Vumbula Fish Farm

In partnership with SOULutions

Help 55 Orphans Build The Thriving Future They Deserve

From survival to self-sufficiency through the Vumbula Fish Farm: How You Can Help Evelyn & Her Friends To Live Their Dream Life

In a rural community in Uganda, 55 children who lost their parents now have a place to belong. They have names. They have dreams. And with the right support, they have a future.

That future still depends on emergency donations that may not come. This is the moment to change that.

The Children You Can Help

Before Vumbula, many of these children had no reliable food, no schooling, and no safe place to live.

Today they are in school, near the top of their classes, and dreaming of becoming doctors, teachers, and leaders. One school recently shared that the five highest-performing students in the entire school are children from Vumbula.

Evelyn is 13. She came to Vumbula five years ago, after her family could no longer care for her or her siblings.

"When I grow up, I pray to God that I become a businesswoman, so that I get enough money and pay school fees for the poor, buying for them clothes, food, and many things."

Grace is 14. She arrived with her two siblings when her parents could no longer support them. She wants to work in medicine.

"I see my fellows suffering, and I want to treat them."

This is what becomes possible when orphaned children are given a home, an education, and someone who believes in them. To make it last, the home needs to evolve.

The Man Who Built Vumbula

Senior Robert started Vumbula eight years ago as a home for orphaned and abandoned children.

He saw parents who could not feed their children, children living on the streets, and some so young they were already caring for elderly relatives because no one else would. So he built them a home, and has kept it running through faith and the generosity of people who believe in the work.

A Cycle That Never Ends

Every month brings the same questions. How do we feed the children? How do we pay for school? How do we keep this home running?

Without a stable income, Vumbula depends on donations simply to survive. And survival is not enough.

This Project Breaks That Cycle For Good

The Vumbula Fish Farm is built to create food security for every child, income through local fish sales, skills training for the older youth, and a system that ends the dependence on outside help.

"It will mean no child goes hungry. It will teach them how to fish and how to farm. And slowly, it will help the children earn for themselves."

Instead of asking for help every month, the community begins to produce its own future.

Why Fish Farming

Fish farming is one of the most reliable and scalable ways to support a rural community. It produces high-protein food in steady, repeatable cycles. It meets strong demand in local markets. And it creates real opportunities for young people to earn and to build.

"Food is one of the most basic things that dignify a human being. Once food security is achieved, people can begin to plan their future."
— Dupe Killa-Kafidipe, Aquaculture expert

Teaching the Next Generation

This is about more than feeding children. It is about equipping them.

The older youth will learn aquaculture, farm management, small business skills, and sustainable food production. Evelyn dreams of running a business one day. At Vumbula, she and the others will learn how a business works by helping to run one. They will grow into providers, leaders, and builders.

Become Part of the Family

This is not a distant donation.

Supporters of Vumbula receive personal updates, connect directly with the community, build lasting relationships with the children, and are welcome to visit and see the impact for themselves.

"Come and visit our home. Meet our children, talk with them, and see how they live."

This is connection. This is family.

For Those Who Have Built Something, and Now Want to Give Back

This project speaks to entrepreneurs and builders. To anyone who understands what it takes to create something from nothing, to build a system that sustains itself, and to invest in change that lasts.

This is a chance to help build a real, working system that will change lives for generations.

Why This Moment Matters

For years, Vumbula has been held together by heart and determination alone.

Now, for the first time, there is a clear path to sustainability, a global team behind it, and a transparent system for funding and reporting. This is the turning point, where survival becomes self-sufficiency.

The Team Behind Vumbula

• Senior Robert — Founder of the Vumbula community home
• Jeff Hoffman — President World Youth Horizon, Co-founder of Booking.com and Priceline, founder of Unreasonable Group
• Robin Spillias — *Long-term supporter and fundraising lead, World Youth Horizon *
• Tristan Jackson and Kendall Haven — Strategic collaborators
• Dupe Killa-Kafidipe — Aquaculture expert and sustainable fisheries leader
• Lila Behr and Stefan Davy - Co-founders of Soulutions — Platform, storytelling, and transparency

Together, this team keeps Vumbula transparent, measurable, community-led, and built to last.

What Your Support Will Fund

• Fish ponds and aquaculture infrastructure
• Initial fish stock and feed
• Training and education for the children
• Equipment and setup
• Local employment and farm management

This is the foundation of a system that will feed and sustain the community for years.

What Your Contribution Makes Possible

A child fed every day. A child kept in school. A young person learning a livelihood. A community earning its own income. A future that no longer depends on emergency aid.

This is real, lasting change.

See Exactly Where Your Money Goes

Through the SOULutions platform, you will receive transparent updates on fish production and food distribution, the number of children supported, youth trained in aquaculture, jobs created, income generated, and progress toward full self-sufficiency.

You will see exactly what your support builds.

Beyond Vumbula

The Vumbula Fish Farm is only the beginning. This model can be repeated in other communities facing the same struggle, creating a network of self-sustaining homes across the region.

A future where children grow up with dignity and opportunity, where communities produce their own food and income, and where support becomes independence.

Help Evelyn and Her Friends Build Their Future

Evelyn wants to be a businesswoman. Grace wants to heal people. Every child at Vumbula holds a dream worth protecting.

Your support can feed a child, keep her in school, and build a system that sustains her dreams for life.

Donate now, and help Evelyn and her friends build a future they can sustain themselves.