SWID empowers women across Uganda to achieve food security, transform livelihoods, and improve household incomes. Learn how women in Busoga are growing crops, selling produce, and ending hunger in their communities.
Empowering Women Is Key to ending HIV/Aids- ED Swid .
Speaking during community outreach activities, SWID Executive Director Ms. Doreen Kaira King said economic vulnerability continues to trap many women and girls in unsafe, exploitative relationships as they struggle to meet basic survival needs such as food, shelter, school fees, and startup capital for small businesses
SWID Partners with DEI Group to Strengthen Cassava Value Chain in Busoga.
Kamuli District, Uganda — The Slum Women’s Initiatives for Development (SWID) has taken a major step toward transforming Uganda’s cassava sector following a high-level engagement today with the newly launched DEI Group Advanced Agro-Processing Park in Kamuli District. The state-of-the-art facility—officially commissioned on 20 November by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of […]
AWDF and SWID Empower Women in Busoga, Uganda: A Model for Africa’s Land Rights”
The Slum Women’s Initiative for Development (SWID) is making significant strides in empowering women and girls on land rights in Kamuli and Kaliro districts, thanks to strong support from the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). The initiative, funded through a generous AWDF grant, has already reached over 500 women, equipping them with knowledge and skills to navigate land ownership and access challenges.
FAIR FOR ALL Empowers Women in Busoga: Voices from Kamuli and Kaliro
Watch our new documentary, “FAIR FOR ALL,” and discover how women in Kamuli and Kaliro districts are transforming cassava farming into a powerful tool for income, empowerment, and community development. From planting and harvesting to processing cassava into flour, crisps, and cakes, these women are turning humble roots into opportunity and hope. Join us as they share their stories, challenges, and successes, showing how determination, training, and community support are reshaping lives in Eastern Uganda.
Grassroots women Trainer of Trainees.
Slum woman’s initiative for development trains trainers of trainees picked by the grassroots women from the different groups they represent to act as agents of change. These TOTS support the organization to pass on knowledge and information as well as grassroot women’s groups; To continue member trainings with in their groups To enhance team […]
CASSAVA PESTS AND DISEASES AFFECTING YIELDS IN BUSOGA SUB REGION A BIG THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY.
CASSAVA PESTS AND DISEASES AFFECTING YIELDS IN BUSOGA SUB REGION A BIG THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY. Pests and Diseases is one of the major challenges affecting cassava growing in the Busoga sub region. This has caused poor yields leading to hunger and low living standards, cassava being a drought resistant crop that many families in […]
Grassroot woman showcasing her cassava value added products.
AGRASSROOT WOMAN SMALL HOLDER FARMER NOW PARTICIPATING IN TRADE, VALUE CHAIN AND VALUE ADDITION. Nangobi Jovia From Kaliro District, Nansololo subcounty Kyisa Kyamukama farmers group. Am a small holder farmer appreciating SWID and the sponsors for the awareness and knowledge about cassava value addition and trade. Today I grow cassava with my group members harvest […]
Grassroot women participation in the climate change fight.
Grassroot women participation in the climate change fight Human beings co- exist with nature, we receive oxygen from trees and we give them Carbon dioxide, cutting trees is like cutting off our life. Human beings are the man cause of climate change through their actions. Humans and wild animals face new challenges for survival because […]
Training of 100 women /Girls community paralegals on women and girls girls rights to own , access and control land.
Slum Women’s Initiative for Development acknowledges the grant fund from African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF ) Towards ; Equiping 100 women community paralegals with skills and knowledge to break barriers to gender inequality and challenges women/girls are facing relating to land access and ownership of land. Raising awareness for women and […]