Two years after entering the Uganda Microfinance Market, the Rural Finance Initiative -RUFI has opened her 3rd Branch in Uganda. This follows in the footsteps on Koboko and Morobi Refugees Settlement Branches. This initiative was possible thanks to support from the Church of Sweden through the Netherlands Platform for...
In March 2017, RUFI followed her clients who fled the conflict in South Sudan into Uganda. With branches in Koboko Town, Morobi Camp in Palorinya as well as extending outreach to Rhino Camp, Bidibidi, Imvepi and Yangani Camps, RUFI is now offering financial services to refugees and host communities....
When RUFI entered the Uganda Market, it was realised that youth were leading a hopeless life of redundancy and abuse of alcohol with unplanned pregnancies becoming rampant even among the under aged. To try and address this, RUFI came up with the REMEDY Project – Refugees Empowerment through Market-led...
The plight of girls in South Sudan and refugees camps has resulted in a number of them dropping out of school in spite of the fact that some of them are bright but fail to advance their education due to poverty and the conflict that forced them into refuge....
RUFI started lending to farmers in Kajo Keji in 2010 through the support of Cordaid to pilot the product. Having registered success with the product since then, agric lending is now expanded to Nimule and Yei Branches in 2015. Sectors funded include production, poultry and agro inputs supply. With...
Having operated 3 branches since 2012, RUFI opened her 4th Branch in January 2015 at Yei in Central Equatoria State. The branch is located at Hai Nyakama, Kegulu Road within Yei Town. It offers 3 main products: – Group Loans, Individual Loans and Agricultural Loans. The opening of the...
