A youth-led climate movement in Uganda

Kampala, UgandaYouth-led movementCommunity defense

Uganda’s youth are organizing on climate’s frontlines.

A4C mobilizes communities, challenges harmful projects, and equips young people to defend environmental rights before more futures are decided for us.

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Public pressure against EACOP
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From the archive

Public pressure begins where communities refuse to stay invisible.

Campaigners carry visible opposition to fossil fuel expansion into public space, turning climate justice demands into collective pressure.

Movement Fronts

Community Mobilization

Grassroots organizing, civic education, and local action.

Youth Climate Action

Campaigns and public pressure led by young people.

Legal Advocacy

Defending environmental rights and challenging harmful projects.

Who We Are

We organize with communities confronting climate injustice in real time.

A4C is a grassroots, youth-led movement in Uganda working through community mobilization, advocacy, and legal support. We amplify the voices of people affected by fossil fuel projects and challenge destructive energy practices through public action and legal follow-through.

Community Mobilization

We work with frontline communities in Uganda through outreach, civic education, and organizing rooted in lived reality.

Advocacy and Legal Support

Direct action, rights-based advocacy, and legal accompaniment help communities confront institutional power with backing, not isolation.

Purpose and Values

We are guided by resilience, justice, and inclusivity so marginalized voices are heard and community futures are defended.

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Frontline outreach, civic education, and local organizing.

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From public mobilization to sustained advocacy pressure.

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Young people trained, connected, and taking action.

A movement briefing rooted in people

Mission in Practice

Community empowerment has to reach the people carrying the cost.

That means public pressure, legal support, and collaborative action against extractive projects threatening land, rights, and future generations.

Our Team

The people helping A4C stay organized and visible.

A small preview of the team coordinating strategy, programs, finance, technical systems, and activist leadership.

Meet the Full Team
Barigye Bob, Chief Executive Officer

Barigye Bob

Chief Executive Officer

Edgar Wright, Programs Director

Edgar Wright

Programs Director

Bintunkwanga Raymond, Head Of Activists

Bintunkwanga Raymond

Head Of Activists

Nantanda Viola, Chief Finance Officer

Nantanda Viola

Chief Finance Officer

Program Preview

The homepage points to work areas. The full detail lives on dedicated pages.

These cards preview the organization's main fronts of work, while the structured program and campaign detail now sits properly on the Our Work page.

A sit-in outside an institution under pressure

Community Education

We organize communities through education and public understanding.

Climate awareness, civic education, and frontline briefings help communities name risk clearly and organize from shared facts.

A public briefing with organizers and allies

Advocacy & Campaigning

We turn local testimony into visible campaign pressure.

Public action, media visibility, and organized advocacy keep institutions under scrutiny when projects threaten people and ecosystems.

Community supporters inside a legal proceeding

Legal Support

We support activists and communities facing repression or legal risk.

Rights-based legal support and public follow-up help environmental defenders face institutional pressure with stronger backing.

Young organizers in a strategy session

Youth Leadership

We equip young organizers to lead with confidence and coordination.

Training, documentation, and movement visibility help youth organizers step into leadership with skill and clarity.

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Our Partners

Coalitions and support structures help A4C stay public and effective.

A4C works alongside campaign networks, legal defense groups, and movement partners whose support helps community action stay visible, protected, and sustained.

  • StopEACOP logo
  • EACOP Host Communities logo
  • AFIEGO logo
  • EGI Uganda logo
  • AIFE Uganda logo
  • Open Briefing logo
  • Front Line Defenders logo
  • Climate Legal Defense Fund logo
  • Climate Activist Defenders logo
  • Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke logo
  • Natural Justice logo
  • StopEACOP: Regional campaign network opposing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
  • EACOP Host Communities: Community-led platform centering host community voices around EACOP impacts.
  • AFIEGO: Civic organization advancing community rights and environmental justice in Uganda.
  • EGI Uganda: Environmental and governance-focused civic partner in Uganda.
  • AIFE Uganda: Alliance supporting environmental education and frontline engagement.
  • Open Briefing: Security and resilience support for movements and civil society groups.
  • Front Line Defenders: International protection support for human rights defenders at risk.
  • Climate Legal Defense Fund: Legal support for climate and environmental defenders facing repression.
  • Climate Activist Defenders: Protective support and solidarity for climate activist defenders.
  • Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke: Global solidarity and civic engagement partner.
  • Natural Justice: Environmental and community rights legal partner.

Impact

Proof lives in the field, not in the footer.

The archive matters because it shows what the movement looks like in real life: people gathered, trained, marching, speaking, and refusing to be pushed out of the story.

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Field Proof

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Village meetings, public education, and outreach rooted in local realities.

Field Proof

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Visible pressure built through street actions, media work, and sustained advocacy.

Field Proof

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Young people trained, connected, and ready to move when action is needed.

Public testimony turned into visible pressure
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Campaign Action

These campaigns move from testimony to visible pressure.

Campaign action moves from witness and testimony into organized public pressure against fossil fuel harm.

Field Stories

The movement looks different depending on the day.

Some days are courtroom days. Some are strategy meetings, roadside actions, or youth briefings. Together they show a movement built through many kinds of pressure, not one kind of image.

Real people show up in the archive because real communities are on the line.

The images carry proof, memory, and the texture of ongoing work.

They turn the site from an explanation into evidence.

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Defending public health and the Nile

Environmental Defense

Young campaigners connect plastic pollution, environmental harm, and everyday community health.

Young organizers holding a public briefing

Youth Organizing

Youth leaders step into public-facing roles with training, coordination, and confidence built through the movement.

Movement In Action

A continuous line of action, pressure, and follow-through.

The work is not one event. It is a chain of moments that build on one another: mobilizing, showing up, defending, documenting, and staying visible.

Small-group planning session

Community Work

Campaign work is also built around tables where people plan, review ideas, and coordinate what comes next.

Field visit and group solidarity

Environmental Defense

Outdoor moments in the field reflect the relationships, morale, and shared purpose behind visible public action.

Defenders holding ground under pressure

Legal Advocacy

Legal and public pressure are met by communities showing up together instead of facing coercion alone.

Group photo after a meeting

Community Work

Some archive moments record presence, solidarity, and the people holding the work together.

Get Involved

Put your time, voice, or partnership where the work is.

The movement needs people who can help organize, strengthen public pressure, and back communities with long-term commitment.

Visit

City house building level 2
William Street, Nakasero

Call

+256 773 075655

Email

info@a4cji.org

Volunteer

Show up for the next action.

Support outreach, mobilization, documentation, and event work with the movement.

Contact the team

Partner

Back frontline campaigns with real support.

Partner on training, legal follow-up, or movement programs that strengthen community defense.

Start a partnership

Archive

See the wider record of the work.

Browse protests, meetings, legal moments, and field action in the full visual archive.

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