WHO WE ARE

WHO WE ARE

RICE-WN is a local NGO working in west Nile sub region of Uganda. RICE-WN is well known as an empowerment organization, peace building organization, health organization, capacity building organization and a community based organization. RICE-WN stands out of all other organizations for her unique way of doing things especially the family spirit, the transparency and accountability, capacity building and open opportunity to all.

Our History

RICE-WN started in 2004 and got registered in 2005 as a local community based organization. Right from her formation RICE-WN was built on three key words namely empowerment, rural development and community focused. This is deliberate focus on neglected communities to enable them grow out of poverty and indifference. RICE-WN was formed because a group of students started reflecting on the question that communities used to ask them whenever they came for holidays and the question was “what have you brought for us?” the five students recognized their obligation to give back to the communities what they have learnt giving rise to ideas of empowerment, rural development and community focus. RICE-WN started getting funds in 2007 and the level of funding has been increasing since then to date. The number of staff now reached nineteen. They are all committed group of people running the four projects. The needs in the communities is still great but the resources are limited. That is why members still have much work to do as far as contributions and resource mobilization is concerned.