Uganda: Nourishing Hope and Making Progress Spring 2023
2023–2025 UGANDA STRATEGIC GOALS 1. Creating opportunities for farmers to improve their yields and their incomes. 2. Ensuring that children can go to—and stay in—school. 3. Connecting rural families to financial services through mobile technology.
OUR GRATITUDE Thanks to your belief in Opportunity International’s work in Uganda, we are reaching more people than ever. Our field staff on the ground is comprised of committed professionals trained to support and walk with our clients on their journey out of extreme poverty. Our work in agriculture, education, and digital innovations continues to expand. Thank you for supporting the people of Uganda.
THE NEED Despite 76% of Uganda’s total country population living in rural areas, many programs and services remain out of reach, and with 41% of the population living in poverty, there is a significant need to make a way forward for women, children, families, and communities. With around 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers, Uganda hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa and the third highest in the world. About 94% live in settlements alongside local communities.
THE SOLUTIONS Since 2005, Opportunity has been working in Uganda to provide opportunities to people living in extreme poverty. Today, Opportunity has a full bank, four Education Finance partners, almost 700 schools participating in Education Quality, and a thriving Agriculture Finance program in rural areas—continuing to find the best way to meet people where they are. Our program models are built on our proven three-pronged interventions of training, financial resources, and support. These interventions increase incomes, create and sustain jobs, and provide affordable quality education for children and youth. The Nakivale Refugee Settlement and Mityana are two geographic priorities in Uganda for Opportunity.
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