From Circles
to Action.
YAP Chapters give existing youth groups the structure, skills, and financial linkages to become self-sustaining community enterprises — not dependent on Omuto, but built by it.
The groups already exist.
Most just stay small.
Savings circles, church groups, football teams, informal youth meetups — the social fabric is already there across Mpigi and Butambala. Young people are gathering. They are committed. They already meet regularly.
But without structure, most of these groups save money they never invest, meet without producing anything, and miss government programmes they have never heard of. YAP changes that — by giving existing groups a framework that actually works.
Without YAP, groups stay stuck:
Save money but never build a project together
Miss Emyooga, YLP, and national programmes they qualify for
No records, no accountability, no access to formal banking
Each member working alone rather than building collective income
Structured meetings with documented outcomes every term
Collective and individual income projects running in parallel
Group bank account, transparent records, formal financial standing
Eligible and prepared for Emyooga and Youth Livelihood Programme
Connected to the Innovation Summit — mentors, partners, peers
A chapter that runs itself — not dependent on Omuto to function
Four Pillars of
Support
YAP is not self-declared. Omuto walks alongside every chapter with four structured pillars of support.
Skills Training
Through YoSkills Entrepreneurship Circles, members gain practical training in running a business, managing money, and planning projects — before any enterprise is launched.
Financial Linkages
We connect chapters to financial institutions and guide them through opening group accounts, keeping clean records, and preparing the documentation that unlocks formal access to capital.
Government Access
Most youth groups hear about national programmes but are never ready when they apply. YAP makes chapters eligible — not just aware — by preparing the documentation and group structure each programme requires.
Innovation Summit
Once a year, YAP Chapters present their work at the Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit. Projects get refined through peer feedback, mentors engage directly, and partners identify what they want to support.
Building enterprises,
not dependency groups.
Job creators, not
job seekers.
Every element of YAP is designed to make itself unnecessary over time. We train chapters until they run their own sessions. We help them build financial systems that work without us. The exit is built into the design.
The goal is poverty reduction through organised youth enterprise — not NGO programming that ends when the funding does.
Youth waiting for jobs to appear
→ Youth building enterprises that create jobs
Saving circles with no growth trajectory
→ Structured collective income projects
Groups that collapse when the NGO leaves
→ Self-sustaining chapters with their own systems
Missing government programmes through ignorance
→ Prepared, eligible, and actively applying
Allowances paid for attendance
→ Skills built that outlast any programme
External organisations solving problems for youth
→ Youth identifying and solving their own
Six Areas of Impact
Not targets written into a proposal. What actually shifts when a community has an organised, skilled youth group working inside it.
Poverty Reduction
Collective enterprises and shared income projects build financial resilience for members and their households — moving from subsistence to surplus.
Financial Inclusion
Group accounts, savings systems, and direct banking linkages bring members into the formal financial system — often for the first time.
Youth Employment
Enterprises started by chapters generate real, paying work — for members first, then for peers in the wider community as the business grows.
Gender Inclusion
YAP actively ensures women and girls hold leadership positions and equal access to enterprise support, financial linkages, and skills training.
Climate Action
Chapters run environmental projects — tree planting, composting, clean water stewardship — that improve local conditions and build the GreenSchools pipeline.
Community Health
Health education, peer support, and hygiene campaigns run by trained chapter members reach households that formal health systems miss.
Still
Early.
Building
Right.
YAP launched in 2021. We have two active chapters in Mpigi District — Buwama and Kayabwe. Both are operational, monitored, and producing documented outcomes. Expansion into Butambala is underway. We are not claiming scale we have not reached.
Sustainability matters more than speed. Every new chapter gets the full support pathway before the next one starts.
Chapter active — Buwama, Mpigi District
Chapter active — Kayabwe, Mpigi District
YoSkills graduates integrated into both chapters
Butambala expansion — in progress
Stanbic Bank financial literacy partnership — being formalised
Impact monitoring and tracking systems — being built
Teal = Active Gold = In progress
What a mature YAP chapter
looks like.
Group account active, clean records, accessing formal capital independently
At least one collective income project running, employing members
Applied for and received Emyooga or YLP funding without external help
Chapter runs its own sessions — Omuto visits to monitor, not to facilitate
Recognised by local leaders as a credible, productive force in the area
That is the Youth Action Pathway.
How to Get Involved
Whether you are a youth group, a donor, or an organisation — there is a specific entry point for you.
Register a
Chapter
If your group is in Mpigi or Butambala and meets regularly — savings circle, sports team, faith group, or informal meetup — you can register as a YAP Chapter and access the full support pathway.
Fund a
Chapter
Sponsoring a YAP Chapter covers training, toolkits, financial linkage sessions, and monitoring support across a full year. You can name the chapter and receive quarterly reports on how it is developing.
Partner
With Us
Banks, government bodies, NGOs, and businesses can enter a formal partnership — delivering financial literacy sessions, providing mentorship, opening market access, or co-funding the Innovation Summit.
Structure is what
turns a group into
an enterprise.
Two chapters are active. More are in the pipeline. If your group is ready to move from informal to organised — or if you want to fund that shift — get in touch.
YAP Chapters · Mpigi & Butambala · Est. 2021 · info@omuto.org