NPO Fukuoka Uganda Friendship Association has it's head office located in Kasuga City Fukuoka Prefecture
We carry out our activities in all areas of Fukuoka Prefecture

FUUFA（Fukuoka Uganda Friendship Association）was founded for the objective that it promotes friendly relationship between Uganda and Japan and carry out activities to support the improvement of living standards and educational environment of rural communities in Uganda as well as activuties to promote cultural exchange, tourism and creating a bridge for business opportunities between the two countris.


FUKUOKA-UGANDA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (FUUFA)


Founded in May 2009, the association which has now attained Non-Profit Organization status, set out to initiate, maintain and improve mutual friendly relationship and sustainable development through cultural exchange, education and information sharing between Japan and Uganda.

◆Among other objectives　
◆Donation of stationery
◆Uganda Study Tours
◆Cultural Exchange
◆The Borehole project
◆TheKamado stove project
◆Uganda Study Tours
◆Uganda 50ｔｈ　Independence Day Celebrations

Among other objectives, FUUFA seeks to:

l To promote friendship and maintain good relationship between Uganda and Japan (Africa and Asia)
l To promote educational, health, environmental, agricultural, industrial, technological, and other viable economic activities a mongst the communities.
l To share knowledge on cultures and information on topics as stated above, so as to enhance intellectual and social development.
l To commit to understanding Asian and African values and traditions, that may be different. This will help draw people of the two regions together.
l Endeavor to teach our children at an early age that African and Asian values are similar and lead to a common goal.
l To encourage and promote tourism between the two regions.
l To create forums in schools where young people of different cultural backgrounds can share, enjoy and learn from one another, through cultural festivals, multicultural awareness campaigns, and international exchange.
l To carry out any other activities that are conducive and necessary to attain any of　the above as may be decided upon by the association/foundation’s executive.


To achieve the above aims and objectives FUUFA has carried out numerous activities and projects in Japan and Uganda, over the years.

Donation of stationery and scholastic materials to an elementary school in Bukomero Uganda

Many school children in Ugandan rural schools lack basic scholastic materials like text books,notebooks, pencils and others. FUUFA recognizing that need, has donated these materials to Primary schools in Bukomero over the years, putting a smile on the faces parents, pupils and teachers. This helping hand has always been appreciated and without a doubt made a difference in the education of the Bukomero school children.

Notebooks, pencils ready to be distributed......the smiles...

FUUFA President Mr. Livingstotone Kyeyune was in time for Xmas...Notebooks, pencils and soccer balls for the Bukomero kids.

Uganda Study Tours

Every year, FUUFA organizes site seeing a study tours to Uganda. Members from Japan travel to Uganda to tour Ugandan tourist sites, experience Ugandan culture first hand through home-stays, visit FUUFA projects and meet the beneficiaries of the projects. To date, seven such trips (including two that took place in 2007 and 2008 before FUUFA was officially launched) have been organized in which 23 Japanese members have traveled to Uganda. The participants in these tours share their experiences upon return to Japan and encourage others to visit Uganda. On these trips, some Japanese members have identified potential areas or fields of business investment and possible community service projects in Uganda.
Through this project, FUUFA is promoting tourism, friendship and cultural exchange between Fukuoka and Uganda.

On a visit to Bukomero village		At the equator in central Uganda

Cultural Exchange and sharing activities

One of FUUFA’s objectives is to provide a forum or a platform for cultural exchange and sharing between Uganda (Africa) and Japan. Whenever possible, Ugandan FUUFA members share some Ugandan cultural aspects such as music and dance, cuisine and others with Japanese members and local communities in Fukuoka at community centers, schools and functions like festivals. Likewise Ugandan and other African members are exposed to Japanese culture at festivals and other community activities.

Japanese and Uganda members collaborate in a cultural sharing event		Ugandan traditional dance

The Borehole project in Bukomero/Luwero/Kabulubuutu

The absence of reliable supply of safe water in many Ugandan rural areas is one of the major problems that characterize life there. Water reservoirs are often located far away from homes, so people have to walk long distances to collect water in containers. This is a hard and time consuming chore and in many cases the water is not adequately sanitary often causing disease outbreaks.
There is no doubt, people in many Ugandan rural communities like Bukomero, urgently need assistance in form of water boreholes to alleviate the water problem. FUUFA has heard the silent cry of such communities and has taken steps to come to the aid of the people in Bukomero by donating one borehole every year. FUUFA intends to install a total of ten boreholes in Bukomero. To achieve this goal in the shortest time possible, FUUFA has become a Non-profit organization in order to expand our resource base. This will enable the organization to donate the ten boreholes in a few years (not in ten years). Reliable supply of safe water is urgently needed.

The unsanitary condition of the water is clearly in evidence

To date, six bore holes have been installed.
The boreholes have made a great difference in the lives of the beneficiaries and are extremely grateful to FUUFA.
Some of the units have been installed at schools or near schools providing the much needed water at the schools and in the localities. The sanitation conditions at the schools and in the communities have significantly improved and the availability of water has enabled some schools to start projects like brick making and vegetable growing. (The borehole water is used to water the vegetable and other crops)

The first borehole was installed at Bukomero Junior High School (Bukomero)

The second unit at St. Mary’s Nabinene Primary School (Bukomero)

The 3th unit at Kakunyu (Bukomero)

The 4th unit at Kyomya

And the 5th borehole was installed at Kireka in Luwero District

The 6th unit at Bukomero Town council		The 7th unit at Busabara Wakiso District

The 8th unit at Kabulubuutu town Mubende District

TheKamado stove project

On a trip to Uganda in December 2012, Mr. Yoshiyuki Nakano, a FUUFA member was saddened by the bad condition of the school kitchen at Bukomero Junior High school. The school did not have a stove in the kitchen. All they had were three stones that hold a cooking pot on fire. The cooking method he quickly realized was very time consuming and fuel (energy) wasting. With funds donated by FUUFA and his own money, Mr. Nakano constructed a Kamado stove for the school.

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Uganda 50^th Independence Day Celebrations

Ten(10) FUUFA members traveled to Tokyo to take part in the 50^th Independence celebrations hosted by the Ugandan Embassy in Tokyo. On this Occasion, members met Ugandans some of whom were Uganda government dignitaries like the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of Uganda and others.

Several FUUFA members were awarded Certificates of Appreciation in recognition of their contribution to the amelioration of living conditions of the people of Bukomero, through FUUFA activities.

Members with former Uganda Ambassador to Japan Mr.Wasswa Birigwa