Our team
YRUD is run by refugees living in Nakivale. Each person here holds one role, and writing to a role reaches the person who is responsible for it.
Justin Buma
Founder & Executive Director
Leads YRUD and answers for everything the organisation does.
Reach this role through yrud.ug@gmail.com for now.
Ghislain Kasi
Programme Manager
Runs YRUD's programmes day to day: planning, the field work in Nakivale and reporting back on what happened.
Reach this role through yrud.ug@gmail.com for now.
Gloria Biringanine
Office Administrator
Keeps the office running: records, correspondence, supplies and the paperwork behind each programme.
Reach this role through yrud.ug@gmail.com for now.
International Board of Advisors
Advisers give specialist advice and make introductions. They are not a governing board and hold no operational or financial authority: every decision, and every shilling, stays with Justin and the YRUD team in Nakivale. Read more about the board.
Rona Dixon-Bowden
Founder & CEO — Icosa Moringa
Founder of Icosa Moringa™ and The Dymaxion Moringa Cooperative (TDMC), based in London. Building community-owned moringa cooperatives that combine regenerative agriculture, community ownership and ethical trade.
Currently developing the first cooperative season in Grenada, with a replication strand in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda.
Karina Murray
Founder & CEO — AUNUA
Social impact entrepreneur and systems builder. Founder of AUNUA, a social impact enterprise based in Ireland.
Passionate about youth empowerment, innovation, education and creating sustainable solutions that build dignity, skills and opportunities for communities.
Anna Rose Marx
Legal strategist
Legal strategist helping social entrepreneurs and mission-driven organisations build foundations strong enough to match their ambition.
Most energised by the work she has gotten to do throughout her career of advancing the health of our environment.
Passionate about standing with refugees rebuilding their lives and communities.
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