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Stories from the field

Real work, real people, real Busia.

A collection of the community projects the Burlcore Foundation is proud to be part of in Busia, Uganda.

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Field dispatches

Six chapters, one growing community.

Each story below is a project underway in Busia, told plainly, with the people at the centre.

A nurse arranges a mosquito net over a mother and newborn in the Busia Health Centre IV maternity wardHealth

Securing safe beginnings at Busia Health Centre IV.

Permanent, anti-theft mosquito net fixings for the maternity ward, protecting new mothers and infants from malaria.

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Ndegge, a local carpenter, and Issa, a basket maker, at work in Mawero, BusiaLivelihoods

Empowering local enterprise in Mawero.

Two tailored partnerships: tools and materials for carpenter Ndegge, and a year's shop rent for basket maker Issa.

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The new water tank installed at the Mawero community water point in BusiaClean water

Solving the water crisis in Mawero.

A comprehensive water and infrastructure project bringing sustainable clean water and flood resilience.

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Nursery children in a Ugandan primary school classroom with books and pencilsEducation

Empowering the next generation through early education.

Books and pencils for nursery children at local primary schools, with school-fee sponsorship planned for the future.

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Fresh bananas and greens from a Busia market vendorWorker welfare

Fuelling our team, backing local farmers.

A weekly nutrition programme for on-site workers, sourced entirely from farmers and vendors in Busia.

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A Burlcore Foundation team member sitting with a worker during a weekly welfare check-in in BusiaHealth & wellbeing

Weekly welfare drop-ins.

Regular, in-person check-ins on immediate health, mental wellbeing and any concerns raised on the day.

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Big sister, little brother, Mawero, Busia
Faces of the community, Busia, Uganda
Faces of the community
The people your kindness reaches.

Real families, real smiles, real progress. Every gift lands in a place like this, with neighbours who greet us by name.

Mawero, Busia, Big sister, little brother
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