Our history is one of solidarity.
Throughout his time in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement camp in Uganda, Matabishi Bumba sees that poverty is everywhere in the refugee camp. It affects adults, but unfortunately also children, who often work to help their families with no other prospect for the future.
Vice President, Judith Kavundja Esther believes in education as a passport to a better future for refugee children and young people.
This is how she agreed to found the Muke Company in 2020 with Matabishi Bumba and 5 friends. Their objective is to act for the well-being of children and young refugees in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement camp.
“It is better to learn to fish than to give away a fish. »
This principle will be implemented in all programs of the Muke Society. Similarly, an income-generating activity will complete most constructions.
A hope for the future
Initially, the essential role of this small team will be to raise awareness of its action around it. Subsequently, it finds members and volunteers ready to get involved to make things happen.
Very quickly, a connection is made with some friends of the president and the vice president of the Society. They will regularly help with school materials and clothes. The Muke Company allows them to structure their action.
This is the beginning of the flagship sector of the Muke Company:The sweswe area.
From 2020, the Muke Company finds the funds to rehabilitate a youth center in Kyaka II, which welcomes more than 100 refugee children and young people.
This first action is noticed by the refugees of the area of sweswe. This will lead to many other constructions in the center:
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1 kindergarten
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1 training center for young refugees
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1 soap factory for illiterate women,...
A humanitarian and solidarity mission
In 3 years, the Muke Company has acquired a reputation for efficiency and probity. This allows it to reach a number of members and volunteers close to 500 refugees. This good reputation also allows it to obtain financing easily. As a result, the Muke Company will be able to carry out many programs. In Kyaka II, the Muke Company will act in the area of Sweswe, Dam 1 and Dam 2. Then, as the meetings progress, the Muke Company will intervene in the 8 other areas of the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement Camp, such as the Buliti, Bukere, Mukondo, Ntababiniga, Kakoni, Bwiriza, Byabakora and Kaborogota area. In the end, each of these programs will succeed and achieve its goal. All of its programs aim to offer a better daily life and a better future to destitute refugee children and young people through education. action in the sweswe area, through 5 programs.
A history of programs
From its beginnings, the Muke Company set up various humanitarian programs. For more than 2 years now, the Muke Society has been supporting refugee children and young people in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement camp in Uganda.