Our Story
Our focus is to build help Africa towards an equitable future through education, advocacy, research and social entrepreneurship.
The Usawa Institute has been working with girls and women since 2017 and it was in two separate projects Girls Speak Out a coding, media, advocacy and digitals skills for girls coming from under-served communities and Power Classes 4 Women (PC4W) which were capacity building classes for women who wanted to advance both their hard and soft skills to better their social enterprise and community-based projects.
Since the inception of both projects, Girls Speak Out and Power Classes (PC4W) we have collectively trained 230 girls and women in the different mentorship classes, programs and training sessions that have been held the two projects.
Vision
To see Africa’s whose women and men are treated as equals in all spheres – where both women and men are empowered to lead and contribute to the socio-economic and political development of their nations and continent.
Mission
To empower and promote gender equality and women’s development by helping African women and girls develop their potential to the fullest and realise their personal visions and hopes
Values
Equality
Learning
Justice
Collaboration
We are driven.
We want to help women and girls be able to participate in economic activities and grow their various projects by delivering a broad range of services that will capacitate and horn their management and interpersonal skill development
Skills Development
We run different programs that are set to help girls and women with both soft and hard skills from coding, to advocacy, media training.
Leadership Development
We believe in the power of girls and women taking up leadership in the communities will bring a transformation to their communities.
Changing Perceptions & Influencing Policy
Raising awareness and disseminating information that is factual and proven will bring power to our participants and a desire to make Africa better.
Help us, partner, and collaborate with us, so we can reach more girls and women