Beneficiaries
We are very excited to report the end of what has been a successful empowerment project in the urban ‘villages’ of Busega and Nansana West.
Through a skills empowerment project taking place across two urban poor communities in central Uganda, SPAU has imparted new life-changing skills to at least 50 single parents – mostly young women who have been abandoned with children by their spouses/fathers of their children. The skills include business education and tailoring. Half of the beneficiaries are currently involved in new gainful self-employment. The other half are making preparations to enter into joint commercial ventures based on providing a tailoring service to their respective communities.
This project was largely possible through the generous contribution of Tools For Self Reliance and SPAU trainers, Ms. Mary Kawalya and Ms. Justine Namusisi, who poured their lives into orienting single parents with the practical skills over the past 12 months.