Okushoma kwa Boona – Education for all!?
Twelve young people from Germany and Uganda spent one and a half years exploring what prevents education for all – and what makes it possible.
August 2023 – June 2025WLV 3100212054
Our work
International Cooperation
With partner organisations in Uganda and Burundi we create access to education, health care, drinking water, vocational training and income. Our local partners plan and implement; Bantu e.V. secures funding in Germany, accompanies implementation and accounts for every euro.
- 3programmes
- 8projects
- 3ongoing
- Uganda · BurundiWhere we work
Programme 1 · Global learning, educational justice and exchange
Education
Global learning, educational justice and cross-cultural exchange: in Germany and Uganda we dismantle historical biases and make learning accessible – for school classes, young people and the wider public.
Royal College Namugongo – School Fees and Ramps
Together with our partner ABI we covered school fees for children from poor families – and, with donations from the Wilhelm-Remy-Gymnasium in Bendorf, built ramps for step-free access to the school.
from 2017
Programme 2 · Rehabilitation, accessibility and care
Health
We improve physical well-being, accessibility and specialised care for people who face barriers in conventional health systems – especially children with disabilities and their families.
OURS – early detection of cerebral palsy
172 children with cerebral palsy received rehabilitation – more than planned. Parents set up self-help groups.
June – October 2023P 23/91
Programme 3 · Development cooperation in Uganda and Burundi
Global Cooperation & Livelihoods
Sustainable economic empowerment, vital infrastructure and resilient communities: together with local partner organisations in Uganda and Burundi we create access to early childhood and vocational education, drinking water, digital participation and income. Our partners plan and implement; Bantu e.V. secures funding in Germany, accompanies implementation and accounts for every euro.
Strong Roots – Pearl Kindergarten Kampala
Together with our partner ABI we are setting up a fee-free kindergarten for 60 children from low-income families in Kampala-Namuwongo.
1 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027P 26/230
Water for Ruziba
A borehole with a solar pump, an elevated tank and three taps brings clean drinking water to around 900 people in the Ruziba neighbourhood.
since September 2026P 26/186
Vocational training at Msingi School
18 young women completed their training – seven were hired directly by the businesses where they did their placements.
December 2024 – June 2025P 24/200
Ruhaama Community Resource Centre
A learning and IT centre next to Rwengoma Primary School: 225 people took IT courses and 350 pupils received tutoring.
2021 – 2023 (two phases)P 21/23 · P 22/29
Livestock & Agriculture – Earning a Living
Women’s cooperatives and organisations of persons with disabilities receive goats and other livestock, breed them and build self-managed, lasting incomes.
ongoing
Approach
How we work
- Partnership as equals: communities decide what is needed
- A critical view of “development” and neo-colonial patterns
- Sustainability from day one: operating plans, local staff, maintenance
- Inclusion as a cross-cutting theme – especially for people with disabilities
Together
Our partners in Uganda and Burundi
- Anchored Bridges Initiatives (ABI) · Kampala, Uganda
- Nyentsya Community Development Association (NCDA) · Mbarara, Uganda
- Women Initiative Against Vulnerability for Harm Reduction (WIV-HR) · Burundi
- Royal College Namugongo · Namugongo, Uganda
