Kimwanga Widows Project

Mbale District, Uganda

Kimwanga - group of widows with Kimwanga team

Our Story

After taking numerous students on mission trips to Uganda, Professor Nan Muhovich created a partnership with Kimwanga Widows and Global Horizons Inc. to help the project gain support and access to resources.

Kimwanga Widows Project was founded in 2012 by Ugandan local Solomon Shisa to support vulnerable elderly widows caring for children, without any income, and/or battling illness without any support.

Our vision is to provide lasting hope through compassion by holistically empowering widows for sustainable living as they age. Objectives: (1) Empower widows spiritually through spreading the gospel of our Lord Jesus. (2) Improve health through quality medical care; (3) Promote self-dependency; and (4) Promote Income Generating Activities (IGAs) such as providing a goat to each woman in the program.

Our Impact

Currently, 87 widows have been identified for sustainable elderly living, in rural areas of the Mbale District, Uganda.

The Kimwanga Widows Project provides preventative health care by providing mosquito nets, employing 14 points of a healthy home curriculum, first aid treatment, and visits from a volunteer health worker. Women are learning sustainable income-generating activities such as goat rearing, poultry care, and handmade crafts. Bible studies are held monthly for fellowship and prayer. The most vulnerable women are supported with essential basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter.

Your donation of $40 per month will meet basic needs of food and shelter for one elderly widow.

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"When I was spotted by papa Solomon, he offered to support me under Kimwanga widows. Other widows suggested we could start saving some small amount of money to support ourselves with small basic needs. I have never regretted this moment, I can afford a meal, and buy scholastic materials for my children. I gained trust in God that it is only Him who can sustain us whether we have a husband or not...I no longer cry so much because I have hope." - Aidah

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Thank you from Grandmother Agnes!

Agnes would like to thank you for the goat, which will be the start of an income-generating activity through goat rearing.

The goat will provide milk, and when it produces offspring, they will grow the herd or be sold for income. This allows Agnes self-sufficiency to earn her own income!

She is overjoyed!

Provide the start-up cost of Dairy Goat Farming - $200

The gift of a dairy goat is the beginning of a micro-business giving each woman the means to earn their own income and be more self-sufficient.

We have many women like Jessica who would like to start dairy goat farming. They will be able to drink some of the milk for improved nutrition and sell some of the milk for income. Additionally, they will be able to sell goat offspring.

Provide Sustainable Solar Light Kit - $250

The widows in our program live in traditional homes without electricity. Even during the day, homes are dark.

A solar kit provides 3 lights indoors, 2 outdoor security lights to ward off wild animals, a rechargeable flashlight for emergencies, and a solar-powered radio to connect to news and Christian programs.

Solomon, Kimwanga Widows, and volunteers.

Receiving 4 goats from generous donors to serve as an income-generating activity for financial independence.

Sharing a meal at Easter celebration.

Papa Solomon making a home visit. During a home visit the we check on the widow's health and administer first aid. We also encourage the widows and pray with them. Additionally we monitor goat rearing activities, to ensure success.

Generous donors empowered two widows, Mukite and Scovia, to kick-start small-scale goat-rearing businesses.

Regular Bible study
and fellowship sessions for the widows, provide spiritual nourishment, encouragement, and a sense of community.

We offer regular Bible study and fellowship sessions for the widows, providing spiritual nourishment, encouragement, and a sense of community.

Sarah is feeling hopeful for the future. Her dairy goat provides income through selling milk and offspring. The milk also provides her with improved nutrition for better health.

Solar lighting is providing light for the woman and her children inside their home.

The installation of a solar light system has been transformational for Bukuwa. Her children are able to study for school indoors, she can charge her phone, and sell access to energy to neighbors to earn income.

Solomon is handing off a goat to one of the woman in the program.

Naume, Christine, and Rose each received a goat as the start of a micro-business.

Solomon, Director of Kimwanga Widows, with one of the woman standing outside of her house.

Billah's home before repairs.

Billah's house following repairs to the cement walls, a new widow and a door.

Thanks to generous donors, the exterior walls of Billah's home have been repaired and are now structurally safe. A window and functioning door were installed to give her a secure home!

In December we had a visit from David and Nan Muhovich (not pictured), from Minnesota.

This sweet woman was overjoyed to receive a mattress and sheets. She no longer sleeps on the hard ground at night.

Faithful donors supplied a window and door for Sarah's home. She no feels safe at night from anyone who may try to enter, including wild animals in the area. She's also protected from rain and weather.

North Central University students visit Kimwanga Widows.

The lack of proper housing continues to be an issue for widows.

Side view of a home.

There is a need for bedding as many of the women are sleeping on the ground.

Solomon visiting a woman who is ill.

A Bible study is held at Jessica's house with the women of Kimwanga Widows.

Birah a trained nurse checks in with widows.

Kimwanga Widows project staff 2023.

We managed to visit 17 homes of the widows purposely for evangelism, health care, and monitoring the IGA project of goats.

The veterinary office together with the social workers moved door to door to the widows who received the goats to deworm and monitor the progress of the goats.