“Disadvantage men and women of the Greater Northern Uganda adopt the culture of saving, are able to invest in, manage and promote viable income generation,” is a major objective of our new Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Program (2025-2026).

One of the tree components of the program is four Self-Reliant Participatory Development (SRPD) training courses. Each training 25, giving a total of 100 SRPD change agents.

Each course covering a different major topic:

• Understanding poverty and development in the context of Uganda.
• Financial management for small enterprises and personal finances.
• Income generation, savings and investment.
• Working in and with groups to enhance and deploy social capital.

Gender issues will be covered in all four courses as a cross-cutting issue. 

Modelled and adapted from Stan Burkey’s acclaimed book, “People First – A Guide to Self-Reliant Participatory Rural Development,” each course will be conducted over a duration of three weeks – two weeks class work and one week fieldwork.

We, at CPAR Uganda, are delighted that jointly with Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) our Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Program, will contribute to the achievement of our objective of accessing financial literacy to disadvantaged and yet enterprising women in Uganda.

And as well, endow women with the attitude and skills to adopt the culture of saving through which they may together in groups be able to grow loan funds through which they may access each other collateral free loans.

100 SRPD change agents trained is a good start, but they are too few. The latent demand for financial literacy is high at the grassroots, especially among women.

Moreover, financial literacy which may be accessed in less intimidating ways and at grassroots level, by change agents and in an ethos similar to that of the Grameen Bank community-based approach.

An investment in training of SRPD change agents who can deliver financial literacy training sessions at grassroots level is a gift that keeps on giving.

Please consider making a donation in support of accessing financial literal to disadvantaged enterprising women.

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Thank you for enabling disadvantage women to put food on the table.