Women & Girls Empowerment
Tailoring, reusable pad making, wellness, safety education, leadership circles, and practical pathways to dignity and independence.
Ubuntu International
I am because we are
Ubuntu is the art
of living together.
We connect women, youth, artists, educators, and community leaders to turn shared humanity into practical action across Africa and beyond.
Our shared humanity
From compassion
to community action.
Ubuntu means “I am because we are.” It reminds us that our wellbeing is inseparable from the wellbeing of others.
Ubuntu International brings this philosophy to life through locally led programs in women’s and youth empowerment, arts and culture, child safety, regenerative agriculture, education, and leadership.
What we do
Programs rooted in dignity,
creativity, and self-reliance.
Each program strengthens the others—creating an ecosystem where knowledge, resources, and leadership circulate through the community.
Youth Arts & Leadership
Dance, music, visual art, storytelling, technology, and Ubuntu Ambassador training that helps young people teach and uplift others.
Permaculture & Food Security
Hands-on training in regenerative growing, kitchen gardens, soil restoration, indigenous trees, and community-led food resilience.
Tell Somebody
Child-safety education that helps children understand their bodies, recognize unsafe situations, speak up, and know where to find support.
Community Arts & Culture
Artists, dancers, musicians, and cultural leaders using creativity to heal, educate, preserve heritage, and strengthen community.
Ubuntu Ambassadors
Equipping local women, youth, artists, and organizers to share what they learn and grow a connected network of community changemakers.
Healing the Roots
From Trauma
to Healing
Ubuntu International is expanding its work to address not only the challenges communities face, but the trauma people carry within them.
In collaboration with Dr. Brian Alman and TrueSage, we are bringing evidence-informed mind-body healing tools to women, girls, youth, families, caregivers, and community leaders.
Dr. Alman’s work draws on more than 30 years of collaboration with Dr. Vincent Felitti, co-principal investigator of the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, exploring how childhood adversity and unresolved experiences can affect health and wellbeing throughout life.
Through Dr. Alman’s MindBody Healing approach, enlightn platform, and From Trauma to Enlightenment, we are working toward a simple but powerful goal:
Help people move beyond surviving trauma toward healing, self-understanding, resilience, and hope.Explore Our Trauma Healing Work
The Art of Ubuntu
Creativity becomes a bridge.
Art, dance, music, fashion, storytelling, and the care of the Earth are not separate activities. Together, they create belonging, restore confidence, preserve culture, and open new paths for women and young people.
Support the movement →Our future dream · Kabale, Uganda
The Ubuntu Living Arts & Earth Center
A five-acre home where creativity, healing, learning, and care for the Earth can live together.
We envision a regional community resource center with spaces for art, music, dance, fashion, tailoring, technology, and women’s and youth empowerment—surrounded by permaculture gardens, a play area, wellness spaces, and welcoming residences for visiting teachers, artists, and community builders.
Creative ArtsSkills TrainingPermacultureWellnessPlayResidences
Help us build the dreamBring Ubuntu home
Turn inspiration into an experience.
01
Screen the Documentary
Bring people together for a screening of The Spirit of Ubuntu, followed by a guided conversation about shared humanity and local action.
Plan a screening →
02
Host an Ubuntu Event or Festival
Create a community gathering filled with music, dance, art, food, dialogue, workshops, and opportunities to support grassroots programs.
Start planning →We are because you are
Help Ubuntu grow.
Your support helps women, youth, artists, and local leaders build programs that nourish their communities from within.