Monthly Archives: February 2025

Newsletter January 2025

Newsletter January 2025

As we begin 2025, we celebrate the remarkable achievements of KRC-Uganda in empowering communities and transforming lives. Over the past year, we’ve seen youth in the Rwenzori region redefineagriculture, turning it into a tool for economic transformation. Stories like that of Alex Mubangizi, whotransitioned from a boda-boda rider to a thriving beekeeper employing others, illustrate the life-changingpower of determination and targeted support. In Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, the Kulea Watoto Project enabled Ahmed Ndikumasabo and his peers tolaunch a successful tailoring business. With start-up kits, training, and teamwork, they turned adversityinto opportunity, providing for their families and building a brighter future. Our nutrition and food security initiatives continue to make […]

BANK LOAN TRANSFORMS A SINGLE MOTHER’S LIFE, HELPING HER REBUILD AND START BUSINESS

BANK LOAN TRANSFORMS A SINGLE MOTHER’S LIFE, HELPING HER REBUILD AND START BUSINESS

Noella Nyirahabimana is a 32-year-old Congolese refugee living in the Kyaka 2 refugee settlement.  She is also a single mother of 4 children and is a member of the Maendeloe savings and credit association. Noella and her children survive on cash rations and daily transactions she makes in a market in Kakoni village. She buys small produce from wholesalers in the market and resells it to meet the daily needs of her household. Noella displays her produce in front of her house When the VSLA group secured a second loan of 5 million shillings from Equity Bank in July 2024, Noella borrowed 200,000 shillings. She stated that this support came […]

Nutrition Situation of Children in Kyegegwa District

Nutrition Situation of Children in Kyegegwa District

According to the Uganda Census report of 2024, 7.4% of Uganda’s population is from the Tooro region of which 3 out of every 20 children in the region are from Kyegegwa District. Reports from the Kyegegwa District Local Government Health Office reveal that only 44% of pregnant women/girls attend the 4th antenatal care, below the national target (52%). Key to mention is that of every 10, only 3 pregnant women are administered antimalarials, below the national target of 66%. Approximately 55.6% of deliveries take place at a health facility. The Uganda demographic and health survey report of 2022 reveals that the Tooro sub-region is ranked as the 6th (among 14 […]