WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.
BUNTU WELLBEING EXPERIENCE NETWORK
The Frame
Relational Community
Organizing
Systematic solutions by the people, for the people. Transforming communities through relational organizing, storytelling, and citizen-led innovation.
THE MODEL
What is The Frame?
The Frame is BWEN's model for relational community organizing and solution labs—a citizen-centred approach that transforms communities into engines of innovation, dignity, and systemic change.
Relational First
Trust and accountability flow through people before technology.
Listen → Co-design → Prototype
Solutions grounded in lived experience, enabled by community and policy..
Imagination as Infrastructure
Culture, theatre, and storytelling as tools for civic agency and change.
10 Years of Community Organizing
From The Wellbeing Foundation (2015) to BWEN today, we've built bridges between citizens and duty bearers, turning shame into agency and prototypes into community tools across Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, and South Sudan.
120K+
People Reached
25+
Community Labs
100+
Schools
4
Countries
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Returns you can track. Impact you can audit.
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Ethical sourcing (fair wages, safe conditions, stewardship)
Transparent returns (track performance + allocation)
Measured builds (schools, clinics, health infrastructure)
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Our Programs
Three Pillars of Activation
Relational community-based programs that transform shame into agency, and prototypes into scalable public goods.
Citizen-Led Innovation Hubs
Community Solution Labs
Organize communities into Labs that diagnose, prototype, and ship solutions on 90-day cycles. Uses Station Experience as the activating tool with 3-day community visits.
Station Experience | Tool 90-Day Cycles | SafeChat & Story-Maps | Micro-Enterprises
System Change Labs
School Clubs
Transform schools into hubs for system innovation, leadership development, and SRHR storytelling through youth-led labs.
Student Leaders | SafeChat Podcast | SRHR Toolkits | Mentor Teachers
Radical Public Storytelling
Shebang Trashion
Amplify unheard stories through upcycled fashion and performance, provoking dialogue on climate, waste, dignity, and justice.
Street Runway | Annual Gala | Climate Justice | Prison Workshops
Proof of work
"As long as we still have the will to search for the meaning of happiness, a new era will dawn"
— BWEN Community Philosophy
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5+ years
Menstruation station operating
Visible Ground Impact
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22+
Parish Leaders Engaged
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614K+
Online reach (#NoPeriodShame)
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17
Countries involved in campaign
Featured In
BBC | THE NEW VISION | AFP | DAILY MONITOR | MIRROR&GUARDIAN’S THE CONTINENT
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
Powered by IMAGI-NATION & AIME
BWEN is part of a global network of Indigenous-led systems design, combining 20+ years of AIME's imagination, mentoring, and custodianship tools with a decade of on-ground community organizing in Uganda.
25 Community Solution Labs
100 IMAGI-NATION School Labs
100 JOY Corps Organizations
1,000 Youth Micro-Ventures
The Frame → Uganda
A citizen-centred national platform connecting Community Solution Labs to a National Innovation & Knowledge Hub—accelerating livelihoods, dignity, and ecological custodianship.
90 Day Launch Cycles
36 Month Roadmap
Join the Movement
Be part of building a relational economy where shame is transformed into resourcefulness, and young people become custodians of community transformation.
Invest
Grow wealth through ethical gold—transparent returns that help fund schools, clinics, and local agency