Educate Empower Employ

The Uvuvi Foundation seeks to help youth find their passion and their vocation to sustain themselves, their family and their community.

Educate

Knowledge is power. The first main principle of the Uvuvi Foundation is to help people find learning opportunities.

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Empower

Turning those learning opportunities in to hands-on experiences through internships, apprenticeships, and job-shadowing opportunities is the second principle.

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Employ

Turning skills in to real-life jobs. We help partner the youth with the career option that best fits their goals and passion.

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Mission & Vision

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; empower that man and you feed generations."

Testimonials

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“Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean.”

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Jean Doe, CEO FREEHTML5.co Creative Director

“Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts.”

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John Doe, Senior UI FREEHTML5.co Creative Director

“Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. ”

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Chris Nash, Director FREEHTML5.co Creative Director

Services

Our core services fall under three main categories.

Career Readiness

Youth trying to find their passion.

Re-Integration After Incarceration

Those returning to society.

Job Re-training

People trying to start a new career later in life.

About Uvuvi and Founding Members

There is so much happening behind the scenes to make successes in people's lives. Here are the Founding Members:

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Thurlow Weed

Founding Member

From New Paltz, New York, Thurlow, or Ted, has given his life to helping youth to better themselves. He has worked many years as a teacher in Youth Prison facilities and now as a High School Technology Teacher in Vermont.

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Leonard Kalimasi

Founding Member

Leonard is orginally from Dar Es Salam, Tanzania and speaks multiple languages. Besides his work in the Information Technology field, he is involved in many projects including Translation services.

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Jacob Weed

Founding Member

Jacob has started multiple IT businesses. He currently serves at his local Chamber of Commerce and with the Youth Groups at his Church.

Partners, Resources, and Projects

Exploring/Learning for Life
The Uvuvi Foundation partners up with Exploring to help students find their passion. Their career programs help to bridge students and schools with businesses and the local community.

LDS Self Reliance Services

The LDS Church has put together a very excellent program for personal and career improvement.

The program is outlined for use in a group setting, but the resources can even be used individually.

Starting and Growing my Business is one of our favorites for new entrepreneurs!

Get In Touch

To get involved in helping fulfill the mission of the Uvuvi Foundation, contact us through one of the methods below.

Contact Info

  • 1141 S Stafford Rd
    Shortsville, NY 14548
  • 585-203-0503
  • info@uvuvi.org
  • uvuvi.org

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