Building Inclusive Uganda Transforming Attitudes, Access, and Autonomy for Persons with Disabilities in Uganda

Scaling inclusion through community hubs

Social Summits Uganda (SSU) is a values-driven social enterprise and a national network of community hubs dedicated to promoting inclusion, empowerment, and cultural celebration. We combine inclusive hospitality, disability-centered advocacy, vocational training, and community-based art to transform lives while showcasing the richness of Uganda's diverse cultures and abilities.

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We are breaking Uganda's cycle of disability exclusion

Social isolation

  • Naturing empathy
  • Reducing stigma and misinformation surrounding disability
  • Building allyships and fostering cross-ability connections

Therapy gaps

  • Increasing access to rehabilitation services
  • Improving physical, cognitive and communicative development

Skills lockout

  • Teaching marketable skills for long-term employment
  • Promoting of active citizenship and autonomy

Care giver crisis

  • Strengthening financial resilience
  • Restoring dignity through supporting self reliance

SSU's Integrated Model: One Hub, Four Solutions

Each social summit delivers a unique blend of impact through four interconnected pillars

  • Inclusive Cafe
  • Advocacy gallery
  • Community hub
  • Vocational hub

Inclusive cafe

Wheelchair access

Sensory-friendly zones

Braille menus

Locally sourced “Impact Menu” options like Ability Harvest Pizza

Advocacy gallery

Transform stigma into storytelling

Exhibitions like “Crown of Beads, Not Pity” and “Hands That Build Dreams.”

Community hub

Adaptive foosball

Chess

Weekly guest art workshops

Inclusion dialogues

Weekly night cultural events

Vocational hub

11-month programs in textiles

Fine arts

Hospitality

Music

Information Technology

Muhabura social summit

What is Muhabura Social Summit?

By 2035, we'll have summits from Kabale to Kotido

A nationwide network of community hubs where hospitality fuels social transformation. Each Summit combines café, art & crafts gallery, textile design skilling workshop, and inclusive space to empower persons with disabilities and reshape communities training, and community-based art to transform lives while showcasing the richness of Uganda's diverse cultures and abilities.

2035 National Impact Goals

  • 10 Operational Summits
  • 50,000+ direct beneficiaries
  • National disability employment up 35%
  • "Inclusive Uganda" tourism circuit
  • Replication in 1 neighboring countries

Founder's reflection

Medical interventions alone are not enough. We need an ecosystem that restores dignity, creates livelihoods, and changes perceptions — all in one inclusive space. These social summits are the prototype for Uganda where every major town has a heartbeat of inclusion. By 2025, we'll have Summits from Kisoro to Kotido, each rooted but united in purpose.

Julius Kaweesa, Physiotherapist & Founding Director

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