FUND TO BENEFIT WOMEN FARMERS OF NORTHERN UGANDA LTD
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Mission Statement
To support and empower the women farmers of Northern Uganda.
About This Cause
Agriculture in Northern Uganda is primarily performed by women. Because Northern Uganda has been decimated over the past 20 years by war inflicted on them by the Lord’s Resistance Army, the women farmers have been unable to accumulate any resources with which to pull themselves up out of deep poverty. The food they grow can barely feed themselves and their families, and if they are able to save cassava and grain to sell off-season when prices are higher, it must be stored in their thatched-roof huts with dirt floors, where they and their families live. The stored food often becomes moldy before it can be consumed or sold. The Fund to Benefit the Women Farmers of Northern Uganda was primarily created to support AWE, a Ugandan non-profit headed by agriculture specialist, Christine Aoyo. AWE aims to help these women farmers by purchasing and securing land on which to farm and teach new farming techniques. Among these is a new method to dry produce with a moisture reading card that identifies the optimal state of dryness for storage. This card, inexpensive by Western standards, is out of reach for these farmers but will drastically improve the yield of their stored produce and thus their income. With a private donation, AWE has already purchased and surveyed 5.5 acres of land, has secured it with a stone wall built by the local people, many of them the women farmers themselves. Rotary International has funded the construction of a secure grain storehouse. Due to inflation and other factors, the storehouse still has elements needed to be ready for use, including a new roof and electrical wiring. The employment of guards to monitor the property is an unsustainable cost for the women, running $1000 per month. Razor wire topping the wall would decrease this cost. Donations to this charity will go to these urgent needs . Plans for the future of AWE include a well, a bakery and store built into the wall facing the road to sell fresh bread, and a Women’s Empowerment Center where women can gather indoors to learn new techniques in farming and bring the knowledge back to their own communities. The most pressing goal of the women in this area of Uganda is to become self-sustaining and attain and income such that they can not only feed themselves and their families but sent their children to school and ensure their exit from a cycle of poverty.