Backyard poultry farming
Training, day-old chicks, feeders and ongoing support. Women earn from eggs and birds, feed their families better, and the project’s success rate in Ruhinda County stands at 85%.
Beekeeping
Hives, protective kit and training for women in Western Uganda and West Nile, producing honey and other bee products for local and national markets, and protecting biodiversity as they go.
Fashion & design
With NLB Fashion House, young women learn design, tailoring and entrepreneurship, make quality garments, and build fashion brands of their own.
Nkombe Dairy Farm
Urban farming: women feeding and caring for dairy cattle at Nkombe Dairy Farm, close to the city.
Crafts & food enterprise
Basket weaving, baking and catering, and the business skills that turn them into shops: the path Atuhaire Judith and Achali Carol took.
Skilling ideas
Businesses hiding in plain sight
Ideas our trainers develop with women, from what is already around them.
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01 Adding value to local rock salt Rock salt is rich in minerals the body needs, yet it is overlooked outside local communities. Women living beside it have a resource to package and sell.
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02 Modern farming on a verandah A verandah is enough land to grow greens, spices and mushrooms for sale.
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03 Clay tableware Big hotels now serve food in local utensils. Women with access to free clay have yet to catch the trend.
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04 Natural bathing loofahs The simplest plant to grow, on any size of land, for a product Ugandans have stopped buying and could again.
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05 Woven baskets Decoration is going traditional: baskets are today’s wall hangings. Women weave them well, and they cost little to start.
85% success rate, backyard poultry, Ruhinda County
3+ training sessions every quarter
2 regions in the beekeeping project: Western Uganda and West Nile
Stand with her
Fund the first inputs
Startup capital for a vulnerable woman is often the difference between a skill and a business.