Our Beneficiaries
Stories of Hope and Transformation
Meet some of the people whose lives are being positively impacted through CACDI's programmes and community initiatives.
KOMWAKA JOANITAH
Youth
KOMWAKA JOANITAH is a mother of 25 years a resident busula village. She was raped at the age of 16 and got pregnant, she was expelled from school and unfortunately the Good Samaritan who was taking good care of her dumped and she didn’t have anywhere to go hence taking advantage of verandas and abandoned houses to survive. Later on pregnant as she was she started to wash for people and dig in their gardens to earn a living. She came up with an idea of selling grocery and fresh vegetables infront of her rented house and as of per now, joanatahz performance is really pleasant and promising.
"The support gave me hope and encouraged me to a better life."
NAKIBUUKA FATUMAH
Twekembe Project Beneficiary
Nakibuuka fatumah is a mother of 9 children with crippled husband with no source of income and this has burdened fatumah because she orks around the clock to see that the children can survive. The children are not in school due to poverty, the mother along with children move working for people on their farms to earn a living. After the help from the road to parity, I am was able to hire a place and then start my grocery and fresh selling business, fatumah says, I am now able to save something though not much due to a big number of children that are in my care, but I give great thanks the Twekembe, says fatumah.
"I gained skills that have given me confidence to build a better future."
NABAASA RESTY
Community Beneficiary
Nabaasa resty. She is 39 years old and a mother of 4 children. She was referred to us (CACDI) by the chairperson Local Council one having realized that she was being chased out of the house she was renting since she could not meet the house bills. We later came to know that she migrated from western Uganda to central looking for a job to take care of her children after having separated with her husband since he had got another woman. She was too miserable and requested us if we could only help her work and take care of her children which we did under the sponsorship of the Road to Parity. She started selling cooked and burnt maize on the road side, and hens in a cage. ‘I started with one sack of maize though I could sell it for a week but now I sell a sack in 2-3 days.’, for the chicken I sell a fair number on weekend mostly but during week days, chicken sales are small. ‘I can now meet my house bills, pay my children school fees at wobulenzi public school and also buy food, she adds.
"CACDI has helped our community come together and create opportunities for our families."
BULIKO PESKELINAH
Community Beneficiary
Buliko peskelinah: she is 46 years old with 5 children her husband was expelled from police without any notice so the husband resorted to boozing and he is now a drunkard she tried to process her husband’s salary and she realized that someone in the big post was eating her husband’s salary and she was threatened to be killed if she proceeded with the issue, the husband was sent to the village and the woman remained alone with the children.
"CACDI has helped our community come together and create opportunities for our families."
SSEBADDAWO YUDAYAH
Programme Beneficiary
Ssebaddawo yudayah: She is 38 years with 5 children she is a resident of wobulenzi, yudayah is single mother looking after her own children, the husband left them in the rented house and went to marry another woman leaving all the responsibility to the wife who is job less. Under the financial support of The road to Parity, she was able to start up a banana and other food staff selling and as we talk of now, yudaya claims she is able to maintain up her startup capital and stock , pay her bills, children bills and also save at least 10000 Uganda shillings a day.
"I am thankful for the people who support women like me to achieve our dreams."
TUKUNDANE MONICA
Community Member
Tukundane monica: she is 35 years with 3 children monica was a house wife by the time she separated with the husband monica fries simple eats which can’t even yield 4000 shilling per day and washing clothes for the people to increase her daily income to get food and rent for the children. Due to the big demands, she claimed the business was really unstable that she did not have money to sustain it. After the funding, I am now able to regain my legs, sustain my bills and also save at least 15000 Uganda shillings daily.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NAKANJAKO HARRIET
Community Member
Nakanjako harriet: She is 30 years old with 2 children Nakanjako’s husband disappeared mysteriously leaving the family behind with no contact left. It first it was thought that he died not until it was discovered that he flew to South Sudan. Currently the woman is finding hardships getting food for the children and shelter. She approached us yelling for help and support and under CACDI we managed to sit her down and ask her what business she really could do and decided to go on with the snack /chapatti selling business. Ever since I started working, Iam now able to sustain myself, my children, pay my bills and I at least save 20000 Uganda shillings a day.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
MWANJE MUSA
Community Member
Mwanje musa: is a gentle man of 40 years and a special needs person with crippled legs and a hatch back. Musa is a father of 3 children surviving on begging to get what to eat for the family. The wife does cloth washing around the village to cater for the children and the crippled husband. when we came across Musa, the only business idea had to come up with is doing shoe repairing. ‘Since I cannot stand or walk, I can manage sitting down and do that business because I have an idea.’. And by the help of The road to parity through CACDI, Musa has been able to get capital and rent a working lavender and then buy start up requirements. So far not so bad, I can at least go home with 12000 and at times more to help me cater for my family, he says.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NAMUTEBI AMINAH
Community Member
Namutebi aminah: she is 35 years old she is a mother of 4 residing in kittante village. Namutebi has 6 children and she separated with the husband leaving her helpless with no outstanding income generating source to sustain herself and the children Namutebi walks around washing people’s clothes along with her three children to earn a living. As per the financial help from the road to parity, Aminah says she is now able to live a changed life, take care of her house, electricity, water and feeding bills. Aminah adds that she now joined a village bank where she at least saves 3000 every day after all her expenditures are done, and she gets it all together at the end of the month.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NAMBOOZE MARGRET
Community Member
Nambooze Margret: is 62 years old Margret is and a widow with 8 children, her husband succumbed to a heart attack leaving her alone with the children, some of the children are grown up but doing casual work making it hard sustain themselves with their mother as well making it hard for the old woman to survive on her own. When we approached her, she was really hopeless and claiming she feels a very heavy burden that she cannot support her children.. after the support by the road to parity, Nambooze decided to start up a sandals selling business and she argues that at least she and her family are no longer too vulnerable as the can access the basic necessities of life.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NAKANWAGI SHARIFAH
Community Member
Nakanwagi sharifah: she is 29 years with 2 children, she is a single mother responsible for both of her children, looking for their food, school fees, medication and shelter. Nakanwagi is a school dropout due to an early pregnancy but the husband mistreated her after having a second child with him with ended the relationship leaving her a young striving single mother. She picked interest in this business because he claims she has prior experience since it was the business the father of her children used to try before he dumped her. At this point, she is struggling with raising her children, paying children school dues and her house bills. I can now save some good money for my family at least 10000 Uganda shillings a day and some more than than that on Fridays when the market is really open and good.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
ZAWEDDE JULIET
Community Member
Zawedde Juliet; she is a 30 year old single mother with three children. She gave birth with three different men while still at her parents’ house. She was raised by a single father who died in a car accident in 2022. She adds that she has never got any chance of being married since no man is willing to take her on with three children. I can do any tailoring business inside my single room here because got a sewing machine I kept after my father passed away, all I need is capital to stock material. Says Juliet. Juliet sleeps in a single room with her three children and that where she also suggested to put her sewing business. After the financial assistance from the road to parity, she stocked her material, serviced her machine and is now hands on with her work. She adds that she can now earn 20000 Uganda shillings on good days when customers turn up, pay her house bills, feed her children, pay their school dues and also save some thing for the future.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NABWETEME ROBINAH
Community Member
Nabweteme robinah; she a 39 year old divorced single mother of five children and running a silver /grey fish grocery. This grey fish is also called ‘MUKENE’ in Uganda which is too nutritional especially to babies and children. Cacdi came across Robinah struggling to death in her house with children. She was seconded to us by the area chairperson and we really under the road to parity came in to her rescue with small funding to help her start up some business. Robinah stressed to us that she could do a fish selling business which she claimed that it’s easy to purchase stock and now it’s on high demand and we really had to embrace her decision. She now claims, her life and status is really changing, she can meet the requirements of her children, pay her bills, and at least save some 7000 Uganda shillings after hall her expenditures pay day.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
NABAGGALA JUSTINE
Community Member
Nabaggala Justine; she is a 42 year widowed woman with five children and trying to run her grocery and craft mats business on a veranda she rented from a shop owner. We came across a struggling Justine who could not even raise a meal for her children. She suggested since she has the mat making skills, she needs capital to purchase material and then put up a grocery of which we embraced and under the financial support of road to parity, she was able to start up. She claims that at this point she can sustain her family and also save some 30000 Uganda shillings per week. She claims that she has encountered a few challenges like dust on her grocery since the place of her work is by the roadside.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
TUKUNDANE MONICA
Community Member
Kazaire esther; Esther is a widowed woman with four children who was having a Charcoal selling business but was really un stable with no stock and capital. The husband died of COVID 19 coupled with other complications and left her completely unprepared since she was just a house wife and the husband was the only bread winner. The charcoal business had been run by the husband but when he died, /the woman tried to run it but it failed. In this case, when we came across her, she was really struggling with unstable business and requested for a financial help from the road to parity to regain stock and regain a business CACDI under the road to parity provided financial support and at this term, she claims she is able to support her family financially and able to save something at least 10000 Uganda shillings per day after all expenditure is done.
"The programme showed us that working together can create lasting change in our community."
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