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Tailor made for success - Jenefer
29th February 2024Tailor made for success – Jenefer
Meet Jenefer! Jenefer (18) lives in Mambi village, Pajur Parish, in the Nebbi District of Uganda. She is the 4th born in a family of 8 children (2 boys and 6 girls). Her parents are peasant farmers who grow traditional crops for upkeep of the family. They grow groundnuts for…
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12th October 2023Hope for Docus and her family through learning sewing skills
Meet Docus! Docus (22) lives with her parents and siblings in Nyekakura Village in the Nebbi District of Uganda. She is a substinence farmer and helps her family around the home and in the garden. Thanks to funding from BFSS (British & Foreign School Society), we were able…
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5th October 2023Harvest Appeal
It’s that time of year again when, in Scotland, the season starts to change. The temperatures begin to cool, the nights grow longer, and the colours of the leaves begin to change. Autumn is one of my favourite times of year as I’m reminded of the beauty of God’s creation.…
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27th July 2023Stephen visits Signpost Projects in Uganda
A visit to Signpost Projects in Uganda I recently joined Signpost International as Desk Officer to help with the management and support of SI’s overseas work. It has been great getting to know the Signpost team in Dundee and all the good work that is going on at the Roundhouse.…
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22nd June 2023Taking Action Against Poverty through Human Rights
Signpost International is committed to taking Action Against Poverty. There are many definitions of poverty. Human poverty is broad, complex, and multidimensional, and its characteristics vary widely from country to country, community to community and with time and season. This is why we use a rights-based approach to define poverty.…
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25th May 2023Farmer Groups in Aturai & Akulonyo
The Power of Working Together On 1st April 2023, we started a 3 year long project with our partner VAD in Akulonyo and Aturai Villages in the Kapelebyong District, Uganda. The project helps establish farmer groups and supports them to work together for the benefit of the whole community. The…
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24th May 2023Nakwijit Enterprise Project: Meet Ann
Meet Ann! Ann is a farmer and housewife in Nakwijit Village, West Pokot, Kenya. She is married to Tomee Loriong and has 7 children. She is one of 32 women who we supported through an income-generating enterprise in partnership with Centre for Indigenous Child Rights. Ann shares how life…
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17th May 2023Empowering Women in Rural Kenya
Empowering women through income generating enterprise in Rural Kenya Nakwijit Village is an extremely rural area with very little infrastructure. The people who live here are primarily livestock and pastoralist farmers. They frequently relocate to find new water sources for their animals. Due to the nomadic nature of the community,…
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19th November 2019Community Agricultural Trainers receive training in sustainability measures
Community Agricultural Trainers (CATs), in the Wakiso district of Uganda recently received training in sustainability measures. CATs are part of development groups which are self-help farming groups that have been established by Signpost International. Over the past 8 years it has been wonderful to see how the development groups in…
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