Our Team

Muya James Jemo

Executive Director / Founder

A Development Practitioner and Youth Leader from Karamoja, Uganda. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies & Management and brings multi-lateral skills in Videography, Photography, Waste Management, and Climate Change Action.

Community development initiatives since high school in 2010 include the 2020 Karamoja Go Green Campaign; Co-founded KAYESE 256; previously a member of Youth Advocacy and Development Network Uganda, Karamoja Human Rights Coalition Network; Research Associate to the Uganda Research Info Team; and Team Lead, Karamoja Language Translators Hub.

He serves on the Board of Moroto High School; Youth Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD); Lake Victoria Founding Youth Ambassadors Programme (LVYAP); IGAD Regional Youth Coalition on Climate-Resilient Agri-Food Systems (IGAD-RYCCAS); Civic Advisory Hub Youth Group; Ateker Creative Bridge; Universal Periodic Review Info Group; and Karamoja Defend Defenders Coalition. He is Chairperson of the Karamoja Creatives Association.

Key projects led: “One Person, One Tree” (climate action); “Skilling Young People, Empowering Young People”; “Moroto Ni Wetu”; and the weekly Moroto 5K Run.

“Youth are not just the future, but the present drivers of change.”

Lemu Eric Sam

Programs Coordinator / Co-Founder

Aged 31, animal/livestock production scientist and practitioner. Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Production and Management from Busitema University. First child in an entrepreneur family of six; long-time serial entrepreneur with ventures under Traditions Stores Ug Ltd — a social enterprise that aggregates products from young people across the region for marketing and distribution on a commission model, incorporating the VSLA model.

Consults on Enterprise Development and currently consults with the WFP-funded Home Grown School Feeding Program implemented by Sasakawa Africa Association in Kaabong, Kotido and Abim.

He has advocated for enterprise development as a response to youth who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET). His driving question: “Why would the young people of this region get trapped in poverty in such a region with a wealth of resources and opportunities?” — the principal motivation behind SEYIK.