Kustawi is KiSwahili for “thriving.”
Kustawi creates a space that contributes to the thriving of African descent boys, men, and those who love them. It is a shared space to explore healing, restore dignity and build resilience for individual, household and collective actualization through knowledge dissemination.
Our Goal
Thriving With Purpose
Kustawi strives to promote engagement, disseminate knowledge and conduct research that will enable African descent boys, men and those who love them to thrive and continue their life's journey with an enriched sense of themselves endowed by the Grantor of Dominion (GoD).
Engagement
Building meaningful connections and community.
Knowledge
Disseminating research and education.
Research
Conducting transformative studies.
The Challenge
Addressing Hidden Crises
The Institute will play an important role in raising awareness and offering solutions to the hidden crisis of the sexual abuse of African descent boys and men. Unaddressed and unacknowledged trauma results in:
What We Do
Remembering Creative Power
The Institute recognizes that many African descent boys and men are impacted by misandrist dehumanizing stereotypes, unspoken trauma, and the silencing of their emotional lives.
Advocacy
Championing the emotional well-being and dignity of African descent boys and men.
Education
Community education and knowledge dissemination for healing and empowerment.
Research
Conducting critical research on trauma, identity, and resilience.
Psychotherapy
Supporting men and boys in reclaiming creative power and voice.
Get Involved
Founded by educators for educators, the Institute has spent over two decades developing evidence-based frameworks, training programmes, and policy recommendations that shape schools across the country. Our work is grounded in a simple belief: every student deserves a teacher who has been given the time, resources, and support to do their best work.