Viva con Agua Uganda is a local branch of the
The first Social Art Gallery in Kampala inspired
international VcA cosmos that brings together
by Viva con Agua Uganda raised 3,000 Euro in
a network of individuals and organisations to
donations for WASH projects in Uganda.
create ideas that can sensitize our communities about the ideals of WAter, Sanitation and Hygiene
Football forms a core part of the languages in
(WASH), and to raise funds for WASH projects in
the VcA cosmos and this is what Watoto Waso-
Uganda.
ka brings in a novel way. Since 2015, we have
JAHRESBERICHT 2017
been doing Football4WASH together, we create The founders of VcA Uganda are Latim Nobert
football drills that can be used to sensitise about
and Papa Shabani. Moreover they have convinced
WAter, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Together,
their friends and colleagues Adam Laquche and
we do workshops in schools and also train trainers
Francis Mugoya to join the organisation.
for trainees in schools and communities. With funding from the Viva con Agua Foundation, we
“My own vision about VcA is to be a part of the
are reaching out to over 5,000 kids this year alone
bigger community that contributes to the change
with football and WASH sensitisation in Karamoja
in our own communities through creating ideas
and Central Uganda.
on WASH sensitisation and fundraising for WASH projects in the most fun way possible.” (Francis
This is how we move it:
Mugoya)
Francis Mugoya, founder of Watoto Wasoka:
VcA Uganda
“We founded to give Ugandans a platform where they can both take responsibility and kill the stereotype that help comes from abroad. We have the resources that are being utilised, in this case creativity so there‘s no reason why we can‘t support from our side.” (Latim Nobert) JAHRESBERICHT 2017
VIVA CON AGUA UGANDA
© Laura Müller für Viva con Agua
NETWORK
“As the first VcA crew/NGO outside Europe, it’s 2017 - exciting year!
an exciting opportunity for us to create not just
WE LOVE YOUGANDA
a local crew, but a community of local activists
An annual festival of music and arts that brings to-
who want to contribute to making Uganda better
gether artists and musicians from Uganda, Kenya,
in terms of WASH. At the moment, our biggest
Germany and beyond to celebrate the idea and
contribution are the sensitisation approaches we
creation of VcA in Uganda, to raise awareness
design and implement especially with arts and
about the WASH situation in Uganda and to raise
music, and also Football4WASH. In the next years,
funds for WASH projects in Uganda.
our goal is to fundraise for our own WASH projects and share our sensitisation approaches with
World Water Day
the whole VcA cosmos.”
One of the most important days in the Viva con Agua cosmos, we celebrate it in our project areas
Latim Nobert, founder of Viva con Agua Uganda:
of Karamoja. We do workshops in schools and
“I hope through VcA and the network we can turn
communities using art, music and sports. We
from a generation of criticism and complaining
crown it all with a big music concert in the famous
about what others are doing wrong to one filled
Boma grounds in Moroto.
with positive energy and forward thinking tendencies like looking more at how we can, with the
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First Social Art Gallery
help of everyone, create the change we want to
For the first time Millerntor Gallery came to
see. The Viva con Agua network and friendships
Uganda, it being the first of its kind in Kampala. It
create an atmosphere for so many ideas to be rea-
brought together dozens of artists from around
lised. I hope that with the increase in ideas there‘s
the world who created art works and donated
an increase in self belief and belief in others‘ role
them to VcA Uganda, and a percentage of the
and potential towards the Uganda we want to
sales was donated to fund WASH projects.
see.”
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