Family & Community, Burundi & South Africa

A person is a person through other people.

Ubuntu Ways walks alongside Burundian families settling in South Africa — offering wellness support, hands-on skills training that leads to real income, and a trusted way to keep money and love flowing home.

A mother holding her child close, representing the families Ubuntu Ways supports
2Countries served — Burundi & South Africa
3+Skills training tracks at our Care Academy
8+Bank & mobile money partners for transfers
1Community, holding each other up

What We Do

Three ways we hold families together

Moving to a new country is never just about one person. Ubuntu Ways was built around the whole family — the ones who moved, and the ones waiting at home.

01

Wellness & Family Support

Guidance and a listening ear for Burundian families navigating life, work, and belonging in South Africa — because settling in takes more than a visa.

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02

Ubuntu Family Care Academy

Hands-on training in trades like leather craft, alongside digital and technical skills — built to turn into a real income, not just a certificate.

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03

Money Transfer Services

Send money home to Burundi through UBUCO-SA — fast, secure transfers to the banks and mobile wallets your family already trusts.

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Ubuntu Family Care Academy

Skills that turn into a living, not just a lesson

Every course at the Academy is chosen for one reason: can it put money in someone's pocket within months, not years? Our first cohort trained in leather craft and repair — turning offcuts and second-hand shoes into wearable, sellable work.

  • Priority access for Burundians with disabilities who can work with their hands, and for women rebuilding their income.
  • 3-month structured course with real tools, real materials, and a trainer on the floor with you.
  • A finished trade — graduates leave able to craft and repair leather goods for their own income.
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Handmade leather sandals crafted by an Ubuntu Family Care Academy trainee A display of finished leather bags and goods made by trainees Academy graduates celebrating together
"What one hand cannot lift, two hands lift together." That is the ubuntu we build our work on — nobody rises alone, and no family is ever too far to reach.
— The Ubuntu Ways Team
A farmer gathering rice at harvest time in a community field

Livelihoods at Home

Family empowerment doesn't stop at the border

Behind every transfer we send home is a family working their own land — rice, maize, and community harvests that keep households fed and standing on their own two feet. We support these home-front livelihoods so income from South Africa builds on something, rather than simply covering a gap.

Our Community

Faces of Ubuntu Ways

Every graduation, every gathering, every family reunited by a transfer that landed safely — this is who we do it for.

However you can help, there's a place for you.

Volunteer your time, partner with our Academy, or simply send your next transfer with us.

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