Innovators against poverty

Robert Oluka
Development Worker
He continues his mentoring journey as one of the two young innovators managing our CPAR Uganda Lira Learning Centre. And he continues to positively impact on lives of his home community in Ochelakur accessing finance to smallholder farming households.

Jimmy Ezra Okello
Management Scientist
He continues his mentoring journey as one of the two young innovators managing our CPAR Uganda Lira Learning Centre. Funding permitting, he plans to establish a welding workshop through which he will offer welding apprenticeships to youths.

Sharon Acio Enon
Teacher
She failed to get employment as a teacher due to many reasons, including low pay. She innovated and established a shop, but the shop has since gone burst primarily because of her absence as she did development work. She plans to establish a restaurant.

Vicky Alum
Development Worker
She used to deal in 2nd hand clothes, but her business went burst due to her absence as her time was taken up doing part-time paid development work. She has decided to become a full time medium scale rice farmer. A good role model and a source of income for tens of labourers.

Dorah Adoch K.
Paralegal
She had opened and was running her own hair salon, but her business when burst due to her absence as her time was taken up doing part-time paid development work. She continues to be a hairdresser employed in another’s salon. She uses the opportunity to give advice to clients.

James Opollo
ICT Provider
He is an information communication technology services provider and teacher. He has a shop through which he offers training on ICT to youth especially. He also provides on-call services to clients – going to his clients businesses and doing work on site.
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2 responses to “Mentoring programme beneficiaries”
Am glad to be abeneficiary of the mentoring program at CPAR Uganda because I have been able to learn alot and the lessons I learnt from the mentoring is helping me get back on my feet after losing my saloon
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Thank you Dorah for your feedback and appreciation. We wish you the very best as you get back on your feet. We are rooting for you.
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