Uuzilo Information

Uuzilo: the place where the sun comes from, "horizon." Uuzilo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping those who have experienced a sudden, traumatic and unexpected life-altering event resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or profound grief. Uuzilo enables qualified nominees to travel to Africa where they embark on an intimate, extended motorcycle expedition undertaking an odyssey of personal and geographic discovery. Participants are provided an appropriate motorcycle, safety equipment, and camping supplies, which they operate and maintain throughout their journey creating routine tasks and priorities, fundamental components of trauma recovery. Through prolonged, intensely focused activity -- operating a motorcycle -- and daily revelation, participants begin to develop a sense of personal security and control, often lost to those who have experienced trauma. Uuzilo offers an experiential recovery enabling participants to feel renewed by living in the moment, healing, and rediscovering oneself while exploring some of the world’s natural wonders: the Namib Desert, Okavango Delta, and Victoria Falls. Uuzilo’s mission is to give those recovering from PTSD, profound grief, and trauma a reason to wake every morning eager to see another sunrise, to see what is over the horizon: “Uuzilo.”