Antonina, 52 years old is a widow of 9 children. She lost her husband to HIV/AIDS and since then life became very difficult for her and her children. She had no source of income as she depended on her husband for a living. For 2 years after the death of
A new beginning for Antonina
An Inspiring gift changed Mariam’s life
Mariam is a single mother of 7 children and 2 of her children have already dropped out of school because she couldn’t afford to pay their school fees. Mariam depended on her sewing machine to provide for her family of 7 but however when it broke down, it became impossible
Mentoring Women
SustainME provides Mentorship to the vulnerable women in order to ensure the sustainability of their small businesses. First when the women access business training, it is mostly through discussions and visual aids which is a bit different from putting it into business practice. Read more about the programme https://www.sustainmicroenterprise.org/about-us/what-we-do/business-mentorship/ Mentorship
SustainME Emergency Response Fund
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SustainME has set up the SustainME Emergency Response Fund. The fund will respond to the immediate and ongoing needs of the vulnerable women and their families in terms of food supplies and other basic essentials. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the women businesses were
COVID 19 affecting families
Following the COVID 19 crisis, many of the vulnerable women and families that we have been supporting are currently struggling to cope. With the lock down in place, the women have been forced to close their small businesses and told to stay home in order to stay safe and healthier.
Launch of Women’s Centre Project on GlobalGiving Site
We are excited to share with you the launch of our Women’s Centre project on the GlobalGiving website where we will be raising funds to build the Women’s Centre in Uganda. As we have been sharing with you, SustainME intends to build a Women’s Center which will reach many more
Thank you Northwestern University Interns
Last summer we hosted 4 interns including Rebecca, Tyler, Leana and Sikandar from Northwestern University through partners FSD Uganda. We are so much excited that for the great and amazing job that our interns accomplish in empowering the vulnerable women and families fight poverty. During their two month period of
Meet our internship team from Northwestern University
Sikandar “I rejuvenated my energy for the final push but in vein. Our car was jammed in the swap. Meanwhile, the intensity of the downpour increased. Seconds after my host dad and I exchanged miserable looks, a boda boda driver stopped and offered help. Seeing him, other members started joining