Founder & President: Carol studied anthropology at UCLA, always having a special interest in Africa. She was a dealer of ethnographic art and owner of World Collection Gallery in Los Angeles, which took her traveling in West Africa on buying trips and fed her love for the art, culture and history of the countries she …
Month: October 2019
Delphin K. Muhizi
Program Director:Educated in Democratic Republic of Congo, earning his masters in Rwanda, Delphin is a business development specialist with more than 20 years experience in development work in East Africa. The work includes business opportunities assessment, business plans elaboration and their implementation in rural as well as in urban settings. He has worked with Pilot …
Living With disabilities Economic Empowerment Project
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income Throughout Uganda, the disabled remain an especially compromised and vulnerable group. Existing government programs to alleviate rampant poverty in communities do not involve or include people with disabilities fully. Culturally a discrimination and stigma from other community members make life and livelihood for the disabled and their families especially challenging. Disabled youths are …
Lira Village Savings and Loans Groups
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income Northern Uganda was severely affected by the Lord’s resistance Army (LRA) insurgency. Children abducted by the LRA rebels were forced to participate in war crimes against humanity against their will. Many of the children lost their lives. Young girls were given out as sex slaves to commanders. Some girls contracted HIV and …
Rice Farmers-Western Uganda
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income Located near the town of Kihihi. The land is very fertile and the farmers are already growing many crops, including a large quantity of rice. However, very much like the case of our Coffee Farmers Cooperative, commercial rice growing has not been lucrative, because the farmers lack the ability to process …
Rural Women’s Financial Empowerment Project
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income Cyabingo is a lush and fertile, mountainous area in the northern part of Rwanda, but more than 50% of the population is classified as living in poverty or extreme poverty. It has a tragic past, but the promise of the present is palpable. Coffee, tea, maize and many …
Batwa Development Project
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income The Batwa pygmy tribes have been evicted from their ancestral forest. These original inhabitants of central Africa lived in these forests as hunter gatherers until 1991, when due to deforestation they were abruptly and forcefully removed from the forest to create National Parks. Though promised land and compensation from the government, they …
Murama Village Savings and Loans Groups
Murama is a village located in the Bugesera district in eastern Rwanda. The village is one of the poorest regions in Rwanda with an average annual income of under 150.00 USD. It is home to 100 households and approximately 5,000 people. Unlike most of rural Rwanda where individual homesteads are scattered across the hilly landscape, Murama has several umudugudus (settlements) …
Rice Farmers-Northern Uganda
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income The Farmers in Northern Uganda were severely affected by the Lord’s resistance Army (LRA) insurgency. As violence increased a large portion of the population were displaced from their villages and into refugee camps. Living as refugees in their own country, the farmers of these districts were forced to …
Coffee Farmers-Western Uganda
Sparking Self-Sufficiency in Africa Through Sustainable Income In Uganda, Coffee production is a highly lucrative but highly competitive industry. To sell their crops, Smallholder Coffee growers find themselves at the whim of middle men or saturated local markets, and forced to sell at prices often lower than production costs. The Farmers in the Kanungu district …