Our Story

Lilipad was founded in Berlin, Germany with the goal to build a library and donate school books to a school in Kyabirwa, Uganda. It soon dawned on us that the project could be much bigger than a one-off initiative, and that the causes we cared about required much more than a book donations. Many of the children we met on the field couldn’t read nor write properly, and the teachers let us know many other ways in which we could help – for example, by donating playground equipment to encourage the children to come to school (in Kyabirwa, children didn’t normally have access to any toys or playing equipment).

So, we donated textbooks that the teachers told us were needed, school equipment to help the kids write, and swings and slides for the kids to play on. We left Uganda a little wiser, and ready to grow Lilipad into something lasting and impactful.