Get involved
How will you help?
Umoja is a movement, and movements need partners. Fund a scholarship, volunteer your time, or partner as a school, business, or institution. Pick the one that fits, or talk to us if it isn't on the list.
Your path
Choose how you want to help
Each path is real, funded, and active. Most contributors start with one and grow from there.
Donate
Best for individuals who want to directly fund a scholar's education.
Financial sponsorships fund scholarships, learning materials, and the mentorship program. Every donor receives a yearly impact report on the scholars they helped support.
Volunteer
Best for educators, practitioners, and mental-health advocates who can offer time, expertise, or steady mentorship.
Mentor a scholar one-on-one, lead a workshop on leadership or career readiness, or tutor weekly in your subject. Time commitments range from a single session to a full academic year.
Partner
Best for local schools, community leaders, small businesses, and corporate partners ready for a long-term collaboration.
Provide technology, books, or learning materials, offer internships, or back teacher training and extracurricular programs. Partnerships are designed jointly and reviewed annually.
Why it matters
Each path moves the program
Money funds the scholarship; time builds the relationship; partnership scales both. Each contributor changes the program in a different way, and the program needs all three to work.
Volunteer in detail
Where your time goes
Three concrete shapes for volunteer work, each with the time investment we'd ask of you up front.
Mentorship
1 hour / month
Guide a scholar with personal and professional advice over an academic year. Regular check-ins, motivation, and the steady contact that keeps a scholarship from feeling transactional.
Tutoring
2 hours / week
Help scholars excel academically through subject-specific coaching, math, sciences, language, college prep. We match by subject and time zone to a scholar who needs it.
Workshops
1 to 3 hours, one-off
Lead a session on leadership, life skills, or career readiness. Tell us what you'd teach and we'll find the right scholars to bring you into.
Together, we break barriers
All three paths build the same program.
Together, we break down the barriers that prevent talented students from accessing the education they deserve, and create a community where every child has the opportunity to thrive, dream, and achieve.
Partnership in detail
How institutions plug in
Umoja currently collaborates with local schools, community leaders, and small businesses to identify deserving students and support their education. Three concrete formats partners step into.
Corporate Partnerships
Provide technology, books, or learning materials, offer internships or apprenticeship opportunities, or support initiatives like teacher training and extracurricular programs.
Schools and community leaders
Umoja already collaborates with local schools and community leaders to identify deserving students. Joining as a school or community partner means jointly designing how the program runs in your district.
Small businesses
Existing small-business partners back individual scholars or fund specific learning resources. We handle the reporting; your team sees the impact directly.
Have a different idea?
If your contribution doesn't fit the paths above, write to us. Most partnerships start with a first email, and donations always work.