In the past few months as an intern at L-IFT, I have had the opportunity to interact with a diverse array of individuals. In this post, I continue a recount of these interactions and observations, this time, with a focus on how drought affected the business of various respondents. When I met Sulayiman, a study […]
The Rise of Solar Lighting
When I returned to Uganda last year, after a two-year hiatus, I instantly noticed the increased usage of solar panels. During my field visits, I took an interest in gaining an understanding of the use of different lighting sources including solar-powered lighting systems. During one of these field visits early this year, I met Nekesa […]
Living and Coping With Long-term Illness
One theme, which came up several times during my field interactions with some FEDU respondents was how long-term illness impacted livelihoods, especially among individuals already living in financial distress. During one of the field visits in Mbale, I met Iryn a middle-aged, single mother and respondent in the research project, she shared her experience living and […]
L-IFT Has Uplifted Me
As the Finance and Energy Diaries Project Uganda (FEDU) is coming to an end, I interacted with some of the field researchers, who over the past months played a critical role in the execution of the FEDU project. I was especially interested on their opinions on how working with FEDU project has empowered them. For this […]
Giving Voice
On 13th April, during a project visit in Kasokwe, a village in Eastern Uganda, the L-IFT team met one of their research participants Kasobya Eunice, the mother of four young boys, expecting her fifth child. A listening ear During our talk with Kasobya Eunice she explained to us what she appreciates most about our research: “It was […]
A Respondent’s Journey: Inputs, Frustrations, and Learnings
In April two senior advisors visited L-IFT’s research project in Uganda. During a period of six days, they met different respondents to get a thorough insight into the project. Encountering a savings group in action Early afternoon on Thursday 13th a surprisingly large road took us to Mpumu Village, where we met Anthony Nyende, one of […]
Building People’s Resilience
Throughout our research projects, we put a strong emphasis on a close exchange with local leaders, both those elected as well as traditional ones. During our last project visit to Eastern Uganda in April ’17, Local Council Three of the Mpungwe sub-county emphasized how he appreciates the way L-IFT carries out its work and explained: “We […]
FEDU Field Researchers: Interview with Agatha Amollo
For the blog series titled “FEDU field researchers”, I introduce some of the FEDU field researchers as they share their field stories. For the third of the series, I interviewed Amollo Agatha a field researcher based in Tororo eastern Uganda. Agatha graduated with a diploma in development studies from Nsamizi Training Institute, Central Uganda in […]
FEDU Field Researchers: Interview with Dennis Mallisa
For the current and subsequent blog series titled “FEDU field researchers”, some of the FEDU field researcher share their field stories. The field researchers talk about their experiences in the field, skills gained, aspirations, and what motivates them. For the second of the series, Dennis shares his experience of working as a field researcher. Dennis […]
FEDU Field Stories: Biweekly Four
19th November It’s bi-weekly Four. Most of the FEDU respondents have now been interviewed four times over the past two months. It has been fascinating interacting with the FEDU research respondents and following the progression of the relationship built between the researchers and the respondents. And it wasn’t difficult to notice that the respondents by this […]