 Scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research, C4, in partnership with the Association of Uganda Professional Women in Agriculture and the Environment, AUPE, have used the ACM approach to encourage women to build synergies and linkages. Amongst them are the Village Savings and Loans Associations. These are an easy source of raising capital for women to start alternative sources of income-generating enterprises, particularly commercial tree nursery enterprises, to boost on their incomes. Many of them now grow and own trees both outside and within the community forest reserves. Many families are involved in the development of forest-related enterprises, as a short-term measure to keep the families going as the children are. I am very proud of the project. I am very happy to be involved in the development of forest-related enterprises, both outside and within the community forest reserves. Others are involved in non-forest-related enterprises as a short-term measure to keep the families going as the trees they have planted get-of-age to generate incomes. In all the six study areas, ACM has also been able to demystify on the cultural stereotypes. It has, for example, empowered the men to see women as partners in development. And so, although the membership in these village-saving schemes is largely women, the men have been very supportive of their wives and daughters to freely manage the revenues they generate from the various enterprises they are involved. As a result, two village banks with 76 members, a few of whom are men, have accumulated capital of up to 70 million Uganda shillings, about 21,000 US dollars over the past three years. There is every reason to suggest that these village banking schemes are the way to go. They encourage women to participate fully in the discussions regarding their savings and loans, help them to identify and tap into linkages with external actors like those training them in commercial tree planting and to learn from their choices in managing the self-generated incomes rather than waiting for outside help.