Umoja Sport Foundation
Ashoka Fellow
Bringing positive change through sport, education and vocational training in the DRC.
About Us
We aim to trigger the development of target communities by developing students and out of school youth, as well as empowering women who have not had access to quality education.
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We use sport as an educational tool outside the classroom to raise awareness in communities on social issues related to gender, education, health and well-being, human rights in general and child rights in particular, environmental preservation, peace and tranquility.
Umoja and the Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 3
We address sexual and reproductive health rights. We fight a wide range of diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19.
Goal 1
We help eradicate extreme poverty by helping build the resilience of poor and vulnerable people to economic, social and environmental disasters.
Goal 4
We provide access to formal education for children who are excluded from regional schools, as well as literacy training for young people and adults.
Goal 8
We promote youth employment, and provide vocational trainings that help community members increase their incomes to achieve higher levels of economic productivity.
Goal 5
We strive to achieve gender equality and empower girls and women. We teach male and female participants about gender perspective and inclusion.
Goal 16
We safeguard children, seek to significantly reduce violence, promote peaceful and inclusive societies, pursue justice for all and help build accountable institutions.
