Patongo Counselling Community Outreach is a Ugandan CBO, established in 2010 to tackle the long-term psychological impact of the war that raged in Northern Uganda for more than 20years. PCCO has highly skilled counselors who provide counseling support to 48 groups (of 30 people each) and to individuals in the community in order to help them manage and cope up with trauma and also learning vital information in Health such as HIV prevention and treatment, Mental Health support program, WASH, Adolescent Reproductive health education, Family Planning ,Gender, women’s and children’s rights, group savings and Loans activities, Good Agricultural practices, Livelihood and Food Security, Environmental Management practices, and Humanitarian preparedness and response.
Beneficiaries in 1,200 HH on Nutrition Impact & Positive Practice
Families Reached on slow food gardening
Reached through group counseling
Reached through Individual counseling
Patongo Counselling Community Outreach is registered as a Community Based Organization (CBO) with Agago District local government, registration number Ag/2012/049, an application for National NGOs status is in the process and will be submitted to the National NGO Board.
Patongo Counselling Community Outreach supports the community in Agago and outlying villages to rebuild their lives following the war that raged for more than 20 years in northern Uganda. The designer of the project is to bring lasting change to people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),Poverty, trauma and HIV, Strengthening and improving both PCCO’s and beneficiaries’ capacity is a key to the project’s long-term success.
PCCO operates in Patongo Town Council, Patongo S/C, Omot S/C, Kotomor S/C, Lira Palwo S/C, Lapono and in both Patongo and Lira Palwo Health Center III. And we plan to cover the entire Agago District after the registration at national level which is already in process now.
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