About me
I live in a village near Mbale in Uganda, and for twelve years I have kept the ledger for a savings group of twenty-five neighbours. We meet every week under a mango tree, in plastic chairs, with a metal box that has three padlocks. I learned from the women who began the group before me, and from many mistakes in a school exercise book.
Now I teach it. The videos are filmed under the tree and in the yard, in plain words, with the box, the ledger and a pencil. What I sell is the paper that makes a group work: ledger pages, meeting sheets, a rules template, loan cards and a household budget workbook, and two video courses, one for starting a group and one for the budget. I do not hold anyone’s money and I do not lend any. I teach you to keep your own group’s books honestly.
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Questions
Short answers on downloads, the course and the merch.
How do the downloads arrive?
After checkout you receive an email with a download link, and the same link is shown on the confirmation page. Every file is a PDF made to print on ordinary A4 or Letter paper, or to copy by hand into an exercise book.
How do the video courses work?
You pay once and the lessons appear in your account straight away. Watch them in order, as many times as you like, on a phone or a laptop. Each lesson is short, so a group can watch one together at a meeting.
Is there merch?
Yes: tees, totes, mugs, prints and stickers with my own designs. Each is printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.
How many people do I need to start a savings group?
Fifteen to thirty is common, but you can begin with as few as five or six neighbours you trust. The first video says how to choose them, and the rules template helps you agree on everything at the first meeting.
Newsletter
Under the Mango Tree
A short letter every Sunday from the village: one thing from the ledger, one tip and one job for this week.