Mirembe

Mirembe is rated 3 out of 5 in the category international trade and development. Read and write reviews about Mirembe. The goal of the Mirembe program is to empower & educate marginalized women in Uganda to a status where they are literate and have the skills to run a sustainable business or find sustainable employment. After 3 years of learning Business Skills, English, Life Skills and earning a monthly income, the women graduate the program and receive a diploma. Mirembe was born with a simple idea in mind: To create an income, but mostly an opportunity for women in Uganda. How? By creating and marketing jewelry that women around the globe would happily purchase. We volunteered with women empowerment groups through ‘Brit-Ten Uganda,’ a volunteer and development center. We discovered an amazing country, a fascinating culture. Many of the women we volunteered with were war refugees with a complicated past. Most of them single mothers, with no education and barely enough work. We came every week to teach them English and Mathematics. We noticed the women create jewelry, baskets and bags making using traditional techniques. Suddenly it hit us, like a stroke of lightning - these women have a skill, and this skill can be used as a way to drive them out of poverty. If only they would have a way to sell thier jewelry out of Uganda, they would be able afford rent, send their children to school, feed them nutritious food and even more! Then came the crowd funding campain. We needed to aquire the means in order to purchase products from the women, ship the products and establish ourselves! We successfully raised 75,000 shekels/ approximately $22,000. Mirembe had officially begun! Fast forward to today, we collaborate with NIAAD - ‘Nagenda Institute of Art and Design’ in Namulanda, Uganda. There the women come together on a daily basis to create, learn and socialize while earning a stable income. Mary and Olivia, the local coordinators teach the women Business Skills, Life Skills & English and implement the new product designs.