About Us
Sarah, from Kataza village during our fitness exercise session
About us
Golden Boots Uganda (GoBU) is a nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the health, social, and economic well-being of young people aged 10-25, with a strong focus on people with disabilities ensuring they have the support and opportunities they deserve.
Over the last 5 years, Golden Boots has developed substantial expertise in running inclusive programs with youth with disabilities alongside girls and young women, and young refugees in urban and rural Uganda. Over the next 5 years, Golden Boots will expand its model to Northern part of Uganda.
MISSION
To pioneer innovative solutions that elevate the lives of people with disabilities.
VISION
A world where all people with disabilities live healthy, happy, and meaningful lives.
OBJECTIVE
Providing inclusive sports, health and livelihood community programs for people with disabilities.
Our Story
Diarmuid O'Briain and Áine Doody with Mo’s parents Mr and Mrs Musoke Musa at their home in Bwaise
In 2019, Mo left his job at an organization he co-founded to care for his ailing father with Parkinson’s disease. During this time, he observed some of the challenges associated with Parkinson’s that his father faced including physical limitations, depression, anxiety, and isolation, which worsened when he suffered from COVID-19. These experiences deepened his understanding of the barriers faced by individuals with disabilities. As his health aide, Mo helped his father live comfortably at home; offering physical therapy to improve his mobility.
Motivated by these personal experiences, Mo founded Golden Boots Uganda, an organization dedicated to enhancing the health, social, and economic well-being of young people, with a strong focus on people with disabilities.
Mo playing with European Union Uganda Football team in the Kampala Big Kids League.
Muhammed Kisirisa-Mo is a former armature soccer player, his passion for sport drove him to start Golden Boots Uganda in 2019. Growing up from Bwaise, the biggest slum area in Kampala capital and raised from a family of more than 20 children, Mo started playing football from the age of 11 which eventually earned him a high school scholarship. At 19 years, he established a football academy to help, even the poorest and most marginalized children have fun and enjoy their childhood.
In 2013, he became the first African recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award-Conviction. While in the US, he shared a stage with celebrities like Michael Bolton, Christina Aguilera and a light moment with the GOAT-Muhammad Ali, his famous quote’’ Boxing introduced me to the World” inspired him to use sport as a tool for social change.
Mo with Muhammad Ali- The Greatest of All Times
Great leaders like Nelson Mandela showed Mo that Sport is more than just a game.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.” Nelson Mandela
Mo has dedicated his life to empowering and giving a voice to vulnerable young people especially adolescent girls and youth with disabilities through #SportsPreneurship.
