Building Healing Workplaces
The Market Project® builds businesses that hire survivors of trauma and make healing part of the job.
Survivors of complex trauma, exploitation and trafficking often struggle to find steady work, and without a way to provide for their families, it is hard to focus on healing. We use the power of the marketplace to create safe, dignity-affirming jobs where employees earn a living, heal from trauma and find belonging.
It Works.
From 2016 to 2024, our first business, Nguvu Dairy, showed that a workplace can do both: run as a real business and help people heal.
8+
Years in operation
770+
Employees
230
Trauma healing group sessions
14
Towns across Northern Uganda
Our Holistic Model
Every business we build brings together sustainable work, trauma healing and supportive community.
“The work motivated me. If I can do this, I can do anything.”
– Robert, former Sales Manager at Nguvu Dairy, now a business owner and radio host
What’s next: BuildRight
Building on what we learned at Nguvu, The Market Project’s BuildRight business in Arua, Uganda, is beginning with better building materials—and a purpose that reaches beyond construction. By combining employment and skills training with trauma healing and supportive community, BuildRight aims to help people earn a living and move toward a more hopeful future.
Be part of the work
There are two simple ways to help BuildRight and the businesses that follow it.
Give
Your gift helps launch businesses that create jobs and support healing.
Share your time and talent
Coach a business, train a team or partner on research, from wherever you are.