comm-UNITY!

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...

Joanita Anena shares her heart behind starting the Adokorach Foundation, whose goal is to make education easily accessible to children and to show these children that they are not their current situation, they are worth more.  Generosity holds space for our dreams and allows us to see them in our reality. 

Giving has nothing to do with how much you have, Mathias Walwana, Programs Coordinator at Odur Foundation in Mayuge district, reminds us of this in Episode 2. He demonstrates the ways in which banding together as a community with whatever resources you can gather, can move mountains and make an impact on those in need. The Odur Foundation has been able to run various programs and charity drives wi...

From donating 76 books to one school in 2014 to becoming a registered NGO that has donated 111,000 books to over 20 schools across Uganda, Brownie Ebal (CEO at Kitabu Buk Project) shows us in episode 1 that change and impact can start here with us. At CivSource Africa, we are dedicated to highlighting and propelling African philanthropy and it's exciting to see that the Kitabu Buk Project Team is...

We are halfway through the year and back with another season of comm-UNITY! With a focus on Uganda's youth who make up a majority of the population, this season, hosted by Peace Kadondi will feature young people who are using time, talent and treasure to solve problems in their communities.  Follow our weekly episodes, share your thoughts and engage with us here on Anchor or one of CivSource...

It is a full circle moment in the final episode of this season, as Sarah Nekese, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Support Association Uganda (ESAU) join us to tell stories of the ways individuals living with epilepsy have stepped up to help their own. An individual that stands out is Henry Karutokye, who realised he had epilepsy at 15. He joined ESAU in 1999, and has never looked back, going ove...