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Empower AIDS Widows - Save a Community

Summary

A farming co-op of AIDS widows and orphans in rural Uganda is working toward economic sustainability for 100 women or child-headed families, plus local orphans and disabled people, (1600 people). progress reportread updates from the field


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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In a region devastated by AIDS, widows have joined small plots of land to form an organic farming co-op. With your help, they bought equipment, started training programs, learned solar food processing, opened a sewing business. The work already underway will eventually sustain this community and spur regional development. Right now they need farm animals, school supplies, and tools for children's health. Help these women keep developing their community for a truly sustainable future.

Activities

4 year plan includes skills training, new crops & markets, food processing technology, tailoring business, anumal husbandry.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £15,027
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £4,619
Total Funding Goal: £19,646

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The goal is to move from subsistence farming to income-generating projects. The project will affect the larger community by improved nutrition, better health, HIV/AIDS education, sustainable agriculture and greater employment.

Project Message

We can create an environment for survival, growth, development & education of vulnerable children and households at grass roots level. We can join hands and support the most vulnerable ones.
- Joseph Onyango, Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Joseph Onyango,
Executive Director
P.O.Box 5040
Kampala,
Uganda
+256-75 964642
Email:

Organisation

The River Fund Logo The River Fund
11155 Roseland Road, Unit 16
Sebastian, Florida 32958
United States
772 589-5076
http://www.riverfund.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uganda and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 09, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 02, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

RARUDO quarterly Report of November 2011.

By Onyango Joseph - Executive DirectorRARUDO, November 15, 2011 10:38 AM

Goat raising project.
Goat raising project.
On behalf of the board and community members, I am pleased to share with you RARUDO quarterly Report of November 2011.

We hope you will take a few minutes to read about our progress over the past months, and about the women, children and men we work for every day.

Thanks to your incredible generosity and contribution from our dear donors. Your support raised through this year is already at work changing lives of our people. With your donations, our people from Tororo, Busia, and Bugiri were ble get some improved seeds and foods that at least made them go through the long experienced harvesting period without much starving. This support was timely in that helped improve the nutrition for especially our people living positive with HIV/AIDS.

At last now there is enough rain, people everywhere are very busy with garden work, and this brings hope that there will be enough food in
this second rain season, they will have enough to eat and some for income. Our orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) received
schooling materials and uniforms and going to school is just the start of their journey to a better life. By getting an education these OVCs and girl - child
can find good jobs and lift themselves, their families and their communities out of grinding poverty.
To discover more, our women are making great achievement as in economic empowerment through their agriculture development, goat’s project
integrated with piggery is gradually transforming their lives economically. In the entire three district ladies are greatly struggling to change the society
by spending much time gardening and ensure there is enough food in the house and a surplus for micro-income earning for sustainability. Tailoring and craft
making is another inspiring project in  which has helped 40 women get a vital knowledge in generating  a side income and will be helping over 100 women over the coming 2 years.

Thank you for standing with us as we continue to work toward improving the Lives of women and children and families everywhere, and preserving the environment
that sustains us all. I want to extend my sincere regards to all friends in the US, UK and everyone who have and are making this work possible.
May God bless you.
Warm Regards
Onyango Joseph 

Executive Director

RARUDO
Exercise book distribution to orphans
Exercise book distribution to orphans
Piggery project
Piggery project
RARUDO group vegetable garden
RARUDO group vegetable garden

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