In this episode of the Community Podcast, recorded live at the Ndere Centre during the sixth Gathering of Givers, we sit with Liza Marie Kawoya Kakoza: Founder and Team Lead of the Dwona Initiative, Co-Lead of Giving Tuesday Uganda, and a passionate advocate for menstrual justice. Liza invites us into the earliest roots of her understanding of generosity, home. She reflects on a childhood shaped by a mother whose giving was constant and unassuming, expressed through care, hospitality, nourishment, and presence. It was a home where people were not just received, but held, fed, welcomed, supported, and remembered. From these beginnings, her journey expands into a broader philosophy of giving. She speaks about Giving Tuesday Uganda, the significance of period giving, and the quiet yet powerful generosity that already lives within communities. At the centre of this is the Giving Bell, a simple but profound act of invitation, where individuals wrote notes of kindness and gratitude, then rang the bell loudly, affirming that generosity is worthy of being seen, heard, and celebrated. This conversation gently reframes what it means to give. It reminds us that generosity is not confined to financial capacity, but is deeply rooted in care, dignity, attentiveness, and memory, in the small, intentional acts that leave a lasting imprint on people’s lives. This is an invitation to practice a form of generosity that not only reaches others, but stays with them, and sustains them. Watch, listen, and be inspired. #CommunityPodcast #GivingTuesdayUganda #DwonaInitiative #GatheringOfGivers #AfricanGiving #MenstrualJustice #GenerosityThatSustains
