Women’s financial inclusion: one stitch at a time
Olivia Nakiwala Sanyu, a seamstress working in the outskirts of Kampala Kabalagala in Uganda, was struggling to get her sewing business off the ground. Unable to leave her shop during the day, she found
Ssalongo Ruhweza John Baptist
We are thrilled to have been part of the progress of our clients various clients. Mr. Ruhweza narrates the story of his journey since 2017 when he started using our agricultural loan products.
Mulungi Ruth
Mulungi Ruth narrates her experience with FINCA Uganda.
Beatrice Nantege
Beatrice Nantege narrates her experience with FINCA Uganda.
Nampeera Lukia
3rd 10, 2019 Original letter from the client
Mary Namatovu
When Molly Namatovu first heard about solar light systems she knew she had to have one. Several years later, the 56-year old grandmother of 7 became the first person in her community of Kitengesa, near Masaka, to receive a FINCA Micro Energy loan.
Madina Namanda
Amidst the expanse of prickly green leaves and hazy blue sky, a lone woman can be seen moving along with ease. Guided by instinct and experience, she spots what she is looking for – a perfectly ripe pineapple. She gently bends and with one quick turn of her wrist, cuts the fruit free. She grins with satisfaction and proceeds to collect a few more before heading back to share her prize.
Cissy Sekyewa
Born in 1968 in a peasant family of 5 where she is the only one surviving, Cissy has seen and done it all. Cissy studied up to senior five but due to lack of school fees, she dropped out in 1984 and started working as a shop attendant in Kampala in order to survive. Here she was earning a salary of Shs. 20,000 per month.
Florence Nabukenya
Florence Nabukenya and her husband care for three children of their own as well as four orphans, who were left to them by Florence’s siblings when they died of HIV/AIDS. Before Florence became a FINCA client in 1993, the family of nine shared a single bedroom in a very small house in Namuwongo, a slum in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.