MOTTO
Engaged for success
WHO WE ARE
COMMUNITY OF ENGAGED BENEVOLENTS FOR UBUNTU
OF NAKIVALE
CEBUNA is a non-profit making and non- political organization registered in isingiro district as a Community Based Organisation (CBO). It was founded in January 2016 within Nakivale Refugee Settlement and has been in operation to date. We are involved in empowering refugees and host communities through trainings, securing scholarships, childcare, culture tolerance within communities to develop coexistence with host communities. Our area of intervention are: Education, Youth and Adolescent and Livelihood.
VISION
Refugees and Host communities coexist socially and thrive economically together.
CORE VALUES
Equality | Integrity | Unity
MISSION
Create a foundation of hope and resilience for refugees and Host communities through education and livelihood to promote self-reliance.
WHY WE EXIST?
Nakivale refugee settlement is one of the largest settlements in Uganda and a home of people with diverse background. It is divided into 79 villages with a total of 138,380 people where the youth from 15-24 is more than 21% and 78% of women and children. The youth unemployment, limited possibilities of going to school, the lack of enough arable land and environmental degradation are major issues in Nakivale that lead to poor life conditions, poverty and increase the risk of becoming victims of human trafficking, CEBUNA alongside refugees try to defy all those outcomes resulting from Nakivale life conditions by using every available resources to create opportunities and develop a self reliance spirit to reduce dependency on humanitarian aid which is continuously being cut down due to the international crisis that affect also the UNHCR agency
Our dedication to refugee empowerment is strongly inspired by the immense possibilities that are open to them if they receive the right support.
If you didn’t know, here is a bit about us.
CEBUNA is a non-profit making and non political organization registered in isingiro district on number 088 as a Community Based Organisation (CBO). It was founded in January 2016 within Nakivale Refugee Settlement.
We have been operating throughout Nakivale Refugee Settlement since 2016, a settlement that shelters refugees from nine countries. We are involved in Education and Youth & Adolescent (empowering youth through training, pleading scholarships on behalf of youth, childcare program, culture tolerance within communities, and community sensitization. We have trained 672 young refugees in different domains, pleaded, and successfully got three University scholarships for young refugees and five secondary scholarships. In our program of childcare, we have helped 432 children in four promotions.
Culture Tolerance Program
Nakivale youth is composed by many young men and women from nine nationalities, most of whom fled their countries with different skills and talents and this led us to establish a culture tolerance program whose purpose is to bring young refugees together to work side by side while sharing perspectives and fostering cultural understanding.
HISTORY OF CEBUNA
This documentary, explains how CEBUNA Organisation of Nakivale Settlement Started.
COVID-19 RESPONSE DOCUMENTARY
This documentary describes how the Organization, is committed in response to COVID-19, through the activities of home studies to young children in Nakivale Refugee Settlement.