Jewelry Making

A women-led accessory business has taken shape in Ongutoi and CORE Uganda has worked with the group with seed funding and finding a market for their products. The group use both high-quality beads they make out of paper themselves and pre-made plastic beads to create unique, locally-influenced jewelry and bags. This initiative has empowered the group’s members with purpose and fair wage work, and a portion of the profits go directly to support CORE Uganda’s activities in the community.

Aitiji Ican Farmers Field Group

There is a women’s group by the name “Aitiji Ican Farmers Field Group” (meaning ‘fighting poverty’) that is running a village microfinance project encouraging the spirit of saving and providing its members with soft loans to help them improve themselves and their families. CORE Uganda will work through this group which already has close to 100 people and expand to other groups.