COTA

"Empowering refugees, cultivating hope! COTA, with funding from @UNHCR, has established a thriving horticulture site in Imvepi Refugee Settlement. Enabling refugees to grow their own food, enhancing food security & self-sufficiency #HorticultureForHope #RefugeeEmpowerment #UNHCR"

PATNERS: COTA attended a CSO institutional Capacity Strengthening Training organised by @UN agencies including @UNICEFUganda @UNOCHA @UNHCRuganda ,@WFP , @unwomenuganda @UNFPAUganda alongside partners such as @CAREUganda @planinternationalug @lutheranworld and @WorldVisio @

COTA joined fellow Women Led Organisations in a project progress meeting with CARE Uganda in Arua City. The meeting provided opportunity to review progress, share learning and strengthen collaboration to advance women empowerment and community resilience in WestNile #womenvoice

Together with Our Partner @CAREUganda and 10 women Led organisation (WLOs) in WestNile and Northern Uganda under the Women Voice and Leadership project conducted a 2days project Progress meeting to update the TACT tools, and share important updates towards project targets #Women

PATNERSHIPS: This Monday our partners @CAREUganda paid us a visit: This visit was a sign of @CARE commitment in Building capacity of NGOs like ours, The deeper reflections and Guidance from the team is forever going to drive the Strategy in programming leadership and Finance.

🎉 Season break over — COTA is back! We’re ready for a new year of women’s leadership, youth empowerment & climate justice action in West Nile. 🌍 Let’s make this year count. #BackToWork #ClimateJustice #COTA

Women in Imvepi Refugee Settlement are no longer managing climate impacts alone. They are organising, advocating, and leading solutions 🌱 From safe spaces to community climate action,📄 Read the newsletter: drive.google.com/file/d/1uxgqNF… #ClimateJustice #WomenLead #RefugeeVoices #CJA

WOMEN FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT IN IMVEPI REFUGEE SETTLEMENT: We have kicked of our one day community climate training on climate advocacy in Village 10 zone 1, with young women activist and the community leaders including OPM. #safespacesstrongvoices

TOMORROW: After holding 4 Women only discussion spaces and co-creation sessions in V.10 Imvepi settlement. We shall be holding our Climate justice training tomorrow. With the theme Women in climate justice. Safe spaces, strong Voices. #empoweringyoungwomeninclimateadvocacy.

Honoured to join @C4C_Uganda, represented by our finance assistan @jezuyo Together we forward the Localisation agenda in Uganda. #shifttingpowertolocalactors, #amplifyingwomenleadership #ensuringaccountabilityinhumanitarian&climate justicework

Exclusion from policy and lack of accessible infrastructure (such as disaster early warning systems and clean energy access) leaves Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) disproportionately vulnerable to climate shocks and environmental degradation. 1/3...

Women climate advocacy commitee mentors, spear heading this years women only safe spaces discussions. Communities in the driving seat to Identify issues, and craft solutions to address the issues @MSTCDC

Together with the Six WCAC Mentors we held a two days co-creation, session on Safe spaces for women on Climate Advocacy in village 10 zone 1. Planning how the process will flow is key to empowering young women. This is possible with support of @MSTCDC and @ActionAidDK

Scaling refugee women skills on climate advocacy. Through our empowering of young women on climate advocacy through safe spaces in Imvepi refugee settlement, we held a WCAC mentors interview to select 6 women out of 30, to peer lead this years safe space. Supported by @MSTCDC

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@PSDI_UG @actionaiduganda @unwomenuganda @woman_kind @CAREUganda @WarChildCan @AnchorsforWomen @WomensHealthMag Indeed we need to bring men and boys in the picture

For the 16 Days of Activism, COTA joins the global call to UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls. Every woman and girl deserves safety — online and offline. Let’s raise awareness, report abuse, and build safer digital spaces. #16DaysOfActivism #COTA #Dgtlsafty

@PSDI_UG @CHRISBARYOMUNS1 @GovUganda Does this open way for population scientists and demographers @GovUganda

Under the PPP project endorsed by @CHRISBARYOMUNS1 , Acknowledging that we have 10,595 parishes in Uganda,Deploying two trained graduates per parish will engage 21,190 young professionals annually,turning research into employment,evidence to policy & policy to impact. @GovUganda

We recently concluded our quarterly data collection and review. We thrive in community feedback. Thank you @CAREUganda we can now put voices of women and girls in our planning and programming

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As part of our commitment to building Leadership and transparency internal @cotauganda with support from @CAREUganda we held a training for our Board Members, on resources mobilisation, governance and transparency. #WVL @CAREUganda @woman_kind @unwomen