Microfinance for Africa's Future
Grace Essel lives in Ashaiaman, Ghana and began working as a seamstress to earn extra income to support her children, ages four and six. In 2006, Grace decided to join with a group of her neighbors to take out a microfinance loan from Opportunity International.
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Staying in school and fighting AIDS
Erinah Tugirirwembabazi is a 17-year old girl living in Mbarara, Uganda. Erinah's father died several years ago and her mother is the sole provider for Erinah, her brother and two sisters.
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Trade's Individual Impact
Immaculate Agwang works as a tailor at the Phenix Factory on the outskirts of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. She feels lucky that she has a job with good pay and decent working conditions. She earns $60 a month-which is a lot of money in a country where average yearly income is just $245. Immaculate has been working at Phenix for three years.
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Woodhouse Furniture Factory in Accra, Ghana - Creating Jobs, Changing Communities
Ghanaian architect George Boateng established the Woodhouse Furniture Factory ten years ago. When George moved back to Ghana after living in Europe for a decade, he used his design talents and business sense to produce high-quality industrial furniture, particularly for use in educational institutions.
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How AIDS Affects Education - One Family's Story
Natumanya Rechol has known that she was HIV-positive for some time. In 2002, she learned of The AIDS Support Organization of Uganda (TASO), an organization which offers care, treatment and support to people affected and infected with HIV.
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Annette's Story
Annette Nasuna lives in Mbarara, Uganda has been raising her six children all alone for the last five years, since her husband died of HIV/AIDS. Annette has known she was HIV-positive since 1992, but did begin taking anti-retroviral medicines (ARVs) until 2002 when she began to feel very sick. She sought out TASO (The AIDS Support Organization), a national organization with branches all over Uganda to support people infected and affected with HIV.
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