page_title: Silver upholders
section_title: Business Funding
hierarchical_section_title: Silver upholders / Business Funding
caption_attribution_description: English: A client and her poultry business.
context_page_description: Silver Upholders Limited is a fast-growing microfinance organization based in Kampala, Uganda. It offers small loans to underserved women entrepreneurs who use the money to invest in the future of their businesses and their families.
context_section_description: Silver Upholders funds mostly retail projects including fruit stands, clothing shops, animal farming, etc. In addition, many of the loans go directly to purchasing fixed assets like sewing machines and the wood for pig pens, or inventory for a food shop. In the company's own words, "Most of our clients make their living in the informal economy as hairdressers, bakers, seamstresses, and “petty” traders, selling goods from tables and tiny kiosks or carrying them from place to place. With Silver Upholders' capital, they are able to increase or diversify their inventories. They can buy in bulk, decreasing their time away from work traveling to buy supplies. Profits accrued are immediately invested in better nutrition, healthcare, and education for themselves and their children." (http://www.silverupholders.org/where-we-work.html)
caption: A client and her poultry business.
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