Environmental Action & Rewild Uganda
Rewild Uganda, Tree Planting & Ecosystem Restoration
Founded 2020. SAF has spearheaded the planting of 8,932 fruit trees across Uganda in partnership with schools, refugee communities, and women's groups, strengthening food security, biodiversity, and community livelihoods.
- 8,932 fruit trees planted
- 27 school partnerships
- 3.5 million youth engaged
Mutuba Tree Regeneration, Indigenous Bark Cloth
Led the planting of 253 Mutuba (fig) trees to regenerate Uganda's indigenous bark cloth textile tradition, a UNESCO-recognised cultural heritage practice, creating sustainable raw material systems for local artisans.
- 253 Mutuba trees planted
- UNESCO heritage practice restored
- Artisan livelihoods supported
Briquette Production, Nakivale Refugee Camp
Introduced briquette production in Nakivale Refugee Camp as a clean energy and waste-reduction intervention, equipping refugee women with sustainable alternatives to charcoal and firewood, reducing environmental degradation and improving livelihoods.
- Refugee women equipped
- Reduced charcoal dependency
- Nakivale Camp, Uganda
Chwezi Afro-Climate Festival
Awarded by the French Embassy Uganda (2022 & 2023). Climate literacy workshops, Lake Nalubaale clean-ups, eco-fashion festivals, and tree planting, helping 100 refugee women and girls mitigate and adapt to climate change through creative arts.
- 100 refugee women & girls
- Lake Nalubaale clean-ups
Flagship Arts & Festival Production
Ntare Festival of the Arts
"Ntare" means Lioness. Art as a form of Resistance. Art for mental wellness and social-economic development. A platform for 384+ creative artists from refugee settlements, key population and marginalised communities, centring women, native languages, and decolonial knowledge production.
- 384+ creatives from refugee & key pop. communities
- Folk songs & tales archived
- Market platforms for goods & services created
- Cross-generational & multicultural artistic collaboration
Nyangi Dance Troupe, Indigenous Performance
Curated and platformed live performances by the Nyangi Dance Troupe, centring indigenous movement traditions and Afrocentric storytelling to reclaim cultural heritage and assert decolonial artistic practice on a public stage.
- Indigenous movement traditions
- Afrocentric storytelling
- Public decolonial practice
Orisha Pride, Ignite Culture Project
Production of cultural and creative goods by marginalised communities especially refugees. Funded by EU × British Council × HEVA Fund. Provided refugee and indigenous women with industry-matched skills in apparel making and textile design.
- Industrial fabric printer access
- Refugee women artisans
African Feminist Art Project
Commissioned by AWDF, celebrating and archiving feminist art practices and womxn creatives across the African continent. A platform for feminist and decolonial knowledge production through visual arts, storytelling, and exhibitions.
- Commissioned by AWDF
- Pan-African reach
- 2021 – 2023
Film, Media & Digital Rights
RISE, The Documentary Film
Funded by HIVOS East Africa and SIDA. A documentary highlighting injustice faced by refugee and native creatives from key population communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Directly impacted 51 persons.
- 51 persons directly impacted
- COVID-19 refugee response
HIVOS R.O.O.M, Women Amplifying Marginalized Voices
Writer, Visual and Performing Arts Director & Producer for HIVOS Resource of Open Minds (2017). Produced 3 documentaries focused on indigenous stories, native languages, folk tales, migration, artist mobility, and refugee community challenges. Funded by HIVOS.
- 3 documentaries produced
- 150+ artists engaged
Digital Security Training for Feminist Activists
Funded by HIVOS Foundation. Digital security training for 40 feminist activists and human rights defenders in Wakiso District, Uganda, strengthening internet freedom, data protection, and digital inclusion for key population communities.
- 40 feminist activists trained
- Wakiso District, 2020
Forum on Internet Freedom, CIPESA
Contributed to the CIPESA Forum on Internet Freedom in Dar es Salaam and Zambia, exploring the role creative artists play in leveraging the internet and AI for creative prosperity, civic engagement, digital rights, women's rights online, and data protection.
- Dar es Salaam & Zambia
- AI & creative prosperity
- Women's rights online
Human Rights, Advocacy & Refugee Inclusion
Mental Health & Psychosocial Support, Refugee AGYW
Funded by UHAI EASHRI (2022). Six mental health wellness and psychosocial support workshops for 200 refugee Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) from 5 refugee camps in Uganda.
- 200 refugee AGYW
- 5 refugee camps
Arts For Peace, AYAN Refugee Advocacy
Arts Advocacy Consultant for Africa Youth Action Network (2022–2025). Produced three documentaries on refugee settlement challenges. Secured global media coverage: "Arts For Peace" campaign reached over 7 million engagements across Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
- 7M+ social media reach
- 3 refugee documentaries
- Kenya / South Sudan / Uganda
Hair Chronicles, Refugee Heritage Documentation
A movement celebrating and documenting the lives of refugees from key population communities through hair, featured on UCOS. Celebrating diverse cultural heritage and asserting identity and dignity through creative self-expression.
- Featured on UCOS
- Key population communities
- Heritage documentation
Feminist Leadership & Menstrual Hygiene Training
Funded by Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CAD 20,000, 2021). A project focused on mental health, menstrual hygiene, psychosocial support, and feminist transformational leadership training for key population communities in Uganda.
- CAD 20,000 (Canada Fund)
- Mental health & SRHR
- Feminist leadership training
Creative Economy & Sustainable Livelihoods
Rainbow Drip Craft Shop
Funded by UNAIDS (2021). A crafts shop selling items made by refugee AGYW from refugee host and key population communities in Wakiso District, building sustainable livelihoods through creative enterprise and connecting artisans to local and digital markets.
- Refugee AGYW artisans
- Wakiso District, 2021
Apparel Making & Textile Design Hub
Funded by a consortium of EU, ACP, British Council, and HEVA Fund (2022–2023). Provides refugee and indigenous women and girls from key population communities with industry-matched skills, a fully outfitted creative hub, industrial direct-to-fabric printer, and digital distribution platform.
- Industrial fabric printer
- Refugee women & girls
Culture & Art Community Impact Fund Africa (CACIFA)
Co-founded 2022. Africa's first decentralised impact fund dedicated to arts and culture, ensuring equitable access to resources for creatives. Securing multi-million-dollar investments to drive growth, cross-border artistic mobility, and capacity-building for emerging African artists.
- Africa's first decentralised arts fund
- Grant & residency programmes
- Cross-border artistic mobility
Slow News, African Correspondent & Producer
Writer, arts producer, and African Correspondent for Slow News (2026–Present). Co-curating interdisciplinary dialogues featuring smallholder farmers, coffee exporters and cultural influencers. Covering Uganda's creative ecosystem and its intersection with agriculture and cultural heritage.
- Italian–Ugandan collaboration
- Smallholder farmer stories
- 2026 – Present
Leadership, Feminist & Decolonial Knowledge Production
Feminist & Decolonial Knowledge Production
SAF uses the Ntare Festival as a platform for strengthening feminist and decolonial knowledge, platforming refugee AGYW, producing original cultural songs rooted in indigenous oral traditions, and centring community voices and local languages as lasting archival and advocacy tools.
- Makerere University MISR partnership
- Indigenous oral tradition archiving
- Queer refugee AGYW platformed
Cultural Mobility Research, CBWA & ITI
Cultural Mobility Research Fellow with Commonwealth Business Women Africa (Aug 2024–Present). Researching equitable visa frameworks, funding models, and institutional reforms for frictionless cultural exchange between Africa and UK/Europe. Contributing to decolonial collaboration and inclusive residency design.
- CBWA France, Hybrid
- Africa–UK/Europe mobility
- Policy toolkit development
COP27 & Climate Heritage Network, Egypt
At COP27 (2022), joined the Ecuadorian Black Indigenous Liberation Movement at the Children and Youth Pavilion, discussing 'How climate affects our territories as indigenous peoples.' Also contributed to the Climate Heritage Network panel at MAAT Egyptian Museum on "Imagining and Realizing Climate Resilient Futures."
- COP27 Egypt, 2022
- Indigenous peoples' climate panel
- Creative arts & climate advocacy
EU Ignite Culture, Grant Writing & Organisational Strengthening
Commissioned by the EU under the Ignite Culture Fund (2024) to train grantees on grant writing and how to strengthen organisational policies and structures to thrive within the creative and cultural industries. Building African creative sector capacity.
- EU Ignite Culture Fund
- Creative sector capacity building
- Organisational policy training
Bavubuka Nation, Regional Coordinator
Regional Coordinator for Bavubuka Nation, Dynasty and Foundation (Feb 2021–Present). Contributing to creative village building, designing inclusive talent development programmes, advocating for equitable visa frameworks, and amplifying marginalised voices in Africa–Canada cultural exchange.
- Uganda & Vancouver, Hybrid
- Africa–Canada collaboration
- Talent development
Black Indigenous Liberation Movement, Ecuador 2023
Speaker at the BILM conference in Ecuador (2023), sharing the role indigenous solutions play in creative climate action and how to decolonize languages and documentation. Also moderated the REMIX Hip-Hop Conference 2025 on Hip-Hop as the Sound of Protest and Civic Action, commissioned by Bavubuka Foundation.
- BILM Ecuador, 2023
- Decolonising documentation
- REMIX Hip-Hop Conference 2025