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A citizen road safety movement · Kampala, Uganda

Arrive alive.*

*genda bulungi, in Luganda. your auntie was right.

About ten Ugandans a day don't make it home. We're riders, drivers, teachers and one very tired nurse, trying to bring that number to zero. One helmet, one habit, one street at a time.

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10/day
don't make it home
25,808
casualties in 2024
5%
of GDP, gone in crashes
Boda rider with orange helmet, Kampala
The Portable Warning Triangle.
wear the helmet o!
your people are waiting for you helmet on, even for "just five minutes" 30 in town. life goes on. matatu full? the next one is coming. rain is falling, the potholes are swimming, slow down buckle the back seat too saw a blackspot? tell us
Owino market street, Kampala, evening
Owino, 5:40pm. everybody heading home.

// why we exist

Ten a day is not a statistic. It's a classroom.

Do the maths with us. Ten people a day is roughly a full classroom of children every five days. Most of them are not "careless." They are walking to work, riding to a wedding, sitting in the back seat of a matatu that was already full.

The good news, and there is good news: most of this is habits, not fate. Speed chosen, helmet strapped, belt clicked, sober driver, working lights. Boring things. Lifesaving things.

"We got tired of mourning people we could have kept."
— Sarah, co-founder...

// what we actually do

Six boring things,
done loudly.

  • 01
    Helmets that pass the knock test. We distribute certified helmets and teach stages to spot the fake ones. A helmet that cracks on a thumb is a hat.
  • 02
    30 km/h where people live. Markets, stages, school gates. We petition for the signs, the humps, and the enforcement.
  • 03
    Sober stages. Breathalyser culture at boda stages on Friday nights, with the stage chair's blessing. Popular? No. Effective? Ask Wandegeya.
  • 04
    Be seen after dark. Reflector strips on bodas and bicycles, reflective jackets for cane-walkers. Most of our dead are killed at night, invisible.
  • 05
    The first ten minutes. Free monthly drills: bleeding control, hands-only CPR, and why you don't drag the injured. Bystanders arrive before ambulances. Always.
  • 06
    Data that fixes roads. You report a blackspot on the live map, we bundle the evidence, district engineers can review the evidence and track the issue through resolution.

// the argument settler

Try this before you argue about speed limits.

Drag the slider. Watch how a few km/h decide whether a pedestrian walks away. Reaction (1s) + braking on dry tarmac.

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50 km/h
stops in about 0 m
distances ×2
20 · school gate50 · town default100 · expressway
0reaction, m
0braking, m
0% pedestrian survival

// the pledge wall

Sign it.
We'll pin it up.

"I will drive at safe speeds, wear my helmet and my belt, stay sober, and look out for the pedestrian, the rider and the child. They are all somebody's person."

Your name can appear on the pledge wall whether you are registered or a guest. Registered users can later see the pledge in their profile.

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// people, places & safer journeys

The road is made of people.

Real moments from the road-safety work recorded in our gallery — riders, families, volunteers and communities.

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Published gallery photos will appear here once they are added in the admin media gallery.

// take part & learn

Come and see us.

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// latest stories

From the blog

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// the movement

Small choices. A safer Uganda.

7pledges
46verified reports
1resolved reports
4published upcoming events

// partners & allies

Better roads need many hands.

Commercial partners and humanitarian organisations working toward safer journeys.

Meet our partners
Commercial

Safe Boda

A ride hailing application for boda bodas and special taxis

Humanitarian / public-interest

Uganda Police

Traffic data provider

Humanitarian / public-interest

Kampala Capital City Authority

Traffic data around Kampala Capital city

Humanitarian / public-interest

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda's provider for national statistical data

Humanitarian / public-interest

World Health Organisation

World Health Organisation

Humanitarian / public-interest

World Bank

World Bank organisation

Commercial

Faras

Ride hailing mobile application

Car on a road
Campaign of the month

Arrive alive is not a slogan. It is the last kilometre.

Choose one road habit this week. Wear the helmet. Put the phone away. Slow down before the junction. Then tell someone else why you did it.

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