comm-UNITY!

In this episode, Prossy Arima takes us on yet another journey of giving reaching the right people, making the impossible possible, and how Rotary Club Arua is changing lives via education, economic empowerment, and nutrition projects through local initiatives. Arima continues by emphasizing the need of trust in the success of collective generosity. It leads to increased trust in trusted persons or...

As we begin Season 8 of our Comm-UNITY!  podcast series, we'll be looking at yet another exceptional group of individuals; ‘Rotary People of Action’. They will help us in better understanding Rotary's generous giving culture and their varied community efforts. In Episode 1, we were honored to have Mr. Charles Odaga, The President of Rotary Club Kampala South, share with us how, every day, mem...

Welcome to Season 8 of the CivSource Africa Comm-UNITY! podcast series. The past couple of years have seen us experience shared crises most notably through the COVID-19 pandemic reinforcing our awareness that we are all connected and that our actions have a profound impact on our neighbors, our community, our nation and our world. This season, we have the opportunity to profile members from an exe...

In 2021 Open Spaces (a youth development organisation in Uganda), led by founder Wakibu Bunya, hosted a philanthropy symposium with the aim of amplifying stories of young people giving with the hopes of inspiring other young people. Wakibu Bunya joins us in this episode and shares with us from experience that the idea that young people don't/can't give is a stereotype we need to break. In a countr...

In the same way that there are many ways to show generosity, we see through the eyes of our guest this episode that that there are also many different areas of our community that can benefit from philanthropy in different ways. Caroline Owashaba is team leader and co-founder at Action for Youth Development Uganda and she shares with us various initiatives that she has mobilized and led teams in, r...

Sophie Carol Wayne, an unapologetic queer feminist and human rights defender is our guest on this episode. As founder of Queer Women Leaders Uganda she shares with us some of the work she is doing within her community and the values she seeks to uphold as a leader advocating for generosity and unity across leadership structures. 

Leadership is not just about the initiatives you start, but the grace that you extend to the teams that you lead and the communities you serve. It involves qualities of humility, empathy and kindness, especially when it comes to the sensitive work of giving back. Joanah Atukunda, Founder of Uplift Slum Africa And CEO at The League of Young Professionals Uganda reminds us of this as we discuss some...

Mutoni Winnie Jessica's (Team Leader - Archiving: Motor Vehicle Registration) are dipped in humour and wisdom. In this episode we are drawn to the importance of building community with the people we lead and do life with, as a means to encouraging and cultivating a culture of generosity. Communion with one another helps us understand each other's needs and perspectives, allowing us to care for and...

Olivia Mugabe, Founder and CEO of The Sisterhood, started the initiative with a group of friends with the aim to be more intentional about giving amongst themselves and to their various communities.  We see through our conversation how mobilising giving doesn't have to be on a huge corporate scale, there is power in the commitment and dedication of even small groups of givers. And building tr...

Energetic and passionate about her role as a leader, Amongin Prisca Nangiro joins us in this episode as we delve into two of the communities she leads (the National Youth Council and the Youth Ministry at Miracle Center). Prisca moves in the awareness that she is blessed to be a blessing and it is insightful to hear the ways that she lobbies those around her to practice generosity amongst themselv...

Bridget Kyalimpa, a social activist, philanthropist, and co-founder of the African Feminist Research Initiative for advocacy and development, takes us on a journey of discovery, learning about the art of giving and the benefits that come with it, as well as how leaders can lead with love and empathy while pursuing their goal of giving. “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we gi...

Countless people aspire to be something they can't because of their circumstances. Leaders must work with those who are in need to eliminate any obstacles to their goals. Leaders act as steppingstones to the future ,and as beacons of hope for those who want to achieve their goals. If we all work together, we can achieve a brighter future. Giving benefits not only one person or a group, but it also...

Giving to help someone in need does not have to be done on a certain day or week! All we require is 'HEART.' In today's fast-paced environment, when many of us are forced to live rushed, mechanical, and demanding lives, our empathy for others appears to be fading. Our increasingly self-centred lifestyles prevent us from recognizing people who require our assistance outside of our own, confining sh...

Season 7 Podcast  Topic: The role and Importance of leadership in community giving or philanthropy. Welcome to season 7 (Seven) of the CivSource Africa comm-UNITY! Podcast. In this season, we will host conversations with different Leaders who have been part of the Mopane Leaders’ Experience Retreats, a program under the management of CivSource Africa. Mopane program is a leadership curriculum...

We come to the close of Season 6 with an extraordinary young giver, Paul Onyayowun, Leader at Christian Youth Missionary Group. You'd think that after a full season we'd be used to the stories that we hear but Paul continues to surprise and inspire us as he tells us about the urban farming, photography, and videography programs that him and his team run for women and youth in Kinawataka.

You can hear in the tone of her voice as she describes why and where she gives, that to Lucia Nalugo Gloria, giving has never been complicated thing that she overthinks. It only took one more person in her life to propel her more seriously into this calling. And now, our guest this episode, is the founder of charity organisation Hope in Motion.

As CivSource Africa we are passionate about and preach the importance of community on a regular basis (It's the name of our podcast!). But what happens to those who are excluded from our communities because we gate-keep them?  We sit down with Solomon Rukundo, lawyer and philanthropist, who has been giving to prisoners through the Prison Fellowship Uganda since 2006. We talk about the journey...

When asked what partners WAY (We Are Youth) organisation has, Frank Ssejjengo, team leader of the organisation, begins to describe the very people and youth in the communities where they are working to make a difference. This is African Philanthropy. And in this episode we delve into the ways Frank is bridging gaps including mentorship, rehabilitation, health and education for various communities...

Our guests in this episode, co-founders of the charity organisation Young Angels Network, Gillian and Daniela are 21 and 16years old. If you find that shocking, wait until you hear how they gathered a team of fellow teenagers to raise 11 million Uganda shillings to create a solution to lack of sanitary pads and access to education for girls in Kasese. They also share with us the challenges and har...

It's the conviction and gentle assuredness with which our episode 9 guest, Bright Ntakky, speaks on the topic of generosity and community. He invites us into the world of 'Lovidex', a drive that started as a one-man ride to deliver hope, resources and medication to those in need during and after the first lockdown. And he takes any chance to remind us that giving is a transformative gift in and of...

If you thought generosity and philanthropy are things of adulthood, we are here to debunk that myth! In episode 8 we host our youngest guest yet, 17year old Gino Ndiko, who has made generosity her mission at school, in her neighbourhood and in the plans she has for her future. One of our favourite things is how much she values community and connection with those she is moved to help. She is buildi...

To have a need, identify that need in others and prioritise them by giving of resources and time is a special thing. This is what happened during the first lockdown, when Ivan Okoth a Type 1 diabetic chose to share his insulin and further collect and deliver essential supplies to fellow warriors across the greater Kampala region, using his bicycle. He joins us in this episode, to tell us about how...

Aisha Ali, founder of Iprofile Foundation, Global Shaker with the World Economic Forum, and a passionate financial literacy coach joins us in episode 6. Identifying a gap in financial literacy amongst children and refugee communities (two groups whose empowerment she deeply cares for), at 26 years old, Aisha has done extraordinary work to promote money management, saving and investment within thes...

You can feel the burst of life and energy when this week's guest Dr. Catherine Nagadya speaks about her passion to empower girls through her foundation Girls Unstoppable UG.  Dr. Nagadya put her dream to sponsor the education of one girl from her village to the test, and has grown that vision to 1000 girls. After her own experience watching peers drop out as early as primary school, and the f...

Michelle Omamteker, Activist, writer and Founder of the Malengo Foundation, takes us on the journey that led her to devote her work to social inclusive development for persons with disability. Amongst other intangible needs that all humans have, which persons with disability are often excluded from. She sheds light on the fact that African philanthropy should be multidimensional, addressing both i...