Empowering women in Masindi to transform their communities

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An empowered woman has the capacity to transform her community. As elections edge close, Forum for Women in Democracy is focusing its energies in civic education because we believe that women’s role at all levels are critical in shaping the future of our country Uganda.  In July, we carried out training in Masindi to sensitize the community on civic education, build cohesion by forming groups to start up income generating activities
The group formed  Agaterine that means combined effort was formed after being trained on soap making by Barungi susan a Trainer of Trainers who participated in the FOWODE young leadership building camp in June 2014, she came back and imparted the skills to the community members and some got interested and formed a group comprising of 18 menbers 16 women and 2 men in Budongo sub county Nyatonzi village Masindi District.
This group has acknowledged the fact that combined effort is the way to go in empowering themselves economically for a collective voice. They have also decided to start small.
“The liquid soap has helped in different ways, this is now our third time when we are making it and the market we have so far is the churches, schools and the community who buy it for cleaning at home, the soap comes out well and our customers like, so far we have not yet started parking in bigger bottles but as the market increases we will increase on the size, we measure using a nice cup which we put in the a small mineral water bottle and sell it at 1000/= each” says Abigaba Abifaisi a group member
Drani shedruk Reverend of Katungo C.O.U also a group member says that in the first phase they bought liquid soap of 10,000/= for cleaning the church and it stayed for long, it cleans very well and many people come buy whenever we make it, mostly boda-boda riders like it so much because they use little and it washes well that has enabled the economize their money
This group is learning that saving is key to economic empowerment, the group has profited from the liquid soap and hopes to start lending to members money so that they bring back an interest.
Forum for Women in Democracy is still relentless in shaping the future through empowering citizens in Uganda especially women to participate at all level of decision making. And we believe that when women are economically empowered, they have a voice.

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