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To provide business skills training, business mentoring and small loans to help people in Northern Uganda to develop small businesses. This will help formerly displaced households to rehabilitate themselves and improve their living standards after years of conflict and insecurity.

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  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    Situation

    The conflict lasted for over 20 years & displaced around 1.8 million people. Although many formerly displaced people have returned they are now faced with: -Relief agencies pulling out, leaving people to fend for themselves -Women & child-headed households unable to sustain themselves due to lack of economic opportunities. -Falling crop yields and increasing dependence on farming which is risky & unprofitable. -Limited opportunities to escape the poverty & inadequate financial services.

    Solution

    By providing relevant training in business skills followed by the opportunity to save and borrow small amounts of money to facilitate business development. This will help people to diversify their income generating activities making them more resilient to shocks and improving their standards of living. Five Talents already has branches elsewhere in Uganda and expansion into Northern Uganda has been identified by the local leaders as a priority area.

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    Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries