Social Entrepreneurship Panel Participant
Trevor Dudley, The Kids League
Trevor Dudley was born in the UK, but has lived in Africa for over 25 years. He worked as a construction consultant in Kenya and Tanzania, and moved to Uganda in 1988 to help renovate Makerere University.
In 1998, Trevor observed that schools in Uganda were coming under pressure to improve academic results and were excluding sports. He set up a voluntary association, Kampala Kids League (KKL), to help children improve their lives through sport. Now, 10 years later, over 14,000 boys and girls aged 4-15 and 2,000 volunteers have successfully completed KKL sports programs that teach health and education messages.
In 2003, Trevor set up a non profit, The Kids League (TKL), to help children at the grassroots level around Uganda. Over 30,000 boys and girls have been involved in these programs in 11 different conflict districts of Northern Uganda.
In 2003, Trevor was awarded an Ashoka fellowship for creating significant social change in Uganda. Since 2005, he has been invited to present papers around the world illustrating the power and success of sports programs in Africa. In November 2007, the heir to the British throne, HRH Prince Charles visited the TKL programs in Uganda. In January 2008, the Queen awarded Trevor an MBE for services to children¹s sport and health education in Uganda.