CECI Uganda
About Company
Community Empowerment for Creative Innovation (CECI Uganda) is a refugee-led, regional non-governmental organization founded in May 2017 to prevent violent conflicts and alleviate poverty, fostering peaceful coexistence and self-reliance in refugee and host communities.
CECI was founded by Patrick Chandiga Justine Abure, who was displaced from Yei, South Sudan, in 2016, due to war, making him the third generation in his family to experience forced migration. His lived experiences of educational deprivation, child labor, hate speech, ethnic discrimination, and violence have deeply shaped CECI’s commitment to locally-led innovations in peacebuilding, education, livelihood, and environmental protection.
CECI empowers youth, women, and girls to prevent violent conflicts, build resilience, rebuild livelihoods, and actively participate in development. Guided by our core values of professionalism, teamwork, honesty, commitment, personal development, accountability, and transparency, CECI is committed to creating sustainable solutions that are driven by local needs and local communities.
