Meet Alice.

The first born in her family, Alice was born in 1984. She spent her childhood working in the fields alongside her mother, planting maize and ground nuts. There was no money to send her to school.

As the war raged in Northern Uganda, Alice’s parents fled to the safety of the Acholi Quarter in Kampala. In the Quarter, Alice met and married her husband. Together, they have eight children.

Although her husband works as a private security guard, they cannot afford the fees to send all of their children to school. Only two are currently enrolled.

The three youngest remain at home under her care, and the three oldest work as porters on construction jobs.

Alice has a small business selling mangoes and bananas. Each morning, she buys them in bulk from the produce market and then travels to the city center to sell them. With greater capital, Alice could purchase a larger quantity weekly, instead of purchasing small quantities daily which would increase her earning potential.

For just $25, you can help Alice secure her future and that of her children.

As a young girl, Hellen spent all of her free time studying traditional Acholi dance. She stopped going to school in primary 3 and started working in the fields beside her mother. As she grew older, she found herself in the local market one day and met a young man, Okot Alfred. He would court her at the organized local dances. Later, they married. Now, 42 years and eight children later, they have just as strong of a marriage as ever.

Hellen has made the transition to living more than half of each year back in her home village of Padibe in Northern Uganda, while Alfred continues to work as a security guard in Kampala. Hellen has a small farm where she grows maize, beans, peas, gnuts, simsim and cotton. Some of the produce she uses to feed her own family, some she barters for the things she needs, and the remainder she sends by bus back to Kampala where her children sell it for a substantial profit.

Since farming is seasonal, Hellen also brews the local alcohol to supplement her income. She brews it both from the north and from Kampala and easily finds customers.

Hellen's success at farming and transitioning back to a simpler, more peaceful life in the north has encouraged her to expand her venture. With greater capital, she'll be able to expand her farm and double the produce she grows and the profits she makes.

For just $25, you can help Hellen secure her future and that of her children.