Rural women in developing countries are at a serious disadvantage when trying to access credit. ORUDE, the Organization for Rural Development, is a grassroots NGO in south-eastern Uganda. Formed in 1997, the organization had been mobilizing and training rural women’s economic groups and preparing them to absorb credit. It then helped the groups to open […]

ORUDE trains and mobilizes women’s groups to form their own Sub-County Savings and Lending Cooperatives (SUSALECOs), based on cooperative principles. ORUDE provides institutional support and services to the women’s groups, with the aim of empowering the women to own and manage the SUSALECOs.