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Janani Luwum was the third Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Burundi and Zaire. He was born in 1922, converted to Christianity in 1948 and became a priest in 1951 before he...

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate female...

Cancer has impacted either of us in one way or the other and February 4 was created as a World Cancer Day to raise awareness about prevention, detection and treatment. Cancer is...

World Wetlands Day recognizes and celebrates the importance of wetlands to the world and the diversity of life they support. It is observed on February 2 since it is the date when...

The United Nations General Assembly made a resolution that seeks a worldwide celebration of various faiths through the Interfaith Harmony Week which runs from February 1 to 7. Its goal is to...

Volunteering in Uganda is a stimulating and provoking experience. Ssamba Foundation’s Uganda volunteer program enables you to absorb the fascinating Ugandan culture whilst sharing your knowledge and skills with the host communities....

Volunteering in Uganda Program! At Ssamba Foundation, all of our projects have been formulated by our team, to give our self funding volunteers the most meaningful of experiences when they join our...

Volunteering Opportunities in Mukono Uganda! Ssamba Foundation recruits and hosts volunteers within our projects in Mukono, Uganda. Through our Uganda volunteer Program, we aim to build the capacities of local projects and...

LIMA project empowers rural farmers of Uganda by providing them with improved seeds, farm inputs, training on modern farming techniques and provides a market for the sale of their farm produce. This...

At Ssamba Foundation through our farm work volunteer trip Uganda, we love hosting volunteers to live-in and work with us on our community demonstration gardens. We have had many volunteers come and...

Ssamba Foundation’s schools kitchen gardens project supports schools to improve their health and wellbeing through edible gardening and healthy eating activities. Schools kitchen gardens are a wonderful way to use the school...

Community-based tourism is a type of tourism where local communities invite tourists into their communities, giving them insight into their culture, attractions and daily lives. It is a form of sustainable tourism...

Kyampisi Subcounty is situated in Mukono District 27 km north of Mukono town which lies at the main road from Mukono to Kayunga district. The Subcounty inhabitants exclusively live on subsistence farming....

Several international and local volunteers have worked with us and contributed tremendously to our projects. Countless lives have been changed and countless memories have been made. We have overcome many challenges, each...

Ssamba Foundation was founded in 2006 by then a 19 year Isaac Ssamba, our Chairman and CEO who wanted to help improve the living conditions of needy people in rural Uganda. He...

8.00 Latest Rise and shower 8.30 Breakfast 9.00    Setting off to field work/Office work starts Help with office work, programming, grants and donation research, volunteer search and program awareness and sharing...

Ssamba Foundation, a community based development organization in Mukono district is helping needy elderly members of the society by building homes for them through our Elderly Support Program. You can make a...

Miranda an American restaurant entrepreneur has joined Ssamba Foundation as a volunteer on her trip to Uganda, where she will facilitate various community development programs meant to empower and uplift the rural...

Ssamba Foundation has launched a Covid-19 Food Relief campaign to ensure that nobody in the Kyampisi Subcounty goes hungry during the Coronavirus crisis and this second lockdown. Currently, over 6,000 adults and...

Road Trips Make Me Lose My Mind (in a good way). There’s something about the idea of a road trip that makes many people, including myself, go nuts from intense excitement. Just...

Kibibi Town, one of the major business centers in Butambala district is so far the only town I have been to in Uganda without accommodation facilities for travelers (no lodge, no hotel) just nothing!!!...

There are so many options in which you can get to the west Nile. Pakwach Bridge is the main gateway to West Nile sub-region and beyond, with alternative routes being through Adjumani...

My very first trip to western Uganda 10 years ago led me to this humble woman’s home in Bushenyi. “Maama Afrika” (as she is popularly known) hosted us, slaughtered a goat for...

Rwonyo Guesthouse Lake Mburo: Waking up in the wild is something extra ordinary and beautiful. Sounds of wild animals, birds singing and seeing the local residents going on about their way of...

Ssamba Foundation has launched its new website – https://ssamba.org/  and we are excited to present its new look. Our new website provides a clear message about who we are, what we stand...