Giving Stories Blog

For patients with cancer, the future is often unknown, and hope is what keeps them alive to endure treatments and social and personal adversities. Rotary Uganda is giving this much needed hope to cancer patients. For the past 10 years, Rotary Uganda has been unwaveringly committed to lighting a candle of hope for cancer patients in Uganda.

"Investment in education pays the finest interest,” as Benjamin Franklin once observed. Education is extremely important in everyone's life. It aids in the development of character, views, and intelligence. Regardless of how we were educated, each of us will have our own views and methods of doing things, but at the end of the day, our actual intellect rests inside the education we received and continue to get throughout our lives.

On the 21st of January 2022, the Kampala South Rotary Club commissioned a three-bed dialysis unit in Mengo Hospital on the Sir Albert Cook Building. The project has been in the works for about 5 years and was enabled by Global Grant GG211922.

Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, the national vaccination coordinator who represented the health minister at the opening of the dialysis center, stated that the dialysis center will assist solve an issue that affects at least 9 million Ugandans.

Generosity provides you with fresh lenses and an additional set of feet, the former allowing you to notice the need around you and the latter propelling you into action. Wanyana Christine and her fourth-year students at Uganda Christian University's Medical School sprung into action when they realized the need of two of their friends, Mark and Andrew [not actual names].

There's a beautiful quote that says, "Real queens fix each other's crowns!" And it's something we should remind ourselves of daily. We live in a very competitive society, yet the simple reality is that women are more powerful when they work together.

Her Worship Carol Kabugo was surfing through WhatsApp when she was stopped in her tracks by a video. In the video Nansamba, a young lady that is both hard of hearing and cannot speak was asking for help.

People generally aren't used to kindness from strangers. Most of us are too wrapped up in our lives to pay much attention to anyone else. That's why it's so striking when strangers do something unexpected. Even the smallest actions can have an impact. With some people, though, the well of generosity runs deep. They do incredible things to improve other lives, going the extra mile in unexpected ways.

Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with other well-wishers donated medical mama kits worth Ugx. 35,500,000/= (Thirty-five million five hundred thousand Uganda Shillings) to Kawempe Referral Hospital. This generous gesture was done as part of Stanbic’s end-of-year Corporate Social Investment Programme and as a contribution to the ongoing “Every Mother Counts” campaign.

KANSAI Plascon donates paint to Sanyu Babies’ Home

Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that we know how to convert tragedy into triumph...we simply need more assistance achieving it! We know how to transform bad numbers into good ones. And while assisting children is a wonderful thing to do, the good you have done does not end there. It spreads!

Companies are exploring effective strategies to help the areas, sectors, or communities most impacted by their operations. Many firms have embraced the notion of corporate philanthropy, a giving model that may be applied in a variety of ways ranging from scholarship programs to volunteer assistance to community service.

Anyone can give! By anyone, we mean individuals, groups, children and even, companies. In the next few weeks, we explore stories of corporate generosity. The forms of giving vary from company to company reinforcing the fact that money is not the only means through which generosity is expressed. Generosity allows you to be creative; give your time, talent, treasure, your space, your expertise, you name it.

Giving to other givers encourages them to continue doing good in their communities. It solidifies their charitable actions and motivates generosity in ways we may not be able to measure. Have you considered giving to the local charity or community foundation? This was done for Kawempe Home Care by Relentless Group.

For young people, agriculture is one of the most important routes out of poverty and unemployment. Accelerating youth participation in agriculture and agribusiness will also aid in achieving development goals such as eradicating extreme poverty, achieving zero hunger, and achieving gender equality, as set forth by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, development in many regions is significantly slower than is required to involve youngsters in agriculture in the face of climate change.

For Airtel Uganda, business, and heart, go together. As the telecom company commissioned three masts in the Rwenzori region, they considered the damage caused by recent floods. Kasese District has been on the receiving end of seasonal floods that have brought life and livelihoods to a standstill. One of the affected aspects of life in the region has been the diminished access to health centres and services due to blocked roads and the destruction of some facilities. Airtel Uganda sought out expectant mothers due to the increased risk of maternal death in light of the peril caused by the floods.

Very happy update! 3 weeks ago I posted here about our 13 year old friend Sunday David, who was in urgent need of a new wheelchair - as his had reached its end. The response was amazing. Within a few hours we had surpassed the needed amount... and people kept on giving! Read more

Giving takes various forms, and mentorship is one of them. It is the gift that keeps on giving! Mentorship has its foundation in the fact that we all have something to teach and something to learn. It is a way of repurposing our time and experiences, helping others to grow. The Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) has done this for Ugandan women in business.

Soul Foundation Uganda and MTN Uganda joined hands to enable Butabika national referral mental hospital get new lavatories for their patients and the staff.

The development coincided with global commemoration of the World Mental health day which was celebrated on the 10th of October 2021. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this year’s theme was “Mental health care for all: let’s make it a reality”. The subject of mental health received more activism than the previous years before the global pandemic.

A timely intervention: with the closure of schools beyond the lockdown and the expense of online learning, access to education stands to be compromised. Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in partnership with Books for Development partnership will see the establishment of 50 mobile libraries for school children living on the islands of Lake Victoria.

It started off with a campaign dubbed “Send us to Mayuge.” The aim was to provide food to families that had been hit hard from the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Odur Foundation is a Community Foundation operating in Mayuge District whose mission is to promote and advance practical community initiatives to alleviate poverty and improve the quality of life of people in the communities they serve.

Philanthropy is nimble, responsive, and engaged in perceiving a need and addressing it. The generous contributions of the Lions Clubs of Uganda to the health sector demonstrates how fast philanthropy is in recognizing and responding to the needs in the health sector.

Finally. Today (Sunday 12th) at 7am, a Uganda Airlines plane flight No UR202 left Entebbe enroute Nairobi, onboard, someone special- a 74-year-old man called Wilson Dhabangi. This is why you should know about him.

In 1996, I lost my father. As such, my mother had to work double to sustain us. Sometimes she spent weeks away from home. To be sure that I was getting a good education, she decided to take me to Namalemba Boarding Primary school- then a very powerful school along Tirinyi-Mbale road in Eastern Uganda. Unfortunately, many times, she never had the opportunity to come visit me.