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HUMN project 👤 Stories from voices you don’t usually hear
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29/05/2026

She’s 12 years old and the dance captain at The Jab Uganda. She just feels the music inside her heart and lets it out.

The Jab Uganda is a boxing gym, a shelter, a school and a community — built on the outskirts of Kampala giving young people a place to thrive.

28/05/2026

Lukanga Bashir didn’t come to The Jab Uganda chasing a dream. He came because he needed to eat.

The Jab Uganda is a boxing gym, a shelter, a school and a community — built on the outskirts of Kampala giving young people a place to thrive. Shakira has given every one of them the same thing: a place to belong and someone in their corner.

27/05/2026

Every boxer who walks into The Jab Uganda calls Shakira Big Mama. Not because she demands it. Because when they lose, she’s the one who hugs them. Other coaches reach for a whip. She reaches for them.

The Jab Uganda is a boxing gym, a shelter, a school and a community — built from nothing on the outskirts of Kampala for young people who had nowhere else to go. Shakira has given every one of them the same thing: a place to belong, and someone in their corner.

26/05/2026

It’s a flex. Same energy as going from a Honda to a Porsche - that’s how he describes what grillz do to a person. He’d know. He makes them for half of Kampala’s music scene.

Four years ago nobody in Kampala was making grillz. One friend asked. Now he’s shipping to Kenya, Tanzania, and getting orders from abroad.

25/05/2026

For an artist outside Kampala, the best day and the worst day look almost identical. A new idea. A new technique. And when it doesn’t come out right — he starts again.

24/05/2026

Long mouth. Long nose. Long ears. Dark eyes. That’s a Ugandan tough man.

23/05/2026

Forget the pencil and the charcoal. Benjamin painted his sister using powdered makeup and now hangs it proudly in his studio outside Kampala.

22/05/2026

Benjamin owns Artisan art studio outside Kampala, Uganda. Four years ago he made a brass bracelet that will be on his wrist for the rest of his life.

21/05/2026

At ACT Katwe Circus in Kampala, kids aren’t just learning acrobatics - they’re learning who they are. The traditional Buganda dances taught here connect them to the culture and history of their tribe. Dancing and singing is what kept the Buganda people united. Now it’s keeping these kids grounded

19/05/2026

Richard was seven years old, malnourished, and not in school when ACT Katwe Circus found him in the slums of Kampala. His father had 15 children and couldn’t feed them all. This is what happened next.

18/05/2026

ACT Katwe Circus started in one of Kampala’s toughest neighborhoods - not as a performance troupe, but as a way to protect kids from gangs, drugs, and dead ends. Over 700 children have come through the doors since 2019.

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