About Us
What we do
The Kisoboka Trust was set up in 2007 in response to a request from a High School in Masaka Uganda for assistance - both financial and technical - in building rain water harvesting facilities and latrines.
Since then we have worked with our partners on many different projects covering three main areas:
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Sanitation and clean water
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Sustainable farming
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Education and mentoring
Running through much of our work is the empowerment of women, to reach their potential. This is is fundamental to Gender Equality, one of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals. We believe that by empowering women in the areas where we work, local economies will thrive and grow for the benefit of everyone.
Kisoboka works by :-
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Providing financial support to projects initiated by local people and are lacking necessary funds.
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Offering technical assistance where there is a defined need but the necessary expertise is not available.
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Supporting volunteers who can offer their technical or practical skills and experience.
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Working with locally based NGOs and charities to enhance their technical and financial capabilities.
Our trustees
Suzanne Hodnett
Suzanne works within adult education as a Tutor in Business Management and Marketing Apprenticeships. She ran her own business in Digital Marketing for well over a decade and has a passion for supporting community development in Africa.
Susannah Clements
Susannah is a Pharmacist with an interest in tropical diseases and WASH projects. She has previously lived in Kisumu, Kenya as part of a secondment working with the Ogra Foundation.
Debbie Perkin
Debbie is qualified in Community Nursing/Public Health and Tropical Nursing. Her voluntary work is in Kenya, in the Nairobi slums, and Sierra Leone. In her medical outreach work in Kenya, Debbie leads a team of volunteers to provide free healthcare to the local people.
Eric Gussin
Eric has spent his career working in the agricultural industry around the world. He is a qualified Chartered Marketer and marketing strategist. The Kisoboka Trust offers an exciting opportunity to use his skills to make meaningful and sustainable change to parts of Africa.
Ruth Wilkie
Ruth is an epidemiologist based in London working for the NHS. She has experience working in malaria control in Africa and volunteers with a global health mentorships programme that equips young health professionals. In particular, she’s enthusiastic about communicating science in non-scientific settings and social justice.
Our founders
Brian Arthur
Brian Arthur is a founding Trustee of the Kisoboka Trust. Brian is a Southampton UK resident and is a semi retired Chartered Accountant. In his retirement Brian carries out accountancy work and audits for several local charities.
Norman Martin
Norman Martin is a retired Chartered engineer.
On retirement Norman formed a “virtual” organisation known as Newtraid to provide an on line meeting place for volunteer consultants and clients. As a result of contacts made through Newtraid Norman became involved with hospital projects in Uganda and received requests for support from a school in Uganda. As a result of assistance from the trustees and others The Kisoboka Trust was formed to respond to such requests and support projects in water sanitation and health related areas.