🌱From Survivor to Community Builder

My name is Ephreme Lwaboshi, and I was born in the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

My parents were farmers, and like many children from my village, I dreamed of completing my studies and helping my community grow.

But everything changed the day soldiers surrounded my school.

There was screaming, gunfire, and chaos.

Some students and teachers were killed.

The school was burned to the ground.

I fled with a small group of classmates.

We walked for three days through the forest, hungry and terrified.

Finally, we encountered a UNHCR bus filled with people fleeing the same violence.

That is how I arrived in Uganda, at the Nakivale Refugee Settlement — where I still live today.

💫 A Cry of Hope Turned into Action

In Nakivale, I quickly understood something:

Safety is not the same as hope.

Children were hungry.

Women struggled without resources.

Young people were lost, traumatized, and hopeless.

I could not remain silent.

In 2024, I founded Memory of Charity, a community-based organization created to restore dignity and reduce suffering among the most vulnerable in Nakivale.

In 2025, I published Stop Social Conflicts, an illustrated testimony of refugee life:

📘http://www.maketankinc.org/illustrated-memoirs-nakivale

Today, with a small but dedicated team, we support children, women, and youth through creative, compassionate, and sustainable projects.

👧✨ The Smile Again Program (Ceka Tena)

Helping Vulnerable Refugee Children Recover Their Childhood

One of our most powerful initiatives is the Smile Again Program, known locally as Ceka Tena.

Many children in Nakivale were abandoned, displaced, or emotionally affected by conflict.

Some arrive with nothing — no school supplies, no safe space, no one to guide them.

The Smile Again Program provides:

A safe learning space
Notebook and school materials
Food, refreshments & hygiene support
Positive emotional support
Activities that help children rediscover hope and joy

This program gives children a chance to smile again, learn again, and believe again.
But our resources are extremely limited.

🧼 MOSKICARE: A Refugee-Led Solution to Malaria

We developed MOSKICARE, a liquid mosquito-repellent soap that protects families from malaria while creating jobs for refugees who help with production.

This project can grow — but we lack the basic tools, ingredients, and materials to continue.

🌱 Our Vision for the Future

With your support, I hope to build Memory of Charity into a permanent, sustainable organization that transforms lives through:

🧵 Training Center for Youth & Women

Soap-making, tailoring, life skills, entrepreneurship.

👧 Child Development Program

Expanding the Smile Again Program to support abandoned and at-risk children with education, safety, and emotional care.

🧼 Expanded MOSKICARE Production

A social enterprise that fights malaria and creates local employment.

🌿 Community Gardens for Nutrition

Improving food security for families in the camp.

💬 Trauma Healing & Counseling

Sessions for those affected by conflict, loss, and displacement.

📘 New Project: Community Education Center

Memory of Charity is now working to build a small Community Education Center in New Goma, Nakivale — a simple structure with 2 classrooms and basic latrines to support over 200 children. This center will host our key programs (Nature’s Heart Academy, Tunaweza, Smile Again/Ceka Tena, and Charity & Solidarity Services), giving children and families a safe place to learn, heal, and grow.

The total budget is $5,000, covering construction, furniture, learning materials, farming tools, and local labor. This center will be the first stable educational space for many vulnerable children in the community.

💛 How Your Donation Helps

Every contribution — small or large — directly supports:

✔️ Materials for training programs (soap-making, tailoring, skills)

✔️ Educational supplies for children (notebooks, pens, workbooks)

✔️ Food, refreshments & hygiene items for children during activities

✔️ Tools & ingredients for MOSKICARE production

✔️ Transport stipends for volunteers

✔️ Basic communication & printing to improve transparency

Your support goes straight to community-led work in one of the world’s oldest refugee settlements.

🙏 Be Part of This Story

Even in exile, hope can grow.

Memory of Charity proves that compassion can bloom anywhere — even in the hardest places.

Your gift today will help us:

➡️ Train women and youth

➡️ Protect families from malaria

➡️ Support abandoned children

➡️ Grow food for hungry families

➡️ Restore dignity and purpose to those who have lost everything

Together, we can turn tears into smiles and despair into purpose.

Many small acts of love can build a brighter world.

💚 Donate Today

Your kindness reaches people whom the world has forgotten — but who still believe in hope.

— Ephreme Lwaboshi

Founder, Memory of Charity

Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

🌍 Help Refugee Changemaker Ephreme Bring Hope to Nakivale

Support Education, Skills Training & Malaria Prevention for Refugee Families in Nakivale.