CIVICOM AID
CIVICOM AID is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) dedicated to delivering community-designed and community-led development projects in Kenya and Uganda. As a non-profit organization in East Africa, we focus on poverty alleviation, food security, job creation, and access to quality education.
Through our five flagship programs, we collaborate with individuals, communities, donors, partners, agencies, foundations, religious organizations, institutions, companies, and volunteers to implement sustainable solutions that build resilient people and thriving communities in rural, dryland, and slum regions.
Our Vision
Strong self-reliant communities across rural, dryland, and slum-areas of Africa.
Agripreneurs Pathway Program
Our agripreneurs program teaches family farmers safe, regenerative farming, climate-smart methods, and basic AI tools for better decisions. With these skills, farmers grow more food, earn more income, and create local jobs. This work improves food security, supports families, and helps rural communities stay strong in a changing climate.
Youth Pathway Program
Our youth program trains young people in digital skills, STEAM, entrepreneurship, and community leadership. We help them gain job-ready skills and connect them to online and local work. This support increases youth employment, builds confidence, and prepares them for a world where digital skills open new opportunities.
Sponsor a Child Program
Our child sponsorship program helps children stay in school by providing fees, learning materials, and small farming support that reduces hunger at home. This support lowers dropout rates and improves performance. Sponsored children gain stability, confidence, and a brighter future through continuous access to education.
Our Mission
We end poverty by uplifting vulnerable communities through education, food security, and digital opportunities.
Entrepreneurs Pathway Program
Our entrepreneurs program helps women start and grow small businesses by offering training, start-up capital, and social support. When women grow their businesses, they create jobs, lift their families out of poverty, and gain financial independence. We focus on women in slums, rural villages, and dryland communities.
Build a School Program
Our Build a School program constructs and repairs classrooms, toilets, and water points in schools where children learn under trees or lack safe sanitation. By improving school buildings, we create safe learning spaces and bring clean water closer to children, helping them learn with dignity and hope.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our volunteer programs in Kenya and Uganda welcome people who want to support farming, business, youth, education, construction, or community service. Whether you volunteer onsite or remotely, your time and skills help families grow stronger and give communities hope, while offering a meaningful cultural and learning experience.
How Civicom Aid Started
Their response was poignant: “In our villages, there is no water, no resources, no food.” Women and children traveled long distances to fetch water, and people in drylands struggled for every meal. The critical realization emerged—water was the key. Determined to make a difference, Jonathan initiated a multifaceted approach.
Starting with building water access in villages, he extended efforts to farming projects for food security, fostering prosperity. The next steps involved enhancing education and health to empower these marginalized communities. Through these initiatives, rural areas, drylands, and slums could break free from a century-long cycle of devastation and abandonment. Jonathan’s journey illuminated a path towards transformation, driven by the fundamental belief that water could be the catalyst for positive change.
In 2018 during a pivotal journey to Makueni County, Kenya, Jonathan Munyany encountered a stark reality. While touring the vast and flourishing properties of a wealthy businessman seeking help exporting meat to the Middle East, Jonathan observed a profound contrast. Amidst the prosperity of ranches, he couldn’t ignore the persistent poverty and destitution in the villages.
The absence of young adults, the vital force for community development, struck Jonathan deeply. Inquiring about their whereabouts, he discovered that many had left for towns and cities in search of jobs and reliable access to food and water. However, these urban areas offered little in terms of quality living conditions, with workers from villages residing in makeshift slums
Jonathan’s exploration revealed young men in the villages grappling with substance abuse and limited hope for the future. Disturbingly, some planned to marry young girls due to the scarcity of women their age. Motivated by these dire conditions, Jonathan delved into the issue further, visiting Nairobi to understand why young people felt compelled to leave their homes.
