BCFSU is a registered charity dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and educating Uganda's most vulnerable street-connected and orphaned children. The organisation was founded in 1995 in Bergen - Norway by Richard Kiwanuka at the age of 16 after escaping a civil war in Uganda that claimed the lives of his parents through torture and himself being kidnapped and recruited as a child soldier. Richard escaped to Norway as a UN refugee and in Bergen, he went to school, became an active athlete in boxing, becoming a four times boxing Champion for the Norwegian National Team. Richard built the first Children’s home at the age of 18 and all along he organized projects to help orphaned, misused and destitute children in the slums of Uganda's capital Kampala and he has been awarded multiple global awards for this work.

In 2005, the organization was reorganized into a foundation, registered in both Uganda and Bergen. The Foundation’s mission is to provide shelter, care, quality education, and practical life-sustaining skills, empowering them to build independent, dignified lives and become productive members of society.
Many of the children we support have faced family neglect, domestic violence, or torture at the hands of step-parents, forcing them to flee to the streets for safety. Others are orphans, left without guardians to provide for their basic needs. For these children, the streets become the last resort, exposing them to hunger, exploitation, abuse, and crime.

Over the 30 years of existence, we have successfully rehabilitated and educated over 27,520 children and currently provide holistic care and education to over 1,270 students across our nursery and primary schools.