BARHD Rural Economic Development in Bushenyi, Uganda
Poverty hiding beneath economic growth
BARHD creates jobs in Uganda's bare markets: A local villager breaks rocks down to gravel for commercial use
Today, Uganda is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. About 25% of the land is fertile enough to support farming. Tourism is returning to one of the last mountain gorilla habitats in Bwindi National Park. Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile, is a plentiful source of fish.
Yet Uganda remains one of the most impoverished countries in Africa. The average wage is a dollar per day and a chemistry teacher makes $300 per year.
Only two hydroelectric plants supply power to this land-locked country, inadequate to service the needs of 20 million people. As a result, electric power to western Uganda is only available on a sporadic basis, limiting the potential for industry.
Employment opportunities are limited, even to those fortunate enough to obtain an education.
We provide opportunities, not handouts.
Local villagers find much-needed work at a BARHD tailor shop in Katunga Hill
Our rural commerce program provides start-up costs, training, and jobs for unemployed Ugandans, allowing them to be wage earners and tax-paying citizens.
A tailor shop was established several years ago in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Southside Tulsa and Rotary International. The tailor shop employs 8-10 men and women making school uniforms and clothing and has made a profit most years.
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