Ending the year in style with a team retreat Extreme Adventure Park - taking time off to unwind and shake off the #paint and #brushes . #facesup
Faces Up Uganda
Non-profit Organizations
Kampala , Central 1,724 followers
Empowers young people to succeed: boosting educational and life outcomes, One Community at a Time, using Art as a tool.
About us
Faces Up is a registered non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kampala, Uganda. The organization works with young people at the margins and youths from across Uganda, focusing on young people from vulnerable backgrounds or displaced families, on those who have experienced trauma or disability, and on children and young adults whose life prospects are at best uncertain. Through its program of arts and crafts education, Faces Up seeks to habilitate young people, helping them to tackle their psychosocial challenges, and gain the personal and professional skills that make them far more likely to succeed in life. The approach: 1) offer life-changing arts education to all young people at the margins across Uganda, and 2) invite people across the world to purchase artworks done by children and merchandise featuring their art prints to enable us to raise needed funds to pay for the school fees of youngsters. Why the model works: Participating in art has proven to benefit young children by improving: • cognitive development • self-awareness and self-expression • social and perception skills • academic outcomes As such, art can act as a highly effective form of treating trauma, depression, phobias, addiction, and other societal issues. Our approach is designed to bring out the best in every child, young person, or youth that we work with. Visit our website, to learn more. Thank you
- Website
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http://www.facesup.org
External link for Faces Up Uganda
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Kampala , Central
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Empowerment, Mentorship, Visual Arts, Advocacy, Education, and Psychosocial support
Locations
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Primary
Kampala , Central 256, UG
Employees at Faces Up Uganda
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Ntensibe Edgar
Writer
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Ssekitto Kalule Emmanuel
Mandela Washington Fellow 2024 | #Arts Education Specialist l Systemic impact leader @Faces Ug Uganda - linking creative expression, improved…
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katamanywa Buyinga Barbra
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Stephen Dhoal Mathew Wanbang
Co-founder at Youth Action for Community Transformation (YACOT)||Peace Builder||Refugee Rights Advocate||Field Researcher||SRHR Advocate||
Updates
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We've a newsletter alert for you today: https://lnkd.in/d5wFhcbV #FacesUp
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Discover the perfect companion to carry all your accessories in a stylish and sustainable purse made from synthetic leather and upcycled materials. Be sure to check out the last two pictures to see the interior and back of the purse. You can grab one of these from our online shop by clicking the link in our bio. #facesup #sustainable #madeinuganda
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A few days back, Kajebe Jacobjosh held an introductory class on woodblock printmaking for young people. Incloviving carving out a design on the MDF board. While understand ling that exploring a new medium can be intimidating at first, we're glad to see the courage and curiosity that everyone exhibited. . We will be sharing some of the works they created. #facesup
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This far, the parents of the children we empower have come in their jewellery-making classes. . Is there something that you find exciting? . Do let us know in the comments below. #facesup
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The past two months have been incredible working with a diverse team of experts and professionals from SAP through the MovingWorlds We have had an opportunity to turn our monitoring and evelautation tool into a digital visualiser to help capture and quantitatively present the progress of each young person as they interact with our program over time. . We are grateful for for support from the team including Nadine G. Michael Graf Aleksandar Aytov and Illie Ciotir
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Mayambala eventually got us all there, with the live painting! This was the latest addition to it. #FacesUp
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Here we were still laying the groundwork, for the live painting of the day at Maendeleo Foundation. Remember, technology is a knife well sharpened on both ends; that's why children must be kept safe online! #FacesUp
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Mukono - we are with you today for the launch of the second edition of the "Help children be children" endeavour! #FacesUp
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Art in public spaces plays a significant role, and during the launch of the MTN Uganda #MTNChangemakers program yesterday at the Bless A Child Foundation in Makerere Kikoni, we had the opportunity to paint a mural that emphasizes how to keep children safe online. The mural features vibrant colors and child-friendly figures, created by Kajebe Jacobjosh Ezie Comics and Namirimu Roselock under the guidance of Kamanyire Nyakoojo We are pleased to leave this artwork in the area for the public to enjoy while also conveying important messages and information on key issues. #facesup