Nect Green Code fights for climate justice, clean energy, zero waste, animal welfare, and empowered communities across Uganda — because a just planet is possible.
"Global warming is a reality that can no longer be ignored."
Our mission: To build people's power to achieve environmental health and justice — by preventing pollution, advocating for clean energy, eliminating waste, protecting animals, and building green, healthy, resilient communities where every voice is heard.
In 2006, Uganda discovered commercial oil deposits estimated at over 6 billion barrels. The government, alongside TotalEnergies and CNOOC, moved to build major oil infrastructure — a crude oil pipeline, a refinery, and more. Communities in the path of these projects were left behind.
Project-Affected Persons faced inadequate compensation, flooding, pollution, human-wildlife conflict, and deepening food insecurity. Nect Green Code was founded to ensure their voices are heard and that those responsible are held accountable.
"Climate justice, zero waste, animal welfare, and community power are not separate issues. They are four threads of the same cloth."
Today, NGC is a movement that addresses the interconnected injustices facing Uganda's people, animals, and ecosystems — together.
The strength to persist and push forward in the face of every challenge.
Bringing new ideas and solutions to conservation and community advocacy.
Honesty, transparency, and unwavering commitment to our principles.
Valuing and respecting every voice, opinion, and lived experience.
Genuine care for people, animals, and all living beings in our environment.
A clean, safe environment is the right of every person — not a privilege.
Pollution harms the people with the least power to resist it. Waste destroys the ecosystems that communities depend on. Wildlife and animals are threatened by the same extractive industries that displace communities. And no lasting change is possible without empowered communities at the centre. Our four programmes reflect this understanding — each one strengthening the others.
The communities living near Uganda's oil fields did not cause the climate crisis — yet they bear its heaviest costs. We advocate for a just transition away from fossil fuels, fight pollution at its source, demand accountability from extractive industries, and ensure the benefits of Uganda's natural resources are shared fairly.
Learn more →Justice requires power — and power must be built from the ground up. We equip individuals, grassroots groups, women, and young people with knowledge, skills, and platforms to advocate for themselves. Through civic education, leadership development, and community organising, those most affected by environmental harm lead the change.
Learn more →Uganda's wildlife, domestic animals, and farm animals face mounting threats — from habitat destruction driven by oil extraction, to human-wildlife conflict, to inadequate legal protections. We advocate for the humane treatment of all animals, protect Uganda's extraordinary biodiversity, and build communities that value and coexist with the animals that share our environment.
Learn more →Waste is not just an environmental problem — it is a justice problem. Dumpsites and plastic pollution disproportionately burden low-income communities. We promote circular economy practices, responsible consumption, and recycling. We work with schools, local governments, businesses, and households to build a cleaner, fairer future.
Learn more →These four programmes are inseparable. A community empowered to fight pollution is also a community that can protect wildlife and advocate for zero waste practices. The same oil infrastructure that harms communities destroys animal habitats and biodiversity. And a just energy transition creates the conditions for sustainable livelihoods free from fossil fuel dependence and environmental degradation. At Nect Green Code, we fight all four fronts — because justice cannot be won on only one.
Fighting for environmental justice requires knowing where toxic emissions come from, who is exposed, and to what. Our research team takes a rigorous approach to these questions and strives to provide solutions that promote global health, clean jobs, and a robust economy.
We organise, engage, and educate communities to build the power to influence environmental decisions that affect their lives. Through door-knocking, community meetings, political education, and digital tools, we empower communities to fight local pollution and work for greener, healthier futures.
We support communities to tell their own stories and create strong messages for policymakers and the public. Media and communications amplify the impact of our organising, legal advocacy, and community-centred research, injecting our environmental justice perspective into the wider policy debate.
Zero Hunger
Gender Equality
Affordable & Clean Energy
Responsible Consumption
Climate Action
Life on Land
Whether you want to volunteer, partner with us, support our work, or share your story — we'd love to hear from you.
Hoima, Uganda
+256 200 946 900
info@ngcug.org