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In the Kyotera District of Uganda, the community of Kasasa has been cultivating a vision: The Tat Sat Community Academy, or the "TaSCA" project. The community’s dream is rooted in sustainable systems, and aims to inspire similar initiatives across East Africa.
The TaSCA project centers on a secondary school, which merges the arts, skill based training, and formal education. Coupled with the school will be a performing arts center for Ugandan traditional arts, which will engage the larger community in the preservation of common heritage. To sustain the project, the project is committed to the creation of a savings and credit cooperative organization, or "SACCO" , which will engage in community financing, student/family financial support, and economic education. Th
The Kasasa community is partnering with the Peace Africa Children’s Ensemble - a Ugandan nonprofit with a proven track record and over 15 years of experience - and The InteRoots Initiative. InteRoots is the project’s partner and funding mechanism, which will provide incremental micro-grants to upstart the project. These grants will be reviewed collaboratively to ensure mutual accountability.