🇺🇬 Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

Transforming
Communities
for Resilience

TAO Africa is a refugee-led, youth-led community organization founded by young South Sudanese refugees — building skills, restoring dignity, and creating lasting pathways to self-sustainability.

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Bidibidi Yumbe District, Uganda

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Refugee-led Founded by South Sudanese youth

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4 Pillars Livelihood · Education · Peace · Environment

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8+ Partners Including UNESCO & Enterprise Uganda

Who We Are

Born from struggle.
Built for change.

TAO Africa (Transformative Advocacy Organization Africa) is a refugee-led, youth-led community-based organization formed in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement to transform refugee and host communities for resilience and self-sustainability.

Founded by young South Sudanese refugees who witnessed the daily struggles of displaced families — especially youths, children, single mothers, and the elderly — TAO Africa was built to create local solutions that restore hope, dignity, and opportunity.

We work to prepare refugees and internally displaced persons with skills and innovative ideas that support resettlement, peaceful return, and long-term development.

Vision

Empower, educate, innovate, and transform communities for resilience and self-sustainability.

Mission

A transformed community of youth, children, and the elderly with innovative ideas going beyond cultural heritage and community development.

Refugee-Led & Youth-Driven

Every program is designed and delivered by those who have lived the experience of displacement — community members are co-creators, not just beneficiaries.

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8+Partner Orgs

YouthLed Leadership

🇺🇬Uganda-Based

Thematic Areas

What We Do

Our work spans four interconnected pillars — each tackling a root cause of vulnerability in refugee and host communities across Bidibidi.

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Livelihood

Building skills to support development and peace — increasing employability through vocational and entrepreneurial training, trauma healing, and income-generating activities.

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Education

Promoting girl child education, entrepreneurship skills, digital marketing awareness, HIV/AIDs prevention, early childhood development, and eradicating Gender Based Violence in all its forms.

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Peace Building

Promoting social equity and justice, reconciliation, and cultural transformation within and between refugee and host communities in Yumbe District.

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Environmental Management

Greening the environment through tree planting, community education on conservation, response to climate change, food security, and transforming the local eco-system.

What We Have Done

Our Impact

From digital clinics to UNESCO-partnered summits — TAO Africa turns community needs into real action on the ground in Bidibidi.

"From Skills to Impact: Learning Entrepreneurship Beyond the Classroom" — TAO Africa's flagship entrepreneurship summit, co-organised with the Learning Planet Festival powered by UNESCO. — TAO Africa × Learning Planet Institute × UNESCO

🖥️ Refugee Digital Clinics

🚀 Entrepreneurship Training

🌐 Digital Marketing Workshops

🌳 Tree Planting Campaigns

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Refugee Digital Clinics

Online clinics focused on digital marketing and entrepreneurship, connecting Bidibidi refugees to global learning platforms and 21st-century skills.

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Entrepreneurship Beyond the Classroom

Training refugees in business model development, portfolio building, and online work — in partnership with UNESCO's Learning Planet Institute.

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Environmental Action

Active tree planting and environmental education campaigns, building community resilience against climate change and food insecurity in Bidibidi.

What Guides Us

Core Values

These principles guide every relationship TAO Africa holds — with beneficiaries, partners, government, donors, and the wider community.

Teamwork

Everyone's strengths are valued. Listening to and respecting each other while working together leads to transformative, lasting results.

Commitment

We work within agreed timeframes, renegotiating with all parties only when genuinely urgent circumstances require it.

Professionalism

We act with integrity at all times — providing quality service, being reliable, and taking full responsibility for our actions.

Personal Development

We value learning, feedback, coaching, and mentoring. All opportunities for growth — for staff and community — are actively pursued.

How We Work

Our Strategic Approach

All TAO Africa programs are people-led. The voice of every beneficiary guides each step — from needs assessment through to evaluation and learning.

Participatory Approach

Beneficiaries participate actively from needs assessment to implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and sharing lessons learned.

Community Centered

TAO Africa puts the community at the forefront of every program — people here are co-creators, not just beneficiaries.

Co-ordination & Collaboration

We coordinate activities with government, NGOs, refugee structures, and line ministries within our operation areas.

Accountability & Transparency

All program activities and budgets are transparent. Anyone can access this information at any time upon request.

Needs Driven

Programs are never imposed from the top. Activities are selected based on the real demands made by beneficiaries themselves.

Our Able Team

The People Behind TAO Africa

Founded and led by South Sudanese refugees who transformed personal experience of displacement into a powerful mission for their community.

Moses Elly Manoah Duku

Founder & Executive Director

Vita Geofrey

Founder & Programs Manager

Harriet Peace Elly

Finance & Administration

Who We Work With

Our Partners

TAO Africa collaborates with global and regional organizations to extend our reach and deepen our community impact in Bidibidi and beyond.

🌍 Global Entrepreneurship Week

🇺🇬 Enterprise Uganda

🏛️ BRIDGES — UNESCO / MOST

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🌱 Children & Youth Major Group to UNEP (CYMG)

🎓 Learning Planet Institute × UNESCO

💡 Koneta — Learn · Innovate · Impact

🏠 I-define Hub

Take Action

Get Involved

Stand with refugee communities in Bidibidi. Every act of support — financial, professional, or personal — transforms a life.

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Donate

Your support directly funds livelihood training, girl child education, tree planting, and peace-building activities.

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Partner With Us

NGOs, companies, and academic institutions can partner with TAO Africa to co-design programs and scale community impact.

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Use your platform to amplify the voices of South Sudanese refugees and community-led solutions from Bidibidi.

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Volunteer

We welcome skills in digital training, communications, program management, and community facilitation. Join our team.

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Reach Out

Contact TAO Africa

Whether you're seeking support, a donor, a partner, or a volunteer — we'd love to hear from you. Reach us directly below.

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Location

Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District, Uganda

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Phone

+256 769 570 893

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Email

taoafrica64@gmail.com

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Our Tagline

Empowering Communities for Resilience

TransformingCommunitiesfor Resilience

Born from struggle.Built for change.