• Vanis and her family live in Nyagakenke Village, in the agricultural region of the Kisoro District and adjacent to the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. Vanis wants to build a business based on her cultural experiences. She wants to sell handcrafted goods and demonstrate cultural dances to tourists traveling to the Gorilla National Park.

Nyagakenke, Kisoro District, Uganda
Organisation : Kisoro District, Uganda

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$500.00 of $860.00 goal

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About The Project

$860 needed to purchase a craft materials and a sheep 
$450 contributed by Vanis towards her project

Vanis weaves baskets and mats and creates other hand crafts. She also demonstrates dances from her native culture. With your investment she will buy the materials to always have available to produce more crafts. Her market will be the tourists traveling to and from the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Her business will add a cultural experience to the tourist market that is focused on the National Park.



Paying it Forward

Vanis would like to teach basket weaving and craft making to her nearby family members. They will have the opportunity to sell their crafts and add to their family income.

Backstory

Vanis lives with her husband and five children. Currently two of her children attend school. Other members contribute to the family income by selling potatoes and working for neighbors. The family shares a small garden plot on land donated to them from a local trust. Vanis would like to buy a sheep to use the manure for an organic fertilizer to help increase her crop production. As the family income grows, she will contribute to her local savings group. One or her future goals is live a structurally sound house with good sanitation and drinking water systems. Most importantly, she would like to have her own land. Access to medical facilities and school fees are a couple of the challenges she notes living in this rural community.

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  • Location : Nyagakenke, Kisoro District, Uganda
  • Formatted Address : Nyagakenke, Uganda
  • City : Nyagakenke
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  • Created By : Mark Newland
  • Published On : Sep 10, 2021, 1:54 PM
  • Funding Ends : Dec 31, 1969, 4:00 PM
  • Category : Crafts
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  • Description : Vanis lives with her husband and five children. Currently two of her children attend school. Other members contribute to the family income by selling potatoes and working for neighbors. The family shares a small garden plot on land donated to them from a local trust. Vanis would like to buy a sheep...  more

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