Owning a house, be it in rural area or in town, is every man and woman’s dream.
“Who wouldn’t want to own a good house where you don’t have to pay any rent? and who wouldn’t capitalize on an opportunity to do so, especially when some help comes along the way?” asks Jennica, a resident of Soweto east village in Kibera.
Livelihood Impact Fund, has partnered with Map Kibera Trust, to conduct a survey in Kibera that aims to identify those who are saving towards owning a house in future.
Livelihood Impact Fund (LIF), will then find a way to offer financial options for these residents to realize their dream in the most efficient way.
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The survey has so far been conducted in Soweto East village, and will scale up to cover all the villages of Kibera. Response has been good and most residents are actually saving and hopeful of owning a house in a few years to come.
Titus Mwewe, a shoe maker in Soweto East says he started saving towards owning a house but was forced to withdraw all his savings after being laid off his job.
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“I had saved up to 25,000 shillings but was forced to withdraw to take my children to school and feed my family”. Titus adds.
He further blamed the government for not offering job opportunities to citizens, to help them be in a position to save.
“People have no jobs, and that’s why even my shoe-making business cannot thrive. If we all had good-enough jobs, we could have done our part to own the houses.”