Author: Madrama James | Published: 1 hour ago

IDPs posed for group photo after receiving start up capital at Amadi Residential Area Juba – Photo credit: Madrama James

Internally Displaced Persons in Amadi Residential Area, Central Equatoria State, have received start-up support to help expand their small businesses.

The assistance includes maize flour, wheat, cooking oil and other essential items.The initiative targets displaced people and members of the host community and aims to improve livelihoods and strengthen small businesses.

Speaking to Eye Radio during the distribution exercise, Nyakuma Peter, Executive Director of Together South Sudan, says the program is designed to support women who already run small businesses in the area.

“We are trying to boost up the business by giving them some items, depending on what they are selling,” she said.

Peter says some beneficiaries sell dry fish, onions and other cooking items from small tables in the local market.

Martha Nyakueth, one of the beneficiaries and a mother of two living with a physical disability, says the assistance will help her expand her business and support her children’s education.

“I’m very happy with the assistance I have received,” she said.

Nyakueth says she has been raising her children without support after their father left, making their education difficult.

“With this start-up capital, I will be able to send my children to school and raise them properly,” she said.

She adds that she will continue seeking additional support for school fees because her children’s education remains her priority.

The Empowerment Grant Assistance Project is implemented by Together South Sudan, a women-led organization, with support from UNHCR.

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