Engaging Ugandan AIDS Widows in Business
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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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Improving Lives in Uganda
By Jennifer Pope - Communications Associate, December 15, 2006 10:59 AM
A Trickle Up success story…
Construction of schools and homes is booming in Fort Portal, Uganda, Joyce Mbabaz's hometown. Though she initially thought of expanding her business selling groundnuts, Joyce recognized a greater demand in the new construction market and, with a grant and training from Trickle Up, launched her own business making bricks. A young widow with four children, she set about gathering the clay, pounding it, and baking it into sturdy bricks. Joyce now employs two other staff members and brings in about $700 per year. And she's joined with other Trickle Up entrepreneurs in the area, mostly young widows like herself, to found a savings and loan group that extends loans for local business investments. Together, the group has initiated a basket weaving business, which brings Joyce additional income.
Joyce puts her family first. Her profits go toward paying for clothing, bedding, and food and meeting school fees and medical expenses. Trickle Up gave Joyce the ability to invest in her children's future.
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Trickle Up has helped launch or expand 874 businesses in Uganda in the past year through nine local partner organizations.
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