Tell a story

Every day, a new artist comes to the scene with one good hit and after a couple of months it is no more. We ask why ?  We discovered that at times some artists lack mentors to hold their hands, walk them through the journey and back them up, they only have themselves to lean on. Meet  Collin Sserunjogi, a passionate music artist in Uganda creating a safe space for other music lovers to commune,  grow,  celebrate and share their music. We first saw Collin on stage in 2018 during Tell a Story's bonfire night at Save Street Children Uganda.  The emotion in his music created chills,each string he hit was nothing but a story with a beautiful melody. Well, Collin started his journey from playing the guitar during his free time and being in possession of a unique instrument called the Cajon. The Cajon is box shaped and its roots are from the land of Peru, an Espanola speaking community. As my passion for music grew, the desire to cre...

We all love our homes looking fresh and clean. For some busy people, the weekend is perfect time to tidy up. At Home Xtras, everyday is a clean my house moment, whether it is  removing the marks on your walls or the stains on your carpet, tiles and chairs. Home Xtras is the remedy you need.. Meet Jacque Namwase as she talks about her company: Home Xtras.  ABOUT ME I am Jacque  Namwase, director of HomeXtras,  an agency that offers cleaning services for residential homes and offices. We also provide post construction, carpet & sofa washing , fumigation and compound maintenance. GENESIS I started my cleaning company after realizing that  my friends where too busy at work to clean their homes . The maids they left behind to do the work were at times inefficient.  I started voluntarily cleaning my friends homes ,  each time they needed extra deep cleaning for their homes.  I was available.  From that experience, I real...

We all love food , don't we?  I have heard some friends of mine say " food is bae, we are one,  I do not joke with food,  with food , I am sorted... haha".  But what about the process of preparing that delicious food,  it starts by you going to the market to shop for it.  To you that has hated going to the market place whether it is Nakasero,  Nakawa  or Owino because of a bad attitude from the seller, one vendor carrying sacks of food over your head, irritated by the commotion or that rubbish that has made a home in all corners. Worry not. Minute 5 is bringing the market closer to you Minute 5 is an online grocery delivery company located in the Pearl of Africa, Uganda . The business provides farm produce to people within a very short time and at pocket friendly prices. Jonathan Katumba Paul is the Founder & CEO of Minute 5.  He is also a Software Engineering Student of Makerere University and a recent top 20 finalists of Th...

On July 24th at 6:22pm, I sent a text message to Dimma on his Facebook page asking for his story.  At that time, I was burning with the fire to tell a story,  I saw his profile picture from a mutual friend we shared called Lynne Itungo.  I was so curious to  view his profile. My hands quickly moved to the click button.  I followed every post to the minutest detail. I could only see the love for banana fiber.  I was fascinated that banana fibre can make really nice products. As a young girl, together with my little friends, we only used banana fiber to make dolls and ropes for skipping. As I sent that message, I was praying hard that he could answer, and it worked he replied, and today, three months later, I share his story. As we kick start November, Diimas story challenges us to ask : Have    you acted on your idea the past ten months? Muhammed Dimma Mawejje is the team leader of Mawejje Creations, a social enterprise and banana fiber...

As we move closer to the end of the month, we hope it has been running so smooth for you, if not, every other single day brings you the opportunity to try again.  More people are making a contribution to humanity:  Meet Kemigisha Phionah another Selfless woman giving hope to the vulnerable.   Kemigisha Phiona is  a 24-Year old Ugandan Citizen, God fearing , kind hearted, hardworking, a natural leader, creative, and enthusiastic. Phionah is a leadership and possibilities Coach.  She  works with two organisations : Unicef and Trailblazers mentoring foundation  that are directly concerned with  reaching out to  children across the globe, the safety and well being of both young and old women in Uganda. She is the founder of Grace children and Women’s Foundation and a business woman who operates a  juice shop.  What inspired you to do the things you are currently doing? I will start with the leadership Coaching. Phionah Says....

We continue to share stories of people from all over the world that are living beyond themselves.  Our light today is on Alok Jacob, a passionate humanitarian making the lives of teenage mothers, orphans   and the elderly better in Lira, Northern Uganda. Alok Jackob is the program manager of Plan for the village’s organization- Uganda based in Lira District Northern Uganda.  He is also a cohort 35 YALI RLC East Africa alumni. He shares with us about the amazing work he is doing in his community. What was your inspiration to do the things you are doing?   I was touched when I was moving around in one of the villages in my sub county, when I met a young girl of 16 years carrying a baby. She reckoned to me that the baby was hers and I was moved with her story of the hardships she went through raising the baby. This made come up project that is meant for the teenage mothers, school dropouts and some orphans.  By this,  I believed their los...

Two years ago, our Foundation: Tell a Story Foundation was born. We share stories of people that have walked the journey with us:  Kitaka Alex facilitated a class way back in 2018 at Save Street Children Uganda. This is his story: There is a child in us that remains. There is a heartbeat that can’t be stained There is a soul that won’t ever be chained. That is always child like… My experience with Tell a Story Foundation Uganda, begun with facilitating classes on reading and writing skills at Save Street Children Uganda.  This aimed at instilling a culture of story-telling in the children.  I learned that we have so much to learn from children and so do they need to learn from us.  They are not children just because they are vulnerable, neither is it because they are susceptible to very many ills in society. They are not children because they can not have access to basic needs or because they lack someone to put a smile on their faces, but als...