People

Bantu e.V. is its people: board, members, freelancers, volunteers and partner organisations in Uganda, Burundi and Berlin.

Board

Boaz Murinzi Murema

Chair of the board · Executive Director & project lead

Boaz has led Bantu e.V. since its founding in 2019 and is responsible for the projects in Uganda, Burundi and Berlin.

Anne Behner

Deputy chair

Michael Miiro

Treasurer

Norah Masane

Secretary

Aishah Nantumbwe

Board member · Fundraising and resource mobilisation

Board members represent the association under § 26 BGB. The entry in the register of associations (Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, VR 37606 B) is authoritative.

The board was elected by the general assembly on 30.06.2024 for two years. Its members live in Germany, Uganda and Ireland.

Team, freelancers and volunteers

Our projects are carried by project coordinators, trainers and speakers, childcare workers, interpreters and many volunteers – in Berlin and online from around the world. We only show people by name and photo here if they have explicitly agreed.

Project coordination

plans and supports our projects in Berlin

Trainers & speakers

design workshops and training days

Volunteers

help with events, translation and communications

International volunteers

e.g. through the European Solidarity Corps

Join the team

Partner organisations

We work with communities, not for them – without hierarchy, with trust.

In Uganda and Burundi

Anchored Bridges Initiatives (ABI)

Kampala, Uganda · partner since 2021

Ugandan NGO for education, inclusion, vocational training and community development; founded in 2017 as “Ability Beyond the Iris”. Joint projects: Royal College Namugongo, Ruhaama Community Resource Centre, OURS, Okushoma kwa Boona, Pearl Kindergarten.

abi.ug

Nyentsya Community Development Association (NCDA)

Mbarara, Uganda

Runs Msingi School of BTVET; implementing partner of the hairdressing and cosmetology training for young women (P 24/200).

Women Initiative Against Vulnerability for Harm Reduction (WIV-HR)

Burundi

Volunteer-run organisation in the social and health sector; partner in “Water for Ruziba” (P 26/186).

Royal College Namugongo

Namugongo, Uganda

School where, together with ABI, we covered school fees for children from poor families and built ramps for step-free access.

In Germany

AfricAvenir International e.V.

Berlin

Cooperation partner for global-learning projects in 2026 (P 26/214, P 26/224).

africavenir.org

tubman.network e.V.

Berlin

Organisation for children, young people, families and communities of African and Afro-diasporic heritage; Bantu e.V. was the fiscal sponsor of its projects 2021–2025.

tubman.network

Kikili e.V. i.G.

Sandau (Elbe)

Reviving the Sandau town granary as an inclusive third place; Bantu e.V. has been its fiscal sponsor since 2022.

kikili.de

Wilhelm-Remy-Gymnasium Bendorf

Bendorf

Partner school: proceeds of Aktion Tagwerk 2017 for Uganda, including ramps at Royal College Namugongo; Uganda projects in English lessons.

wrg-online.de

Club Dialog e.V.

Berlin

Coordinates the Berlin-Mitte district programme “MITTEinander aktiv”.

club-dialog.de

Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V.

Berlin

Community-based education and empowerment organisation for People of African Descent in Berlin.

eoto-archiv.de

EIRENE – Internationaler Christlicher Friedensdienst e.V.

Neuwied

Cooperation agreement since December 2025.

eirene.org

Federation of Ugandans in Germany e.V. (FUG)

Deutschland

Cooperation partner for Ubuntu Talks 2026 in Berlin-Mitte.