Slum Life Survival (SLS) is a non-government organization committed to making a difference in the lives of slum dwellers by empowering youth, children, and women. Slum Life Survival interfaces with the people living in slums by engaging them in projects that focus on economic development, provision of clean water, and sanitation, improving healthcare facilities, and advocating for equitable urban Policies. All this work has been transformed into impactful stories.
Over the past year, CivSource Africa has worked to support a budding movement of community foundations in Uganda, among which was Slum Life Survival. This support offering in Uganda took the form of advisory services, equipping these organizations with storytelling skills, and local resource mobilization, a critical aspect of community foundation work.
On Friday 29th September 2023, Slum Life Survival (SLS) hosted a fundraising dinner at Kampala Kolping Hotel to pool funds to establish a community library in one of the slum zones that raised 15 million Uganda shillings in both cash and pledges. The event was co-sponsored by Daylight Consultants, BBS Terefayina, Mercy Scouts International, and Kampala Kolping Hotel. The theme of the fundraiser was ‘Empowering the Future: A Night of Hope and Opportunity’. In attendance were change-makers from various sects in Uganda like Journalists, Local Government Officials, Buganda Kingdom Officials, CSO representatives, Religious leaders, and Youth. CivSource Africa was represented by Malcolm Twino Mpamizo, Madonna Vicky Ainembabazi, Lornah Olum Afoyomungu, and Regina Namugerwa. Read more