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Fundraising for BYC / Vegan Uganda FC
- Kyobe, founder of VEGAN UGANDA FC
VEGANISM is alive and kicking in Uganda – with a little help from vegan football club BYC/Vegan Uganda FC, which fields 3 teams including a youth team and a women’s team playing football across Uganda.
Recently during Veganuary 2022 they won 2 trophies in the Corporate Uganda Tournament, bringing the vegan message to a whole new audience in the process.
Founder Kyobe has been a dynamo behind the success of the teams, and is really inspired by the results – both on and off the field. Not only are his teams growing in popularity and success, but he is also seeing more people attracted to the benefits of plant-based diets as a result of their participation and success in local tournaments.
Kyobe and BYC/Vegan Uganda FC have enjoyed some support from the Vegan African Fund – and now its time for Força Vegan readers and VegfestUK supporters to get behind our new fundraiser to help buy a whole load of new jerseys, flags and essential training and playing equipment to help fund Kyobe and his growing team to increase their outreach and affect change by some degree. You can imagine it’s a big ask for Kyobe to find that sort of funding and the more we can help, the more this fabulous club can grow and spread the vegan message right across the country.
Our fundraiser is active and people can either donate monthly or a one-off – all of which will go to Kyobe’s teams in Uganda.
Força Vegan will cover the expenses, transfers (well, not Messi obviously) and any taxes ensuring every penny of a donation goes to Uganda.
Donate here:
www.donorbox.org/friends-of-vegfestuk
In subsequent issues of Força Vegan, we’ll report back from Uganda with Kyobe and hopefully with some nice new football kit with Força Vegan across the front too!
