Vegetable vending, second-hand clothes sales, grocery kiosks, charcoal resale
20 middle-aged women working to rise out of poverty
Fall 2017
This group had 5 training sessions with Field Representative Samson Ababu and Trainer Pauline Andisi Musinga before they wrote their proposal, and the benefits were evident: when Program Director Sarah Northrop visited the group in January 2018 they were organized and knowledgeable, and their businesses were thriving.
Juhudi Women Group is a group of inter-denominational women working together in an effort to improve their lives. The women all have businesses in the local Mbale market. The members work to uplift themselves from poverty by helping one another build stable businesses and make a contribution toward their families’ and the community’s needs. The community where the women live has multiple problems for women and girls. Wife battering is common, there is a high rate of illiteracy, and women are expected to stay in the home and not participate in community life. The JWFG women hope to help overcome these challenges by venturing into business themselves and supporting their girl children to get an education. The members of this group belong to several different Christian denominations, among them the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Kenya African Divine Church, and the Society of Friends. In addition, the chairwoman is a Muslim.
