COTA was founded and registered in 2017 as a Community Based Organization with Odupi Sub County and later with Terego District under the names of Community Transformation Agenda. However, during registration with URSB in 2023, we incorporated as Center for Community Holistic Engagement and Transformation Action (COTA) Limited, and in 2025, COTA upgraded to an Indigenous Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), based in Terego District in the West Nile region of Uganda. Initially, the organization was involved in such as farming (goat and poultry rearing), environmental protection (tree planting/growing, soil erosion conservation and advocacy against bush burning), hygiene and sanitation promotion activities for both refugees and the host communities in Imvepi, and peace building/peaceful co-existence between the refugees and the host community.
The organization has been in existence for over 8 years due to the prevailing constitution, hard work, teamwork towards achieving the set organizational goals with support and supervision of the board members. The organization successfully secured five years project of Strategic Partnership Agreement II (SPAII) early 2023 from ActionAid International Uganda and because of its fruitful implementation, COTA was added a top-up package of Loss and Damage (L&D) fund, and these are being implemented in Imvepi refugee settlement particularly in zone 1, 4 and
