Housing Poverty in Uganda According to the World Bank’s 2016 Poverty Assessment, the number of people living in Uganda classified as living in ‘monetary poverty’ (people being classed as living in poverty because they do not have enough money for essential items such as food) has reduced. However, despite this reduction in monetary poverty, Uganda… Read more »
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A letter from COINS Foundation
From delivering microfinance projects in Uganda, and working to upgrade slums in Ethiopia, to sending teams from around the world to build houses in Haiti, Romania, India, Honduras and USA, COINS Foundation is proud to be working with Habitat. The COINS Foundation has worked closely with Habitat since 2008. Over the years the relationship has developed, and our support has evolved.… Read more »
Read moreFuelling Ambitions: Improving Lives with Micro-Credit in Uganda
To Reduce Poverty in Africa, Charities Must Make Tough Choices
They Varying levels of poverty across Africa We take a look at poverty housing in Africa and how we can approach reducing this through microfinance programmes. The following blog post has been compiled from a series of interviews with our programme coordinators in Uganda. We wanted to ask our collegues about the difficult decisions their local branches have… Read more »
Read moreMicrocredit in Uganda: Tackling The Causes of Poverty
Discover our latest documentary on how we use microcredit to tackle some of the root causes of poverty in Uganda – narrated by Ronald, our volunteer coordinator in the country. “Africa has been portrayed as a continent of hopelessness. Everyone with an interest in Africa is looking at the bad side: Looking at a naked child… Read more »
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