Happy (Founder)
In 2015 (at the age of 26) Happy began a project to empower women in the local community by supplying seeds and teaching sustainable farming practices to local women via the Seeds of Change project. Through this, Happy met a handful of local children who were not in school or receiving adequate nutrition, these 10 children in effect became the first 10 Esuubi Foundation students when Happy took them into her home to ensure their health and educational needs were met
Esuubi Foundation started to take shape after the government reclaimed the land where a small restaurant Happy had started was forcibly closed down. This closure allowed Happy to follow a lifelong dream of helping those in need although we simply see it as an extended family for the 19 Esuubi Foundation students who board with us and the 5 village children who attend our school as walk in’s…. in fact 9 of the kids have a brother or sister also boarding with us
The amazing thing about all of this is Happy used the small amount of life savings she had plus doing it in a male dominated, female oppressed society
As the closest primary school to the village was a 30-minute walk away (at that stage the children were all under the age of 8) Happy also decided to start a school…
Esuubi Foundation also focuses its energies on the community at large and women’s empowerment
We do this with an emphasis of employing, educating and ultimately empowering single mothers and other external activities. For example, we have trained some of our staff members as seamstress’s which allows us to make our own school uniforms, we also distributed over 100 packs of washable & reusable women’s sanitary pads over 2 information sessions to the women of the village thanks to generous donations and the list goes on…….
Faith (House Mamma)
Faith has been with Esuubi since 2018. She originally started as a caretaker and now also looks after cooking and meal preparation for the whole foundation! She does an incredible job feeding the children, staff and volunteers healthy and filling meals. When she’s not working, Faith likes being around the Esuubi Foundation and relaxing with the children.
Eve (Matron)
Eve has joined Esuubi recently . She does a wonderful job looking after the girls of the foundation (especially Maya) and is also our pre-school teacher!
Sam (Caretaker)
Sam has been with Esuubi since 2021. He originally started as a teacher and now has additional responsibilities as a caretaker for the students and Brian. Sam enjoys hanging out with the children at the Esuubi Foundation in his spare time.
Olivia (House Keeper)
Olivia has recently joined the Esuubi team. She is responsible for keeping the foundation spotlessly clean and hygienic, which she does an amazing job at!
Ivan (Grounds Keeper)
Ivan started with Esuubi last year. He does a fantastic job maintaining the grounds and compound for all of the students to enjoy!
Captain (Foundation Dog)
Captain is the resident dog at the Esuubi Foundation. He is a 3 year old German Shepard, who enjoys eating leftovers and coming on walks. Everyone in the village knows Captain!
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