This BidiBidi borrower now employs two people to sell fish in other sites in the camp.
BidiBidi is the 100 square mile home to over 250,000 refugees from South Sudan. Many have lived there 6 years. Ugandans from the nearby area were once refugees in Sudan and are welcoming to the Sudanese.
Before receiving a TCP Global loan, this borrower says her children were basically naked at home and she had no decent clothes. Now her kids have clothes and shoes to attend school and she feels good about her appearance too.
She also has a better relationship with her husband now that she is not asking him for money.
Michael Nabugere, BidiBidi's Commander, stressed the need for credit to start small businesses, particularly in light of proposed changes to cut food rations to 70% of the current level and require refugees to pay for services like water.
Despite 6 years of living as refugees, the women are joyful and resilient.
Thanks to business loans, their earnings and quality of family life have improved.
A grant from the Coca Cola Foundation supports programs in the Bidi-Bidi Refugee Camp as well as nearby Yumbe District in Northern Uganda
Borrower's income increased thanks to a TCP Global loan, and her weekly savings increased from 2000 to 5000 Uganda Shillings. She requests more funds for her group and others in the refugee camp.
The BidiBidi women are a good investment. Two additional loan programs will start in BidiBidi in February.
"The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries who, with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situation in their countries." Muhammad Yunus
TCP Global is grateful for recent donations from the groups below to help pay for fiscal agent services provided by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). These donations support NPCA project administration and NPCA's overall mission. 100% of regular donations are distributed as micro loans. We would love to add your group's logo here as well.
Until Peace Corps is fully back in the field, TCP Global is a good substitute for Peace Corps Partnership Projects for supporting development in small and remote communities.
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