The purpose of this intervention is to develop the capacity of the newly established organisation Ngalo Buwereza (NBO), which organises and supports home-based workers in Uganda. Home-based workers are individuals who produce goods or services (e.g., crafts, beekeeping, fish farming, crop cultivation) either from their own homes, adjacent grounds, or from a public space. In Uganda, an estimated 70 per cent of all businesses are informal, and most jobs are characterised by low earnings and poor working conditions, which is also the case for the majority of home-based workers.
The purpose of this project is to improve the working conditions and livelihoods of home-based workers in Uganda by supporting a member-led, structured, constitution-drafting process, which will result in a consolidated constitution approved by the 2024 General Assembly.
NBO was formally registered in 2022 and held its first General Assembly in February 2023. The organisation offers services to 121 member organisations throughout Uganda, comprising a total of 4,242 individual members, approximately two-thirds of whom are women.
The passing of the constitution will be an important step in Ngalo Buwereza gaining recognition with government agencies, local authorities, and other relevant stakeholders, and will thereby serve to strengthen the organisation’s advocacy work.
Overall, it will strengthen NBO’s ability to support its members in the two key areas of:
- Improved working conditions; and
- Increased profitability of their work.
