About Us

Empowering Innovation, Accelerating Success – CUWEDE COD LAB: Where Young Minds Thrive!

WHO WE ARE

OUR VISION

We envision being the leading creative and smart youth agency in space

VISION

OUR MISSION

To alleviate poverty and vulnerability, and ensure accelerated development through creative and smart actions by the young people

MISSION

OUR VALUES

Accountability
Reliability
Efficiency
Creativity and Innovation
Integrity

VALUES

WHO WE SERVE

Every child deserves a life free from harm, exploitation, and discrimination. But around the Uganda, young people—especially from marginalized or minority groups—are subjected to violence, conscripted as soldiers, and forced into work or marriage. When their human rights are violated, children have little access to justice. CUWEDE COD LAB is a unique creative and cutting-edge local based organisation that connects community-based and youth-led groups to build power and agency of children and young people, tackle violence and discrimination, build resilience to natural and man-made shocks, and expand spaces for influence in the world around them.

CUWEDE COD LAB is an affiliate member of various reputable global and national networks namely; Child Rights Connect, Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation (TUNADO), Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Association (DENIVA), Uganda Debt Network (UDN), Northern Albertine Sustainable Environmental Network (NASEN) and Nebbi District NGO Forum.

CUWEDE COD LAB is legally registered with NGO Board (Reg. No………………)
Incorporated with Uganda Registration Services Bureau (Reg. No. 80020003228052)
Registered with Occupational safety and health (Certificate No. 0SH23-00810)

WHAT WE DO

TO THE END

CUWEDE COD LAB is a leading youth-based organisation committed to supporting children and youth movements and initiatives that champion human rights, social justice, and equitable development across the world. We commit and invest in the most innovative and effective human rights and social accountability model, skills and enterprenual development, social development, crisis and humanitarian actions through innovative ideas and thinking.

With Uganda's youthful population, our interventions prioritize children and young people, especially girls, women, and children, to ensure sustainable change
We build the capacity of children and youth to challenge human rights violations, acquire essential knowledge and skills, and develop the resilience needed for sustained development.
We empower citizens to demand improved services, accountability, better governance, and pro-poor policies and actions from both the government and the private sector.

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INNOVATION LAB

CUWEDE COD LAB launched its innovation lab in 2022 to support young people in innovation, acceleration and scaling up. In 2024, a Gift Shop was introduced – to market products produced by the carious trade skills. The skilling hub is too a certified safety unit by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development with technical support from GIZ ECOS,

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MAKE A CHANGE

With more than 78% of Ugandan citizens below the age of 35; youth socio-economic transformation will require collaborative efforts. You too can support CUWEDE COD LAB’s effort by financing small projects and community-wide projects. You can also buy something from the gift shop or volunteer to fundraise for our work, share your skills with our team, learn new skills and cultures, and make new friends.

MEET OUR TEAM

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

CUWEDE COD LAB is managed according to its Memorandum and Article of Association. At the policy level there is a 7-person gender-sensitive Board of Directors that consists of credible and professionally respected, trusted and experienced public figures. The Board has a Board Secretary who is the Executive Director and ex-officio member. Founder Members are represented on the Board.

The Board’s policies are implemented by a technical and professional team of well trained, exposed and experienced practitioners in the areas of policy analysis, development and project, agriculture, health, skills education, business development, governance, and finance. This team is composed of 19 permanent staff headed by the Executive Director assisted by the Institutional Lab Director, Creative and Strategy Manager and Chief Finance Manager.