We train people with lived experience to become recovery coaches — then deploy them to improve treatment outcomes worldwide.
Section 18A PBO — Tax-deductible donations
Licensed clinical facility — 24-bed detox · 21-day rehab
17 years — Founded 13 November 2008
University of Zambia — Active research partnership
CPD certified — Accredited training programmes
The U-ACT model takes people with lived experience of addiction and transforms them into credentialled recovery professionals — then measures the impact in hard numbers.
The CLERO framework — College of Lived Experience Recovery. A CPD-accredited pathway that turns personal recovery into professional practice. Built on the Ubuntu philosophy and the Collins Window methodology.
London Recovery Coaching Campus →MAUNi Training App →Join the Community →Trained LEROs — Lived Experience Recovery Organisations — deployed into communities, workplaces, and programmes. Aligned with the UK Harm to Hope strategy and the Dame Carol Black report.
We Do — Recovery & Resilience →We Do Community →The Foundation Clinic — a licensed, insurance-covered residential treatment facility in Johannesburg. Biopsychosocial model. Medical detox. Technology-enhanced outcomes.
The Foundation Clinic →Training Community →Every pound, rand, or dollar invested in recovery does more than change a life. It reduces the burden on criminal justice, health systems, and social services — measurably.
Source: US Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health — Facing Addiction in America, 2016
We are not an international organisation that works in Africa. We are an African organisation that has taken our model to the world.
"I am because we are."Ubuntu — the philosophy at the heart of everything U-ACT does
U-ACT's CLERO framework has been adopted by independent organisations across the UK and beyond — each operating at arms length, adapting the methodology, proving it works.
The UK training academy delivering the CLERO certification pathway. An independent CIC operating within the U-ACT network — professionalising lived experience across the UK recovery sector.
The first ISO 17024 accredited recovery coaching qualification in Zambia. A partnership with UNZA's Department of Psychology — building the evidence base for recovery-informed practice across sub-Saharan Africa.
mauniunza.com →Access the CLERO training platform. See our methodology in action. Join a global community of lived experience recovery professionals building a new standard of care.
Join the Platform →U-ACT is a Section 18A registered Public Benefit Organisation. Donations are tax-deductible in South Africa. B-BBEE CSI qualifying for corporate partners.