Giving Stories Blog

Nankunda is a counsellor and teacher who has spent the last 16 years working with students and their families in schools and in the community. Raising Teenagers-Uganda, the non-profit she founded and directs, and works with to create safe spaces for young people aged 10 to 18, with a particular emphasis on menstrual hygiene management for girls and the provision of guidance and counselling for young people in schools and communities.

The advancement of social justice and the practice of philanthropy both require that people with disabilities be included in these endeavors. Reach a Hand Uganda has been an advocate for disability inclusion in Uganda for a long period of time. Humphrey Nabimanya, the founder of Reach a Hand Uganda, wrote a LinkedIn post in which he discussed the difficulties faced by people with disabilities in Uganda.

Traditionally, bridal showers have been thrown by the bride's closest friends to shower her with gifts and congratulate her on her upcoming nuptials. For her bridal shower, Pinkie Ruguga decided to launch a campaign that would shower orphans with food, school supplies, sanitary pads, and other necessities to during the Easter season.

Pinkie Tynna Ruguga is a daughter to the Late Ruguga an international marathon medalist born in Kabale in Western Uganda. Being an orphan herself, she was moved to give back to orphans and young Athletes in Kabale to give them hope for the future.

Throughout the month of May, Moses Rutahigwa the Head Consumer, Private Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank diligently participated in the #2022HomeRun alongside his colleagues.

While this run kept them physically and mentally healthy, it also fundraised for a greater cause: the Futuremakers. The Futuremakers is a global initiative run by Standard Chartered Bank that focuses on dealing with inequality and promoting greater financial inclusion in communities. Through this program, disadvantaged people, especially girls and visually impaired people are equipped with new skills to improve their chances of getting a job or establishing their own business.

The holy month of Ramadhan was awash with generosity. Ramadhan is the ninth month on the Islamic calendar in which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset for 30 days.

The most common expression of generosity during the holy month is often food parcels to support families, communities that do not know where their next meal will come from.

Tororo Cement Limited gave food items to the Muslim community in Nagongera, Soni, Iyolwa and Malaba town councils.

Embracing Corporate social responsibility (CSR) to generate entrepreneurial solutions that solve community needs.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is being embraced by businesses in new, creative and innovative ways.

Corporate social responsibility as we know it is taking many creative shapes and forms. Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited while announcing its financial results for the year 2021 shed a spotlight on their sustainability agenda.

Airtel Uganda donated medical equipment to Uganda Muslim Medical Bureau (UMMB). The said bureau is the medical arm of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. Airtel Uganda, a telecom company keen on giving back to community donated medical equipment including 13 delivery beds, 13 oxygen cylinders (inclusive of oxygen), 13 oxygen regulators with humidifier bottles and 13 digital weighing scales for babies. Alongside the medical equipment came 500 MAMA kits and food items for expectant mothers in the selected health facilities.

Have you ever been the recipient of someone else's generosity? How did you react to it? Joy? A desire to share that happiness? The Chevening Alumni Association of Uganda (a collective of recipients of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship) has decided to propel this chain of generosity.

Zirifa Nangobi appeared in the New Vision, a national newspaper seeking assistance for a medical condition that was out of control. Her breasts were growing at an abnormally rapid rate and were enormous, reaching all the way to her thighs. Zirifa was dealing not only with physical complications such as itching, heaviness, and rashes, but also with emotional issues such as stigma and shame.

“What is the role of philanthropy in national development?” you might ask. This may be a difficult question to answer if philanthropic initiatives and interventions are not tracked or documented. Stanbic Bank Uganda is leading the way in telling their journey of generosity. In a recently released annual report Stanbic Bank showcased the impact and reach of their corporate philanthropy.

Philanthropy is limitless! Its forms, its channels and motivation are as vast as the needs that surround individuals and communities. We’ve often defined philanthropy as giving of one’s time, talent and treasure. This time, we dwell on giving of treasure because that is what ATTA Breast Milk Community is all about.

ATTA Breast Milk Community is a milk-sharing network that encourages the donation of safe human milk to infants who are unable to access optimal nutrition from their mothers. ATTA stands for Alyssa Marie Taha and Tracy Ahumuza, the combined initials of a daughter and her mother respectively.

Lizza Marie Kawooya’s philanthropy journey started when she volunteered at Delta Education Collective as a community coach in Nwoya district. Here she interacted with young girls who consistently dropped out of school due to the lack of sanitary pads. The need was great, and the time had come to act.

Based on her experiences in Nyowa, Kawooya decided to take a leaf out of the book and do something to empower rural girls, child mothers, and children.

At the peak of the COVID19 pandemic, the health system tilted its bias and resources to fight the spread of the lethal corona virus. All other medical needs in the sector felt the pinch and among them was the maternal health arm of the medical system. The standard operating procedures that among other things limited movement made it difficult for expectant mothers to access antenatal care or medical attention when at the time of childbirth.

Donating blood is equivalent to giving someone a second chance at life. The Rotary Fraternity and Mengo Hospital worked together to establish a state-of-the-art blood bank in 2017. The aim of this noble cause was to bridge the gap of blood shortage in Uganda which has been a thin line between life and death for many people that have found themselves in need of a blood transfusion.

The Rotary Club of Kasangati, partnered with Hariss International, a private food and beverage manufacturing company to construct two classroom blocks for Shared Love Junior School in Makukuba. The project started in 2015 to give back to a school that had tremendously contributed to the Makukuba community. The school was not only serving the pupils in the primary school section, but also served students undergoing vocational training as well as hosting medical camps for the community.

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.