KiBO jan to june 2014 Newsletter

KiBOFOUNDATIONChanging Lives, Changing Communities

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JAN – JUN 2014 ISSUE

Page 4: KiBO youth making a differencePage 8: Pictorial1: Partners of 2014

ENTERPRISING ALUMINI page 5

TRAINING ACROSS UGANDA page 6

FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AT KiBO page 10

Celebrating partnerships!“...KiBO is punching above its weight … through its strategic partnerships.” Rupert Watson, Advocate & Trustee of the George Drew Trust

What do Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, the Inter-national Development Research Center (IDRC), Makerere University, UN-HABI-TAT, Acumen Fund, The George Drew Trust Capital FM, Right-to-Play, Platinum Credit, Entebbe Municipality, Kampala

Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the George Drew Trust have in common?

The following and several more have all partnered and worked with the KiBO Foundation towards a world where

young men and women particularly in Uganda, have an opportunity to gain the critical foundational skills and experi-ences necessary to thrive in the world of work and enterprise.

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editorial

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In this edition of the newsletter, we celebrate partnerships of 2014; partnerships with colleges like the Dubai

Women’s College, UN organizations like UN-HABITAT, Trusts like the George Drew Trust, International

NGOs like Right to Play; and ultimately partnerships with our youth; the future of Uganda!

We welcome you to the KiBO Foundation world, a world where we have learnt we must be inclusive, a world

where youth are at the heart of innovation, creativity and economic prosperity of their communities, a world where we cannot afford to leave any youth behind: “No Youth Left Behind”. To do this, we know we must part-

ner. We therefore invite you to this latest edition of our newsletter where we celebrate the partnerships of 2014!

We trust that you will be excited about our work with teachers (page 6), children and youth with special needs

(page 7) and refugee communities in Kampala and Western Uganda; our work with communities across

Uganda and indeed all youth who aspire to make a go of their lives and difference in the community.

KiBO youth continue to amaze and inspire us all as finalists of the Anzisha prize (page 5), as community

centered entrepreneurs and as leaders in their communities. Asante sana, Webale nyo, Apwoyo matek, Yalaama noi, Webaleno munonga, Thank you!

The KiBO team

hOt OFF the press!KiBO Foundation has been

awarded Student and Social Im-

pact award at the well attended

10th Annual Instructor event in

Kigali, Rwanda on July 10, 2014.

KiBO trainer Paul Muzungu was

also recognized as an expert

instructor at the same event.

A section of the KiBO team during a team building session

From sponsoring a study on the KiBO Model – IDRC, to partnering to provide content - Microsoft, Intel and Cisco, to setting-up community knowledge centers – Entebbe Municipality, to recognizing KiBO achieve-ments and contributions – the Rotary Club of Muyenga and Cisco, to supporting core operating activities like the George Drew Trust, KiBO partners have been the link to ensuring the program reaches as many youth as possible, approximately 3,000 graduates and another 5,000 non-gradu-ating beneficiaries. Beyond the widely rec-ognized international and local partners have been at least another 50 local or-ganizations that KiBO students have made a difference to by raising resources and funds through KiBO’s Community Engage-ment pillar.

Un-habitat and KibOIn June 2013, the KiBO Foundation and UN-HABITAT formally partnered to provide critical work related and entrepreneurship skills, experiences and opportunities to ur-ban youth within the City of Kampala and

through working with the Kampala Capital City Authority. Over 300 youth were given the opportunity to experience KiBO’s trans-formational programs and statistics show the post engagement rates of enrolled students between 85 and 100% compared to the pre engagement rates ranging from 57 to 65%.

The UN-HABITAT, KiBO Foundation part-nership in Kampala is one that munici-palities globally can learn from and that UN-HABITAT and the KiBO Foundation are eager to replicate across other municipali-ties in Uganda and within the region. Over the next few months, KiBO expects to initi-ate several youth empowerment programs particularly through the Cisco Community Knowledge Center network for which KiBO is the lead implementer in Uganda.

Through the UN-HABITAT partnership, we celebrate the launch of the first commer-cial greenhouse, 47 community service days through out the five divisions of Kam-pala, the birth of the entrepreneurship pil-lar and a continuation of KiBO’s heritage of

giving back where six organizations bene-fitted from over USD$5,000 and much more in time and labor.

the george Drew trust and KibOSince 2010, funding from the George Drew Trust targeted youth from the Rwandan community and equipped them with em-ployability skills and they will be the next generation of facilitators and trainers of a proposed KiBO-Rwandan program.

In 2013/2014, the partnership has grown to support KiBO’s core programming and as a result, it is anticipated that several hundred youth will benefit and KiBO will continue to build a scalable model.

Through partnerships, the KiBO Foundation looks forward to skilling and creating over one hundred thousand community cen-tered leaders across East Africa within the next couple of years.

To partner with KiBO, see page 12 for KiBO’s contact details.


Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority, Jennifer Musisi and KiBO graduates cutting cake during the graduation ceremony on May 30 at Kisaasi Primary School

giVing baCK tO the COMMUnitY:

the greenhOUse prOJeCt104 youth, equipped with hoes and spades but most importantly the right attitude- the spirit of giving back! These students of KiBO’s work readiness program painted a brighter future for government aided Kisaasi Primary School, by gifting it with a commercial greenhouse, the first of its kind in a City of Kampala School!

A greenhouse is a nurturing environment for plants where various conditions like heat, light and moisture can be controlled to a greater degree than possible in an outdoor setting.

While at KiBO, youth embark on a transformational journey which encourages them to be community centered individuals – to find solutions which address issues affecting the community, to create presence. The students raised USD$2,800 from innovative fundraising activities including providing IT instruction classes, musical concerts, movie nights, and pay car washes. The implementation of the project began in January 2014 and currently, a whooping 150 kilograms of tomatoes are harvested each week! A job has been created and is an alternative source of income for the school.

The main purpose of this project was to improve nutrition in the school, whilst introducing modern agriculture technologies and also providing the school with an alternative income generating project.

This year in addition to the greenhouse, the youth at KiBO raised resources for the maternity ward of Ndejje Health Centre IV, Wakisa ministries (an organization that takes care of rape victims and child mothers) and Give Children a Better Life (an organization that creates a safe haven for street children and empowers them through the art of music, dance, and drama).

At KiBO, young people are empowered to be problem solvers and champions of servant leadership.

“The pupils are learning about greenhouse farming, the school sometimes prepares meals for the children using the tomatoes from this greenhouse and we (the school) have been able to sell some tomatoes to add on our revenue”

- Jane Mugisha Kyakuwa, Head teacher- Kisaasi Primary School

Facts about the greenhouse at Kisaasi Primary School

• It sits on a 16X30 ft plot of land

• The structure is 8X15 ft

• This project was supported by UN-HABITAT, KCCA, Balton and Plati-num Credit Uganda Ltd

• Implementation began in January 2014

• KiBO students provided the labor at every stage of the construction process

• The first harvest was on 7th May 2014. 38Kgs of tomatoes were harvested

• It was officially commissioned by Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority on 30th May 2014


Calvin Matovu has taken KiBO’s weekly community service concept to his neighborhood while maintaining a grounded business. The Chairman of a Community Based Organisation in Kyebando Parish, Kampala mobilizes his fellow youth to clean the community every Saturday.

He does not stop at keeping the environment clean but also recycles the waste from this activity by using it as a raw material to make charcoal briquettes for his business, where he works with 7 alumni. For Calvin, the sky is not the limit, but just the beginning.

success stories


enterprising alUMniProprietor of Namirembe Sweater Makers, soft spoken, 22 year old Noah Walakira unequivocally attributes his success to KiBO! He joined the program after completing his high school in 2013 with no clear plans for his future. While at KiBO, he realized he could earn a living using his skill of making sweaters. Armed with inspiration coupled with marketing, presentation and communication skills from the KiBO modules, Noah started his company whose major clientele is schools and currently employs 20 staff. His organization has attracted international recognition and has been shortlisted for the 2014 Anzisha Prize, a premier award for young African Entrepreneurs aged 15-22 who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to challenges facing their communities. His future plans are to open up resource centers across the country which empower other youth with this set of skills with the objective of encouraging financial independence. Post KiBO, Noah’s life knows no limit. Contact Noah directly on [email protected]

While at KiBO, Edmund Mwetise realized he wanted to be an entrepreneur even though he was pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Law. In 2012, he started a crafts company that deals in shoes, wallets, jewelry and rubber soles located in Nsambya Barracks in Kampala. Most of his customers are wholesalers from as far as Juba, Sudan. Project Management 101 at KiBO has been Edmund’s business life…

Bagenyi Eva is a poultry business owner in Kiwempe, Kampala. When she enrolled for KiBO’s digital literacy and entrepreneurship program based on the Intel Curriculum in 2013, she was comfortable with the level at which her business was. The mind mapping session opened up Eva’s mind to the business linkages and potential of her business. She is now a proud supplier of among other clients, Quality Cuts, one of Kampala’s leading high end butcheries which gives her a greater profit.

From pick pocket to entrepreneur with over 200 clients, Moses Mutesasira owns Miracle Destiny Company, a fast growing garbage collection organization that operates in Makindye Division, Kampala. Before joining KiBO, Moses was desperate; he led a group of street children that earned their daily bread from petty crime. He joined KiBO’s 7th Class and his turning point was after a conversation with KiBO’s Managing Director, Abraham Temu which focused on “look around, find a social problem and be the solution to the people around you.” Moses is today a role model, employer of seven, husband and leader in his community.

Uganda’s Leading Daily Newspaper, the New Vision featured Moses Mutesasira’s story of transformation on June 27, 2014 in its Pakasa pullout.

KibO opens doors of opportunity for teachers through basic iCt skills

To many, it was a golden opportunity that came at a time when it was least expected. While for others, it was a far-fetched dream – from the chalkboard to a computer – how possible is it? Some feigned lack of interest in secretarial studies but in reality, their main fear was being seen fidgeting with a computer and asking for help like toddlers. This was the experience of most of the teachers affiliated to Right To Play as coaches, who went through the Digital Literacy Training that was conducted by KiBO Foundation. The training was sponsored by Right To Play with funding from Microsoft.

A total of 713 coaches benefited from this training that lasted for three months. The training covered the districts of Kampala, Hoima, Mubende, Lira (combined with Soroti and Amuria) and Isingiro (that combined trainees from Oruchinga and Nakivale refugee settlements). Beneficiary trainees testified how their lives would never be the same because of the skills they acquired, but also after seeing plenty of opportunities ahead of them, especially now that they were becoming competitive on the job market and in business, beyond classroom teaching.

training:


“One time, we were called to sit for interviews for the position of enumerator for the national population census in our area. The first stage of the interviews was to ask every applicant about the knowledge they had on computer. I was not the only one who had no knowledge on computer. Almost like 80 percent of us did not qualify for the job because we

did not know computer. I felt cheated. I blamed the schools I attended because by then, computers were not very many.”

Ayorekire Wilberforce, Deputy Headteacher, Nyarugugu PS, Nakivale.

aUstralian partnership targets speCial neeDs ChilDrenIn June 2014, KiBO embarked on an ambitious program to engage, inspire and train 80 children with special needs and their teachers, a partnership with the Australian Red Cross and Intel. The beneficiaries received a customized version of Intel’s digital literacy training as well as Forum Theater, a tool that encourages participants to solve problems in the society. The course was highly beneficial as it opened up new communication, career and entrepreneurial paths for the trainees.

The training was delivered at four children’s institutes, all in Kampala using KiBO’s mobile ICT lab. The institutes include Hill Preparatory Primary School, Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped, Katalemwa Chesire Home and Uganda School for the Deaf Ntinda and beneficiaries had a range of special needs including: Down syndrome, autism, dyslexia, orthopedic conditions and hearing impairments.

It is clear that despite the fact that KiBO conducted a short and targeted program for children with special needs, this was virgin territory as the impact and gratitude are evident. KiBO is looking forward to carrying out a year long program with a community that is often overlooked or neglected.

“This has been a breathtaking experience. The pupils are proud of this achievement. They can now confidently use computers and search for information online. They (the pupils) discuss what they are taught and even challenge each other,” Nuru Nantongo, Teacher at Uganda School for the Deaf, Ntinda, Kampala, expresses her joy.

“Dubai College of Women & KibO – working towards a world of equal access to technology”Between the 28th and 31st January, 2014, the Dubai College of Women and the KiBO Foundation partnered to build and launch a digital mobile lab and work towards a world where access to key skills and tools that enable communities and young people to get jobs and create jobs through technology is a reality.

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Saoul Al Mulla, Dr. Peter Heath, Dr. Nasser Nassiri, CIS chair-person and Zahoor Butt all of DWC, HitalMuraj, Cisco Corporate Affairs Manager, Africa, Muna Al Alia, Manager Dubai Duty Free, CIS Networking students in collaboration with KiBO IT Networking students and staff set-up a fully-fledged wireless mobile IT lab whose target audience is youth in hard to reach and/or underserved communities.

The four-day launch of the mobile lab included a two day training blitz that targeted youth at the KCCA open-air grounds in Lugogo, Kampala and another two days at the Lugogo Show grounds in partnership with the Uganda Youth Forum at its annual youth event; where judging by the flow of traffic and diversity of users the Mobile Lab was an idea and opportunity whose time had come!

Since the launch in January, the mobile lab has been effectively deployed to train;

• teachers in rural Uganda in the towns of Mubende and Hoima a partnership with Right-To-Play and Microsoft (see related story on page 6),

• children and youth with disabilities across the city of Kampala (see related story on page 7),

• youth directly sponsored by the George Drew Trust in churches and community centers in Bwaise (Isoko Iruhoro Church) and Bakuli, and;

• youth volunteers and leaders affiliated to the Uganda Red Cross Society, Ntinda branch.

More than 1,000 youth have experienced the joys and wonders of computing and KiBO life-skills as a result of the mobile lab since its launch this year.

“The Mobile IT lab initiative is an opportunity to empower youth in the com-munity with world class skills and experiences using KiBO’s innovative and development programs. We are excited about the partnership with the Dubai College of Women and treasure not just the opportunity to build on our existing resources and collective talent pool, but also the cross-cultural exchange, the sharing of knowledge and experiences, the idea that we are a global village and that each one of us has a part to play” – Abraham Temu

pictorial:

H.E. President of Uganda, Y.K.Museveni shares a light moment with KiBO students at the official opening of KCCA’s Employment Ser-vices Bureau in Kampala.

Holiday ICT Program by KiBO for children in the community.

Visiting Ugandan Professionals at Work (VUPW): Students from KiBO at Uganda Industrial Re-search Institute (UIRI) being shown how tooth-picks are made from bamboo sticks.

UN-HABITAT’s Ms. Mutinta Munyati (center) celebrates the achievements of students graduating on May 30, 2014.


“Commitment Ceremony” of the 34th Class on April 25th, 2014.

Kick off of teambuilding session for youth in community led by KiBO students by 31st Class.

Flavia Tumusiime, celebrated Radio Personality, at speaker series with 33rd and 34th classes at which Flavia made a generous do-nation to Goodwill Special Needs Demonstration Academy.

Pioneering city-wide Commu-nity Service; KiBO 33rd and 34th classes at Naguru go-down in Kampala.

KiBO students demonstrate what urban agricul-ture is all about; Kisassi Green-house in January 2014.

Jonathan Ebuk, KiBO Senior Associate leads ses-sion with Right-To-Play Coaches in Kampala in February 2014. KiBO NEWSLETTER Page9

eventsSee you at our next events! Do contact us for more information!• July 24, 2014: Launch of Entebbe Community Knowledge Center at

the Entebbe Municipality Headquarters in Entebbe.• July 25, 2014: Special needs children trained by KiBO graduate at Hill

Preparatory Primary School, Naguru, Kampala.• July 28, 2014: Students sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the

George Drew Trust graduate at the KiBO Foundation premises in Kan-sanga.

• July 30, 2014: KiBO Mobile IT Lab at the ArtZiki Festival @ the Lawns in Kololo, Kampala.

news• Intel set to launch program targeted at women (Intel She Will Con-

nect) supported by the Clinton Global Initiative in Uganda with KiBO as the lead implementer.

• KiBO coming to the end of its first year term as chair of the ICT National Youth Working Sub-Group; in July 2014, KiBO to present a report on its work with children with special needs at the National Youth Working Group meeting.

• KiBO bids farewell to Victoria Hoy, sponsored by Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) who worked with KiBO from March to June 2014.

• The KiBO Family mourns a cheerful and loving alumnus, sponsored by the George Drew Trust, Denise Kanyesigye who died in a motor ac-cident in Rwanda on June 17, 2014. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

• KiBO Babies: Our very own KiBO staff Juliet Onyiru and Rosemary Amuge delivered bouncing baby boys, Jayden and Lamar on 30th January and 3rd March, 2014 respectively. We welcome the little ones and like Abraham Temu says, “we look forward to having them at KiBO 15 years from now.”

Quote“100% of my success is attributed to KiBO. On top of devel-oping my confidence and self esteem, I was employed on the strength of a recommendation from KiBO,”, 22 year old, Habiba Jamil, KiBO alumnus who was recently competitively selected

for her dream job with a repeat winner of World’s Best Airline, Qatar Airways.

news & events4 smart Ways of partnering with KibO


>>Inspire our youth, become a speaker

>>Give a lifeline, sponsor youth

>>Make a difference, fundraise for KiBO

>>Build the next generation, create internship

2014 partners

George Drew Trust


“Mindset change is a critical success factor in business. KCCA has partnered with UN-HABITAT and KiBO Foundation and have so far trained 400 youth in applied ICT and Leadership. The training has completely changed their minds enabling them to handle themselves and money better, hence becoming better entrepreneurs,” Ms. Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director, Kampala Capital

City Authority

From KiBO To You… we present the accomplishments of KiBO students and its partners over the last six months. KiBO’s integrated program has been able to bridge

the digital divide, create industrious and enthusiastic youth who are actively involved in activities that make this

country a better place.

We say

THANK YOU to all our partners and well wishers.

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Tomatoes, the fruits of a greenhouse built by KiBO beneficiaries for a primary school in Kampala, Uganda in 2014.

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