About us

Youth Cooperation for Ideas (YCI) provides drug rehabilitation and education services to the urban Somali refugee community in Uganda. The organization provides these services through a rehabilitation center and a school. The rehabilitation center has 16 full-time paid employees and currently rehabilitates 40 patients and the school has 100 students who are taught five (5) different subjects. The subjects are Computer class, English language, Kiswahili language, mathematics and Somali language. The total number of our beneficiaries approximately is 1,000 beneficiaries. The community we represent and our beneficiaries are the under-privileged refugee youth who are: 1) Unemployed 2) Drug abusers and addicts 3) School dropouts 4) Orphans/orphanage background 5) From poor families 6) Abandonment and neglection background 7) Interested in vocational training

Annual Operating Budget: 20,000 USD

Annual Beneficiary Reach: 2,000

Our Partnerships

Our Current Funding Partners

No current international partners

Previous Funding Partners

Xavier Project

Our Network Affiliations

Refugee-led Organizations Network (RELON) Uganda

Optional Support Partner

Support Partners can play an optional role bridging various gaps between RLOs and their supporters around the world.

Additional Information

Our Community and beneficiaries

The community we represent and our beneficiaries are the under-privileged refugee youth who are: 1) Unemployed 2) Drug abusers and addicts 3) School dropouts 4) Orphans/orphanage background 5) From poor families 6) Abandonment and neglection background 7) Interested in vocational training Total number of beneficiaries to date (approximately): 1,000

Other Operating Locations

No additional additional locations, regions and countries in which Youth Cooperation for Ideas (YCI) operates other than Kampala, Uganda.

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Community Health

Education for Adults

Gender Activism

Uganda