08/03/2025
This international women’s day, we highlight the Microfinance project, run by ORA Uganda, to empower women in their communities to find hope for the future. We work with our international partners to future-proof their mahi, build their autonomy and independence, and ensure long-term sustainability.
This project first started in 2014, as ORA Uganda personnel had an idea this could help some women who were struggling to feed, educate and provide health care for the children in their homes. The women included in the project have testified that their involvement has resulted in moral development, improved social wellbeing in the community, financial literacy and economic empowerment. Beneficiaries feel empowered to provide food, clothing, and school fees for their family as well as adopting saving cultures for the future. The women have been able to improve sanitation at household level, with some able to construct new homes for their families. Below are some women from the programme singing together at a meeting.
Hope St highly values ORA Uganda’s microfinance project. We’re proud of ORA Uganda. The need was in front of them, they found this solution. Working with Hope St they developed a sustainable programme, and they have implemented it successfully, blessing 368 homes, with more to come. Read more on the Hope St website here; https://hopestreet.org/international-womens-day/
