Company Report 2023
Youth Skills Development (upskilling) Project
In 2023, WENIPS provided skills upgrade to 210 beneficiary women and youth in the districts of Arua, Terego and Madi-Okollo. These women and youth were provided work-based learning, at private sector enterprises in different trades: Tailoring and Garment Cutting (166), Carpentry and Joinery (13), Catering and Hotel Management (16) and Building and Concrete Practice (15). Of these, 81.4% were females while 18.6% were men.
Promoting Rural Financial Inclusion in West Nile
During the year 2023, WENIPS continued to provide support to over 7,500 VSLAs in West Nile. These comprised of 1,521 VSLAs supported under the Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas (PROFIRA 2.1) with funding from the Government of Uganda and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. With over 70% of the membership being women and 15% being youth, WENIPS is promoting financial inclusion by providing financial services including access to credits to finance agricultural activities and other income generating activities.
Increasing Access to affordable renewable energy technologies in rural communities of West Nile
With support from Mwangaza Foundation, WENIPS continue to distribute Pico Plus Lanterns to rural communities in West Nile. These lights are a perfect substitute and replacement of traditional Tadooba. They are affordable (sold at only 16,000/- as opposed to open market rate of 30,000), portable, five times brighter than kerosene lamps and lasts at least 72 hours. Through this project, our communities can smile as children study in safe and carbon-free environments. Remarkably, this product is being used to promote rural entrepreneurship development as it is being used for lighting as vendors sell in the market.
In 2023, over 60,000 households were served
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WENIPS continued to promote agribusiness and agricultural value chain in 2023. With 67 primary producer cooperatives and 13 area cooperative enterprises, WENIPS reached over 373 farmer groups in West Nile.
We are a leading organisation in promotion of:
- Agribusiness and agribusiness development services
- Vegetable oil value chains
- Climate-smart agricultural practices
- Promotion of Good Agronomic Practices
- Farmer institutional development
- Farmer production and productivity development
- Farming as a business
