Who we are

Who We Are

People who regard Kagera as their home, irrespective of where they currently live, have found it necessary to try and arrest the region’s declining fortunes and set it on the pathway to a prosperous future. To this end, they established in 2014 a not-for-profit NGO known as Bukoba Development  Foundation (BUDEFO), named after the region’s capital town. The Foundation, whose membership is open to all Kagerans, is charged with the task of conceiving and implementing socio-economic initiatives that are transformative, sustainable, viable and inclusive. Its current membership includes ordinary people like villagers, professionals, business people, political leaders at all levels and clergymen including bishops and sheikhs. BUDEFO is open to partnership with men and women of goodwill from anywhere in the world.