About
Rwenzori Empowerment Initiative (REI) is a community-based organisation in Kasese District, operating in the Rwenzori Subregion of Western Uganda, founded by people who grew up in the Rwenzori region and chose to stay and work there. Our focus is violence against women and girls. It is a widespread harm that devastates health and livelihoods, yet it receives little funding in rural districts like Kasese.REI brings together what survivors need in one place, because they cannot recover through health, legal or economic support alone:Safe spaces: we run or support safe spaces in Kasese Municipality and Kasese Town Council.Services: psychosocial counselling, referral to clinical and legal care, and routes into livelihoods programmes.Education: work with girls to reduce their risk of violence.We use existing health, police and justice services instead of building parallel ones, so each shilling goes further.Our staff and volunteers are neighbours, and many are survivors. This gives REI access, trust and accountability that an outside organisation would struggle to match, at a fraction of the cost. We track what each service achieves and what it costs, starting with:the number of survivors supportedhow many complete their referralshow many regain an incomethe cost per survivor supportedThat way, we put resources where they do the good and can show funders the value of every shilling.
Mission. To prevent violence against women and girls in Rwenzori Subregion and support survivors to rebuild safe, healthy, and independent lives through community-led, evidence-based solutions that deliver lasting impact.
Focus areas
- Education
- Health
- Gender equality
- Livelihoods and employment
- Climate and environment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Human rights
- Humanitarian response
- Disability inclusion
- Child protection
- Digital inclusion
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Direct service delivery
- Community mobilisation
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Policy influencing
- Social enterprise
Capabilities
- Lead programme delivery
- Local implementation
- Community access and relationships
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Policy and advocacy
- Training and capacity strengthening
Populations served
- Children
- Adolescents and young people
- Women and girls
- Smallholder farmers
Support sought
- Flexible or core funding
- Project or programme funding
- Investment
- Contracts
- Consortium opportunities
- Delivery partners
- Advocacy partners
- Technical assistance
- Capacity strengthening
- Introductions and network access
- Pro bono expertise
- Funding opportunities
- Opportunities to fund credible organisations
Readiness and evidence
4 verified readiness areas
Readiness reflects VICO's review of evidence the organisation has supplied. It is not a compatibility score, and evidence documents are not public.