CECI Uganda is a refugee-led organisation that, since 2017, has been promoting peace, self-reliance, and dignity in refugee settlements in West Nile Uganda, including the Lobule and Bidibidi refugee camps, through recreational activities, education, and other innovations that go beyond relief and development, in order to create empowered, peaceful, and self-sufficient refugee and host communities. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, CECI was one of the first responders to the covid-19 crisis in refugee settlements, mobilising resources, spearheading public health awareness, increasing access to online education and personal protective equipment, and providing livelihood support, reaching over 9389 children, youth, women, the elderly, and people with disabilities in 2020 alone. Today, CECI works with over 56,000 refugees in the Koboko, Lobule, and Bidibidi refugee settlements, leveraging the power of creative and collaborative efforts to address and assist refugees in adapting to the effects of COVID-19, recovering better, and building resilience for a more equal, sustainable, and healthier community.