My name is Margaret Nekesa, a 32-year-old single mother of 2 children and a new member of Bukooli Group Savings Project (GSP) sponsored by Community Concerns Uganda Initiative (CCUg) in Mayuge district, Uganda. My mother (Sarah Namukose) has been a long-time member of this GSP and recommended me to join this group. At first, I was a bit hesitant because I had fear of losing my savings at the end of the year based on my past experience with different groups I had joined in previous years in Iganga district where I used to live.
But my mother managed to convince me by explaining the benefits she had achieved ever since she started saving with Bukooli group since 2019 under Community Concerns Uganda Initiative. I finally joined the group in January 2022 and immediately started saving with the intention of starting a business to sustain myself and my 2 children. During the first 6 months, I took a loan of 700,000 shillings and started up a local brewing business (Waragi Selling), being mentored and monitored by my mother, who introduced it to me. Luckily enough, the business prospered and started making reasonable profits of 15,000 daily. I used the same money to buy food, to pay rent and school fees for my daughter. I also began a small liquid soap making business that pays for my food costs.
In July 2022, I bought a piece of land 60ft by 30ft in Bunyiro Village at 3 million shillings with a balance of 1 million due which I got the money from my annual savings in the Bukooli Group Savings Project in December and completed the payment. I am so happy, because soon, I am to be called a landlord. I now have land and my plans are to save more money this coming year (2023) in the group so that I can get a bigger loan to start buying materials to build a house little by little. Thank you CCUg for making my dream come true. Who knew that Margaret Nekesa, poor woman from Bukooli, could also own land? I am very grateful to CCUg for bringing such important trainings in financial literacy and management to me. It really taught me to be empowered economically and to know how to manage my finances very well. May God bless you for the work you do for women like me.
My name is Margaret Nekesa, a 32-year-old single mother of 2 children and a new member of Bukooli Group Savings Project (GSP) sponsored by Community Concerns Uganda Initiative (CCUg) in Mayuge district, Uganda. My mother (Sarah Namukose) has been a long-time member of this GSP and recommended me to join this group. At first, I was a bit hesitant because I had fear of losing my savings at the end of the year based on my past experience with different groups I had joined in previous years in Iganga district where I used to live.
But my mother managed to convince me by explaining the benefits she had achieved ever since she started saving with Bukooli group since 2019 under Community Concerns Uganda Initiative. I finally joined the group in January 2022 and immediately started saving with the intention of starting a business to sustain myself and my 2 children. During the first 6 months, I took a loan of 700,000 shillings and started up a local brewing business (Waragi Selling), being mentored and monitored by my mother, who introduced it to me. Luckily enough, the business prospered and started making reasonable profits of 15,000 daily. I used the same money to buy food, to pay rent and school fees for my daughter. I also began a small liquid soap making business that pays for my food costs.
In July 2022, I bought a piece of land 60ft by 30ft in Bunyiro Village at 3 million shillings with a balance of 1 million due which I got the money from my annual savings in the Bukooli Group Savings Project in December and completed the payment. I am so happy, because soon, I am to be called a landlord. I now have land and my plans are to save more money this coming year (2023) in the group so that I can get a bigger loan to start buying materials to build a house little by little. Thank you CCUg for making my dream come true. Who knew that Margaret Nekesa, poor woman from Bukooli, could also own land? I am very grateful to CCUg for bringing such important trainings in financial literacy and management to me. It really taught me to be empowered economically and to know how to manage my finances very well. May God bless you for the work you do for women like me.