by Sarah Kenyi | Feb 14, 2022 | TeamUp, Uganda, Youth
When Susan Nassolo (22) joined TeamUp three years ago, she didn’t expect to become an award-winning entrepreneur through the program. Now she is on the pathway to change the organic fertilizer business in Uganda, with promises of a more sustainable future. Susan...
by Sarah Kenyi | Jan 14, 2022 | Coffee, Smallholder Families, Uganda
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) supports smallholder families in Uganda to take a proactive role in shaping their lives in an informed and self-determined way. We are convinced that diversified production is the backbone of rural well-being. It reduces risks of...
by Monica Basemera | Dec 20, 2021 | TeamUp, Uganda, Youth
You have been following our Youth Reporter Shivan’s coverage of Fatumah and Razak who are Youth in Uganda for two years now and it is time to catch up on their lives since the last time Shivan spoke to them. ​”My life has changed. My capacity has changed. I am...
by Sarah Kenyi | Dec 19, 2021 | Coffee agronomy trainings, Uganda
When development projects come to an end, final Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is done to prove the impact of the projects. However, many may argue that statistics do not fully quantify the extent to which lives are changed. They do not tell you how much it means...
by Sarah Kenyi | Oct 11, 2021 | Kaweri Youth Development Project, Uganda, Youth
Dorothy and Moses are among 90 other youth who proudly flashed their smiles and certificates in September 2021 after completing their one-year course in the Kaweri Youth Development Project (KYDP) which is implemented by Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) in Mubende...
by Sarah Kenyi | Sep 23, 2021 | TeamUp, Uganda, Youth
For young people in rural Uganda, poverty and lack of employment opportunities are grand challenges that prevent them from securing their basic needs and often leads to migration. Although agriculture presents a lucrative livelihood opportunity, many young people have...