COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE CENTRE - RWENZORI

 WHO WE ARE

The community based initiative centre - Rwenzori was founded in 2009 by a group of committed Nine Ugandans. It is a community based organization with its headquarters in kasese municipality kasese district. The main driving forces that brought into being this organization were among others: the extreme poverty levels caused by loss of productivity and no access to poverty eradication programs, Human Rights abuses, High levels of disease infections particularly HIV/AIDS, increased number of OVCs.

 COBIC-R's main target is to work for the improved welfare of people in the Rwenzori Region and Uganda as a whole. COBIC-R  seeks to ensure sustainable communities, households, liveli hoods and economic empowerment through skills training for self or paid employment and provide better opportunities for the next generation, ensure access to basic social needs through mainstreaming gender equity and disability into support program initiatives to reduce vulnerability in communities and household levels, will ensure legal and appropriate social and community safety nets to benefit households, OVCs, and other disadvantaged groups through research, identify gaps and develop appropriate policies and laws to protect human rights,  coordinate with government and organization partners in strengthening effective implementation of disease (HIV/AIDS) programs in the Rwenzori region, contribute to reduction and spread of diseases (HIV/AIDS) infections among communities in the Rwenzori region and Uganda as a whole.

OBJECTIVES

• TO ensure sustainable communities, households, liveli hoods and economic empowerment through skills training for self or paid employment and provide better opportunities for the next generation.
• To ensure access to basic social needs through mainstreaming gender equity and disability into support program initiatives to reduce vulnerability in communities and household levels.
• To ensure legal and appropriate social and community safety nets to benefit households, OVCs, and other disadvantaged groups through research, identify gaps and develop appropriate policies and laws to protect human rights.
• TO coordinate with government and organization partners in strengthening effective implementation of child Rights protection, disease (HIV/AIDS) and prevention programs in the Rwenzori region.
• To contribute to reduction and spread of diseases (HIV/AIDS) infections among communities in the Rwenzori region and Uganda as a whole.
• To increase understanding of general human rights standards and the legal framework at the National, Regional, and international level and international mechanisms.
• To promote Environmental conservation and preservation of Natural Resources to    contribute towards favorable climatic conditions in the Rwenzori Region.

MISSION

COBIC-R’s mission is to ensure poverty, human rights abuses, and diseases free community through sharing information on poverty reduction, human right abuses and prevention of diseases (HIV/AIDS).

VISION

COBIC-R has its Vision as: A community with reduced poverty levels, human rights abuses and prevalence of diseases (HIV/AIDS)

ACTIVITIES

COBIC-R is mandated to work hard to promote activities related to its thematic area which includes:

• HIV/AIDS and Reproductive health
• Care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children
• Child protection
• Environmental health
• Human rights
• education
• village saving loans association 
• poverty eradication

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 

Muhindo Joshua, Exec. Director

COMMUNTIY BASED INITIATIVE CENTRE – RWENZORI (COBIC-R)

P.O.BOX 421, KASESE, UGANDA, E. AFRICA

TEL: +256-782-767629 / +256-710-767629

E-MAIL: cobic.rwenzori@gmail.com / cbir2012@gmail.com

 OUR VALUES

• Equity
• Commitment to Excellency
• Integrity
• Cooperation/team work
• Transparency and accountability
• Self sustainability
• Good governance
• Community involvement
• Compassion
• Respect for all.