YETU was founded in 2014 to offer business training to young people, especially women who presented a population with dashed dreams, dissuaded from entrepreneurial investments, majority of whom were dependent on parents, relatives and
spouses.
While the interventions of the social enterprise were successful in improving the lives of over 76% of beneficiaries, the majority spent more than half of their savings on health, while others were living school for marriage alongside other challenges.
In 2016, we registered as a non-government-organisation to provide holistic support to young women and girls. We dream of a society where youth, especially young women and girls thrive.
YETU has since 2016 partnered with various institutions of improve the lives of over 20,000 young people living in Luwero, Nakaseke, Nakasongola and Wakiso Districts in Uganda. Below are some of our results