Creating conditions where people grow and lead.
Oszkar Apama’bo Anand Foundation (OAA Foundation Uganda) is a youth and community-centered nonprofit based in Arua City, Uganda. Founded in 2025, we exist to address inequality, unemployment, and unrealized potential — not by rescuing people, but by empowering them with access, guidance, and opportunity.
Mentorship, skills, talent platforms, and employment pathways.
Clean water, education support, and local initiatives.
Unemployment, limited mentorship, lack of skills development platforms, and restricted access to clean water and education continue to slow progress for both youth and communities.
These challenges are not caused by a lack of ability.
They are caused by a lack of access.
OAA Foundation exists to bridge this gap in a dignified, people-centered, and sustainable way.
Across many communities in East Africa, young people are full of potential — but face barriers that limit opportunity.
Few platforms to develop skills or earn from talent.
Unemployment and lack of mentorship restrict growth.
Limited clean water, education support, and engagement.
Lasting change happens when young people and communities are empowered as active partners. We recognize talent, voice, and potential — and work alongside people to open doors, provide guidance, and create opportunity.
Youth and communities are participants, not beneficiaries.
Confidence and opportunity create long-term impact.
OAA Foundation Uganda exists to empower youth and communities, creating access, opportunity, and sustainable impact through talent development, mentorship, and community support.
To be the most impactful youth and community empowerment non-profit NGO in Eastern Africa.
Empowering Youths, Empowering Communities
To empower marginalized youths through employment, mentorship, peer education, talent development platforms, and talent support — while sustaining underserved communities with clean water access, education scholarships, and community initiatives.
AA Foundation follows a structured approach to ensure every initiative is intentional, credible, and effective. We empower youth and communities through guidance, platforms, and active participation — creating real opportunities for growth, skills development, and leadership.
Four principles guide everything we do, forming the backbone of our Cloud-9 Ecosystem.
Creating clear pathways to opportunity for youth and communities.
Providing mentorship, coaching, and peer-led learning that builds confidence.
Developing safe, supportive spaces where talent and skills can grow.
Engaging youth and communities as active partners in their own development.
OAA Foundation organizes its work around two interconnected pillars, ensuring youth and communities are supported in a connected, community-rooted way. Each pillar delivers programs that build skills, confidence, and opportunity.
Programs like the Cloud-9 Youth Edutainment Centre (CYEC) and Sports Club support youth aged 15–30 with mentorship, talent development, and skill-building.
The Cloud-9 Community Initiative (coming soon) focuses on clean water, education support, and community-led engagement.
We act with empathy and care
We value unity and shared responsibility
We respect differences and promote inclusion
We ensure fair access to opportunities
We work alongside communities as partners
We are honest, transparent, and sincere
We achieve more through collaboration.
We listen, learn, and adapt continuously.
My journey has not been a straight line.
I studied Industrial Chemistry at Makerere University and later pursued a Master’s in Environmental Management at the University of San Francisco. Along the way, I realized I had been following a path shaped by expectations, not purpose.
In 2017, I returned to Arua during a difficult season in my life. I faced uncertainty, isolation, and moments that forced me to reflect deeply on who I was and what I truly wanted to do.
It was in that season that I understood something clearly:
Many young people are not lacking talent—they are lacking access, guidance, and belief.
Despite the challenges that followed, including financial struggles during my studies, I experienced moments of support that changed my life. Those experiences taught me compassion, patience, and the power of opportunity.
That is why I started OAA Foundation.
I wanted to create a space where young people are seen, supported, and given real opportunities to grow.
What began as a small idea has grown into the Cloud-9 initiatives—platforms where youth can develop their talents, build confidence, and create meaningful livelihoods.
This work is deeply personal to me.
Because I have lived both sides—what it feels like to be overlooked, and what it means when someone believes in you.
That is the belief we carry forward every day:
“Yes, you can do it.”
— Oszkar Apama’bo Anand
Founder, OAA Foundation
President
Vice President
Executive Assistant
Finance Manager
OAA Foundation is committed to transparency, responsible resource use, and continuous learning as we grow.
NIMSA Road, Arua City, Uganda
P.O. Box 341607, Arua – Uganda
Oszkar Apama’bo Anand Foundation (OAA Foundation)
Founded in 2025
