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Women and Orphans


Why Women and Orphans in Uganda?
We are investing in two of the most vulnerable segments of society in Uganda- Women living in poverty that need jobs, and those children orphaned by AIDS, war and poverty that need education to avoid future poverty.

  1. 70% of the world’s 1.3 billion poor are women living on less than a dollar a day.
  2. Women do 60% of the world’s work and earn 10% of the world’s income.
  3. Women produce 70-75% of the world’s food crops.
  4. When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families, as compared to only 30 to 40 percent for a man.
  5. When a girl in the developing world receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children.
  6. An extra year of primary school boosts girls’ eventual wages by 10 to 20 percent. An extra year of secondary school, it grows to 15 to 25 percent.

Sources: United Nations, CIA Fact Sheet, World Indies Bank, Inter Press Service

Immediate Relief from Current Poverty and Long Term Solutions to Poverty.

We believe in a two prong approach that addresses both issues.   By helping women have jobs and income now, it provides for the immediate needs of those trying to overcome poverty. Feeding children, providing homes and meeting daily needs are the stated goals of the majority of the women of the cooperative.  It is also our goal to break the inevitable cycle of poverty that awaits an orphan unless he/she is educated, by bringing hope through scholarship education.

  • We have formed a fair trade cooperative in which products are purchased at fair trade prices, creating work for adults living in poverty.
  • We sell these products  to the American market through fair trade events, other non-profits, dealers and boutiques, this website, and college campus networks in the USA.
  • We reinvest in the most vulnerable segment of society- Scholarships are established for orphans, those most vulnerable members of society, who have little opportunity unless education makes a path to escape a life of future poverty.