About Us
Community Education and Empowerment Centre (CEEC) is a national nonprofit making organization based in Kenya which strives to build the capacity of communities to be actors in their own development. CEEC was registered as an NGO in 2012.
Vision
Communities that are nonviolent, all inclusive and where the human rights of all are respected and protected.
Mission
Empowering communities through capacity building, advocacy, research and documentation on issues of gender, human rights, nonviolence, law, leadership and governance.
Strategies
- Trainings, seminars and awareness raising forums
- Use of ICT as a governance tool
- Research and documentation
- Advocacy
- Mentorship
- Exchange programs
- Community dialogue and outreach
- Legal aid clinics
- Income Generating Activities (IGAs)
- Use of theatre for social change
Our Programs
Positive Masculinities
There is undisputable evidence the world over that men are the main perpetrators of violence and women are more often than not on the receiving end whether it is violence perpetrated in the private sphere or in settings of war or civil unrest.
Community Peacebuilding
Sustainable development cannot be achieved in the absence of peace and lasting peace can only be realized through the involvement of all actors within the society.
Gender and Human Rights
Kenya is a signatory to and has ratified the main International and Regional Treaties and Conventions that guarantee civil liberties.
Leadership and Good Governance
There is a clear link between bad governance/poor leadership and most of the social problems in the society which include gender based violence, marginalization and exclusion of women and youth, unemployment and high crime rates.
What our beneficiaries say
This was the first time we were having a theme based tournament and the message; Soccer Family says NO to GBV was powerful. Thank you CEEC for bringing the Positive Maculinities project to our ward.

I wish our parents knew about male disempowerment and stress management. Many of them passed on after the post-election violence because they could not accept the fact that they had suddenly lost everything that they had. If they knew what we now know, they would have accepted what had happened and sought help. Let us not follow the example of our parents please.

After learning about gender, I started becoming aware of the inequalities in my community. Since I am a member of a huge youth network in Church, I began mentoring young men to respect women’s rights.

Big up CEEC! The MCA Aspirants’ forum in Eastleigh South was such a success. Personally I am so grateful to CEEC for the support. You are doing what most organizations have failed to do. Citizen participation is very important.

The forum for Women Aspirants at Sagana was very therapeutic after the traumatic experiences we went through. Thanks a lot CEEC for putting it together.

After going through the Positive Masculinities training, I realized just how disempowered I was as a man and how little I understood myself. Although change is hard, I am taking one step at a time towards healthier masculinities.

I am proud of the effort you have put towards women in politics. Change is a process and one day the electorate will be enlightened and break the tradition of money oriented electioneering.

The women’s rights project has given me a sense of worth. I had low self esteem and thought I had nothing to offer my community but meeting CEEC has changed the way I see myself as a worthy woman.

Quoting from Isaiah 11:16 “the lion shall lie down with the lamb“ after an exchange visit between village elders from Burnt Forest and those from Murang’a.

Thanks CEEC for providing an opportunity for us to share and mingle. We were able to offload the stress we underwent before, during and after nominations and election. Keep the up the good work.

Sauti Mtaani helped the electorate assess me through the platform. It also helped me identify specific areas of engagement within the community. In addition, it made my colleagues want to engage with the platform.

Thank you CEEC for the seminar on alcohol and substance abuse. It was evident that our Young men are suffering and they need help. We would like to have more frequent seminars if we are going to save the male youth of Kikuyu

Communication is key to peaceful co-existence in our families and our community. Let us talk to each other and not at each other.

Latest news
Cohesion Building: Youth Promoting Respect for Diversity in Five Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Phase 2
CEEC with the support of GIZ-CPS kicked off Phase 2 of the of the Embracing Diversity project in March 2020 with a training of 22 youth from Kibra, Kawangware, Dandora, Korogocho and Mathare informal settlements . This was a follow up of Phase 1 of the project which was implemented in 2019 bringing together 28 youth . The […]
Nonviolence Advocacy Against Police Brutality
In February 2020, 24 youth from four Informal Settlements within Nairobi namely Mathare, Dandora, Kibra and Korogocho presented petitions to their respective Police Stations outlining the police excesses rampant in their respective neighbourhoods as well as the actions they would like the police to take or desist from. This followed a training on active nonviolence […]
Combating Electoral Gender Based Violence Through Positive Masculinities and Femininities
CEEC with support from GIZ conducted a training of women leaders on Combating Electoral Gender Based Violence through Positive Masculinities and Femininities, on 27th – 30th January 2020 at the Deliverance Church in Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu County. The four days’ training brought together a total of 30 women leaders from eight farms in Burnt […]