<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Young single mums in Busega, Uganda have a tough time. Facing an unenviable choice of staying on at school or leaving to look for work to pay for their children&rsquo;s upbringing, many choose the latter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">However, without qualifications, or a financial safety net, it can be a struggle to survive. All too easily these&nbsp;women can be drawn into a world of prostitution and exploitation. At best they are stigmatised and remain poor, at worst their children can be left to fend for themselves on the street.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tools for Self Reliance&nbsp;is doing something about this in partnership with the Single Parents Association of Uganda.&nbsp;Thirty women will be offered the opportunity to escape a life of poverty by learning work-based skills that will enable them to earn a living. While the children attend a free cr&egrave;che, their mothers will learn the essentials of working for themselves.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">The idea is to encourage sustainable livelihoods. So, during their training the women will pay into a savings scheme that will help fund their start-up costs and future training.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It won&rsquo;t just be the women who benefit. Their children and the wider community will gain too. There will be enough money generated to pay for children to go to school to give them the education that their parents missed out on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to Tools for Self Reliance and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - Tools for Self Reliance raises more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </span></p>