Engaging Ugandan AIDS Widows in Business

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. progress report read updates from the field

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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

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

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

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ezra Simon,
Program Officer for Africa
Trickle Up Program
104 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
United States
212-255-9980
Email:

Project Sponsor

Trickle Up

Organisation

Trickle Up Program
104 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
United States
212-255-9980
http://www.trickleup.org

Learn more about Trickle Up Program and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uganda and can also be found under Economic Development.

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 July 23, 2010.

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!

Links:

Trickle Up Winter Newsletter

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