The school · Central Uganda
Classrooms that last.
A two-story school being built in central Uganda with the community — not dropped in for a week.
A national student network · Kutoa Foundation
Lead somethingthey can’t scroll past.
High school students attached to a real school, an Innovation Center, and a student in university because of this work. Meet in person. Once a month, everyone. This is the line on an application that is actually true.
What Kutoa does
Powered by youth to empower youth.
Innovation Center
A place to learn.
Tables, light, and a door that says students belong here.
Sifaeli
One student. University.
Twenty. Kilimanjaro foothills. Accounting in Moshi — because Kutoa walked with him.
How Advocates run
Join. Show up. Serve. Lead. Build.
01
Join
One form. You are in the national network — even if your school does not have a chapter yet.
02
Show up
In person at your chapter. Once a month, everyone in the network — same night.
03
Serve
Local nights when a chapter hosts. Kutoa projects either way. Hours get verified.
04
Lead
After six months as an Advocate, officer and national roles open. Title follows work.
05
Build
Start a chapter. Run a campaign when Nathan has your form. Put a new pin on the map.
What you get
The list, not the slogan.
What an Advocate actually walks away with.
- 01In person — and a monthly night for everyone
- 02Verified service hours
- 03A chapter — or the tools to start one
- 04Leadership after six months
- 05A fundraising form Nathan sets up
- 06Year-end, a few names
- 07The National Leadership Retreat
- 08Guest speakers and civic rooms
- 09Work with a name on it
- 10Something true to write
A letter from the Founder
To the next generation of Advocates,
When I founded Kutoa, I had no idea where it would take me. What started as a desire to help one person taught me this: you do not have to wait until you are older, more experienced, or more powerful to do something that matters.
That is why Kutoa Advocates exists. I want more young people to stop asking whether they’re old enough and simply start.
This is not another club for a résumé. It’s serving your community, raising money for something you believe in, sitting in a room with people who care as much as you do — and, as we grow beyond Cleveland, knowing an Advocate hundreds of miles away.
Join a chapter. Start one. Come to a meeting. Bring a friend. You don’t need an impressive title, or everything figured out. You just need to care enough to begin.
Kutoa has been one of the greatest blessings of my life. There is a lot left to build.
Come build it with us.
With hope and gratitude,
Nathan Carlson
Founder, Kutoa Foundation
LinkedInThe map
Where the work actually is.
Chapters in the United States. Mission sites in Tanzania. In person at a chapter. Monthly, everyone. Click a pin.
The calendar
Virtual. The whole network.
This page is Zoom nights only. In-person rooms live on each chapter’s calendar after you join — so one city does not see another city’s address.
Monthly · everyone
No Zoom nights posted yet. Anyone can RSVP once Kutoa Leadership sets a date and a link — you do not have to be an Advocate.
This is what being an Advocate looks like
Not another boring school club.
In person. Monthly, everyone.
Do not wait for a chapter in your school or city.
Join Advocates. RSVP for the monthly night. Start a chapter if you want a room of your own.