Welcome.

CODEN FOUNDATION is a registered non-profit community based organization. Our head offices are located in Bwaise right adjacent to Kampala City Council Authority (Kawempe Division branch) offices in Kawempe, Kampala - Uganda.

Our Mission is to Enlighten, Empower and Engage vulnerable community members to better their ways of promoting sustainable development and environmental conservation.

TOUR THE SLUMS WITH CODEN FOUNDATION

  

“We offer a 4-hour tour through some major Slums of Kampala. Your Protection and Guidance will be ensured throughout the tour by a team of experienced youth, born, raised and staying within these areas. We look forward to giving you all the details, facts and FUN insights about the slums!

We hope that this experience will encourage you to support and be a part of the development of these communities found in some of the poorest areas of Uganda”

Please note that: 40% of the proceeds charged for this tour are donated to CODEN Foundation.

Our Slum Road Map

Slum target areas include: Bwaise, Nabweru Katooke, Wandegeya Katanga, Kalerwe and Makerere Kivulu. Bwaise Slums, our target spot is the most deprived slum area in Kampala (capital city of Uganda) estimated to be housing over 300,000 people with a lot of marginalized youth and women. Over 3,000 girls and women between 14 and 40 years are engaged in petty sexual commerce (according to research by UYDEL, 2011). Bwaise slums inhabitants are synonymous with high unemployment, school drop outs, malnutrition, in addition to about 300 children living with HIV/AIDS especially due to exposure to sex trade activities.

 

At the Slum tour, Expect:

·   A visit to CODEN Foundation offices

·   Background biography of the visited slum

·   A tour to President Idi Amin’s former house in Bwaise and any other historical places in these areas

·   Visits to religious places, markets, health centres and video halls in the slums

·   Seeing first-hand how water sources and drainage channels (such as streams, swamps and wells) in the slums affect their inhabitants 

·   Eating “KIKOMANDO” (a local 'slum' delicacy), otherwise also known as ‘Rolex’

Other things you may or may not engage in during the tour:

·   Donating food from a local shop to O.V.C's families affected by HIV/AIDS

·   Distributing condoms to sex workers

·   Enjoying a local meal with locals at some local slum restaurants (An unforgettable experience!)

·   A car or bike ride to West Midland Pri. School where our O.V.Cs attend school (lastly)

Tour Charges per person:

·   Slum walk        $ 20 U.S. dollars                   3 hrs

·   Bike tours        $ 35 U.S. dollars                   3 hrs

·   Slum safaris    $ 100 U.S. dollars  1 day

·   Night view      $ 60 U.S. dollars    6 hrs (secure)

Slum walk: Touring the slums on foot.

Bike tours: Entails touring the widest area on a bike

Slum Safaris: A group touring the slums in a vehicle

Night view: Night tour to feel the slum night life

After the Tour:

Participants may become new donors, sponsors, partners, future volunteers, child sponsors, ambassadors and fundraisers among others. We will be happy to welcome you to our CODEN-family and Wall-Of-Fame!

NOTE: On your arrival to Uganda, we can pick you up from the airport at any time!

Contact:

Alex: +256702603607

 Rama:      +256700556533

Office: +256414670166