LEWAF Programs
Women's Economic & Social Empowerment
10,255 women across 13 communities now have financial access — savings, loans, and business skills to build independent livelihoods.
Building Financial Independence
Economic dependency is one of the key factors that trap women in violent situations. When women have financial resources, savings, and business skills, they have real choices. LEWAF's economic empowerment program addresses this directly through four interconnected pillars.
Community Women's Savings & Loaning Associations (CWSLA)
Groups of women in the same community pool regular savings into a collective fund. Members access low-interest loans for business, emergencies, or household investment. Currently active across 13 sub-urban communities.
Spouse Discussion Group Sessions
LEWAF facilitates sessions with husbands and male partners of CWSLA members — building household support for women's financial participation and challenging resistance to women's economic agency.
Business Development Skills Training
Practical, hands-on training in business planning, marketing, record-keeping, and customer management — equipping women to establish and grow sustainable small businesses.
Finance Booster Scheme
Seed capital injections for high-performing CWSLA groups and individual women entrepreneurs, enabling scale-up of successful businesses.
SME Scheme — Women-Led Cooperatives
Through business development skills training, 42+ women petty traders have transformed into business entrepreneurs, and 5 SMEs have been established — including the GBOTIMA Women's Cooperative (soap production and sales) and the WAN-DESTINY Women's Cooperative (bread baking and sales).
