Our Work — Up With Africa

What we actually do.

Three pillars working together to unlock the potential of refugees and low-income communities — education, tech employment, and sport-for-development. The full record is below, plus a gallery from the field.

Program pillars

15+

Programs run

500+

Lives reached

Refugee children in a UWA-supported education program

01 — Education

Right to education is a right.

Up With Africa is committed to ensuring that refugee children are never deprived of their right to education. Education provides stability, regularity, and hope — and equips young people with the skills to meet whatever future they walk into.

For refugees, learning fosters integration into new communities and supports the rebuilding of societies affected by war and violence. Education is not a luxury. It is a fundamental right enshrined in international law and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Where it happens

Kampala · Nakivale · partner schools

Refugee learning computer skills in a UWA training session

02 — Tech Employment

Digital skill is the future.

Digital employment offers refugees and low-income communities meaningful work in the fast-growing tech sector. Through our programs, we train participants in essential computer skills — from basic productivity tools to programming and data work.

These skills enhance career opportunities and empower refugees to achieve economic independence — and to actively contribute to their community's economy, not depend on it.

Pathways covered

Frontend · Data entry · Content moderation · Design

Youth participating in a sport-for-development session

03 — Sport for Development

Play heals.

Sport and games provide more than physical activity. They are powerful tools for healing and growth. Play heals by reducing stress, building resilience, and strengthening physical and mental well-being.

In refugee and low-income communities, sport unites people across cultures, promotes inclusion, and inspires peace — proving that play is essential to human dignity.

Anchored in

Coaching · Mental health · Youth leadership

UWA representatives at a refugee-employment policy summit

04 — Advocacy & Talent Hub

A right to work.

Refugees and displaced people too often hit walls that other workers don't — laws that limit the right to work, employers who can't verify documents, and geography that locks people out of opportunities they are ready for. We advocate alongside the people living that reality for fair labour-mobility policy and the basic right to earn a living with dignity.

The UWA Talent Hub is how we put that advocacy to work. It connects verified refugee and host-community talent with employers hiring remotely and on-site — proving that when the doors are open, the work, the taxes, and the contribution all follow.

How it shows up

Policy advocacy · Remote-work pathways · The UWA Talent Hub