Amplifying stories of collective care and faith.
Who we are
The Uganda Caregivers Project is a collaboration of U.S. and Ugandan researchers and writers. Our goal is to amplify the stories of Ugandan community leaders who are caring for collective needs, and to explore the social ecology of care in Uganda: how families, communities, and institutions organize care and caregiving bonds, and how care reflects religious practice within diverse faith traditions.
We invite you…
to engage with the stories of the exceptional people featured in our work, as models of care and caregiving for the most vulnerable. We also invite you to go deeper, allowing their work to challenge common notions of global poverty and how “development” should be pursued.
Institutional support
This project was conducted by researchers from Boston University (Nicolette Manglos-Weber) and Uganda Martyr’s University (Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, John Mary Mooka Kamweri), along with contract staff (Josephine Nabakooza, Jotham Katabarwa). Funding was provided by the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Kansas State University, the Association for the Sociology of Religion, the Boston University School of Theology, and the Templeton Religion Trust.
Contact
If you are interested in learning more or partnering with us, please contact the project leader, Nicolette Manglos-Weber, at Boston University.
Email
nmw1@bu.edu