Helping Women

Women empowerment program

Lifting women up

How we do it

Under the Women Empowerment Program, we connect with women to enable them create income generating opportunities to provide the basics of life such as food, shelter, education and clothing for their families thereby building a more secure and sustainable future.

This program covers

Agricultural Practices

We provide women with good quality seedlings to increase their agricultural output and productivity hence enabling them to improve their livelihoods ranging from coffee growers, horticulture and cereal producers. We also support them to engage into animal keeping ranging from poultry, piggery, cattle rearing and goats keeping. This helps them to earn a living suited to their natural environment so they can improve their lives without damaging the natural resources they rely on..

Economic Empowerment

We empower women with skills and support to help them achieve financial independence. Through our vocational training program, we equip women with marketable skills that are high on demand. Such skills include tailoring, hairdressing and bakery hence empowering then to start their own businesses or find stable employment.

Education

Eucation plays a vital role in empowering women. We provide them with knowledge and skills necessary to gain autonomy and participate in decision-making processes hence contributing to their communities. Women who are educated can pursue meaningful work and contribute to the economic growth of the country.

Community development

We provide women with tools and resources to start their own businesses or gain employment to encourage community development. This allows them to control their income, support their families and make contributions to their local economy.

Violence prevention

Through violence prevention, we empower women by amplifying their voices, support survivors and promote acceptance of all gender identities and sexualities. We create a safer environment by challenging them to reflect on their own behavior and speaking up when someone crosses the line.

Our Stories

Ms. Harriet’s story (one of the beneficiaries under The Women Agro Farm Project).

Nabiranda Harriet

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I am Nabiranda Harriet and I live in Sumbwe, one of the most vulnerable communities in Nakaseke district located in Central Uganda. I remember the day I was introduced to The Women Agro Farm Project (TWAFP) by a team from KBN Helping Hands and Wellness Foundation during one of their visits in our community.

After attending their workshop and being introduced to the concept of agriculture modernization, I got excited and decided to join the project and I made a vow to the organization, my fellow women and myself that I would learn as much as I can to revive the agriculture initiative in the community.

Fortunately, many young women also took more interest in getting involved with the project. As with any economy, I believe that when you empower a female you empower an entire community. The advantage of more women having access to agricultural opportunities increases food productivity in the community therefore resulting into food security.

My dream was always to become a very prominent tomato grower and am so excited and grateful that currently I have achieved it through The Women Agro Farm Project (TWAFP).

Through this project, good quality and improved seedlings covering a wide range of crops including tomatoes were distributed to quite a big number of women in the community and we were also equipped with knowledge and skills on modern agricultural practices in order to increase productivity.

This has increased agricultural output in the community and enabled communities to potentially feed more people and also practice commercial agriculture by selling the output so as to earn a living.

Currently I have 3 acres of tomatoes and with the modern farming practices from KBN, am able to grow tomatoes throughout all seasons of the year and am now one of the leading producers of tomatoes in Nakaseke District. This has helped me to accumulate a lot of income and hence realizing my dream.

Practicing agriculture has promoted economic diversification in our communities and I wish women all over the country knew how having agricultural skills can potentially make them a lot of money.

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