CEHURD Uganda

What CEHURD Uganda does

CEHURD (Center for Health, Human Rights and Development) is an indigenous Ugandan non-governmental organization founded in 2009 and headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. It operates four integrated program pillars: Strategic Litigation, Advocacy, Community Empowerment, and Research and Knowledge Management, aimed at addressing social injustices, health rights violations, and gender-based violence affecting women, girls, and vulnerable populations in Uganda and East Africa. The organization's core "products" are programmatic services rather than commercial technology — a Legal Aid Clinic providing free legal representation (~30 SGBV cases per quarter), a Safe Listening Space offering psychosocial support, a mobile TB Van Clinic with Digital Chest X-ray for HIV/TB case finding, and the Annual National Inter-University Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition (13th edition in 2026). CEHURD is best known for Constitutional Petition No. 16 of 2011, which established precedent that government failure to provide basic maternal health commodities violates constitutional rights to health and life.

CEHURD's business model is grant-funded non-profit operations with no commercial revenue. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries; the organization generates no product or service fees. Funding derives from institutional donors (e.g., KIOS for intellectual property and human rights capacity building) and strategic partnerships with peer NGOs and government entities (TASO, Ministry of Health, IWILAP, MWOLA, FIDA-Uganda). Go-to-market is community-led: community paralegals, male champions, and local leaders identify and refer cases, supported by community dialogue meetings and grassroots mobilization. Geographic reach spans at least 11 Ugandan districts and extends regionally across East Africa.

The organization employs 11-50 staff and is led by Executive Director Fatia Kiyange, Deputy ED Nakibuuka Noor Musisi, Director of Programmes Richard Muganzi, Head of MERL Ogwang Christopher, and Communications Coordinator Jacqueline Twemanye. CEHURD is currently transitioning from its 2020-2024 strategic plan to a new 10-year plan (2025-2034). The organization has no proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, or commercial product lines — its primary assets are legal expertise, case-law precedents, and coalition relationships in the Ugandan and East African human rights ecosystem.

Name

CEHURD Uganda

Legal name

Center for Health, Human Rights and Development

Website

https://cehurd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEHURD (Center for Health, Human Rights and Development) is a Ugandan non-profit NGO founded in 2009 that advances social justice in health through strategic litigation, advocacy, community empowerment, and research, serving women, girls, and vulnerable populations across Uganda and East Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Legal aid services
• Strategic litigation
• Community empowerment
• Health rights programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Kampala

HQ country

Uganda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and Institutional Funding: CEHURD operates as a nonprofit NGO funded primarily through grants and institutional funding from development partners. The organization conducts fundraising campaigns such as the Legal Aid Fundraiser to support its programs. Revenue is used to fund litigation, advocacy, community empowerment, and research activities rather than commercial operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CEHURD delivers free legal aid, strategic litigation, advocacy, community empowerment, and research services to advance social justice in health for women, girls, and vulnerable populations in Uganda and East Africa. Its portfolio includes three core programmes—Community Empowerment, Strategic Litigation, and Advocacy—supported by a Legal Aid Clinic, a Safe Listening Space for psychosocial support, and an annual Moot Court Competition. Services are provided at no cost to beneficiaries and funded through grants and donor support.

Product overview

CEHURD (Center for Health, Human Rights and Development) is a Ugandan indigenous human rights NGO that operates as an integrated programme of three core service areas: Community Empowerment Programme, Strategic Litigation Programme, and Advocacy Programme. These programmes work together to advance social justice in health through legal empowerment, policy advocacy, and rights-based approaches. Supporting services include a Legal Aid Clinic providing free legal support to GBV survivors, a Safe Listening Space offering psychosocial support, and an annual Moot Court Competition for law students. The organization focuses on women, girls, and vulnerable populations in East Africa, addressing issues including maternal health, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and reproductive rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Empowerment Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• Constitutional Petition No. 16 established that government's failure to provide basic maternal health kits violates constitutional rights to health and life.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TASO (The AIDS Support Organisation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026CEHURD partnered with TASO and the Ministry of Health to implement the Male Action Groups (MAGs) strategy for HIV and TB case finding in Gulu, Lira, and Arua Cities. TASO provided support for integrated HIV and TB outreach services, district microplanning meetings, and community mobilization activities.
• IWILAP (Islamic Women's Initiative for Justice, Law & Peace)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Coalition partner in addressing sexual abuse cases; IWILAP joined CEHURD, MWOLA, Muslim Female Lawyers Network on Abortion, and FIDA-Uganda in a press conference to address a 14-year-old girl's sexual abuse case and provide solidarity and support to the survivor.
• MWOLA (Muslim Women Lawyers Alliance)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Coalition partner for gender-based violence advocacy; MWOLA joined CEHURD and other women's rights organizations in addressing sexual abuse case of a 14-year-old girl through joint press conference.
• FIDA-Uganda (Uganda Association of Women Lawyers)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Long-standing coalition partner in women's rights advocacy; FIDA-Uganda joined CEHURD and other organizations in press conference addressing sexual abuse of a minor, committed to ensuring survivor's voice is amplified and rights upheld.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC): Regional human rights and public interest litigation organization based in Southern Africa. Comparable as a peer regional legal-advocacy NGO using strategic litigation to advance rights, though its primary geography is southern rather than eastern Africa.
• Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC): East African human rights commission working on strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and community empowerment. Comparable in programmatic model though Kenya-focused rather than Uganda-focused.

Emerging players

• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL): International organization supporting civil society legal frameworks and NGO law reform. Comparable as a peer working on enabling legal environments for civil society, with thematic overlap on CEHURD's intellectual property and human rights work.

Broad incumbents

• Amnesty International Uganda: Global human rights organization with an active Uganda country presence conducting research, advocacy, and strategic litigation. Comparable in rights-advocacy mandate and donor base, though much larger and broader in scope.
• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya: International human rights law organization with significant East Africa presence that pursues strategic litigation and legal reform. Comparable as a higher-resource legal advocacy counterpart that competes for similar institutional funding and policy influence.
• Center for Reproductive Rights: Global reproductive-rights legal advocacy organization using strategic litigation and policy engagement. Comparable through its litigation-driven health-rights model and donor-funded advocacy architecture, though operating at much larger global scale.

Direct peers

• Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF): Ugandan human rights NGO offering legal aid clinics, strategic litigation, and policy advocacy on marginalized groups. Operates in the same legal-aid-for-vulnerable-populations niche as CEHURD and shares donor pools in the East Africa rights space.
• FIDA-Uganda: Uganda Association of Women Lawyers providing legal aid, advocacy, and gender-rights litigation. Directly comparable as a Ugandan women-focused legal aid NGO with overlapping strategic-litigation and SGBV mandate and a documented coalition partnership with CEHURD.
• Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC): Ugandan health-advocacy NGO focused on HIV/AIDS literacy and treatment access. Closely comparable in health-rights advocacy and community-empowerment approach targeting similar vulnerable populations in Uganda.
• Legal Aid Uganda Network (LAUN): Network of legal aid providers in Uganda coordinating access-to-justice programming. Closely comparable as a parallel legal-aid infrastructure body targeting similar beneficiaries and donors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/cehurduganda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cehurd-uganda

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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