2024

In 2024, we advised and financially supported the Children's Community Library ( CCL, Library), a care and education center for children and young people affected by poverty, run by the Ugandan NGO Whispers of Love Foundation (WFLU) in Namulanda (see Whispers of Love Foundation 2025 ). Thanks to our network with the School of Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (HSA FNNW), we not only conducted fundraising but also developed a concept for the library (see the new concept: Mukwana et al. 2024 ). Co-President Maria Jastrzebska publicly communicated the organizational development project and the resulting CCL concept through a presentation at the HSA FNNW International Summer School and a publication in FORUMsozial , a professional journal of the German Professional Association for Social Work (DBSH) (see: Jastrzebska et al. 2024 ).

Through the development project and the individual commitment of the board members, especially co-president Nils Torpus and secretary Rafal Jastrzebski, regular, in-depth, and trusting communication developed with the library directors, Esther Mukwana and Janaet Namono. We have also networked with the local community (e.g., local volunteers), other NGOs, and several dedicated individuals worldwide and in Uganda (see, for example, Bruno Toraille ; Bergen von Brückner ; Stephan Lichtensteiger ; NJUBA 2025 ; Architects of Music 2025 ). Together with our newly acquired supporters, we plan to continue supporting and co-financing the CCL in the coming years until the library is well-established locally and more financially independent.

Maria B. Jastrzebska, Co-President, Finance, Media Relations.

Annual Report 2024