Center for Community Holistic Engagement & Transformation Action (COTA) is a Women-Led Org that was established in 2017 as a livelihood youth group in Imvepi.
"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"
COTA’s Financial Audit began on 28 Feb 2026 (Entry Meeting) and was successfully concluded on 1 Mar 2026 (Exit Meeting). ✔ Strengthening accountability, ✔ Promoting transparency, ✔ Improving financial governance, Committed to responsible, community-driven impact.#COTA#Account
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:
https://t.co/32VWZEwPQi
#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.
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
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
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