Welcome to KCSON

The Kitara Civil Society Organizations’ Network (KCSON) is a registered organization that has been operating in Uganda's Bunyoro and Rwenzori sub-regions since 2003. It holds multiple legal registrations, including with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), National Bureau for NGOs, Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).

KCSON's governance structure includes a General Assembly (the highest decision-making body), a Board elected for three-year terms that oversees the secretariat, and a secretariat responsible for daily operations.

With 87 member organizations (both Community-Based Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations) across five districts (Kagadi, Kibaale, Kakumiro, Kikuube, and Hoima), KCSON has extensive experience in: Governance, Coordination of development actors, Empowerment of vulnerable groups and Peace building

Its key program areas are: Governance, research, and documentation, Advocacy for improved service delivery, Capacity building for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Empowerment of vulnerable groups and peace building.

Our Programs

Leading The Change Program (LtC II)

With support from WWF-Uganda Country Office, Kitara Civil Society Organizations Network (KCSON) has for the last 6 years implemented Leading The Change (LtC1) Program aimed at Civil Society Capacity Strengthening for conservation...

Accelerating & Strengthening HIV/T.B Epidemic Control & Prevention in Bunyoro Region

Accelerating and strengthening HIV/ T.B Epidemic Control and prevention in Bunyoro Region (ACE- Bunyoro). Kitara Civil Society Organizations Network-KCSON in partnership with Baylor Uganda, supported by President Emergency Plan for A...

Assessment of Life skills and Values in East Africa (ALiVE)

Life skills and values for in an out of school adolescents promoted. Do our children have life skills and values? Assessment of Life skills and Values in East Africa (ALiVE)The month of August 2022, KCSON in partnership with Uwezo Uganda...

Natural Forest Regeneration for Enhanced Carbon Stocks in the Albertine Rift (FRECAR)

Natural Forest Regeneration for Enhanced Carbon Stocks in the Albertine Rift (FRECAR) is implemented in the Bugoma-Kagombe Landscape which comprises of Bugoma, Kyamurangi Group of CFRs, Kagombe, and Kitechura/ Ibambaro CFR...

News & Updates

November 7, 2025

Young Voices Lead Dialogue on Forest Conservation at Igongwe Primary School

KCSON, with support from WWF under the FRECAR Project, held an interschool debate and cultural exchange at Igongwe Primary School to promote forest conservation. Learners showcased their creativity, received educational materials, and engaged in sports for unity and environmental action.
November 5, 2025

KCSON Sensitizes Coffee Farmers on EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in Kyenjojo District

KCSON conducted a sensitization meeting earlier this week in Kitega, Kyenjojo District, engaging coffee farmers under the FRECAR project on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and promoting sustainable, deforestation-free coffee production.
October 21, 2025

Growing Change: Katweyombeke Group’s Journey into Climate Smart Agriculture

The Katweyombeke Group is rewriting the story of rural livelihoods through climate-smart agriculture. With a total of 36 members (31 women and 5 men), the group has embraced mushroom growing as an innovative way to improve nutrition, boost household income, and reduce pressure on the nearby Bugoma-Kagombe landscape. projects.
July 30, 2025

KCSON Annual General Meeting for the Year Ended 31st December 2024

KCSON held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the year ended 31st December 2024 on 14th April 2025 at Classic Hotel, Kakumiro.
July 30, 2025

KCSON Undertakes Independent M&E of LRP

KCSON in the month of September 2020 undertook an evaluation of the Livelihood Restoration Programmes (LRPs) that were implemented in Buhuka Parish-Kyangwali Sub County Kikuube District.
August 23, 2023

KCSON Supports Dissemination of EITI Report 2020/21 at Sub-national level.

KCSON/BAPENECO, with support from International Alert, held a meeting on 23rd August 2023 in Hoima to share the 2020/21 EITI report and engage stakeholders on business and human rights in the extractive sector

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