Our Impact
CELCODE has empowered rural communities through inclusive literacy and lifelong learning programs, while also supporting vulnerable groups, including youth, women, and individuals living with or affected by HIV and TB.
We leverage literacy as a catalyst for poverty reduction, environmental conservation, and the promotion of sustainable livelihoods in deprived communities. Our partnerships, volunteer-driven initiatives, and community libraries have strengthened local capacities and expanded learning access. In addition, our research activities help drive positive change, contributing to a more inclusive and equitable communities.
What we do
We empower deprived communities through inclusive adult literacy programs with a focus on financial and digital literacies alongside lifelong learning and psychosocial support. Our work promotes poverty reduction, environmental conservation, and raises awareness about health, human rights, and sustainable living. At the core of our approach is a commitment to collaboration, volunteerism, and grassroots-driven development.
We find and support
CELCODE identifies and supports fund innovative local initiatives that promote literacies, lifelong learning, and sustainable lifestyles of local communities
We undertake research and consultancy
CELCODE identifies and supports fund innovative local initiatives that promote literacies, lifelong learning, and sustainable lifestyles of local communities
We provide care
CELCODE offers psycho-social support to the vulnerable in the community especially persons with disabilities and those chronic and life-threatening diseases like HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and facing trauma and social stigma
We educate, train and build capacity
CELCODE provides inclusive, adult literacy, nonformal and lifelong learning to empower rural communities and local facilitators through education and capacity building training to foster sustainability
We employ
CELCODE offer employment opportunities to communities of diverse disciplinary backgrounds to catalyse grassroots development initiatives
Our Valued Partners
- The Lugbara Cultural Institution (Lugbara Kari)
- District Local Governments in Uganda
- National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) of Uganda
- The US Embassy in Uganda
- Dioceses of Madi & West Nile & Arua
- Makerere University College of Education and ExternalStudies
- AIDS Information Centre in Uganda
- National Community of Women Living with AIDS
- Maendeleo Foundation
- Uganda Community Libraries Associatio