Dawa Edina Hillary

Community Creativity for Development (CC4D) is a Youth-led community-based organization formed in August 2019 by a group of South Sudanese Refugee Youth professionals who saw a gap in repair, reuse and maintenance of Electronics with its headquarters in Eden II, Rhino Camp. CC4D aims at connecting communities while also finding solutions to protect the environment from global warming. We connect communities through organizing repair café events which are vital in building and promoting peace and peaceful coexistence among conflict affected communities.

CC4D consist of a team of 15 full time volunteers and is implementing Co-funded Electronic waste management project through repair café events (mobile repairs and maintenance of electronics) mobile digital literacy skills training programs, ICT mentorship for women and girls. CC4D is a member of the #ASKnet community (Access to Skills Knowledge and Network), Global Innovation Gathering (GIG), Africa Open Science Hardware (AfricaOSH), Africa Makers Space Network, Restarters community and the Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH).

CC4D, an award winner of the Job Security And Financial Services Category in the 2021 online EU: AFRICA THE JOURNEY HACKATHON organized and hosted by Garage48 in Estonia possesses considerable expertise in the  areas including Environment and Digital competence skills trainings, Sustainable Peace, youth empowerment and livelihood support with experienced staff working with the communities for over 4 years in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement. CC4D has over time established a strong board structure that defines her strategic direction.

Vision

A transformed and committed society fully in control of their social economic well–being using the available resources to reduce poverty, building peaceful and prosperous communities.

Mission

Our mission is to connect communities digitally, while protecting the environment from global warming by using the available resources for self-reliance and sustainable development.