AFFCAD Slum Awareness Walk

AFFCAD Slum Awareness Walk

With its Slum Awareness Walk, Action for Fundamental Change and Development (AFFCAD) offers tourists as well as interested locals a guided tour through the slum of Bwaise, home of approximately 90’000 people. It is an eye-opening opportunity to both see and experience how life is like in one of the biggest and poorest slums in Kampala and at the same time witness the passionate work AFFCAD is doing in the area. The walk has been a great backbone and sustainable way to keep the organization moving forward with helping people who need it the most.

Affcad slum awareness walk

The slum awareness walk has been taking place since 2009, and has proved to be an important part of voluntourism and spreading awareness of life in the slum internationally.

our walk gives visitors an extraordinary insight into another world ,AFFCAD runs the slum awareness walk to do just that raise awareness .we draw attention to the plight of many who are living on or below the poverty line in Kampala’s slums . The slum walk also highlights our work as an organisation , which includes our endeavors to alleviate suffering and improve the education and health of our many local beneficiaries .

Action for Fundamental Change and Development (AFFCAD) Beneficially Katerega John

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Action for Fundamental Change and Development (AFFCAD) Beneficially Katerega John.
AFFCAD was founded in 2009 by a group of four young men in Bwaise, one of Kampala’s poorest slums. Muhammad, Brian, Jaffar, and Richard to transform living conditions in Kampala’s poorest slum areas by empowering the children, youth and young women through education, health, and economic empowerment programs.

Why we do what we do
Uganda is rapidly urbanizing, with many youths coming to Kampala to escape poverty, 85% of these will settle in slums because of the very cheap housing. More than 90,000 people live without basic services such as water, shelter, and sanitation. 65% of the residents are aged between 15 and 25.

In addition to this, slum communities in Kampala have been faced with an influx of refugees from various countries, case in point, Kisenyi slum which is home to many Somalis. These are youth full of dreams and aspirations yet the economy cannot create jobs for them. The reality of the slums they will settle in are characterized by poor temporary housing, poor water, and sanitation, poverty, unemployment, high crime rate, drug abuse among others. Such poor conditions, weak law, and order, grievances and marginalization can fuel conflict and despair-all a fertile ground for recruitment into radical groups.

Affcad Talent expo

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AffcadTalentexpo sponsored by European, Union, IOM, and Fly Uganda(do your thing)
AFFCAD was founded in 2009 by a group of four young men in Bwaise, one of Kampala’s poorest slums. Muhammad, Brian, Jaffar, and Richard to transform living conditions in Kampala’s poorest slum areas by empowering the children, youth and young women through education, health, and economic empowerment programs.

Why we do what we do
Uganda is rapidly urbanizing, with many youths coming to Kampala to escape poverty, 85% of these will settle in slums because of the very cheap housing. More than 90,000 people live without basic services such as water, shelter, and sanitation. 65% of the residents are aged between 15 and 25.

In addition to this, slum communities in Kampala have been faced with an influx of refugees from various countries, case in point, Kisenyi slum which is home to many Somalis. These are youth full of dreams and aspirations yet the economy cannot create jobs for them. The reality of the slums they will settle in are characterized by poor temporary housing, poor water, and sanitation, poverty, unemployment, high crime rate, drug abuse among others. Such poor conditions, weak law, and order, grievances and marginalization can fuel conflict and despair-all a fertile ground for recruitment into radical groups.

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AFFCAD Transforming Kampala's Slum Areas
Four Young Men are determined to change this,meet Muhammed Kisirisa,Richard Kafuma,Jaffar Nyombi and Brian Mugagga.
The founders of AFFCAD who grew up in the slum together, but instead of leaving for a better life,they stayed to transform the lives of those around them.

Challenges (the making of) #ProjectChickenFeed

The making of Challenges in Bwaise, Uganda as part of Project Chicken Feed
Download on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon by searching CHALLENGES by Heart Beat Performers or by texting Challenges to 85888
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Hayley Mulenda - Affcad Uk Ambassador

Christmas has definitely come early for us. Affcad Uk is happy to introduce Hayley Mulenda to our team. Hayley has truly inspired us as well as many other young people nationwide. Her sold out book and motivational talks capture the visionary movement from Ugandan Youth. Hayley will be visiting AFFCAD's Bwaise Youth Employment Centre and sharing a motivational speech with the students. Please make sure you visit her page and tune in tomorrow.

We are over the moon to start the new year with two amazing ambassadors that share our vision. Welcome to the #DreamTeam Hayley

AFFCAD (Uganda) and CULTURES OF THE WORLD (Poland)

TOOLS FOR CHANGE- help us sponsor vocational education in Bwaise slum,, one the poorest areas of Kampala, Uganda! donate via

Rotary Club of Kampala City Makerere Sanitation project in Kiggundu Zone

The Rotary Club of Kampala City Makerere installed slab bridges at three critical points in Kiggundu Zone, one of the slums in Kampala, to ease crossing the open drainage channels. The Club further conducted a massive clean up exercise in the area on 26th March 2016.

for the girls in bwaise.VOB

Brief description of how it works.Prudence and the team (AGI UGANDA)

AFFCAD's Excel Eductaion Centre_Baby Class.AVI

On 30 May during my 24th Birthday, i launched My Birthday 4 Charity 2012 campaign a one month fundraising to raise $1000 USD that will be donated to AFFCAD affcad.org to support the Renovation of Excel Education Centre in a workcamp starting on 4th July 2012. I invite you to be part of My Birthday 4 Charity 2012 campaign by making a contribution of $20-30 USD through affcad.org.

Thank you so much for your support

Kisiirisa Muhammed
Co Founder/ CEO AFFCAD in Uganda

Kampala markets remain empty as vendors fight to remain on the streets

While Kampala Capital City Authority grapples with the problem of street vendors, a number of markets in the city have empty stalls and lots of space. NTV took its cameras to the markets in Kampala to seek answers to what could be holding the vendors back from occupying the available space, even with reduction of stall fees.


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