Projects
Project Goal
The goal is to advance the education of 100 young women through providing scholarships for access to education and vocational skills training while leveraging safe spaces to build self-esteem and agency for young women and girls.
Project Objectives
To provide technical and vocational skills training focusing on culinary, baking, tailoring and hairdressing to 100 young women and girls in Soroti, Uganda, as a vehicle for economic empowerment through entrepreneurship for income generation
To create an avenue where girls and young women can access education and remain in schools for continued learning using scholarships. While creating safe spaces for young women to allow them to thrive and explore their full potential.
Key Activities
Technical and vocational skills training
Financial inclusion, entrepreneurship training, and support
Gender based violence prevention and awareness, and sexual reproductive health trainings and campaigns
Education access and scholarship support
Life skills and mentorship sessions
In Partnership with
Mastercard Foundation-funded Education Access and Entrepreneurship Skilling integrated with sports to empower young women in Soroti District (EASE) project.
(15th July 2024 to 31st December 2025)
Soroti Cricket Academy, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, is spearheading an initiative aimed at enhancing education access and entrepreneurship skilling integrated with sports to empower young women in Soroti District (EASE). The project holds critical importance as it innovatively addresses the intersection of gender inequality and youth unemployment, focusing specifically on the marginalised young women and girls in Soroti district, Uganda. This transformative partnership focuses on skill development, education access, and economic opportunities for youth, particularly girls and young women.
Project Goal
To reduce incidences of early pregnancy, other forms of GBV and school dropouts among cricket club members and their schoolmates
Project Objectives
To enhance knowledge and agency among cricket coaches, cricket club members and schoolmates on self-leadership, life skills and gender-based violence
Key Achievements
Trained four coaches in gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and referral pathways.
Built the capacity of twelve cricket club members (8 females, 4 males) as peer educators through a Training of Trainers (ToT) program.
Conducted sensitisation sessions on self-leadership, life skills, and GBV prevention and response for the twelve trained cricket club members.
Facilitated the trained peer educators to lead sensitisation sessions on self- leadership, life skills, and GBV prevention and response, reaching over 6,500 fellow students.
Enhanced the safety and inclusivity of cricket grounds to support gender- sensitive and more effective coaching.
Organised a cricket tournament focused on GBV awareness and prevention.
Trocaire funded Cricket Against Gender Based Violence (GBV) Project
(1st May to 31st August 2021)
Soroti Cricket Academy, in partnership with Trócaire Uganda, implemented the “Cricket for GBV” project to enhance knowledge and agency among cricket coaches, club members, and school players in Soroti City and District. The project focused on building self-leadership, life skills, and gender-based violence awareness through training and sensitisation activities, while also promoting talent identification and development through cricket.
COVID-19 Lockdown Food Distribution Program for SCA Players, Their Families, and Teachers
(Launched in 2021)
In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, Soroti Cricket Academy partnered with Feed A Million Mouths International to mitigate the loss of livelihoods among its community. Through this partnership, the Academy provided critical support to its stakeholders during the second lockdown, distributing over 3 tonnes of NRG Xtra — a nutritious, high-fibre meal designed to keep individuals satisfied while delivering full nutritional benefits. Since then, more than 500 households, including cricketers, their families, and teachers involved in the Academy’s programs, have benefited from this initiative. This innovation has proven to be an effective solution in vulnerable communities where accessing food is difficult.