Hope Ofiriha has made an application to Pilot Light Foundation to fund the women cooperatives in Magwi County. On April 12: Carol Levy, and Delphin Muhizi met the beneficiaries to assess their needs. PLF will fund a cooperative as a pilot project from the four proposals. Sixty-five percent of South Sudanese live below the poverty line. Though able and ambitious enough to start their own businesses and lift themselves out of poverty, many simply don’t have any capital to start making money. Banks will not… Read More
Invest in Microloans for Women Refugees
Many South Sudanese women living as squatters in slums in the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, are single mothers supporting three or more children—their own off-spring, the children of relatives, war orphans, or children separated from their families. Because jobs for unskilled and uneducated refugees are scarce, their best hope for supporting their families is creating and operating their own tiny enterprise. Without assets and referrals, however, these women cannot… Read More
