Mothers Yes We Can: How Your Support Helped 10 Single Mothers Build a Cooperative Chicken Farm
Because of you, a collective of ten single mothers successfully launched a poultry farm with 400 chicks to support their families.
Mothers Yes We Can is a cooperative collective made up of ten single mothers in rural eastern Uganda.
These women face severe, systemic poverty and have little or no access to critical family assets like land inheritance. But today, they are on a clear path to self sufficiency and life changing business profits.
After completing Global Village Connect’s Community Development Program, the ten mothers decided to combine their newly acquired knowledge and form a cooperative business.
A blueprint for a poultry cooperative
Instead of waiting for opportunities, the collective took action. Last year, they designed a comprehensive business plan and submitted a formal funding proposal to Global Village Connect for the start up capital required to launch a cooperative chicken farm.
The proposal was approved, and the project officially kicked off on January 18, 2024, with the construction of a custom designed poultry facility.
Along with GVC’s community development curriculum, the women received technical poultry farming training from local government extension agents. This specialized vocational curriculum taught them modern best practices, including chick management, record keeping, disease control, and local market positioning.
The facility opens: Chicks arrive and thrive
The brick poultry house was completed in June, featuring secure ventilation and a local water catchment system. In July, the mothers purchased their first batch of 400 chicks.
Today, the farm is fully operational, and the chicks are thriving under the cooperative’s daily, coordinated care.
For members like Rose, the chicken farm represents far more than just a local business; it is a vital lifeline that will fund education and urgent healthcare for generations of her family.
“I am hoping to use our profits to provide medical care for my grandson who has sickle cell anemia, and to put my 12 grandchildren through school.”
— Rose, member of Mothers Yes We Can Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting, community led poultry farm!
