The school · Central Uganda
Classrooms that last.
A two-story school being built in central Uganda with the community — not dropped in for a week.
Lead something
they can’t scroll past.
High school students attached to a real school, an Innovation Center, and a student in university because of this work. Meet in person. Once a month, everyone. This is the line on an application that is actually true.
Powered by youth to empower youth·
Hope in every hand·
A school in Uganda·
The Innovation Center·
Sifaeli·
In person·
Monthly · everyone·
Powered by youth to empower youth·
Hope in every hand·
A school in Uganda·
The Innovation Center·
Sifaeli·
In person·
Monthly · everyone·
Powered by youth to empower youth.
Innovation Center
A place to learn.
Tables, light, and a door that says students belong here.
Sifaeli
One student. University.
Twenty. Kilimanjaro foothills. Accounting in Moshi — because Kutoa walked with him.
Join. Show up. Serve. Lead. Build.
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Join
One form. You are in the national network — even if your school does not have a chapter yet.
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02
Show up
In person at your chapter. Once a month, everyone in the network — same night.
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Serve
Local nights when a chapter hosts. Kutoa projects either way. Hours get verified.
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Lead
Officer and national roles open to Advocates who have served. Title follows work.
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Build
Start a chapter. Run a campaign when Nathan has your form. Put a new pin on the map.
The list, not the slogan.
What an Advocate actually walks away with.
- 01In person — and a monthly night for everyone
- 02Verified service hours
- 03A chapter — or the tools to start one
- 04Leadership when you earn it
- 05A fundraising form Nathan sets up
- 06Year-end, a few names
- 07The National Leadership Retreat
- 08Guest speakers and civic rooms
- 09Work with a name on it
- 10Something true to write
To the next generation of Advocates,
When I founded Kutoa, I had no idea where it would take me. What started as a desire to help one person taught me this: you do not have to wait until you are older, more experienced, or more powerful to do something that matters.
That is why Kutoa Advocates exists. I want more young people to stop asking whether they’re old enough and simply start.
This is not another club for a résumé. It’s serving your community, raising money for something you believe in, sitting in a room with people who care as much as you do — and, as we grow beyond Cleveland, knowing an Advocate hundreds of miles away.
Join a chapter. Start one. Come to a meeting. Bring a friend. You don’t need an impressive title, or everything figured out. You just need to care enough to begin.
Kutoa has been one of the greatest blessings of my life. There is a lot left to build.
Come build it with us.
With hope and gratitude,
Nathan Carlson
Founder, Kutoa Foundation
LinkedInWhere the work actually is.
Chapters in the United States. Mission sites in Tanzania. In person at a chapter. Monthly, everyone. Click a pin.
Chapter
Cleveland Advocates
Cleveland, Ohio
Morgan Harrison · 37 members
Add a chapter — add a pin. The mission sites are already on the earth.
Virtual. The whole network.
This page is Zoom nights only. In-person rooms live on each chapter’s calendar after you join — so one city does not see another city’s address.
No Zoom nights posted yet. Anyone can RSVP once Kutoa Leadership sets a date and a link — you do not have to be an Advocate.
Not another boring school club.
2-hour service night
Chapter fundraiser
Guest speaker
Community service
Chapter meeting
Leadership workshop
Advocates Live
The mission
Do not wait for a chapter in your school or city.
Join Advocates. RSVP for the monthly night. Start a chapter if you want a room of your own.