“This Obanga-Akica VSL group has lifted me from my poor orphan life and enabled me to support others who are facing the same challenges I had growing up.” - Abwoti Sharon I lost my parents during the LRA insurgency which took the lives of thousands and created great...

“I am so grateful for the Obanga-Akica womens group and WNSP for their support and teaching on how to grow your business and training on other income generating activities for women” - Vivian Vivian is a single mother with one son. She runs a small business as an...

“I am so thankful to WNSP for developing these highly impactful VSLA’s to organize women to save and invest in productive endeavors with their savings and empowering them” - Judith Akelloh Judith Akello was introduced to a VSLA (Village Savings and Loan Association)...

“I am so grateful to the VSLA group (obanga Akica) because it instructed me in things that have benefited me in my life and my family as a whole” - Amongi Winnie Prossy Arach When I joined obanga Akica in 2017, I already had a small produce business that was doing...

“As women, this project is such a good one. Soap is quite expensive for our families, and women being the main users of soap face profound challenges. Soap making needs to be an initiative so it can be readily available in our households, and also as an income...

"Thanks to the timely response from WNSP, I was able to not miss the planting season" -Josephine   Josephine a group member of Nen-Anyim said women in Northern Uganda face a lot of challenges and responsibilities raging from social economic, education, domestic...

"Before WNSP supported gardens I was ignorant about the benefits of vegetables..." -Wilson   WNSP women led supported groups are tackling malnutrition through kitchen gardens. What they grow in excess, they can preserve or sell the surplus to supplement your...

Growing from strength to strength, WNSP with funding support from our partners in the U.S., is creatingan enabling environment for the rural communities to eliminate poverty through village microcreditstrategies.  Using WNSP VSLAs approach, many rural communities...

“ I am proud to be part of a team working to support our local communities of women to overcome the challenges they face. What makes me particularly passionate about this work is rooted in my childhood where my family experienced similar challenges....” – Patrick...

“WNSP staff along with it many women’s groups began to brainstorm and figure out a way forward even in these trying times. WNSP was particularly keen on understanding whether women socio-economic empowerment provides a basis for community resilience during and in the...