FURA has been at the forefront of providing financial services to rural and urban communities in Uganda through the VSLA initiative. We have partnered with public sector institutions, government, and various donors to successfully implement huge financial projects in different parts of Uganda.
Membership/Affiliations and Boards
Because of her experience and track record, FURA was appointed and sits on committees both at the district and national levels.
- A member of the district energy trust committee.
- Outreach finance committee Bank of Uganda
- Member of the self-groups committee MFPED
- DENIVA Board of Directors
- Member of the quality assurance mechanism for CSO and CBOs in Kasese
- Member of the good governance council for the CRAFT project, globally based in the Netherlands
- FURA is also a member of the district disaster preparedness committee and Local Economic Development Forum.
- Lead negotiator for peace issues in Rwenzori.
- Lead consultant for the PROFIRA project in 33 districts as a service provider in VSLA-related assignments.
FURA is a registered member of DENIVA, KADDNET, the Rwenzori Civil Society Network, and the Uganda National NGO Forum.
brief descriptions of some of the assignments we have successfully completed.
| Funding Ageney | Nature of engagement | Period of engagement | Project area | Amount in UGX |
| Save the Children (UK) | Provide economic development support to persons affected by conflict-related violence in Kasese District | August 2004- July 2006 | Kasese District (3 sub-counties): established 80 groups in the area | 36,871,500 |
| Care International/DFID | Scaling up savings to argument income nationally (SUSTAIN). To provide financial intermediation services through VSLA to 200,000 people by 2008 | 1st June 2006-15th November 2007 | 15 sub-counties in Kasese district. | 228,490,004 |
| OXFAM G.B | Implementation of the Kasese livelihoods risk reduction project under the Rwenzori livelihoods and DRR support program (facilitating agricultural production and training farmers in VSLA). | 1st September 2008-30th April 2009 | Kasese and Bundibugyo districts (four sub-counties established and trained 150 groups). | 71,205,000 |
| CARE ACCESS AFRICA and CARE International in Uganda, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (USA) | Save up expanding financial intermediation services at the group and household level through VSLA to 8000 clients in Kasese district and 100,000 in Uganda | 1st March 2009-May 2011 | Reached 8000 people in Kasese district. | 235,934,000 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Uganda country office | Establishment of VSLA under the improvement of food security and small farmers’ livelihoods through commercialization among value chains in the cross-border districts of Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda under the NEPAD framework. | 9th June 2011-July 2013 | 4 country border areas with partners at local country levels in all 4 countries and 150 groups formed. | 100,000,000 |
| Belgium technical cooperation LED poverty reduction | Training and forming VSLA in urban areas in Kasese municipality. | June 2011-April 2012 | Two divisions in Kasese municipality | 24,674,000 |
| Kasese District Local Government (procuring and disposing entity) | Farmer institutional development (FID). Training farmers under the NAADS program, mobilization of groups at parish levels, and training subcounty farmers in forums on governance and business skills. | 13th June 2011-September 2011 | 29 sub-counties and reached 25,000 people | 37,868,000 |
| UNICEF/EMBASSY of the Netherlands and SNV | Implementation of community empowerment program CEP in 40 schools and surrounding communities in Bundibugyo and Kasese districts as entry points for community school partnerships through VSLA by parents at schools | November 2011-April 2014 | 17 sub-counties in two districts. 250 groups reached. | 350,000,000 |
| EU. Though OXFAM G.B. | Promoting governance and social accountability in Uganda. | February 2012-June 2013 | Implemented in partnership with the Kitgum Women’s Peace Initiative through VSLA as entry points in four sub-counties (70 groups reached | 200,460,000 |
| Barclays Bank International in partnership with CARE International in Uganda | Empowering women and youth, enabling them access to affordable financial and other services, build their skills to have meaningful and sustainable livelihoods (Banking on Change BOC | 1st July 2013-September 2015 | 13 sub-counties. Kasese District established 273 groups with 6931 people reached. | 365,712,000 |
| USAID/community connector | Family life, schools, and farming as a business for wealth creation in Kasese district through the use and formation of VSLAs | 1st September 2013-15th July 2015 | Four sub-counties | 117,374,256 |
| DFID/SNV | Implementation of sustainable sanitation and hygiene interventions in Bundibugyo District through training community user committees on VSLA methodology. | 1st September 2014 – December 2015 | Reached out to 43200 clients in 150 groups | 120,000,000 |
| Mastercard Foundation through Save the Children International | To reach 9050 youth aged 12-18 in 26 sub-counties in the Rwenzori Region. Part of five African countries implementing YIA, and to establish 200 VSLAs among the youth in Kasese district and 150 in the two other districts. | November 2012-2018 | Lead agency for the 3 partners in the region for the two years | 1,486,943,200 |
| USAID | To raise awareness and readiness for climate change adaptation in agriculture in Ugandan communities. | April – September 2015 | Two sub-counties in Kasese district | 32,256,000 |
| Oxfam Novib | GHT-CATFUND on response to EBOLA. | 2019 | Kasese district | EUR 28.007.14 |
| Oxfam Novib | GHT-CATFUND on response to Kasese floods | 2020 | Kasese district | EUR 25,774 |
| Western Uganda Humanitarian platform | Kasika mudslide response Response to mudslide victims | 2022 2024 | Kasese district Kyarumba sub-county | 19,050,000 14,880,000 |
| Brae International | Local emergency preparedness and response (LEPRO) | 2024 | Karusandara sub-county | 19,788,408 |
| Action against hunger | Integrated response to emergency | 2024 | 10 sub-counties of Kasese district. | 280,000,000 |