About Ukarimu Charity Initiative Ltd.

Who We Are

Ukarimu Charity Initiative was established in response to the acute and often invisible suffering experienced by most vulnerable elderly, sick, and individuals in the rural and peri-urban communities of Greater Luweero. The organisation emerged from the recognition that formal government social protection systems, while improving, remain insufficient to reach the most marginalised — particularly elderly persons most of whom are the bush war survivors living alone, chronically ill individuals without family support, children from households decimated by HIV/AIDS, teenage mothers, and persons with severe disabilities.

The founders of Ukarimu — Mr. & Mrs. Edema — observed first-hand the indignities suffered by elderly persons abandoned in dilapidated homes, children dropping out of school due to poverty, and families with no recourse during disease outbreaks or natural disasters; on their first Christmas (2019) as newlywed couple, they decided to reach out to these needy persons in the community with Christmas hampers from their own resources through the Pastoral Care Office of Kasana Cathedral Parish ─ Kasana-Luwero Diocese. The name 'Ukarimu,' drawn from the Swahili tradition of generosity and hospitality, encapsulates the ethos that guides every aspect of the organisation's work: to give of oneself for the well-being of others.