
In Kenya’s Migori county, the HIV rate is 2.7x higher than the national average and disproportionately affects women in the community. When HIV strikes low-income families, the difficulties of getting…
In Kenya’s Migori county, the HIV rate is 2.7x higher than the national average and disproportionately affects women in the community. When HIV strikes low-income families, the difficulties of getting…
You are about to read the story of Lucy Musimbi, a 41-year-old mother of twins, who joined the Village Enterprise program in January 2019. Her story told originally in Swahili,…
This story was originally published by Mercy Corps, our partner in the DREAMS for Refugees project, named one of five finalists for the Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award. Before…
You are about to read the story of Arach Christine, a 46-year-old mother of five children, who joined the Village Enterprise program in December 2019. Her story, originally told in…
The Story. What technology in the field looks like for Village Enterprise. How good is the internet connectivity in Kenya and Uganda? Great question! Uganda was one of the first…
“I had low esteem because I had nothing,” Penina, a slender woman who confidently sports red streaks in her hair, explains while rearranging a stack of cabbage. It’s a warm,…
Deep in the heart of the Lomako reserve — thousands of kilometers northeast of Kinshasa, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — a man named Limbute has…
Patricia Sirma, a business mentor in Bungoma, Kenya, holds a large plastic bottle with many holes on the bottom, in front of a room full of fellow Village Enterprise business…
The new fiscal year brings some new faces to the Village Enterprise board! We are proud to welcome Mary Dosunmu and Lisa Guerra to our Board of Directors, rounding out…
On May 21, we hosted On the Front Line with Village Enterprise, a webinar with our senior field leadership, Uganda Country Director Winnie Auma, Vice President of Africa Operations Taddeo…