2025 In Summary: Where Skills Met Opportunity

Through the Gen Kazi Program, delivered in partnership with BrighterMonday Uganda, we supported 5,547 young people with soft and employability skills training building their confidence, strengthening workplace readiness, and opening pathways to meaningful work.

This effort intentionally reached those who face the greatest barriers to opportunity, including 3,603 young women, 435 persons with disabilities, and 102 internally displaced youth, ensuring that no one was left behind.

Beyond employability, we nurtured entrepreneurship. 2,081 young women completed our Entrepreneurship and Small Business Course, gaining the skills, mindset, and practical tools to start and grow sustainable businesses that support their families and uplift their communities.

Entrepreneurship and small business training

Over 2000 Young Women were mobilized and trained. They were exposed to; Business Model Canvas for strategic planning, Basic accounting for non-accountants, Effective social media marketing and Customer care to enhance building strong client relationships among others

Eastern Career Fair 2025

The Edemel Learning Foundation (ELF), committed to accelerating youth transitions into the workforce, launched a pivotal strategic collaboration with BrighterMonday Uganda to power the mobilization for the recent Career Fair at the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).

This partnership went beyond mere support, focusing on maximizing the fair's efficacy by leveraging BrighterMonday Uganda's market intelligence and Edemel's structured capacity-building framework; this potent combination successfully ensured both enhanced candidate preparedness and optimal engagement, resulting in a quantifiable success in closing the skills-to-market gap.

At Edemel we are committed to forging measurable pathways that transform academic potential into sustainable professional reality.

The video shown was produced by BrighterMonday Uganda

Soft and Employability  skills Training session. 100+ secured  gainful and fulfilling employment under the Young Africa Works Initiative - Gen Kazi Program.

Soft and Employability Skills Training

11 goats distributed to Teenage Mothers, with 1 mother supported to re-enter secondary education.

Person in a colorful dress tending to plants in a field with a goat nearby.

Introduced play-based learning in 3 rural primary schools, enhancing classroom engagement and creativity.