Scholar selection
Team activities show each applicant's strengths.
Freesponsibility
Freedom to decide, paired with responsibility for the outcome. Take on more and you gain more say.
Real roles
There is no fixed curriculum. Running accounts or logistics teaches what a classroom can't.
Own goals
Nobody sets targets for you. You choose yours and plan the steps with a coach.
The journey
Six steps.
Applied Social Innovation
SINA calls it the Confusion Stage. Old limiting beliefs and the fear of failing give way to purpose.
Past hardship often gains meaning here and points to a problem worth solving.
Emerging
Interests turn into ideas, and ideas into teams. Each team listens to the people a problem affects before shaping an answer.
Concentration
The lean startup approach: only real customers can say if an idea works, so teams prototype fast, fail fast and improve.
The target is at least 150 USD of revenue a month.
Linking
With traction in hand, teams find partners and finance, register and get ready to operate beyond our walls.
SINA Acceleration
The strongest ventures can enter a six-month program run by SINA to grow and hire.
Along the way
The tools we use.
- Life coaching and one-on-one sessions.
- Business mentoring for each team.
- Weekly presentations that build confidence.
- Bootcamps, at Lazima and with sister communities.
- Pitches to panels that give honest feedback.
- A comfort zone challenge to face a fear head on.
Who can join
Is this for you?
- You are a young refugee or from the host community.
- You are 18 to 29 years old.
- You live in or near Nsambya, Kampala.
- You want to create change where you live.
No degree needed. Ideas grow during the journey.
Personal growth
Self-discovery, purpose, passion and public speaking.
Professional growth
Design thinking, business modelling, marketing and fundraising.
How to apply
Three things to know.
1. Fill in the form
A short questionnaire about you and your situation.
2. Selection day
Group activities like river crossing and puzzles at the hub.
3. The first stage
About two and a half months, 9am to 1pm on weekdays.
Join the next cohort
It starts with the application form.