Twekonyere Foundation Uganda abbreviated as TWEFU started in 2019 as a one year project in Buswekera village, Hoima City located in Mid-western Uganda. “Twekonyere”, a word in the Runyoro/Rutooro (Runyakitara) language translates as “Let us help each other “.
Our Founder Patricia Kajumba, emphasizes that her mother Ms. Betty Kyomuhendo inspired the naming of the project as “Twekonyere” one morning during breakfast as they had a conversation about community work. At the time, Patricia continued to observe girls aged 13-15 years leave school and their homes to go work as house helps in the city (Kampala). Not only did this expose the girls to all forms of abuse, but this also meant that they had abandoned their education. As a result, she developed a keen interest in understanding why girls from her community were leaving school for domestic work.