Empowering Youth in Uganda Through Media Literacy

Empowering Youth Creators

To equip and empower African youth with media literacy and leadership skills, enabling them to create authentic stories that inspire social change and promote community development.

Our Mission

Our Vision

A generation of African youth empowered to think critically, communicate creatively, and lead confidently through media and technology.

Our Core Objectives

Build critical thinking and media literacy skills among youth.
Empower learners to tell meaningful stories aligned with community challenges.
Foster leadership, collaboration, and creative confidence.
Strengthen the link between education, technology, and social impact.
Promote resilience, adaptability, and global citizenship.

Creativity with Purpose
Collaboration and Empathy
Integrity and Inclusion
Lifelong Learning
Community Impact

Our Core Values

We use creative media education to merge learning and leadership. Each student learns to critically analyze media, create their own stories, and use digital tools to advocate for the change they believe in.
The program combines education, storytelling, and advocacy — helping youth develop both technical and human skills for today’s world.

Our Approach

Projects

Empowering youth through media.

Digital Changemakers Program in Partnership with EDC & youthlearn.org

Project Year: 2025
Location: Wampeewo Ntaake Secondary School, Uganda
Focus: Media literacy, digital storytelling, and youth leadership
Partners: Education Development Center (EDC) and youthlearn.org

The Digital Changemakers Program is a five-week hybrid learning experience designed to transform students into creative problem-solvers and community advocates.
Through practical storytelling and production skills, young people learn to analyze media critically, tell meaningful stories, and use digital tools to champion local causes.

Program at a Glance:

60 students (S.1–S.2) trained in media literacy and storytelling
12 student teams producing advocacy films and photo essays
Focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals: Education, Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Peace
Final community exhibition and dialogue with school leaders and parents

Core Impact Areas:

Strengthened youth leadership and digital confidence
Integration of media literacy into school learning
Hands-on skills in photography, filming, and editing
Partnerships with teachers and facilitators for sustainability

“We’re not just teaching media. We’re nurturing changemakers who can see their world differently and use creativity to make it better.”

GirlsVoices Uganda — The Beginning of a New Story

The GirlsVoices Uganda Summit (2019) was more than just a program it was a turning point in my own journey.
Hosted by GirlsVoices Global under GreaterGood.org, the summit brought together talented young women from across Uganda to explore how media can amplify their voices and inspire change.

I, Henry Sempangi Sanyulye, had the honor of leading and coordinating the GirlsVoices Program in Uganda, working closely with several schools to train and mentor participants. Through workshops in storytelling, photography, and film production, I guided these incredible girls as they learned to shape their experiences into powerful stories that reflected courage, hope, and leadership.

🌱 What the Experience Taught Me

Facilitating the GirlsVoices Program was deeply transformative. I witnessed firsthand how storytelling could unlock courage, creativity, and purpose in young people especially girls who had never imagined that their voices could be heard beyond the classroom walls.

It was during that experience that I realized something important: media is not just a tool for expression; it’s a bridge to leadership and transformation.

💡 The Birth of YouthLearn Africa

The lessons and inspiration from that summit are what gave birth to YouthLearn Africa.
Seeing how powerful youth-driven storytelling could be, I felt compelled to create an initiative that would open similar opportunities not only for girls, but for all young learners across Uganda and beyond.

YouthLearn Africa was built on those roots: combining the creative energy of GirlsVoices with structured digital literacy and leadership training to help youth create, question, and lead through media.

Today, through programs like the Digital Changemakers Program, that same spirit continues — empowering a new generation of storytellers to use their voices for purpose, truth, and change.