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From Uncertainty to Growth

February 6, 2026

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

From Uncertainty to Growth

Lilian in front of her new under-construction home in Kyenjojo. In a last-mile village in Kyenjojo District, Lillian, 43, has built her life around farming and raising her three children. Her eldest studies Lands and Survey in Entebbe, her daughter is in Senior Two, and her youngest son is in Primary Four. Before 2023, life [...]
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From Savings To Success

January 14, 2026

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

From Savings To Success

Grace outside her home in Kagadi. Grace, a 38-year-old mother of eight, lives in a small rural community in Kagadi. Grace has long cultivated maize, beans, groundnuts, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava. While farming has sustained her family for years, the income has not been consistent. She was eager to start poultry farming, believing [...]
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Stitching Together a Future

December 2, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Stitching Together a Future

Some group members of the Ani-atatulaba RTV Saving and Credit Association in Kaliro. In a last-mile village in Kaliro District, a group of neighbors came together in early 2023 to address a longstanding challenge. “Before we established our VSLA, it was often difficult to find financial support because we lacked savings and credit groups in [...]
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Leading The Way

November 6, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Leading The Way

Annet tending to her keyhole garden. In a last-mile village in Mitooma District, Annet, 48, is known today as a Community Champion, a role she had never imagined herself stepping into until recently. "I had never taken on any leadership roles in my village. I didn't think I was capable of leading a large group [...]
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Creating a Space For Herself

October 8, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Creating a Space For Herself

Sharon in her farm in Kagadi "Our finances were unpredictable; we never planned ahead and often had trouble paying for necessities," shared Sharon, "Our farm output was low, nothing seemed to work, and we couldn't figure out why. As a result, we (Sharon and her husband, Bright) would often blame each other and be stressed [...]
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Better Nutrition, Better Future

October 3, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Better Nutrition, Better Future

Sharon checking on her vegetable garden. In a remote village in Amuru District, conversations about food have begun to change. Where once many households faced food insecurity, families are now cultivating vegetables in their own backyards. Through agricultural training sessions conducted with the support of local government officers and good-quality inputs, Raising The Village introduced [...]
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Tomorrow Begins Today

August 29, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Tomorrow Begins Today

Left to right - Cosmas, Godson, Godwin, and Godfrey. Until recently, life for four young men in a remote village in Bunyangabu district was filled with uncertainty. Godwin (28), Godfrey (29), Cosmas (22), and Godson (25) relied on casual work and subsistence farming, yet their earnings were never enough to support their families. Providing school [...]
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A Testament to Collective Determination

August 6, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

A Testament to Collective Determination

from left Ruth, Agrippina, and Lydia with a VSLA group member in Kanungu Faced with low agricultural yields, limited income, and the challenge of meeting basic needs for their families, a group of 29 women in a remote village in Kanungu formed a Village Savings and Loans Association in 2021 as part of the RTV program. [...]
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Behind The Scenes

August 5, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

Behind The Scenes

An RTV team member during a regular household level coaching session in Rukungiri. Ever wondered what goes into making our collaboration with last-mile communities impactful? In this special feature, we pull back the curtain to spotlight Team RTV, the driving force behind program implementation. Guided by a phased timeline and description of our program implementation, [...]
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From 2019 to Today

August 1, 2025

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by: vrawat

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Categories: Stories

From 2019 to Today

Naomi attends to her climbing bean garden in Kisoro District It has been six years since Naomi and John’s village in Kisoro partnered with Raising The Village. “We would always eat the same food (Irish potatoes) over and over again. We never used to grow vegetables in our home because we didn’t have them and [...]
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