Success Stories

15 Mar 23

TUKOLELE WAMU MAIZE FARMERS SACCO

Meet Nakalyango Amina, the Chairperson of Tukolere Wamu Busiika Maize Farmers’ SACCO – a group of 65 women farmers who have come together to achieve financial freedom. In 2020, they registered as a SACCO, and since then, they have been able to save up to fifty million shillings annually. This…

02 Mar 23

NAWOU’s IMPACT ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN LUWERO DISTRICT.

NAWOU collaborated with the DCDO’s office to mobilize women’s groups to participate in trainings and other initiatives of the Women at Work project. Over the course of four years, the groups acquired information, skills, and knowledge in leadership, agro-based farming, entrepreneurship and business, basic record keeping, Gender-Based Violence, and more.…

14 Feb 23

EMPOWERING WOMEN IN UGANDA: KWEWAYO WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

“My name is Aidah Nazziwa, a member of Kwewayo Women’s Development Group that was formed in 2015. Our main enterprise is pineapple and hibiscus wine making. NAWOU started to support our wine making business in 2018. They particularly supported us to improve production and packaging of the wine. Learning visits…

27 Mar 22

I DREAM OF A GENERATION THAT DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

Geoffrey Cherop, 48, is a husband and father of six (6) living in Aloma village, Kaptum sub county Kween district. Trained as a mentor by NAWOU, Geoffrey continues to create more awareness on the adverse effects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Early/Forced Child Marriage (E/FCM) within his community. For…

15 Mar 22

CHARITY NAIT; BREAKING THE BIAS OF FGM IN HER COMMUNITY.

As a mentee under the “Catalysing a new generation of activists to challenge FGM, Child and forced marriage” project funded by WomanKind, 13 year old Charity Nait is the voice of revolution when it comes to advocating against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within her village of Korosi in Kween district.…

04 Oct 21

LUWERO COMMUNITY LEADERS TAKE ACTION AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.

NAWOU in partnership with Luwero District, supported by FOKUS, conducted follow up dialogue meetings on Gender Based Violence (GBV) with community leaders in Kikyusa, Kamira, Kalagala, Bamunanika and Zirobwe sub-counties. The dialogues intended to take stock of the current status of GBV, what has been done, what has worked, existing gaps and…

27 Aug 21

YEKO CREATIVELY STARTS A BUSINESS DURING THE LOCK DOWN.

My name is Mercy Yeko and I’m 19 years of age. After I conceived in my primary seven vacation, I was forced me to marry the man who impregnated me. The marriage started becoming hostile when I was constantly barged to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which I shunned from…

Success Stories

TUKOLELE WAMU MAIZE FARMERS SACCO

NAWOU’s IMPACT ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN LUWERO DISTRICT.

EMPOWERING WOMEN IN UGANDA: KWEWAYO WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

I DREAM OF A GENERATION THAT DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

CHARITY NAIT; BREAKING THE BIAS OF FGM IN HER COMMUNITY.

LUWERO COMMUNITY LEADERS TAKE ACTION AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.

YEKO CREATIVELY STARTS A BUSINESS DURING THE LOCK DOWN.

TUKOLELE WAMU MAIZE FARMERS SACCO

NAWOU’s IMPACT ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN LUWERO DISTRICT.

MEETING WITH UGANDA WOMEN PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (UWOPA) AND SELECTED MINISTRIES TO INFLUENCE THE WOMEN’S AGENDA.

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