People United For a New Korogocho
The winning project of the National MILGAP award was People United for a New Korogocho; situated in the sprawling Korogocho slums, one of the most densely populated and unstable slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Set against this challenging backdrop, the project has created economic empowerment and skills development among the marginalized in the society…. Read More

Maize Marketing Movement by Sacred Africa
The Maize Marketing Movement addresses the plight of smallholder farmers and helps them play a more active role in the marketing of their grain in a liberalized economy. The project, which aims at building and empowering strong producer associations and improving the quality of marketed maize, has managed to facilitate the transformation of producer associations into viable marketing associations with strong business acumen….Read More

Nyumbani Village – Kitui
The concept to start Nyumbani village originated from the need to provide a family atmosphere for orphaned children who were already being taken care of by elders, grandmothers and grandfathers in the area….Read More  

Provision of affordable sanitary pads to the disadvantaged primary school girls (Makapads)
The Makapads project in Uganda conducted research which revealed that many girls were not attending school on the days they were menstruating due to lack of affordable protection materials. It then began manufacturing sanitary pads which are 75% cheaper and thus more affordable to the rural primary school girls who were affected….Read More

Empowerment through Co-operative financial services (CECOFFIS)
The ‘Community Empowerment Through Cooperative Financial Services’ initiative in Uganda started in January 2003 as a result of a deliberate move by the district council of Mbale to eradicate poverty through the formation of savings and co-operative rural financial institutions in all sub-counties in the district: Mbale, Kamuli, Mukono, Masaka, and Bushenyi….Read More

Biogas fuel as an alternative to firewood and charcoal
Beyond the immediate use of biogas as a household energy source, innovators at Makerere University are working to employ rural areas’ unutilized animal waste to provide energy for refrigeration, irrigation, running machinery and soil rejuvenation…Read More

Black Smith Project, Kisangani Smith Group
The Black Smith Project provides both vocational training and employment to vulnerable young people while helping the wider local community to break the cycle of poverty. This is done through producing high-quality agricultural tools and irrigation equipment at affordable prices… Read More

Eco-tourism development in Kagera Region by Kiroyera Tours Ltd
By working in close partnership with local community groups, Kiroyera Tours has provided a number of interesting activities for tourists and contributed to the diversification of Tanzania’s traditional wildlife-based tourism by operating both cultural and wildlife tours….Read More

Lake Zone Cultural Centre
Lake Zone Intercultural Centre is situated in Nyegezi, Mwanza, in the Southern parts of Mwanza, a city in North-west of Tanzania and a Southern port of Lake Victoria. Disturbed by the abject poverty and the plight of orphans living in the area, the director of Lake Zone Intercultural Centre, Mr. Julian Rukyaa, conceived a solution to alleviate the sufferings of the disadvantaged children in the area by targeting their educational needs…Read More