Intervention(s)
Grant only: Receive a grant of about $140, at least half of which must be used for an in-kind purchase.
Information only: A staff member at YARID conveys information about the existing aid-sharing policy in Uganda, the activities of the NGO, and experiences of refugees in Uganda.
Labeled Grant: Combination of the above two interventions. The grant is branded as directly associated with our refugee-led NGO partner YARID.
Refugee mentor: Assigned to mentorship by an experienced refugee business owner in the same sector. Mentorship meetings will be facilitated and coordinated by a YARID staff member who will also serve as translator if necessary. topics of conversation included skills and training that the mentee wanted, customer service and retention strategies, finance and management. A facilitator will be provided for 6 meetings (though attrition is expected) and then we will encourage them to keep meeting on their own if they desire.
Ugandan mentor: Same as above, but the mentor is a Ugandan business owner.