Twegaite was founded in New Jersey in 1998. We started out as an organization of Basoga and their friends in the Diaspora with the commitment of the development of Busoga and Uganda. Now we have grown into a multinational organization and has taken on initiatives that include communities where we live across the world.
Mission:
Uniting communities across the world for Socio Economic Development.
Core Objectives
- Promote efforts that better our communities through improved Health care delivery, Development of Education, Promotion of advanced Agriculture, Technology, Environmental Protection and improving socio economic conditions of members of our communities.
- Exchange of information, discussion through seminar, conventions, workshops and other methods in order to better understand problems facing members and to celebrate and share information and advanced methods of improving self reliance.
- Foster business and inter cultural exchanges and relationships.
- Advocate for the socio economic improvement of our communities.
- Identify barriers and solutions that hinder socio-economic development in Busoga, Uganda and the International communities where we live.
- Promote the spirit of unification and togetherness United We Stand (Twegaite).
In the USA
- We hold annual International conventions, with one coming up in Los Angeles May this year.
- Immigrant settlement and assistance program
- Adult Education
- Support local activities initiated by our local governments in our communities
Our Activities In Uganda
- Support Hospice Jinja
- Support Cultural Research center Jinja
- Build a cancer center at Jinja Hospital
- Support Busoga University
- Mayuge Health Centers
- Twegaite Microfinance
- Pest and Hunger Eradication Fund
- Kidera Education Institution
- Jinja Cancer Institute
- Busoga Language Program
- See more projects here
Across the world
- Members support initiatives generated in the USA and Uganda
- We are planning to start chapters in Canada, Great Britain and Australia
We abide by all US, UN and all International laws and we do not discriminate between gender sex or religious beliefs.
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