Community Empowerment for Creative Innovation (CECI Uganda)

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Short introduction

Community Empowerment for Creative Innovation (CECI) is a Regional Non-Governmental Organization (RLNGO) founded in 2017.The organization is formally registered as a Regional NGO on 27^th of September 2024 with the National NGO Bureau with Reg. Number 9031, and incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in September 2020 under section 18(3) of the Companies Act 2012 in the Republic of Uganda (Reg. No. 80020002697777). CECI is mandated to operate in all Refugee Settlements in Uganda with permission from Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda-Refugee Desk-Kampala Uganda. CECI’s operations are in Koboko targeting Lobule Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District-Bidibidi Refugee Settlement and Obongi District-Palorinya Refugee Settlement. The organization envisions an Empowered, Peaceful and Self-reliant community and commits to promote peace, self-reliance and dignity through recreational activities, education and other innovations going beyond relief and development as her mission. The thematic areas are Protection and Peace building, education, livelihood, environmental conservation and energy.

Our trackrecord

CECI has 7 years’ experience in humanitarian and development interventions that has touched lives of over 150,000 young people, women and older persons in displacement due to crisis of war in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo and their host communities in Uganda. CECI continues to build meaningful and life changing partnership to implement interventions to respond to livelihood, protection, education and climate change mitigation and energy needs of the critically vulnerable communities of Refugees and Nationals in West Nile. The organization now has eight partners namely Woord en Daad, Oxfam, CARE, Last Mile Climate, Sesame Workshop, UNHCR, War Child Canada, Children’s Right, Violence Prevention Fund and Global Whole Being. The organization through these partnerships has expanded from Koboko to two other Districts of Yumbe and Obongi. Formerly, CECI has been recognized by UNHCR and Response Innovation Lad for serving communities with high levels of transparently, accountability and dignity.

Our role in LEAD Uganda

With the overall LEAD project goal of improved socio economic opportunities and livelihood for young women and men, the project will contribute directly to skill and expose over 455 young women and men in Bidibidi Refugee settlement and host communities in Yumbe District through trainings on market relevant technical and vocational skills to transition them into world of earning work. The project will respond to livelihood needs resulting from the severe ratio categorization and food cuts to build resilient livelihoods among project participants especially Refugees and the Hosts.

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Message from Programmes Manager. Working with purpose and passion to respond to humanitarian and development needs of population affected by crisis is a calling for us as CECI because we are them. The LEAD project at its commencement has showcased true localization by empowering CECI as a Refugee Led Organization. The project will provide opportunities for building resilient households of Refugees and Host in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement-Yumbe District.

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Other partners

Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA)

“Transforming ideas into enterprises, and enterprises into impact — We empower innovators to build sustainable businesses, create jobs, and drive industrial growth that shapes the future.”

International Foundation for Recovery and Development (IFRAD)

“The LEAD project is a powerful testament to what locally-led collaboration can achieve. Co-created by Woord en Daad along with Ugandan grassroots organizations, local governments, and refugee-serving institutions, it reflects a shared vision to unlock dignified work and economic resilience for young people in refugee and host communities. What makes LEAD unique is not just its inclusive design, but its commitment to scale even at the on-set, show-casing the abilities of local actors and strengthening their capacities to deliver high-impact models with a potential for replication across Uganda and beyond.” Patrick Jude Mugisha, Executive Director – IFRAD

Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children Welfare (UCOBAC)

This partnership with LEAD Uganda is a catalyst for lasting change—unlocking opportunity, restoring dignity and driving economic resilience for refugees and host communities through locally led, inclusive, and sustainable development.