Limited finance
Without savings or suitable capital, households struggle to invest in productive activities and manage economic shocks.
Programme 03
Women & Youth
Economic Empowerment
Building practical skills, savings capacity, productive livelihoods and stronger pathways to economic independence.
Who we work with
Women, girls, young people and community groups
Where we work
Rural communities in Soroti District and across Teso
Our purpose
Skills, savings, livelihoods and economic independence
Why this work matters
Economic opportunity strengthens households and communities.
Women and young people can have strong ideas and determination yet remain constrained by limited capital, livelihood skills, productive assets and access to markets.
YWAFT supports practical learning in sustainable agriculture, enterprise, financial management and Village Savings and Loan Association approaches. Participants strengthen their ability to plan, save, invest and develop income-generating activities.
Economic empowerment is connected to food security, gender equality, climate resilience and leadership. When women and young people gain skills and greater control over resources, the benefits extend to households and the wider community.
The challenge
Potential is limited when opportunity and resources remain out of reach.
Limited access to finance, productive assets, technical knowledge and reliable markets can keep capable women and young people in insecure livelihoods.
Skills and information
Limited enterprise, financial-management and technical knowledge can constrain otherwise promising livelihood activities.
Market access
Producers need dependable information, relationships and routes to sell goods at fair and sustainable value.
Unequal opportunity
Gender inequality and poverty can restrict women’s control over resources, leadership and economic decision-making.
Our approach
Skills, savings and productive action designed for lasting independence.
YWAFT combines group learning, practical production, financial capability and community support so that participants can build resilient livelihoods.
Enterprise and livelihoods
Practical training strengthens planning, entrepreneurship, record-keeping and income-generating skills.
Savings and financial capability
VSLA approaches help participants save regularly, manage money and mobilise resources through trusted groups.
Productive skills and assets
Sustainable agriculture, beekeeping and farm inputs translate learning into practical livelihood opportunities.
Market and leadership pathways
Capacity building encourages participants to engage markets, make informed decisions and take leadership roles.
Featured initiative
Empowering Vulnerable Women and Girls At-Risk
Through EVWGAR, YWAFT combined sustainable agriculture and Village Savings and Loan Association activities to strengthen livelihoods, nutrition and community resilience for vulnerable women and girls in Soroti District.
- Organic vegetable cultivation and coffee farming
- Beekeeping and productive farm inputs
- Financial management through VSLA groups
- Demonstration plots and community learning
Reported impact
Documented results from the EVWGAR initiative.
The supplied EVWGAR project summary documents practical training, productive inputs and community learning designed to strengthen economic independence and resilience.
Figures are drawn from YWAFT’s supplied EVWGAR project summary and should be updated when newer verified programme records are approved.
Community in action
Economic empowerment grows through practical skills and collective action.
“Skills, savings and productive assets can turn determination into lasting opportunity.”
Through group learning and practical livelihood activities, participants build knowledge they can apply in farming, saving and household decision-making. YWAFT’s approach connects individual capability with collective support and locally owned economic action.
Partner for lasting impact