Game Connect Africa is a Community Based Organization (CBO) aimed at empowering Children, protect, educate, and rise above adversity using the power of sports for sustainable development in the Communities of Jinja Northern Division through transformative leadership, advocacy, sexual Reproductive health education, and skills development.
We work in disadvantaged rural communities, focusing on enhancing children's learning, development, and access to education through play. We take an innovative child-centered approach to education and use the power of play to transform the lives of children through our play programmes. We work with some of the most vulnerable children and communities in Jinja District, supporting children living in extreme poverty and those experiencing danger, displacement, on streets, conflict, and humanitarian disasters.
Game Connect Africa Uganda believe Children learn best through play. It's an essential part of their development. But not every child gets the time and chance to play in the rural areas of Uganda as he or she may deserve. That's where we come into partner with parents, schools and other stakeholders to make learning through play a priority for children in Jinja District. We "Ensure inclusive and equitable access to quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. "
We work with children, parents, caregivers, teachers, community leaders and NGOs/CSO/FBO to highlight the importance of play and enable them to integrate play-based initiatives for enhanced education, health, and development outcomes.
We are going to use game and sports to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the community where Gospel had not yet reach with the traditional methods of evangelism. Game and sports for Gospel Ministry and mental health programme that aims to improve the psychosocial wellbeing and mental health of vulnerable youth who are in and out of school.
Sports have many benefits if we build a comprehensive, accessible and inclusive community sport system through volunteers.
Improving health and wellbeing Sport can help make people healthier by keeping young people active and healthy, making right decisions using sport help to reduce health risk behaviour, enhancing mental health and promoting healthy aging.
Engaging Adult and Women in mission will build a stronger and more inclusive communities participation and strengthening the gospel ministry in Uganda, promoting environmental sustainability, awareness and stewardship, providing a platform for social mobilization and making ministry more sustainable in Uganda and the world.
Our Vision: A healthy, socially and economically empowered community through play.
Our Mission: To provide equitable, inclusive and affordable quality health care, economic empowerment and social services to the community through play.
Our Goal : To integrate Play approach into already existing educational ,Health and social structural systems.
Our Values
Our Values
We believe in inclusion, celebrate diversity and focus on the needs of each individual and community.
EMPOWERMENT
Our goal is a positive, tangible and systemic change in the life of young people. This is what we are accountable for, this is how we measure our success.
SUPPORTIVE
We work very closely with all our partners to ensure that the beneficiaries and communities are receiving the best support possible.
AMBITIOUS
We are not afraid to take on new projects and push for real change.
OUR TEAM
Meet the real world heroes
Samuel Kibi
Founder
Joel Johnson k
Project Facilitator
Julius Batukyaye
Teachers' Facilitator
Danel Kintu
Project manager.
Lydia Bulo
Co-founder
Isaac Tugooloze
Counsel and Advocate for children