In the early years of WWII many Poles were deported by Soviets to labour camps in Siberia. In 1941, the British initiated an agreement which allowed women, children, and men, not of fighting age, to be sent from gulags to British Commonwealth countries. A group of app. 3600 Polish refugees settled in Uganda forming a community in the village of Nyabyeya. Here, they were warmly welcomed and survived the war.
We feel our historical responsibility and seek to create a link between Poland and Uganda that aides this community while honoring the historic facts.