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http://www.bavubuka.org



The Bavubuka Foundation was created by Silas Balabyekkubo (aka Babaluku), an award-winning musician, producer, community youth activist and social entrepreneur.  Also a founding member of Uganda’s legendary hip hop group, Bataka Squad, Silas is known for introducing Luga Flow to Uganda’s creative scene.  This unique and powerful style of positive Hip Hop music has inspired youth in Uganda to embrace and celebrate their native languages, culture and tradition. Silas is dedicated to changing lives and giving hope to young people; from the ghetto slums of Kampala to war torn Northern Uganda.   Through the Bavubuka Foundation Silas supports projects that are calling forth the spirit of Ugandan people in creative arts, youth empowerment, education, community development, sports, fashion, journalism, and community-building events.

Mission

The Bavubuka Foundation is a nonprofit organization that believes connecting youth with music and the arts can transform lives and unify diverse communities.
We are dedicated to creating spaces and educational programs that nurture and empower a new generation of young leaders, in Uganda and all of Africa, who will use their voices to communicate positive messages and affect positive change in their communities and the world. Each Bavubuka project incorporates reconciliation and peace building activities by using transformative art to cultivate personal empowerment within a united communal effort. Bavubuka provides Ugandan youth with the opportunity to gain new skills, bring their own creations to life and develop relationships that connect them to their immediate community, the larger Ugandan struggle, and a global peace building movement. We know that when youth in Uganda are provided with space, given full access to resources, empowered with education and encouraged to express their creativity; they have the zeal, will and power to build a greater community for a stronger Ugandan future.

Statement from Silas

Born and raised in Uganda for the first 12 years of my life, I remember the beauty of my country through the eyes of my childhood. While most people seem to know Uganda for its HIV epidemic, the abduction of child soldiers and its brutal political past, I have always known Uganda for its youthful untapped energy which gives me strength and inspires me to bring hope to a generation that has survived to tell its story. With 55% of its people under the age of 18, Uganda has the world’s youngest population; being aware of this statistic has kept me focused on creating an avenue for the voice of Ugandan youth to be heard.  Since 2005 I have spent much of my time engaging in dialogue with youth and elders of different communities both in the cities and the villages of Uganda; learning and documenting their truth, exchanging positive dialogue and creating the physical platforms needed to inspire solution-driven action concerning the future of young people in Uganda. The continued absence of opportunity in these communities is unacceptable, this pushes me to explore all mediums of expression in order to find ways to bridge the gap between the Ugandan youth and those in positions to facilitate the necessary change. I am inspired and motivated by the spirit of young Ugandans who through all situations have persevered, never giving up on their dreams and continuing to use all creative measures to survive. When I walk on the streets of Kampala or Gulu town I listen to men and women, young and old, who are concerned about the current conditions and the future for their children.  Their only hope is that someone will listen. In all my time spent working with youth from all different tribes, races, colors and backgrounds there is one consistent truth that echoes through their expressions;

“We want our voices to be heard.”

It is my belief that the potential for young people in Uganda and Africa is limitless if we listen to their truth and encourage self-liberating education. Only then will we see a generation of young men and women who pride themselves on the strength of their spirit, heritage, culture and tradition. The beauty of Uganda lies in the future of its youth. -More Music by Babaluku-

Meaning of Bavubuka

Bavubuka pronounced as “ba voo boo ka” is a Luganda word that means the youth.




PROJECTS


Bavubuka Girls Passion Project

In February 2010 Maughan Mariani,  Executive Director of Bavubuka and Loretta Cella, Founder of the Passion Foundation in BC will head to Kampala, Uganda to provide leadership training to 20 young women 12+. The young women will gain value life skills tools to assist them in creating a leadership project within their peer group and raising awareness in [...]

The Bavubuka House

In November 2007 we were able to secure a house just outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda and our home-base for The Bavubuka Foundation. From this house we operate after-school and weekend programs for children and youth aged 2yrs-25yrs and hold a weekly meeting for all the Bavubuka All*Starz.

The Bavubuka All*Starz Hip Hop Project

The Bavubuka All*Starz Hip-Hop Project focuses on engaging the youth in various initiatives through the arts, particularly rap music and film production.  Giving youth the unique chance to openly express their views, Bavubuka All*Starz helps young people raise awareness about the issues they feel are important in their communities.  In 2008, Bavubuka All*Starz continued to [...]

The Bavubuka Girls Project

Bavubuka Girls is committed to empowering, educating, and enriching the lives of girls ages 6-19 in the Kampala district of Uganda.  Promoting sisterhood and leadership, Bavubuka Girls provides girls with a forum in which they can define themselves, discover their self-worth, and determine their future.  Bavubuka Girls has created a sustainable alternative education program that [...]

The Bavubuka All* Starz Arts Project

The goal of this workshop is to educate the children of the Bavubuka community house in garment construction and screen printing. This program kicked off in 2008 when project director Tobin Lankford arrived in Uganda, bringing the materials, supplies and knowledge needed to create a fully functioning screen printing studio.  The youth enrolled in this [...]

The Bavubuka All*Sports

Bavubuka All*Sports is founded on the belief that group sports promote cooperation, improve health, develop self-confidence and provide much-needed leisure time for disadvantaged youth. In poverty-stricken ghettos and war-torn regions, children have little access to what UNESCO calls the right to recreation.  During the first two years Bavubuka All*Sports project fundraised over 1200 pounds of [...]

The Bavubuka All*Starz Textiles Project

The Bavubuka Textiles Program teaches Ugandan youth how to knit and sew. With over 25 students, the textiles program provides kids with a useful skill that may lead to opportunities to earn extra income. Using their creativity, Ugandan youth are able to design bags, hats, and blouses. The Bavubuka Girls Project has adopted Bavubuka Textiles [...]

We Got Skillz

Bavubuka Foundation in conjunction with  Heart in Action and Star Image Uganda realizes the close relationship between basketball, music, fashion and dance in hip-hop culture. Hence we are introducing an annual hip-hop event called “We Got Skillz” that will bring together these four areas to create a conscience and empowering experience.  The event will include [...]

The Bavubuka Guitar Starz Project

This annual program, led by musician and renowned guitar technician Brian Gibney (REM, Ray Lamontagne) and partner Leah Nance, will engage participants in a two week long workshop where they will learn to play six to ten songs of their choice on acoustic guitars.  This program will conclude with a collabora






 





 

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