In 2022, Agnes borrowed 50,000 shillings from Mon Kanyakino Self Help Group to start a business of buying and selling silverfish, tomatoes, and groundnuts. After repaying the loan, Agnes now raises school fees, clothes, and scholastic materials for her children through the micro-business. She also contributes to the construction of her family’s permanent house and...
My name is Joyce. I am 35 years and I want to thank God for what He has done for me through Share An Opportunity Uganda (SAO U). I dropped out of school in Senior One because my parents could not afford the school fees payments. I immediately got married and produced children. Now, I...
A few years ago, Sonia was a subsistence farmer who used to grow a few crops on a small piece of land. “The food was only for home consumption but this would run out within a short time and we would end up starving, especially during the long dry spells,” Sonia explained. She however says...
Before the formation of the Dimilira Cluster Level Association, the people of Bunyafa Sub-County in Sironko District suffered many issues in the community, among them a lack of access to clean water for drinking and domestic use. This exposed them to the risk of many preventable diseases, like typhoid, diarrhea, and dysentery. In November 2019,...
Divorce often means the end of the road for most women in poor communities. But for Mable Ndagire a CCT Member in Kinoni Baptist church, it marked the opening of a new one. Ndagire’s husband divorced her, over her refusal to convert to Islam. Rather than succumbing to the trying demand, she joined Kinoni Baptist...
I am Himran, a farmer from Aojapiro village, in Abim District. I have for long been engaged in subsistence farming. I used to earn very little yet endure so many challenges including inadequate school fees for children, poor dressing of family members, and inability to off-set medical bills due to low family income. They kept...
Pastor John Makumbi from Luti Baptist Church has been involved in coffee growing for over 10 years. His yields were always low, and the quality poor. Each season, every year, brought unpleasant dwindling yields. But this now is a thing of the past. Share An Opportunity Uganda, a Child centered, Christian founded Non-Government Organization introduced...
With the onset of COVID 19 in 2020 and the subsequent lockdown, it became hard for people to meet in groups or meetings yet this is one of the common means of interaction for people in rural communities. After a thorough study in partner communities in Abim District, it was noted that community radios would...
Every 11 th of October, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark the International Day of the Girl Child. This year, the commemoration is under the theme: the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights. The need to achieve the above...
As we walk across the school compound to a tree shade in the middle of the compound, he bends and picks up two bottle tops that are lying on the ground. Since they are plastic, I immediately think he has a plastic collection centre; since this has recently...
