A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR EAST AFRICA'S YOUTH
Wealth Spring Fund trains young entrepreneurs and organizations in real financial literacy, then walks with them — building savings, cooperatives and enterprises strong enough to one day bank themselves.
2,400+
youth trained & mentored
38
cooperatives seeded
“We don't hand out fish. We build the pond, and the fishermen's union.”
OUR MISSION
Too many good businesses in East Africa stall on the same cliff: no records, no savings culture, no access to fair capital. Wealth Spring Fund closes that gap from both ends — teaching the discipline, then organizing the capital.
Practical money skills — budgeting, records, pricing, saving and investing — in plain language.
Turn trained members into cooperatives and SACCOs that save and lend together.
Grow those cooperatives into the foundation of a future Sheilyd Bank.
WHAT WE DO
Cohort-based programs for youth, SMEs and community groups — from first budget to first balance sheet.
Mentorship, business modelling and access-to-market help so trained founders actually grow.
We help members form and formalise savings cooperatives that pool, save and lend together.
Our long game: knit these cooperatives into the capital base of a future Sheilyd Bank.
THE SPRING JOURNEY
Members complete a financial literacy cohort and build a real money habit.
Consistent, tracked savings replace guesswork — individually and as a group.
Groups form registered cooperatives that lend to their own members fairly.
United cooperatives become the base of a future Sheilyd Bank.
THE IMPACT
Every figure here is a young person who now records what they earn, saves what they can, and belongs to a group that has their back.
2,400+
youth trained
38
cooperatives seeded
65%
women-led groups
12
districts reached
GET INVOLVED
Whether you lead a youth group, an SME network, a church or a women's savings circle — start a Wealth Spring cohort, or partner with us to fund one.
Office — Kanjokya House, Kampala, Uganda
Enquiries — hello@sheilydfinance.com
WhatsApp — +256-741-782400