New entrepreneurs supported in Uganda

Agnes with outreach worker, Henry, from Canaan Children’s Development Initiative

Project Twekembe in Uganda is seeing its first entrepreneurs! 

​Among the beneficiaries to be rescued from extreme poverty is Agnes, who is supporting four young children.

Things have been extremely tough for Agnes after her husband was left disabled following an accident. Only two of her four children could attend school.  



She’d try to sell a few second-hand shoes to get some money in, but couldn’t afford much stock so was making about £1 a day (USD 1.35).

Now with support from The Road to Parity and our Uganda partner, Canaan Children’s Development Initiative, she's been able to give her little enterprise the cash injection it needs.

Agnes has significantly expanded her store with second-hand and new shoes – and her income has increased six-fold!

It might not seem much overall, but the extra money has made a big difference to Agnes’s family – and it’s helped all four children now attend school.

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Alice, supporting 8 children and a sick husband, has been supported to expand a little home-based snack business. Her income has nearly tripled.

Jesca, a single mother of 5, has been helped to start a business selling charcoal, used for cooking. Her income has increased five-fold.

Project Twekembe is running in rural Uganda, north of the capital Kampala, identifying people in extreme poverty who want to become financially independent through entrepreneurship.

The initiative was given its name after several villagers mentioned the word Twekembe in early community outreach work. Twekembe broadly translates to 'let's fight against poverty' - so the name was adopted. 

As this is a new country and partner for The Road to Parity, the project is being run on a trial basis throughout 2024 with a group of entrepreneurs to test feasibility. ​