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Beck Boon
- Mar 12
- 1 min
A humble building unlocking Busubi's future
5 years ago today, this building was just a timber frame starting to take shape.
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Lauren Exton
- Mar 11
- 1 min
📝 Founder update: Souls travelling across timezones
Thursday 9th March 8:12pm: We are tired this evening. Tired because souls can’t travel as fast as planes and bodies can’t automatically...
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Lauren Exton
- Mar 9
- 2 min
📝 Founder update: first morning in Uganda
Founder update: first morning in Uganda. I woke up this morning feeling ready for the day. A feeling I haven’t had in months.
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Team Followings
- Feb 12
- 1 min
🧵 Stitching a sustainable future
School uniforms, an opportunity for self-sustainability
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Tejasvi Kumari
- May 14, 2022
- 2 min
There is a saying: “As an empty sack can’t stand, neither can an empty stomach.”
The impact of the pandemic has taken a huge toll on Uganda’s economy. The cost of living and meeting basic needs has increased, whereas...
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Tejasvi Kumari
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
Meet TJ! Our passionate, inspiring intern.
28 November 2021 Hello, my name is Tejasvi. My friends call me TJ. I have been volunteering with Followings Foundation since May this...
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Team Followings
- Mar 23, 2021
- 7 min
📣 Founder update: Sydney leadership event, Uganda update and our fundraising pivot post-COVID.
Followings Foundation founder, Lauren Exton, shares our focus for 2021, an update from Uganda and insight into what the team (Lauren and...
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Beck Boon
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
‘All people at the party danced their waists off’
Doesn’t that sound like a party you want to be at? Busubi, Uganda celebrated the ending of a big year. “It was such a joyful day at BEC...”
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Beck Boon
- Sep 29, 2020
- 6 min
A week in Busubi—virtually!
It’s been a year of virtual firsts for many of us—virtual meetings, virtual trivia, virtual workshops, virtual choir... you tell us how...
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Beck Boon
- Feb 16, 2020
- 2 min
Busubi is back to school
Every month I find a special treat in the reports. Not only do I read all about what the students and teachers have been up to in Busubi...
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Team Followings
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
🗣 We’re in the news again!
We’ve been in the news! 📡 Both on the radio and in print. 📰 Followings are looking for the last few volunteers to join us in May this...
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Beck Boon
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
Directing our energy as a globally-focused organisation
Our hearts have been pulled in many directions already this year. And we’re only 21 days in. It’s been incredibly heartbreaking...
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Beck Boon
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
Dance for prosperity
Last month BEC Music, Dance and Drama students officially began dance troupe training. We think this will begin a new exciting phase,...
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Beck Boon
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
School statistics from Uganda
Only 1 in 4 Ugandan children who starts primary school makes it to secondary school. Less than half (40 per cent) of students are...
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Beck Boon
- Dec 4, 2019
- 1 min
Has the library been a success?
Together we built a library in July 2019. Followings Foundation and Busubi leaders and students all pitched in to unpack and shop for...
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Beck Boon
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
✨ Gift of Giving // Books 4 Busubi 💕
This festive season we’re sharing the gift of generosity with Busubi. We reached out to the small, but evolving Ugandan community, asking...
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Beck Boon
- Nov 28, 2019
- 1 min
Last week’s classes in Busubi
After each class, teachers at the Busubi Empowered Communities Learning Centre make a note of their lesson plan and reflect on the...
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Team Followings
- Nov 23, 2019
- 4 min
Our July 2019 trip - through the eyes of Alexis van Maanen.
To my generous and ever-appreciated donors and all those considering work with Followings Foundation in the future, I would like to...
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Beck Boon
- Nov 21, 2019
- 1 min
Sass, style and a heart for helping others
This woman is exactly what you'd ask for as a school & community leader. Fun, talented, enthusiastic & passionate about making a difference!
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