Pilot in Uganda: Future Imagination & Action Toolkit
Educators, community leaders, and local partners came together in Kanungu District to co-create new ways of helping children imagine and create a better future.
How do we tailor toolkits across different cultures and communities?
This spring, Our World 2050 and our two Ugandan partners, Green Guardians Conservation Hub (GGCH) and Good Cause Foundation, have piloted a new participatory learning toolkit with teachers and community stakeholders in Kanungu District, Uganda. The workshop brought together educators from five schools to co-create activities that help children imagine the future, explore local challenges, and develop their own solutions.
The pilot is part of Our World 2050's ongoing effort to adapt and strengthen our work in local contexts. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach, we work with local educators and partners to ensure our methods reflect the realities, opportunities, and aspirations of the communities we serve.
"When teachers create space for imagination, reflection, and dialogue, young people begin to see possibilities instead of limitations."
- Ambrose Iradukunda, Founder of GGCH & Our World 2050 Youth Ambassador
Watch the Uganda Pilot in Action
This 12 minute documentary follows the workshop and shares reflections from participating educators and community leaders.
Why this matters
Many children are growing up surrounded by narratives of climate change, inequality, and uncertainty. Yet few educational programs create space for young people to imagine positive futures and develop their own solutions. Helping children move from future anxiety to future hope is at the heart of Our World 2050's mission.
Local ownership matters
The most effective activities were those adapted to local realities and aspirations.
Teachers are key change makers
Educators play a critical role in helping children transform ideas into action.
Imagination creates agency
Creating space for creativity and dialogue helps young people see themselves as active creators of the future.
"Many children in our communities are already living with the realities of climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, and inequality. Too often, education focuses on these challenges without creating enough space for young people to imagine what a better future could look like. What this pilot showed us is that when teachers create space for imagination, reflection, and dialogue, young people begin to see possibilities instead of limitations. Through the teachers who participated in this pilot, we have seen how giving children the space to imagine the future, express their ideas, and develop solutions can help turn hope into action. That is why Our World 2050 is so important; it empowers young people to see themselves not as victims of the future, but as active creators of it"
- Ambrose Iradukunda
The next steps
The lessons from the Uganda Pilot will help shape future pilots and contribute to Our World 2050's goal of empowering children worldwide to imagine and create a sustainable future.
The pilot resulted in a draft Future Imagination & Action Toolkit focusing on:
- Imagination
- Creativity
- Problem-solving
- Leadership
- Community action
Thank you
A special thank you to Green Guardians Conservation Hub, Good Cause Foundation, Ambrose, and all participating teachers, community leaders, and partners who helped make this pilot possible.
Together, we are building learning experiences that help children move from hope to action.
