YECODE Uganda
A registered umbrella organization established to champion youth empowerment, skills development, and community transformation across Uganda and East Africa.
Our Vision
To serve as a leading platform for youth empowerment and community transformation through education, innovation, and sustainable enterprise development.
Our Mission
To empower young people with relevant skills, resources, and opportunities that enable them to become productive citizens and change-makers.
Core Objectives
- Promote vocational and entrepreneurial skills training
- Foster innovation and self-reliance through sustainable business
- Strengthen partnerships with educational and government institutions
- Promote youth participation in tourism, agribusiness, and digital entrepreneurship
- Support community-based poverty reduction and conservation projects
Affiliated Enterprises
YECODE Uganda connects a network of enterprises that promote youth skills, agribusiness, and community development.
Alumni-Led Career Development and Youth Empowerment Initiative
From Learning to Opportunity through Mentorship, Career Development and Youth Empowerment
A six-month pilot that mobilizes 15–20 former alumni as mentors, role models, and opportunity connectors to support 300 adolescents and young people in making informed education, career, and livelihood decisions. All 300 participants take part in structured career-development, transferable-skills, and career-exposure activities, while around 150 priority participants receive intensive small-group mentorship, individual Career and Transition Plans, and targeted referrals to education, training, employment, entrepreneurship, and livelihood opportunities.
300
Young people reached
15–20
Alumni mentors trained
150
Receiving intensive mentorship & Transition Plans
6
Month pilot programme
Interested in an internship?
YECODE Uganda and the East Africa College of Commerce offer internship placements in tourism, hospitality, and business.