• Jovia buys and sells sorghum. She does not have a specific marketplace to conduct business, therefore her dream is to build her own shop. She believes that conducting business from the same location will increase her income.

Matarama, Kisoro District, Uganda
Organisation : Kisoro District, Uganda

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$145.00 of $635.00 goal

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About The Project

$635 needed to pay yearly rent for shop space and purchase sorghum
$100 contributed by Jovia towards her project

Through the shared experience of others in this program she learned the value of using manure as an organic fertilizer to increase crop production. Therefore, she spent a portion of an initial investment to buy a sheep to help her husband’s potato production (and to be used on the family garden) and the rest she used to buy sorghum for her business. With future investments she will save to build her store and use the portion of the money to add more sheep to the flock and a milk cow.



Paying it Forward

Jovia helps several people in Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo with donations of food and clothing.

Backstory

Jovia lives with her husband, Benon, and six children. Benon grows and sells Irish potatoes. His crop yield should increase with the addition of the manure fertilizer. Four of their children are in school and the two eldest children work for others in the community. It has been a challenge to supply the basic needs for her family, but currently the family income has grown and their living conditions are better. Jovia believes that improving the infrastructure (road construction and maintenance, water supply and electricity) is a key to improving the standard of living in this area. Jovia and her neighbors work on community service projects that improve the feeder roads of the village.

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  • Location : Matarama, Kisoro District, Uganda
  • Formatted Address : Matarama, Uganda
  • City : Matarama
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  • Created By : Mark Newland
  • Published On : Oct 3, 2021, 11:41 AM
  • Funding Ends : Dec 31, 1969, 4:00 PM
  • Category : Retail
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  • Description : Jovia lives with her husband, Benon, and six children. Benon grows and sells Irish potatoes. His crop yield should increase with the addition of the manure fertilizer. Four of their children are in school and the two eldest children work for others in the community. It has been a challenge to...  more

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