The Nakivale Refugee Settlement is one of the biggest refugee camps in the world and accommodates over 70,000 people. The majority are youth with very limited possibilities to go to school or take part in informal education. Nakivale is a dusty environment with high poverty. Because of instabilities, frequent coups overthrowing governments in the region […]
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SINA startups featured in the East African iCON Magazine
Get yourself a copy of the current issue of the iCON Magazine. Two of our startups: www.sengonzi.com www.askwithoutshame.com have been featured with really nice stories of how Godfrey and Ruth overcame challenges to create their social businesses together with SINA. The iCON Magazine can be found in major supermarkets and book shops in Uganda, Kenya […]
New SINA video with interviews released
The Social Innovation Academy, or in short SINA, is a self-organized learning environment that transforms challenges into opportunities. We create social businesses that have a positive impact on the environment and on the society. We wanted to create a place where the youth starts to create their own jobs instead of looking for jobs and […]
When people hear about SINA, they are excited. When people visit SINA, they are blown away! For all who cannot come and visit us, we tried to capture the empowering atmosphere at SINA in this short film. Enjoy, share and come to Mpigi, Uganda to experience how marginalized youth create social enterprises. A longer video […]
From Refugees to Social Entrepreneurs
Uganda is home to diverse wildlife and spectacular national parks. On the shore of a lake, where once hippos and giraffes used to drink from, sits now a refugee camp, home to 70,000 people. Nakivale is now a dusty environment with high poverty. Because of instabilities, frequent coups overthrowing governments in the region of Eastern […]
SINA hit by Lightning
innovative ideas on their ways to social enterprises The title of this post is not just a catchy phrase but reality. SINA being located on top of a hill, overlooking two beautiful valleys has not just positive side effects. At 5am in the morning on a Wednesday the whole SINA community was shaken by a […]
Embracing feedback to feed-forward
SINA at the HIVOS Social Innovation Award Ceremony 2014 The HIVOS Social Innovation Award ceremony in Amsterdam was a fantastic experience for Etienne Salborn and the Social Innovation Academy (SINA). We did not win the award and the price money but we won a lot of new contacts, inspirations, valuable feedback and people could learn […]
The HIVOS learning community for the Social Innovation Award asked us…
For which problem is your initiative a solution? What does it aspire to achieve? What is the core of your idea? What makes it stand out, special? Who could benefit from your initiative? Do you know your target audience? Will your initiative connect to their needs? And this where our answers: For which problem […]