Meet Faiza: a school drop-out turned entrepreneur at 22! Ropani Faiza, a resident of Koboko Municipality, now owns and operates a tailoring school and a mobile money business. Faiza is one of 20 youth who attended CECI’s Watson Basecamp in March 2022. The design thinking and GALS training assisted her in developing an innovative business
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This report provides information about the processes and procedures undertaken during the reconstitution and induction of the board of directors of Community Empowerment for Creative Innovation (CECI UGANDA). It presents a rationale for the reconstitution of the board and discusses the processes and strategies partaken in the restructuring of the board and recruitment of board
In Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, 17,651 refugee women are persons with special needs with more than one quarter classified as most vulnerable. This was the case for Sarah Ajoney five months ago when she learned about the Sawa Le Salaam Project. Now, Sarah owns a small business. Ajonye, aged 20, is an orphan and a trauma
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CECI is shooting a music video for the ‘Sawa Le Salaam’ peace song! The Arabic phrase ‘Sawa Le Salaam’ is loosely translated to mean “Together for Peace.” This multilingual song promotes peaceful coexistence and reconciliation by advocating for love, unity, peaceful sharing of resources, and peaceful conflict resolution among and between the grieved and divided
CECI Uganda in partnership with Oxfam Novib procured and distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), Soap, and handwashing buckets to 90 homes of PWDs and Elderly persons in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement to enable them to undertake COVID-19 preventive measures effectively as they face serious difficulties in implementing the measures owing to mobility challenges and lack of
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Thank you to everyone who tuned in for our radio talk shows on 88.7 Arua One FM and Spirit fm 104.5 koboko during the premiere of the #SawaLeSalaam Peace Song, yesterday. We’re thrilled that the messages in this song are finally on air for wider community reach, listening, and sensitization. We believe this song will
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Learn how CECI Uganda supported over 80 households of persons living with disabilities (PWLDs) and Elderly persons to effectively respond to and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement through the provision of essential hygienic items and increasing access to timely and reliable information on COVID-19 through distribution of radio receivers and production
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Learn how CECI Uganda helped 879 people learn how to mediate and resolve conflicts without violence in their community and families through developing the capacities of 50+ influential refugee and host community youth, women, and community leaders as local Peacebuilders, establishing seven local Youth Peace Committees, training 403+ community members as Peace Ambassadors on Conflict
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