Today in Madrid, I had the honor of standing alongside my friend Alisa from Kinder Relief Inc — a trusted Luena partner — as she presented her organization’s extraordinary locally-led medical work in Gaza to the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.

“Dream so big I cannot sleep.”

That’s how Love Circus Uganda works. Teaching kids to flip, learn, and lead. Showing them that when you fall down, you always get back up again.

Built by them, fueled by Luena.

#LegacyOfLove #LocallyLed #LuenaScholars

In Cameroon’s Anglophone region, kids have been displaced by war for over seven years.

They're not refugees. They're not in camps. They're not being protected.

They’re internally displaced. Which mostly means they’re surviving without much help or notice.

It’s back-to-school season…
Some kids get new backpacks, fresh notebooks, everything big box stores and rampant capitalism can pile into a cart.

A rural school in Cambodia now has a library, and it was built by a 17-year-old Luena Changemaker. Come see how Largo Sueiro worked together with the local community to create a pathway towards education, jobs, and a brighter future local kids.
@worldtowning.bsky.social

When 9-year-old Athieng fled South Sudan with her mother, she carried nothing but a small bag and a head full of questions.

At Christ Victory Center (CVC) in Kenya, she found more than safety… she found a seat in a classroom, friends to learn and laugh with, and a reason to hope again.

Across Uganda, we’ve funded over 1,385 desks for rural schools. We made it happen by exclusively partnering with grassroots orgs and local carpenters.

This isn’t about furniture. It’s about focus, inclusion, and dignity. It’s about having a seat at the table.

Built by Ugandans, for Ugandan kids.

Meet Akeem, a young web designer from Lagos, Nigeria, volunteering his time and talent to help grassroots organizations shine online.

With Luena Foundation, he’s been building websites behind the scenes for our local partners;!helping them tell the powerful stories and drive real-world impact.

In rural classrooms across Africa, kids are still learning from the floor.
No desks. No chairs.

At Luena Foundation, we’re partnering with grassroots groups in Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, and Malawi to change that…with desks built locally and delivered to the schools that need them most.

1 in 3 Ugandan kids under 5 is stunted from chronic malnutrition. It’s a crisis, but local orgs like @eherf_uganda are stepping up. With Luena’s support, they’ve trained caregivers and screened 1,200+ children using local food and knowledge. This is how change starts: from within.

Today we honor Palestinian mothers. Women who raise children under the weight of unimaginable grief, displacement, and war, yet continue to nurture their families despite an all-enveloping darkness.

With just $3,380 in donations, our partners restored 4 boreholes in Malawi, providing clean water to 27,200 people. From local chiefs organizing logistics to community members contributing labor, we pushed for a collective effort at every step and helped communities bootstrap their way to health 🔥

The international development system is broken and is designed to benefit the Global North. From debt cancellation to just trade policies, Women Deliver CEO Dr. Maliha Khan argues it's time to dismantle colonial power dynamics in this opinion.

#opinion #foreignaid #philanthropy

Communities know what they need. We believe in backing their solutions—not imposing our own. In rural Uganda, a local leader is building a mill to tackle food insecurity and keep kids safe. We're proud to support this kind of community-driven change. luena.org/food-securit...

A child dies of malaria every minute. This shouldn't be happening. Bed nets and medicine are some of the most cost-effective ways to save lives. For just a few dollars, we can protect a child from deadly disease. Few investments in philanthropy have a higher impact per dollar. #WorldMalariaDay

And what reflects this ethos better than anything else? LOCALLY-LED SOLUTIONS. We could all learn a lot from our local partners on the ground.
The end of Western values: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

I’ll see your “global warming is a hoax” and raise you one medical clinic we stocked with anti-malarials in Uganda’s Rwenzori highlands, where kids are now LITERALLY DYING from a disease that was never a threat before. Rising temps are turning a once-safe zone into a malaria hotspot. Call or fold?