Tailor made for success - Jenefer

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Tailor made for success - Jenefer

  • 29th February 2024

    Tailor 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 2023

    Hope 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 2023

    Harvest 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 2023

    Stephen 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 2023

    Taking 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 2023

    Farmer 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 2023

    Nakwijit 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 2023

    Empowering 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 2019

    Community 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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