• support our youth

    Helping young people in Uganda grow into healthy, educated and

    productive adults.

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  • who we are

    Bega Kwa Bega means "shoulder to shoulder" — because genuine partnership is how we've supported hundreds of communities in Uganda for more than 25 years.

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  • our work

    We support eight cross-cutting program areas that target the most urgent community needs with community-led solutions.

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  • stories of impact

    Learn about the  lives our work has transformed.

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More than 25 Years of Empowerment

Our work has reached hundreds of thousands of people in Uganda over almost three decades.


450,000

People reached since 1998


281,054

People with access to clean water


55

Farmers trained in sustainable farming practices

630

Villages in Uganda Served


From one village and two staff members in 1998, BKB has grown to 114 staff working across 630 villages in 55 districts in Uganda . Every number below represents a family with new possibilities.




Transforming Ugandan Communities Since 1998

Bega Kwa Bega ("shoulder to shoulder" in Swahili) partners with low-income communities across Uganda to address the root causes of poverty. We don't impose solutions; we co-create them with the families and villages we serve. And that is what makes our work sustainable.


BKB addresses the interrelated root causes of poverty — not as separate problems, but as a connected whole.


When families lack clean water, they face illness and lost productivity. When children are undernourished, they struggle to learn. When an education or vocation skills are out of reach, opportunities close before they open. Clean water, nutrition, education, and opportunity are deeply intertwined with poverty — links in the same chain. Break one, and the others weaken. Break several, and a family's future collapses and poverty persists into the next generation.


Restore them together, and generational change becomes possible.


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Donations to BKB directly support Ugandan families to unlock generational change. We are a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3). Your gift is fully tax-deductible, and every dollar reaches the communities we serve.


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Our Programs

Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)

Clean water close to home changes everything. Here's how we bring access to communities.

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Nutrition and Agriculture

We train families and schools at our demonstration gardens. 



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Education

We operate Gogolo Junior School  and facilitate teacher development workshops across Uganda.


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Adolescent Health and Vocational

This program equips young people with vocational skills, financial literacy, and health education. 

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A Life Changed

"Education is a ray of light in the darkness — a hope for a better life. Thank you BKB: you gave me light, you gave me life."


Richard Lukaaga's education was sponsored by BKB in 2002. Today he is a successful professional with a job as the Stores Supervisor at Crown Beverages, a BKB board member, and a co-founder of a savings group providing soft loans to low-income earners in his village. His story is why BKB invests in education: one sponsorship changes not just one life, but an entire community's future.