Our Mission

UNCC is a national organization led by countryless people whose mission is to build and inspire community among those affected by statelessness, and to advocate for their human rights.

UNCC do this by:​

• Connecting, encouraging, and empowering a community of stateless people within Africa, led by our head office in Nairobi Kenya​

• Raising awareness of statelessness issues in the Africa as well as globally, and educating the community/public/stakeholders about the issue of statelessness

• Advocating for the human rights of stateless people and changes to domestic laws to introduce a path to citizenship for the stateless in African continent. 

Our Vision

• Our vision is to create a world where those affected by statelessness, aging, disability, and homelessness feel supported, empowered, and connected to a strong and thriving community. We aspire to inspire hope, resilience, and positive change in the lives of individuals facing these challenges.

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Mission

• Our mission is to build a supportive and inclusive community for those affected by statelessness, aging, disability, and homelessness. Through advocacy, education, and empowerment, we aim to provide resources, support, and opportunities for individuals to thrive and lead fulfilling lives.

• We are committed to fostering a sense of belonging, dignity, and respect for all members of our community. Together, we can create a more compassionate and understanding society that values the inherent worth and potential of every individual.

Our Goals

• We understand that the problem of statelessness is being continuously ignored by the  African government, and this is largely due to the fact that there is very little known about stateless persons in the Africa.  As constituents, we have been silent, living in the shadows, unable to participate in elections, and often too afraid to share our stories.

• We are changing this NOW, for we DO have a human right - as defined in Article 15(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Everyone has the right to a nationality". Based on this fact we absolutely believe that the  African Government must immediately take significant steps to reform current domestic laws based on United Nations recommendations:

Actions that the African government must take:

• Establishment of stateless status determination procedures. ​

• Create a process to provide a path to African Citizenship for all stateless people who qualify and reside in the U.S., regardless of immigration status.

• Provide protections from detention and a temporary status with work authorization to all stateless people while their status is being resolved.

Accede to both United Nations Conventions:

1. UN Convention relating to the status of Stateless Persons (1954);

2. UN Convention on the reduction on Statelessness (1961);

To achieve these goals, UNCC is working to connect stateless people in Africa with each other and with our program. Our goals include networking with NGOs — global and domestic — reaching out to the government, to media, to immigration law practitioners and others to raise awareness for statelessness in Africa, to end 1,924 people were reported to have died or gone missing on the Central and Western Mediterranean routes,  

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Our Questions

U.N.C.C.  non-profit organizations that focus on human rights have not yet made stateless issues a priority. There is a good reason for this: stateless people living in the Africa have never been organized into one community. In the past, each case has been addressed individually.​ No one even knows how many of us are present around africa? Only this year (2020) have we seen any statistics emerge in regards to statelessness within Africa. No one knows how many stateless people become victims of crimes and do not find protection.  We hope that through our work we will be able to gain some insight into the following questions:

• How many families were separated with no chance of reunion?

• How many stateless people in Africa cannot obtain proper healthcare because of their statelessness?

• How does statelessness affect their mental and physical health?

• How many suicide cases do we have among stateless people within Africa?

• How many stateless people are there who are homeless?

• How many stateless persons are lingering in detention?