Hope Alive Uganda wishes to empower women to strengthen the women's positions and improve the circumstances of needy women, widows and women that are HIV/AIDS infected.

Hope Alive Uganda started 2 projects for women at the beginning of 2010:

A tailoring project for women.

Hope Alive Uganda started a tailoring project in April/May 2010 to empower the women.  Women are trained to use sewing machines and a small business is started with them.  The women will make clothes, school uniforms, reusable pads, sheets, blankets curtains etc. and they will repair clothes, though initially the focus will be on school uniforms.  By having the women make school uniforms, the women help Hope Alive Uganda as an organization as well.  The aim is that the women will be able to earn a salary and thus improve their lives and the lives of their children. In April, the tailoring project started with a group of 10 women. The schools in the village and its surroundings have already confirmed to Hope Alive Uganda they will have their school uniforms made by the women participating in this project.  This will help orphans and needy families to get school uniforms from the organisation at an affordable price.

An arts/crafts project.

At the start of the new year, 2010, Hope Alive Uganda started a cooperation with two women's groups from Jinja.  All women are involved in making Ugandan paper beads and necklaces, bags, bracelets, paper bead belts, earrings etcetera.    One women's group is from Kakindu, Jinja and the other women's group is from Buwenda, Jinja.  The women's group from Kakindu, Jinja, is led by Florence Attio and 30 women are partcipating in this crafts group.  The women's group from Buwenda, Jinja ia led by Rachel Nangobi and in this group, 50 women are participating.  The aim of both women's group is to help women become independent.  The women make beautiful Ugandan artwork.  People interested in supporting the women by purchasing one of their orignial pieces of art can contact Hope Alive Uganda.