Jane was one of the first people to receive a loan from the Missing Link Microfinance project when it launched in the summer of 2016. Based out of the house of John’s dad, in Bakijjulula near Mityana, where the Nkuru Vocational Training College is now being developed, the microfinance scheme…
In February 2017, the first Dragon’s Den competition was held in Bakijjulula. Open to all microfinance scheme members, it was an opportunity for individuals to pitch an idea to the ‘dragons’ and hope to come away with a pot of money that they could use to make that idea a…
Round One of the Dragons Den 2018 competition for members of the NNF Missing Link Microfinance project saw 19 contestants each give a 5 minute pitch, outlining the proposal that they had come up to try and win a share of the pot of money available. There were three criteria…
One year ago the idea of this college hadn’t even been fully conceived – there were vague thoughts about something along the vocational-training lines, situated possibly at a location linked to one of the Nkuru-Nziza projects, but precise details were certainly not in existence. Now 12 months later, here we…
It’s not officially open for students yet, but the Vocational Training College being set up by NNF has already had its first teaching session. A group of local community members who are part of the Missing Link Microfinance project met last week to receive some training on simple book-keeping and…
One of the projects that John is running in Uganda, is the development of a biogas farm. The ultimate aim is for it to produce biogas from animal manure, that can be compressed into cylinders and made available to people as cooking fuel. In so doing they will then not…
Two seminars were held recently at the Acholi Quarters covering a range of topics that come under ‘common medical and health issues’. The seminars were delivered by George Castledine and his team from the UK, and all who attended were very grateful for the extensive amount of information that they gained.
Members of the Lubanga Ber cooperative in Acholi Quarters benefited from some workshops run by a visiting team from UK recently. Workshops included healthy nutrition, basic first aid, and how to start developing a business plan for simple income-generation ideas. All the workshops were very well received, and requests have…
Healthy nutrition, basic first aid, starting a business, and simple book-keeping – 4 workshops that the Missing Link Microfinance members took part in recently as part of the Dragon’s Den weekend. Photos courtesy of Annie Sanderson
Cosmos – who wants to develop his bee-keeping business to include branded, packaged honey that he can sell more widely, as well as increase the number of bee hives so that all the local farmers benefit from the increased levels of pollination of their crops. Rose – who wants to…
