Healing the Collective.
Empowering the Individual.
We walk alongside Uganda's most marginalised young people to help them understand Trauma, Cope with it, reclaim their own stories, and grow into the leaders their communities have been waiting for.
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"Healing must happen together — because Herd Trauma was never suffered alone."
— Abubaker Sekatuka, FounderThe Challenge
What is Herd Trauma?
Across Uganda, millions of young people carry pain they did not choose — the accumulated weight of communities shaped by conflict, displacement, and generations of exclusion. We call this Herd Trauma: shared, inherited suffering that moves between people before a child has ever made a single decision of their own.
Conventional approaches treat trauma one person at a time. But when pain is collective, healing must be collective too. That is the founding insight behind everything Sharing Circles does.
Why We Exist
Our Vision
A world where the cycle of Herd Trauma is broken — and every young person has the agency to move from shared pain to communal power.
Our Mission
To foster community-led healing by equipping youth with the tools to process collective trauma, reclaim their narratives, and lead social transformation.
Our Philosophy
Healing precedes transformation. We create non-clinical, community-owned spaces where vulnerability is not a weakness to be managed, but the starting point for justice and lasting resilience.
Values — C.A.R.E
Compassion
Every circle begins with empathy. We ensure each young person feels genuinely seen and heard — not processed or managed.
Agility
We respond to what communities actually need — not what we assumed they would. Adaptability is core to how we work.
Resilience
We build the capacity to understand adversity, learn from it, and move forward with purpose — not simply to survive it.
Empowerment
True empowerment gives people the tools to lead their own futures — not a dependence on solutions from outside.
Our Operating System
The IMPACT Framework
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Three pillars, one mission
Transforming lives through publishing, accessibility, and leadership development.
A.S Publishers
Independent literary platforms for youth voices — turning personal experience into published works.
Mobility Access Programme
Affordable locally made wheelchairs tailored to Ugandan youth with disabilities — mobility as a right.
V.O.I.C.E Programme
6-month trauma-to-leadership intensive combining healing, critical thinking, and social entrepreneurship.
Support Our Work
Help us empower youth through education, mentorship, and community engagement.
Donate NowThe ideas behind the work
Herd Trauma (2nd Edition)
By Abubaker Sekatuka — collective inherited suffering. The theoretical bedrock of IMPACT.
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Ishara: Signs & Signals of Hope
Stories, poems, and essays from V.O.I.C.E programme participants — raw, honest, transformative.
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Get in touch
We would like to hear from you.
P.O.Box: 701061, Entebbe, Uganda.
+256-776-519540
info@sharingcircles.org