Patricia Brenninkmeyer
Founder of Kulika Charitable Trust UgandaKulika was founded in the United Kingdom in 1981 with the goal of providing educational opportunities to Ugandans through vocational and academic scholarships. It has since grown into a fully independent Ugandan registered NGO, with a focus on community development and the provision of educational opportunities.
A young girl’s fascination with Africa
The Kulika Trust was essentially a gift from her father, Arnold Brenninkmeyer, who died in 1976. Her interest began when her piano teacher told her stories about children in Africa who needed aid.
Patricia works with the Child Welfare and Adoption Society in Uganda, making sure orphans cared for by Catholic missions were well treated and reunited with their families where possible.
She joins the Commonwealth Students’ Children Society (CSCS), supporting students from Africa who had brought their children to the UK, and sees the need for skilled people in war-torn Uganda.
Patricia runs Warren Farm as a children’s home. A small farm supplies eggs, milk, meat and manure, laying the foundation of the Trust’s sustainable agriculture focus.
Kulika is founded in the United Kingdom to provide educational opportunities to Ugandans through vocational and academic scholarships.
Warren Farm becomes a training facility for African farmers. The first trainees from Uganda, Elijah Kyamuwendo and Josephine Kizza, arrive in 1993, and the farm trains 40 farmers by 2000.
The ecological organic agriculture training program begins in Uganda, transforming many families and communities.
Kulika Uganda is a fully independent Ugandan registered NGO, employing twenty-six people and operating throughout the country from its headquarters in Kampala.
“I arrived in Uganda many years later, a fully qualified child care officer with very little experience but boundless enthusiasm.”
Patricia Brenninkmeyer
