Rural Women Development Association - (RUWODA)

Description

Rural Women Development Association (RUWODA) is a newly formed Association was founded by mainly women with support of a few men to bring them together and sharing information, experience, skills and other resources to help them improve on the quality of their lives. The Association intends to look into the causes, effects and consequences of rural poverty inflicted upon women. This will in turn help them play a big role in the participation of the Alleviation of poverty among the rural women population. The Association was formed in July 2003. The areas to be covered initially are Mafubira, Lwanda, Namulesa and Mutai which are located in Jinja District, 5km away from Jinja town. Overall most women reside in rural areas engaging in subsistence agriculture and have low levels of formal education and meager assets thus poverty is severe in rural areas and acute among women. The Project has acquired an office space (rented premise) located within the Jinja Municipality in Jinja District.