COBURWAS learning center (CLC) is a day care, nursery and primary school located in Kyangwali refugee settlement Hoima district. CLC provides quality education to vulnerable children and the rest of the community. Orphans enroll for free at CLC, where they receive a school uniform, two decent meals each day, and, most importantly, an education. CLC opened in 2009 with 40 children in Kindergarten, and in 2010 primary one and two were introduced with more 55 children enrolled. In 2011, also 30 children were enrolled to bring a total number of 120 children.

COBURWAS Students Hostels (CSH), CIYOTA rent houses in town near schools that offer quality education. We are increasing access to quality education by opening student hostels near the best schools in the region. By providing accommodation and food to children from surrounding areas that would otherwise attend inadequate schools, we remove geographic barriers to education. Students who stay at the hostels benefit from a strong sense of community and mutual support.

Beside the school work, our students are trained to be responsible leaders and social entrepreneurs. Students are empowered to go and start initiatives that are able to tackle social problems affecting their communities.

In 2008 CIYOTA opened up the first student hostel in Hoima town with 35 students, 20 girls and 15 boys. COBURWAS has two hostels, one for boys and another for girls. We have students from Upper primary to High secondary school level.

Currently we have 50 girls and 45 boys. About 85 percent of the Hoima hostel students are refugees from Kyangwali and Kyaka II refugee settlements, and the rest are underprivileged Ugandan nationals from Hoima and Kibale districts. COBURWAS student hostels provide these students with the opportunity to get access to quality education, leadership and social entrepreneurship training. 

COBURWAS Scholarship (CS)

Scholarships are a key aspect of development as they directly invest into building human potential/capacity. Education is a key part in bringing real and lasting change and transformation in Africa. To access quality education, the students are required to pay tuition fees, boarding fees, registration fees and to buy their own books and uniforms every semester. The children from low income families are at risk and would otherwise drop out of school. This is an ongoing program with tremendous and far-reaching potential. This program helps to address the social and economic needs of less privileged and gifted children who are not able to attend school because of finances. CIYOTA offers scholarships to students from primary to University level.  

COBURWAS Technical Education (CTE)

Most youth in our communities don’t have opportunity to attend academic education. COBURWAS Technical Education (CTE) is to provide technical and social entrepreneurship skills; we empower our trainees to be job creative and innovative, after the training they are able to start their own workshops and to train other youth for them to work as a group.

COBURWAS Technical Education (CTE) has opened in Kyangwali refugee settlement starting with tailoring & crafts; we are also planning to introduce computer training, masonry, carpentry and joinery.

COBURWAS Microfinance (CM)

Microfinance after being testified to be the best tool used to lift low-income individuals out of poverty. COBURWAS Microfinance (CM) provides low income members in the community with access to financial services.

CIYOTA opened started community microfinance in Kyangwali refugee settlement. We offer agriculture loans to farmers for deal with family expenses while waiting for the best market for their farm produce.

We also have business loans for people who want to start small business and those who would wish to maximize their already established businesses.

CIYOT is currently working with People Weaver (USA Based Non-profit organization) to provide underprivileged orphan girls and women in Kyangwali refugee settlement with microcredit loans. CIYOTA also offers business trainings and consulting services to community members.

COBURWAS Youth Activities (CYA)

CIYOTA mobilizes the youth to get involved in sports and community works. The youth’s activities bring people from different backgrounds, this is one way CIYOTA uses to promote unity, peace and reconciliation in communities.

We have developed strong soccer teams for both boys and girls, these teams are linked to well-wishers and national teams through Theatre Verses Oppression (TVO) to help us with soccer items. CIYOTA members also get involved in scouting and Girl Guide.

Youth groups are praised for doing community work such us repairing poor roads in the villages, conducting general sanitation and health campaign, help to build hats for vulnerable people, planting trees, mention but few.

COBURWAS Community Service (CCS)

CIYOTA being a community based organization; we cooperate and work directly with the community members to provide them with the needed community services.

CIYOTA has had a good reputation in working and partnering with foreign organizations as their implementing agents of their projects in the communities.

In 2007 CIYOTA contributed to the genesis of Think Humanity organization and has since worked closely with it to implement its meds and nets, and water projects in the refugee settlements of Kyangwali and Kyaka II. CIYOTA has also worked to distribute more than 10,000 treated mosquito nets and mama kits to refugee settlements and IDP camps in Uganda.  

Working with Cody’s foundation in building bore holes to provide safe water to people in Kyangwali refugee settlement.

CIYOTA also work with organizations like Educate!, People Weaver, Refugee Law projects, African Leadership Academy, Theatre Verses Oppression, 4-Organizations, Global Change Maker, etc.

COBURWAS Income Generating Projects (CIGP)

CIYOTA biggest income comes from Income Generating Projects such as agribusiness and social enterprises such as recreation centers, Internet café, phone charging, mention but few.

COBURWAS International Leadership Academy (CILA)

We are going to build a secondary school in a new land (about 14 acres) in the outskirt of Hoima town, Western Uganda.

CILA will integrate youths from different parts of the world, offer world class education with a curriculum based on leadership and entrepreneurship which meets the demand of Africa.

CILA will increase passion for Africa among the students, create, train and empower extraordinary leaders who will be able to solve the complex problems of Africa.

International Youth Focus on Africa Foundation (IYFA-Foundation)

We want to create, mentor and bring extraordinary leaders who are able to solve the complex problems which have affected the continent for decades.

IYFA-Foundation goals are

To create a network of youths, plan for the future generations, advocate for peace, functional education, better health, infrastructure and high economic growth in Africa.

To awaken the minds of youths, provide them with awareness of the past, current and the future problems affecting Africa.

Encourage the youths to have passion for Africa and to participate in community transformation.

IYFA-Foundation will keep good truck of the alumnae of the foundation and maintain the interactive network on the continent.

IYFA-Foundation is to be officially launched in January 2012, Goma town in Democratic Republic of Congo, when the first IYFA-Foundation conference is to take place.

IYFA-Foundation is for 5 days. Up to 100 youths from different countries around the world will attend the conference. The conference will also attract politicians, policy makers and the media.