This blog post was written by Megan Henderson, our Senior Communications & Events Officer.

WIth our partner, the Karamoja Community Development Trust (KaCDT), Five Talents has worked in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda since 2017. Communities in Karamoja experience regular food insecurity due to drought and flooding. Many families are pastoralists and few have been to school. There is almost no banking infrastructure in the region.

The KaCDT Community Trainers and Programme Leader, Anne Lokure, are passionate about meeting communities where they are and enabling them to support themselves through Savings Groups, literacy and business skills training. Savings Group members in Karamoja are proud of their Group ownership and are building a brighter future for their families.

Recently Anne joined us on Zoom live from Karamoja to discuss the programme’s challenges and success since it began and particularly in the last 18 months due to COVID-19. The KaCDT Community Trainers also prerecorded messages to share what it is like working directly with Savings Groups. Hear their stories by watching the video below.