Majority of young entrepreneurs fail to meet their immediate financial needs due to limited or lack access to easy and quick financing without the high interest rates. Self Help Groups which are popularly known as Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs) empower participants to increase access and control over resources and use the collective power …
Action For Fundamental Change And Development (AFFCAD) intends to sell 1 motor vehicle, 1 motorcycle, 10 sewing machines, 3 tents, 5 printers, 2 office desk phones, 5 cameras, 2 ovens, 1 deep frier, 2 toolboxes, 1 food warmer, 3 monitors, 2 laptops and massage beds by auction. The items will be sold on an “as …
In 2019, Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF) in partnership with the Central Cluster, a coalition comprised of; Action for Fundamental Change And Development (AFFCAD) and Serving Lives Under Marginalisation (SLUM) conducted a power analysis with an aim of analysing the power dynamics within vulnerable communities and how they affect adolescent girls power and …
“I now seat comfortably on our desk in class with enough space to write during the lesson” said one of the pupils at one of the eleven schools that benefitted from the distribution of 320 desks to Kampala Capital City aided primary schools around Kampala by AFFCAD under the Local Coalition Accelerator funded by the …
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Every 20th of June, the world honours refugees across the globe. On this day, we honour the millions of people that are forced out of their homes due to war of any other crisis that affect their wellbeing. Melling Pamela is a twenty-one-year-old South Sudanese currently residing in Kyebando Kisenyi zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala. …
Adolescent girls from vulnerable communities are often faced with challenges as a result of their economic disadvantage and limited skills for economic growth. Interventions for their economic empowerment are especially critical at this point in their lives as they transition into adulthood to prevent them from engaging in acts like prostitution, crime among others to …
PROMOTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS CAPABILITIES THROUGH INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES Read More »
On Friday, 28th April, 2023 sixty (60) adolescent girls under the Adolescent Girls Power Program (AGPP) were graduated upon completion of vocational training in different trends that included; Beauty Therapy (34), Tailoring and Fashion Design (15), Decoration and Events Management (7), Electrical Installation and Repairs (4) in the academic year of 2022.
Nairuba Rhoda is an 18-year-old female youth from Nakamiro zone in Bwaise II Parish of Kawempe Division. Being raised by a single mother and with no contact with her father, Rhoda dropped out of school in Senior three in 2019 due to lack of school fees. It is then that she decided to start her …
ENTREPRENUERSHIP TRAINING CHANGED MY CHICKEN BUSINESS Read More »
On Friday 20th May 2022, all roads led to AFFCAD, where 363 youths from the Bwaise slums—whose businesses were greatly affected by COVID-19—were awarded with certificates. Furthermore, about 200 of them received business toolkits to enable their businesses to thrive following training on entrepreneurship and employability. Additionally, 63 teachers were awarded with cash for starting …
Achiiro Lillian is a 26-year-old mother of three living in Mukalazi Zone, Bwaise II, Kampala, Uganda. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Lillian was working as a hairdresser at one of the salons in Bwaise, but when the lockdown was put in place, her employer informed her that the salon could no longer afford to employ her. …
