Services

Concerned Children & Youth Association (CCYA)

Services

Youth-led community building in Lira, Uganda

The CCYA seeks the well-being of its community members through:

On a warm day, more than 100 sit in a class on a cement floor, including those with illness and disabilities.

High-impact results:

We have helped reforest sizeable portions of the Lango subregion, especially around schools.
Our programshelp keep kids with disabilities in school who. We also help keep kids in school who have been traumatized by slavery, war, and illness.
We've trained more than 100 vulnerable households in food security.
Government officials have endorsed our programs and have asked us to do more.
Our patron, Angelina Atyam, is invited by both the U.S. Secretary of State and the U.N. High Commission to inform them about conditions on the ground for vulnerable women and children.