Refugee settlement camps
Our work in refugee settlement camps arose from the urgent needs coming from growing refugee camps in Uganda. Refugees, primarily from the Democratic Republic of Congo, have for years reached safe haven in Uganda. Uganda currently hosts Africa’s largest refugee population, amounting to around 1.4 million spread across 11 settlement camps.
Post-conflict trauma and uprooted lives has made resettlement and rehabilitation for refugees an almost impossible prospect. We use sports, a universal vehicle that, among many other things, most importantly increases health and happiness, to tackle these deep-seeded challenges.
Schools
Our partner offices across East Africa, specifically those in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, partner extensively with local schools.
Similar to our work with refugee camps, our school-programming focuses on instilling within children the value of education. We work to increase the attendance rate of students while also using sports to tackle societal issues, such as gender discrimination and menstrual health, mental illness, and post-trauma/conflict rehabilitation.
