Reporters from New Vison newspaper covered our clean up day – talking to the local leaders and community member about the challenges in their area and the impact Mambya Arts Foundation and Act Africa Now is having.

On Thursday 18th July 2024 in Katoogo Zone, Bwaise Mambya Arts Foundation held an inspiring Community Activation Day focused on environmental cleanup and tree planting in Kampala.

Marigold Engineering recently teamed up with Mambya Arts Foundation to support a tree-planting initiative at Success Junior School in Bwaise.

Outspan Primary School in Bwaise, Kawempe, is located in a very poor area of Kampala, where people live on less than 10k a day. Access to nutritious food is scarce in this area. Fruits are expensive and rarely consumed. Posho and beans are the staple diet for most. When the trees bear fruit, students and teachers will be able to eat fresh avocados, mangoes, and oranges as part of their school meals.

One year later, it is a testament to their hard work and enthusiasm to protect their environment that trees are still alive despite the challenges of unhealthy soil, goats eating anything, hungry ducks, flooding, and being uprooted by humans.

Revisiting the Kira Police Station Barracks site nearly a year after Act Africa Now planted trees with police officers, showed just how much trees can grow when given the right care and circumstances.