Welcome to the New Ubuntu Institute Website
The Ubuntu Institute is a registered non-profit organization in South Africa looking at the role of culture, heritage and indigenous knowledge systems in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. The Ubuntu Institute works in the following Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, and Tanzania.
Guided by cultural values (ubuntu), the institute focuses on the following areas:
- HIV/AIDS: The Ubuntu Institute HIV/AIDS programme is focused on HIV/AIDS prevention with the specific goal of lowering/reducing HIV/AIDS incidence levels in Southern Africa. Our focus is in working with traditional and cultural leaders is to address socio-cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS … Read more
- Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women: The Ubuntu Institute gender equality and women empowerment programme seeks to address the vulnerability of young girls and women to HIV/AIDS, poverty, gender based violence, etc. The focus of the programme is on the intersection of culture, heritage and the empowerment of women … Read more
- Economic Development and Entrepreneurship: The Ubuntu Institute economic development and entrepreneurship programme is focused on business development, capacity building for entrepreneurship development and social entrepreneurship promoting cultural industries and rural development in Southern Africa … Read more
- Education: The Ubuntu Institute Education programme is focused on the integration of culture, heritage and Indigenous Knowledge systems in the education and curriculum development sector in Southern Africa … Read more
- Environmental Sustainability: The Ubuntu Institute Environmental Sustainability programme seeks to mobilize traditional and community leaders in Southern Africa to get involved in environmental education, awareness and sustainability programmes using indigenous methods … Read more