What is "Uzima?"
Uzima National Youth Mentoring service (Uzima) is a innovative online mentoring service that equips local education agencies (LEA's) to mentor their unreached male populations.
Our Mission
Uzima prepares young men for authenticity and success in their education, character and lives to make the world a more equitable place!
OUR GOALS:
The "Uzima Three"
1
Provide a highly trained mentors and tutors to every school age male in need
2
Create culturally relevant programing that promotes character and excellence in academics and social/ emotional skills.
3
Build local networks ("villages") that give males access to the resources needed to thrive.
OUR SERVICES
High School Transition Program
Uzima partners with local MS/HS's to teach Students the building blocks for excellence in their high school career. The course lasts nine sessions from the end of 8th grade to the first semester in 9th grade.
Mentorship "Tribes"
These school-based mentorship cohorts are designed to build character, accountability and community support. They are led by trained UZIMA mentors.
1-833-MY-UZIMA
Mentorship Hotline
1-833-MY-UZIMA places a trained mentor at each child's fingertips! Mentees ask questions, share issues and get support any time through the telephone!
OUR PASSION
What adolescents need...
Teens need continuous guidance to navigate the shifts in learning, life and growing responsibility. Uzima's trained mentors meet this challenge by providing far reaching support with using modern technology!
"Why?" You ask...
...because they're worth it!
Every teen deserves a high quality mentor to help support them in school and life. Uzima's vision is "Guiding (these) young men into authentic manhood."
