Semi-Annual Impact Reports
Read the stories of 3 women in Uganda that have benefitted from a WILFund loan...
Uganda
In August of 2004, WILFund disbursed $100,000 in loan capital to World Vision's Microfinance Institute (MFI), "MED-Net". The following is a report back from MED-Net on it's initial impact.
MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
(MED-Net)
REPORT AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Submitted to WILFund
(MED-Net)
REPORT AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Submitted to WILFund
1.0 Microfinance Programme
The organization continued to implement its core activities within the two branches of Masaka and Rakai that have included credit services, business training and counseling, micro insurance and savings mobilization. Portfolio outstanding for Masaka is Ug. Shs. 371,024,198/= and Ug. Shs. 307,998,842 for Rakai giving a total of Ug. Shs. 679,023,040 for portfolio outstanding for the branches where the WILFund Loan is being implemented. Masaka had 398 active groups with 2,646 active clients by the end of FY2004 while Rakai had 341 active groups and 1,752 active clients.
The following is the portfolio summary for the two branches where the WILFund Loan is used:
 | Masaka | Rakai | Total | Target by 2009 | Variance (%) |
| Female | 1,693 | 1,068 | 2,761 | 9,780 | 71.7 |
| # of Children | 8,806 | 4,501 | 13,307 | 13,307 | (46.9) |
| # of Jobs Created | 359 | 211 | 570 | 2,445 | (76.7) |
Sector Composition:
| Masaka | Target | Variance (%) | Rakai | Target | Variance (%) |
| Commerce (%) | 60 | 53 | (11.6) | 60 | 53 | (11.6) |
| Agriculture (%) | 22 | 11 | (50) | 31 | 11 | (64.5) |
| Service (%) | 15 | 34 | 56 | 5 | 34 | 85.3 |
| Small Scale Production | 3 | 2 | (33) | 4 | 2 | (50) |
The following are other services that were provided to the clients:
- Two training workshop for ILO Start & Improve Your Business were held, one in each of the two branches.
- One training workshop was conducted for ILO Expand Your Business.
- HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy was ongoing
- Other ongoing activities included training in business management, savings, mobilization and book keeping.
2.0 MED and HIV/AIDS Integration
A total of 28 Community Care and Education Teams (CETT) with a total membership of 103 loan clients were selected and trained to build the capacity of the CETT to design, own and sustain HIV/AIDS related initiatives in the community. At the end of the training, each group was charged with the task of designing an Action Plan. This plan serves as a guide to help the CETT implement their initiative. Some women groups focused on community sensitazation, others focused on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission, while some groups focused on Orphan and Vulnerable Child (OVC) Support.
One CETT, Tulage' enjawulo, set out to support Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). The CETT formed part of the Parish OVC Care Coalition Team. The group is taking care of 14 children whom they identified as OVCs within their community. Another CETT, Kyosiga Women, set out to take care of people infected with HIV/AIDS. They have been involved in basic home nursing care, sensitizing the relatives of the patients on how to take care of the sick and have done extensive referrals. They have even facilitated with transport to enable patients access to the referral centers. After noticing that many people in the cummunity in which the women were operating were ignorant of their sero status, they linked up with a non-govermental organization (NGO) that offers Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services. The NGO offered this service to the community. Fifty-eight people took the HIV test and those who were HIV postiive were promptly referred for further care and counseling to TASO, a local group specializing in care of people living with AIDS. |
Summary of CETT Activities
Number of homes of People Living with AIDS (PLWA) visited | 191 |
Total Number of PLWAs reached | 199 |
Number of PLWAs referred to counseling | 168 |
Number of OVCs identified | 1,107 |
Number of OVCs cared for | 413 |
Community members sensitized by CETTs on HIV/AIDS issues | 2,220 |
Number of people counseled by CETT members of HIV related issues | 522 |
Number of people access Voluntary Counseling and Testing services | 160 |
Number of women educated about Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission | 257 |
