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Engaging Ugandan AIDS Widows in Business
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Summary
Trickle Up helps the lowest income widows in Uganda take the first steps out of poverty by providing business training, conditional seed money and support services to start or expand a small business.
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Received $2,585 from 34 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Uganda, many older women have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS and are frequently the sole caregivers for a range of children and grandchildren. They carry out this role with a great degree of pride and innovation. The Trickle Up Program is implemented through local partner agencies, whose programs in areas such as sustainable agriculture, vocational training, serving HIV/AIDS-affected people, street children, and women’s empowerment complement our micro-enterprise program.
Activities
Trickle Up provides business capital to entrepreneurs in the form of grants and basic business training geared to illiterates. Each business receives a grant of $100 distributed in two $50 installments.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,585
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $7,415
Total Funding Goal: $10,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The financial well-being, health and education benefits, along with women’s empowerment, that stem from our programs are having tangible results among our clients.
Project Message
Previously people had to give me kerosene, clothing and my high blood pressure medicine. Now I can support myself by cultivating my garden with the marketing and sales skills that I've learned.
- Constance Tchalima, entrepreneur in southwest Uganda
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on March 06, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 11, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
Why microenterprise works for people living with HIV/AIDS
By Jennifer Pope - Communications Associate, March 06, 2007 10:52 AM
39.5 million people were living with HIV/AIDS last year, according to a recent UNAIDS and World Health Organization report.
People who face the dual challenge of living in poverty and living with HIV/AIDS often have difficulty accessing the resources they need to support their families and survive economically. Trickle Up’s latest newsletter discusses why our microenterprise program is uniquely well-suited to ensuring the success of this socially and financially vulnerable population.
Read our newsletter (see p.5) to learn more!
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