Services
GRASSROOTS BASED
United Women of East Africa Support Team (UWEAST) is a unique organization grown out of the community, not brought in by an outside organization. Membership is comprised of over 200 East African women working on a volunteer basis with other East African women and youth in San Diego.
CULTURALLY COMPETENT
Our organization offers several different cultural and educational enriching activities and programs and works with others organizations to provide their services in culturally appropriate programs.

Health
Education
Advocacy
Past Programs

Urban Beats
A partnership with the San Diego County Division of Behavioral Health Services, the Urban Beats program is an artistic transitional ...
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Making Connections
UWEAST is currently implementing an actionable prevention plan to improve the well-being of East African boys and men, by simultaneously ...
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High School Fellowship
UWEAST provides young people with opportunities for professional development by providing 1:1 support to cater to individual needs. October Fundraiser ...
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Bilal and Baraka (Beginning and Blessing)
Started in 2013, women entrepreneurs formed self-sustaining saving groups to promote economic and social growth. These entrepreneurs offer unique hand-crafted ...
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Cultural Competency Services
UWEAST is a locally sought-after provider of cultural competency forums, trainings and workshops to stimulate dialogue within the workplace or ...
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Me and My Image
Me and my Image is a cluster of programs that address the elevated level of discrimination-related challenges facing girls and ...
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Youth Workshops
Youth workshops for middle and high school students are held biweekly on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month ...
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Young East African Scholars
Young East African Scholars is a program targeting males, which meets every Thursday from 5:00PM – 7:30PM. It offers skills ...
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Girl Scouts
UWEAST offers a culturally tailored Girl Scouts program for East African adolescent girls, which meets on Monday evenings from 5:00PM ...
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Dunya Women’s Health Collaborative
UWEAST is a partner of the Dunya Women’s Health Collaborative at UC San Diego Center for Community Health, launched in ...
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Girls ONLY!
This year long program was designed to introduce young girls to financial literacy and empower them to be confidant. The ...
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Public Speaking Workshops
Middle and High school students participate in a series of 6 public speaking workshops to improve their public speaking and ...
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Thinkabit Lab Workshops
Youth programming and workshops at Qualcomm’s Thinkabit Lab is designed for students to have a hands on experience for engineering ...
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Refugee Student Resource Program
UWEAST and the South Sudanese Community Center offer support with English language acquisition. Participants can practice independently with computer software ...
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Connecting Souls
Connecting Souls is a monthly program for adolescent girls to gain exposure to various career fields through guest presentations by ...
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Collective Voices with The AjA Project
In partnership with The AjA Project, young East African girls are trained in film making and photography to share their ...
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Women’s Only Yoga
The purpose of the women’s only yoga is to encourage healthy lifestyles and offer local refugee women a community-supported alternative ...
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Girl’s Only Basketball League & Swimming Classes at YMCA
The goal of the all girls swimming and basketball program is to give female community members the opportunity to exercise ...
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Dialogue With a Doctor
Dialogue with the Doctor is a monthly evening preventive health discussion led by a physician for refugee women to comfortably ...
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