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
I’m the family head now
Mary, 50 years old became a bread winner when her husband became bedridden 5 years ago. Since then, she has stood in as the mother and the father for her 5 children providing everything from food, school fees, medical care and other basic needs. “When my husband became ill and
Annet and Gertrude reaping big from business collaboration
Annet and Gertrude collaborate in Business. Due to Covid-19, lack of customers and high costs of doing business, Annet and Gertrude decided to work together to maximize their profits, they have chosen to run a local brewing and have also set up a market stall together. This was made possible
A good reason to support our work
Meet Dezi Nambafu Dezi 35 years old is a mother of 6 children. She has been on our women empowerment program for 2 years. Through our program, Dezi was able to access business skills, mentorship and small startup loans. She used the skills and the small startup loans to start
Thanks to our Virtual Interns
When Covid 19 hit the world, travel across the globe was banned! This affected much of our work, donations and interns/volunteers who often travelled from the different parts of the world to come and support SustainME work and projects. You can’t imagine how the vulnerable women and families were negatively
Top Rated 2020
We are excited to share with you the Good News! We have been top rated by the GreaNonProfits organization . We couldn’t hide our joy to celebrate with you this great achievement! SustainME takes this opportunity to say thank you very much to our community for sharing your stories at
My life changed, thank you
Efulancy, 65 years old is a grandmother to 5 grandchildren. She became a widow 6 years ago after the loss of her husband to cancer. Since her caretaker was no more, life became complicated and this made it difficult to provide for her grandchildren with the basic needs. Joining SustainME
More than one meal Now
Ruth Kabatale is widow of 52 years old and cares for 3 grandchildren. Ruth’s story would be the same today if it wasn’t for your continued support and SustainME. She lost her husband due to HIV/AIDS years ago and since then, she tried all options to provide for her family
SustainME Emergency Response Fund COVID 19
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