Hope and hard work through microfinance to fight poverty in Uganda

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More power at home

June 2013

St Jude Kavule women’s group has an events management business providing catering services, photography, decoration and chair hiring during functions.  They have also acquired a vehicle for items service delivery, [...]

Goal setting is key to devolopment

June 2013

Jjokolera clients attending an NGO Ideas workshop facilitated by Wekembe to enable them set their goals and priorities. Thanks to these trainings people will get skills to assess and set [...]

Loans help cottage industry-cow horns

June 2013

Ronald Mutebi was employed by a local organization to collect and process cow horns to create artefacts for decoration and armlets. He acquired the skill and thanks to Wekembe loan [...]

Getting energy out of food waste

June 2013

Mulago clients group develop a project of briquette making as an alternative energy fuel made out of wood and charcoal.  Women collect all the house waste from food to be [...]

The best snack in the neighbourhood

June 2013

Nsobya Christine prepares snacks in her kitchen with roasted groundnuts, bagiya etc. Thanks to wekembe loans she is now able to distribute them to all the retail shops in her [...]

Education out of mushroom growing

June 2013

Berna Chelenget is an orphan and a first borned in her family who has lived in the hardest conditions for a life time. Now she owns a mushroom garden and [...]

Clothes for smartness

June 2013

Kyanja development group is specialised in tailoring and selling of fabrics. Thanks to Wekembe women cooperating inside the group were able to expand their business through purchase of more machines and [...]

Happy family supermarket

June 2013

Agaliawamu Gayaza women’s group supported her to enlarge her store, one of the best in the community. Thanks to the loan received from Wekembe she now generates better profits considering that [...]