Wanyama Autosafety Initiatives (Autosafety Uganda) has not yet been able to secure a major grant in 2025 to continue the core workstreams we successfully advanced in 2024 with support from FCDO, the Margaret Hayman Charitable Trust, and several individual contributors. While we have remained active across multiple funding opportunities, most potential donors have indicated decision timelines that fall toward the end of the first quarter of next year. As a result, key activities such as mechanic training, emissions data collection, and EV-retrofitting pilots have not received the level of funding required this year to progress at scale.
However, through Michael Wanyama’s participation in Our Kids’ Climate’s Climate Parent Fellowship, Autosafety Uganda received a USD 5,000 microgrant that is enabling targeted engagement with selected schools in Kampala. This support is helping us raise awareness and reduce schoolchildren’s exposure to transport-induced pollution, ensuring that at least part of our community-impact work continues despite the wider funding gap.
As we await donor decisions and continue pursuing new applications, the organisation currently requires a few thousand dollars in short-term support to sustain essential coordination, operational continuity, and partner engagement. This bridge funding will help us remain stable and prepared for scale-up once the anticipated grants for core activities are awarded next year.
We are looking forward to participating in GlobalGiving's Giving Tuesday Fundraising drive on Dec-02-2025.
