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Cornerstone Development Africa (Partner)

Cornerstone Development is among the longest running youth leadership development initiatives in Africa. Established in 1988, they have had an outstanding track record over the years with schools ranking among the top in each respective country we work in, and graduates now inspiring, influencing, and impacting in nearly every sector of society. All their programs strategically engage under-privileged high-potential young people with a special focus on youth leadership development.

Since their inception, this work has steadily expanded to include thousands of young people each year in a variety of programs that include schools, leadership development trainings, sports programs, group homes, and youth centers, as well as various other mentoring initiatives – all designed for providing love, education, and character formation. The Cornerstone Head Office is centrally located in our operational context (Kampala, Uganda), and their programs are all locally led by East Africans. With around 250 full-time staff, and a massive network of 1,000+ volunteers, Tim Kreutter (a Ugandan/American dual citizen, who has lived in this region his whole life) continues to serve as the overall director.

Because so many of Cornerstone young people have come from broken homes or lacked strong family support – Cornerstone has taken on an organizational culture that can best be described as a big “family of friends.” And, this means we see relationships as primary and tasks as secondary. In other words – what we do flows out of who we are.

The Cornerstone core focus is on developing the cornerstones of Africa’s next generation. That is, to raise up future leaders with a shared vision of positively transforming their communities and nations – as an outgrowth of their own personal transformation. Their approach involves creating loving, family-like environments in our schools and other programs for under-privileged young people – while empowering them with education and character formation in order for them to become leaders.