Wezesha Impact
Uganda
Enabling youth in Africa to be productively employed
Details
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Organisation Name Wezesha Impact |
Registration body / Regulator website https://ursb.go.ug/ |
Does the organization maintain financials? Yes |
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Organisation Types Youth-serving organisation |
Country of operation Uganda |
Please advise on source of funding / donor(s) We are externally funded by various Family Foundations. Our current partners are: Segal Family Foundation, Komo Learning Centers, Social Initiatives, Planet Wheeler Foundation, One World Children’s Fund, Issroff Family Foundation, Perry Foundation and Perennial. |
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Short mission statement Enabling youth in Africa to be productively employed |
Focus areas Employment and Entrepreneurship, Education and Skills Development |
Organisation website – full URL |
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Organisation address in text format for site search purposes Sentema Road, Mengo - Kampala, Uganda |
Mission of the organization We work with out-of-school youth because 94% of youth in Uganda drop out before completing secondary education and youth in vocational training because nearly 50% are not using their vocational skills to earn money, partly because they are not adequately prepared to use them in the world of work. We equip youths with entrepreneurship, employability, and skills in civic engagement. This enables youth to find and thrive in employment, and start and grow businesses. Our 10-year vision is to directly impact 100,000 youth in Uganda and 400,000 across East Africa. We will collaborate with partners that can replicate in their context. |
Full link to Twitter account |
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Full name of organisation’s contact person James Kabumba |
Social impact Statement Since 2014, we have been able to impact 10,000 young people with entrepreneurship and employability skills. These include youth that dropped out of school and vocational school graduates. We intentionally focus on recruiting 60% female youth in our program. Analyzed results show that 41% of the youth who graduated from our program were able to get a job and 35% were able to start their own business. These results are based on analyzed results for the first 4 years of our program implementation. |
Full link to Facebook page |
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Email address of the organisation contact@wezeshaimpact.org |
Full name of co-founders James Katumba |
Full link to LinkedIn |
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Telephone Number +256 392 404 662 |
Full name of co-founders Solomon Kayiwa Mugambe |
Full link to Instagram |
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Telephone Number - alternate +256 772 093578 |
Full name of current President/CEO James Katumba - Executive Director |
Full link to YouTube |
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Is the organisation registered/certified Yes |
Total number of staff members? 186 |
Number of beneficiaries? 1,000-100 000 |
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Please select your registration date 01 October 2014 2:00 am |
Number of staff 18-40? 170 |
Countries covered, or geographic footprint Wezesha Impact does direct implementation in Northern, Central and Eastern Uganda. We have had Replication partners in Burundi |
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Registration body / Regulator Uganda Registration Services Bureau |
Is the organization profit-making? No |
Youth organisation location
Sentema Road, Mengo - Kampala, Uganda
