My Nonprofit Reviews

I was lucky to find out about Village Enterprise from a dear friend. I liked what I heard and gave a small donation. The next year I decided to go observe what Village Enterprise was doing for myself in Uganda. To see how the mentoring worked and meet some of the business owners. I was so impressed with the staff and the business owners. The people Village Enterprise serves are the poorest of the poor and yet the most loving and generous people I have ever met. They are hero's learning to support themselves and their families. The staff, which was absolutely first class, were people any company would want to have as employees. They were professional caring individuals making a huge difference in the world. I will always support this work. And I look forward to visiting Africa again just to visit the business owners and bask in their joy of being given an opportunity to provide for their families. Teaching people to fish has always been a good idea! Generations to come will reap the benefits.

Village Enterprise (VE) has my support because they do not "feed people fish...they teach people how to fish", so to speak. I went to Africa to see their program first hand. Their program is very well thought out, monitored and tested. VE mentors are so professional, any company in the US would consider them star employees. They are extremely respectful of the business leaders, who are living below the poverty line, are mostly uneducated and very vulnerable. The professionalism, with the incredible skills taught to run a business and start a saving group (in very remote villages) are what make me know VE will reach their goal of ending extreme poverty in my lifetime. I am proud to give to this organization, they are changing the lives of so many families and the impact is life changing. Look closely at them - you will be glad you have.