We announce the winners of the Bujuuko Foundation/Bujuuko High School 2018 Entrepreneurship Contest - and the kids go crazy! As the contest winners, eig...
by Amanda Pillivant Walusimbi
I converted to Islam ten years ago when I married my husband, Sadhat. Even though I have now been celebrating Ramadan for more than a decade, I’m still getting used to the idea of not eating from daw...
Turning school lunch on its head
The morning started out cool after the night’s rain, the third night of rain in a row and a welcome beginning of the rainy season for local farmers. By the time we stood in the field behind Bujuuko High S...
February 17, 2017, Agriculture College, Makerere University
Truth be told, I am not a very good traveler.
On nearly every trip, I find myself in a situation in which my spiritual reserves run dangerously low. Usually, like today, it...
At Noah's Ark Training Center with Victoria (back row, in purple)
Every human story is a version of The Hero’s Journey. That formula provides the cycle of all human dramas. It was described and documented by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thous...
By Raymond (18 years), Sr. 5 Arts, Headboy [similar to class president], Bujuuko High School (back row left, holding Let's Go flag)
It would be unfair to set the ball rolling without great thanks to the almighty Lord for keeping me ali...
Habibah, Margaret, Patricia, Sarah, Charles and Faith outside Bujuuko High School
Day 1 July 12-13, 2017
In May I heard about this trip for the first time. Now, two months later, I’m in Kampala, Uganda, writin...
The name of this city, Kampala, resulted from a blend of English and Luganda language. Home to an abundant tribe of impala nestled among dozens of hills on the banks of Lake Victoria, the region was called “the hill of the impala” by the English, who arrived in t...
by Mandy Pillivant Walusimbi
The other day found me crying in my kitchen over $22. Actually, more like sobbing hysterically. Over $22. Those who know me well can attest that I am a frugal mama, and others can attest to th...
You may be reading this because you are involved with missions or ministry to the poor in your church, mosque or synagogue. And if you are, you may be wondering:
Is Bujuuko Foundation a faith-based organization?
The simple answer to this question i...
In the Baganda tribe, all male twins receive the names “Wasswa”, meaning firstborn male twin, and “Kato,” or second born male twin. Kato and Wasswa are both confident; they smile, laugh, and crack jokes easily. (That's Kato wearing the big smile, his art project for th...
Word of the day: Happy
“It’s a happy day” – Vanessa
Happy. It’s one of those ordinary words that we’ve become desensitized to. I mean, it is not as grand as elated, radiant, or delighted. However, if...
Cool breezes. Delicious fish. Runny-nosed children. An AIDS crisis.
I hate to breeze right past so much that is beautiful about the Ssese Islands, including the breeze itself, such a refreshing change from the sometimes stuffy congestion of Kampala....
It’s our last day at Bujuuko High School for our 2017 study abroad. Sarah and Sadhat will have to leave for the airport by noon, so Mr. Lubega, the headmaster, is moving the farewell party to a little earlier than the lunch period. There’s no more painting to b...
Safinah is in Senior 3 (tenth grade) and would like to become a comedic actress or a computer wizard, or maybe both. Her biggest challenge, as with so many students, has been the struggle to pay school fees. When she was finishing Primary Seven (seventh grade...
When Bujuuko Foundation’s board members first visited Bujuuko High School in November 2015, we were still working within a traditional development model based on identifying needs.
In that first meeting, we introduced ourselves to the students, shared our go...
This blog is the story of real people: high school kids in developing countries like the ones at our pilot school, Bujuuko High School, in Bujuuko, Uganda. Thanks for stopping by.
At Bujuuko Foundation, our mission is to foster tomorrow’s developing-country entrepreneurs by sponsoring student projects to ...
Ritah is in Senior 6, her last year of secondary school, and has been at Bujuuko for more than five years. She is talented at cooking at catering, but her greatest love is music. “I like local music best. My favorite artist is Carol Natongo.”
During her Seni...
by Amanda Pillivant Walusimbi
Beans again?
The familiar refrain as he bursts through the door fresh off the school van and hungry as a hippo, “Mom! What’s for dinner, I’m HUNGRY!!!”
“Hello Mommy, how are you...