The kindness corner in the KaraSpace garden — Take One, Leave One, Give One

Community & Partners

Kindness is contagious.

There's a small sign in our garden: Take One. Leave One. Give One. It started as a corner for painted stones — it became how this whole place works.

How It Happens

Nobody here is just a tenant.

A climate network films a documentary in the garden. A poetry collective takes over the creative corner one Friday a month. An NGO's field staff sleep in the B&B between West Nile rotations. A jeweller's work sits beside a weaver's in the boutique.

None of this was a partnerships strategy. People came for coffee, stayed for the feeling, and started building things together. We just kept saying yes.

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Creative Arts & Culture

In Her Element

The In Her Element mural anchors the garden and the creative community around it. Around the space you'll discover many more artworks, each contributing to the story of KaraSpace.

These partners run sessions at Make & Create
The In Her Element mural on the KaraSpace wall — three women reading and writing in blue, brown and cream

The Partners

Who gathers here

Environment & Climate

PACE Network — youth-led climate justice and renewable energy; our joint documentary Rooted in the Earth was filmed here.

Humanitarian & Development

IsraAID Uganda — international NGO working in the West Nile region; uses KaraSpace B&B as its Kampala base.

Sport & Youth

Tennis for All Uganda — sport for development; we host interns and support employment pathways.

Wellbeing & Mental Health

Stronger Minds · Can We Talk · Free Your Mind Poetry · Be Better Book Club

Children & Education

Llama Llama Education Services · Magic Science Club — 4-day Science Camp coming in 2026.

Creative Arts & Culture

Nihari Kal (art workshops) · Taban Peter Powell (In Her Element mural) · Kuz Kizzi (artist in residence) · Luo Kitchen (Northern Uganda food pop-up)

Digital & Creative Economy

Wowzi — content creator training for young women, Nairobi-based.

Media & Storytelling

Moog Jazz Podcast · The Happiness Podcast · Documentary: Papa · Influencer partners

African Makers & Retail

Carouwa Candles · Shear Care · Zohman fabrics · Darissa jewellery · Masai Market — find them in the Boutique.

Emerging

Baimba Foundation — creative job centre · The Wisdom Series — intergenerational women's programme.

Building something that needs a home — or a community around it?
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