Our Projects
Transforming communities through targeted development initiatives
SAFER HEELS
The SAFER HEELs Project (2025–2027), funded by Act Church of Sweden and partners, is empowering over 3,100 marginalized individuals across six districts in Uganda through a consortium of local organizations. As part of this effort, CIVITAS leads on mental health and psychosocial support, suicide prevention, GBV response, livelihoods, and SRHR interventions,strengthening resilience and equity within the Localization and HDP Nexus frameworks.
Digital Education and BrightBox Solution
The BrightBox is our innovation centerpiece - a fully solar-powered classroom, created from a repurposed shipping container and placed in the grounds of an existing school, designed to enhance access to quality education for remote and refugee learners with solar-powered digital infrastructure.
HEALINIG THROUGH HARMONY (THERAPEUTIC ARTS)
CIVITAS’ Healing Through Harmony Project: Harnessing traditional music and art to strengthen mental health, resilience, and cultural identity among refugee children and youth in Bidi Bidi.
HOPE CIRCLES
Hope Circles is a CIVITAS Africa initiative in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement that provides community-based suicide prevention, crisis response and psychosocial support. By equipping local gatekeepers, peer supporters and families, the program creates lifelines of hope, resilience and healing for refugees facing distress and trauma.