Our challenge
For years, efforts to address Africa’s challenges have relied on outside aid, meeting urgent needs but rarely creating lasting change. Too often, this has left communities without the resources or autonomy to shape their own futures.
We believe there’s a better way. By building locally owned schools, hospitals, and businesses that generate their own income, we equip communities with the tools to thrive for generations—free from dependency, rich in opportunity, and driven by their own vision for the future.
Our Mission Statement
Musana exists to break cycles of dependency and poverty by investing in and operating faith-driven, locally-owned, sustainable social enterprises.
The Musana Model
Our work at a glance
In underserved rural East African communities where essential services are often out of reach, we build locally owned enterprises that provide education, healthcare, and livelihoods, laying the foundation for lasting, community-led transformation.
Schools
Musana graduates have advanced to the next level of education
of students pass their national exams in top divisions
Hospitals
higher survival rate for babies born at Musana hospitals
Ugandans with access to quality, affordable healthcare
Employment
self-sustaining enterprises in operation
Ugandans trained in a
vocational skill
Our story
That realization reshaped their mission. Andrea, Haril, and the Musana team committed themselves to a different path—one that empowers local communities to thrive. By investing in education, healthcare, and livelihoods, Musana works to keep children where they truly belong: in loving families, supported by strong, self-sustaining communities.
In 2018, Musana’s first community in Iganga became 100% self-sustaining, operating fully on local revenue. That milestone proved that true development is possible—locally led, financially sustainable, and rooted in dignity. Today, Musana is scaling that vision, transforming communities, and breaking the cycle of poverty.
Our Values
We believe all people are born with inherent value and dignity, deserving of respect and unconditional love – simply because they are human. Our faith in God informs who we are and how we behave; it never limits who we serve. Committed to transformative action, our faith emboldens us to always dream big and expand our hearts and minds beyond what we see to what is possible.
We entrust decision-making and governance to the people who know their communities best, because solutions designed, owned, and led locally deliver deeper, more enduring impact.
We uphold rigorous financial controls and oversight of every dollar, and we share exactly how profits are reinvested into the communities we serve, building confidence and pride in how resources are stewarded.
We fund 100% of our operating costs with the revenues of our social enterprises—not with repeat handouts—and launch new initiatives only when they can prove they’ll thrive on local income.
We build businesses that revive local markets, creating quality education and healthcare, meaningful employment, and vibrant local economies. Then we channel all the profits into supporting the most vulnerable, so communities can care for each other in the long term.
Our team and partners
Our movement is led by 918 Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian changemakers on the ground, and our mission is amplified to the world with our Australian, US and UK funding offices.
Musana is powered by 743 Ugandan professionals who lead our schools, hospitals, and enterprises every day. Their local expertise ensures our work is culturally rooted, sustainable, and truly owned by the communities we serve.
At the global level, Andrea and Haril Kazindra serve as Co-CEOs, providing vision and strategy as Musana grows. They are supported by senior Ugandan leaders and by U.S. and U.K. leadership, who focus on fundraising, financial oversight, and global partnerships.
Together, this team reflects Musana’s core belief: lasting change happens when communities are led by their own people and supported globally.
Our movement is led by 918 Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian changemakers on the ground, and our mission is amplified to the world with our Australian, US and UK funding offices.
Each East African board oversees their local operations, ensuring programs are run with excellence and transparency.
The US, UK and Australian boards focus on fundraising and financial oversight, stewarding resources raised in their countries.
The Global Advisory Board provides expertise, networks, and strategic guidance as Musana scales.
Together, these boards ensure strong governance and sustainability, empowering our leadership team and staff to build thriving, self-reliant communities.
