Greater Africa
Mukono, Uganda
About
Founded in 2019, Greater Africa is a non-governmental organisation based in Mukono, Uganda working on community development, education, employment & skills +2 more.
Greater Africa is a non-profit organisation established in Uganda in January 2019, with a support branch in Norway. It works to increase livelihoods within local communities in Uganda on the communities' own terms. Its main focus is activity groups in which members develop practical skills and establish their own income, including dance, drama, music, agriculture, catering, crafts and fashion. It also runs a school for children from families who cannot afford school fees, a training centre for agriculture, and a farm with crops and animals. A research arm, GAF Research Center, develops entrepreneurial concepts and studies traditional African knowledge, and the Norwegian branch supports fundraising and research on African knowledge. The organisation operates from Mukono district, outside Kampala, and has about 1500 community members.
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Greater Africa Junior School
Education · Uganda
Free school for children from families who cannot afford school fees, with capacity for 200 students from pre-school to 5th grade, located in Mukono district near Kampala.
Little Lions Dance Troupe
Arts & Culture · Uganda
Dance training programme for children and youth, established in January 2019 and taught by a trainer from Ndere Cultural Center.
Activity groups
Community development · Uganda
Practical skills and income-generating groups for community members, based on local skills and interests.
Entrepreneurship training
Employment & Skills · Uganda
Training and support for community members to establish their own businesses, including planned 1-acre training plots.
Transport Sharing
Community development · Uganda
Planned shared vehicle so community members with small businesses can reach cheaper wholesale markets at lower cost.
MyGreenPlanet
Environment & Climate · Uganda
Programme for environmentally sustainable development and social impact, under which the organisation's environmental work is branded.
Vanilla for development
Community development · Uganda
Planned vanilla cooperative to build livelihoods by supplying high-quality Ugandan vanilla to international markets.
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Solidus, Tilapia Trust, Game Concepts, Food Forest, Ndere Cultural Center, Nnabagereka Development Foundation
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