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Utah to Uganda: Ogden’s Subi Foundation aiming to support African village
- The Mukabire household is pictured within the village of Ivuukula in Uganda. Geofrey and Lisa Mukabire based the Subi Basis in February to convey hope to the folks of Uganda.
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- The Ogden-based Subi Basis, established in February, is holding its first fundraising occasion with a Ugandan market honest on Saturday, Might 28, 2022.
Photograph provided, Lisa Holliday Mukabire
The Mukabire household is pictured within the village of Ivuukula in Uganda. Geofrey and Lisa Mukabire based the Subi Basis in February to convey hope to the folks of Uganda.
OGDEN — Trying to convey hope to village communities of Uganda, the newly fashioned Subi Basis is holding its first fundraising occasion on Might 28. A Subi Market Honest, supposed to duplicate a Ugandan market, will happen at Lorin Farr Park from 9 a.m. to midday.
Slightly one thing for everybody will be discovered on the Subi Market Honest, with a rummage sale, bake sale, silent public sale, raffle, Ugandan children video games, face portray, dwell music and dancing.
The occasion is free to attend. All proceeds from gadgets bought can be utilized by the inspiration to construct a faculty within the Uganda village of Ivuukula.
“We would like one thing higher for the children in Ivuukula. We would like them to have what we so usually take without any consideration in Utah — electrical energy, operating water, flushing bogs, web, wholesome meals and a twenty first century training,” Subi Basis founder and President Lisa Holliday Mukabire mentioned.
Geofrey Mukabire, born and raised in Ivuuukula, fashioned the Subi Basis along with his spouse, Lisa, in February. In Luganda, the language of Namutumba County, Uganda, “subi” means hope.
Picture provided, Lisa Holliday Mukabire
The Ogden-based Subi Basis, established in February, is holding its first fundraising occasion with a Ugandan market honest on Saturday, Might 28, 2022.
Basis Vice President Mariah Killpack mentioned it’s by means of hope that the inspiration is planning to convey training, well being/hygiene and household growth to raise people, households and communities from poverty to self-reliance.
The college is not going to solely present training to children in Ivuukula, it would additionally serve the group with grownup training and providers.
Operating water, electrical energy and a strong highway from the middle of the village to the 8 acres of land on which the college is to be constructed are wanted.
Water discovered on the land is being tapped into to supply operating water for the college, in addition to for the folks of Invuukula, who reportedly must stroll for miles to achieve a water supply.
Lisa Mukabire mentioned she and her husband had a powerful feeling they wanted to do one thing with land he had inherited from his father.
As a instructor, Lisa Mukabire mentioned she was distressed by the state of affairs of training within the village.
“Most nonprofits constructing colleges in Africa construct them very very similar to what they have already got — mud partitions, thatched roofs, no operating water or electrical energy,” she mentioned.
Having a profound love for Africa and a need to convey equal alternatives to the folks of Uganda, the Mukabires want to make their dream of bringing a contemporary college to the village of Ivuukula a actuality with assist from the Ogden group.
Every thing from the rummage sale to the bake sale and performances have been donated by the Ogden group.
“I’m so amazed and appreciative of how the group members have come out to assist this trigger,” Lisa Mukabire mentioned.