RICE West Nile was founded in 2004 with the aim of empowering rural people for self-reliance. It all started with the founder members reflecting on the recurring and rampant question they always faced when they came back from school; “What have you brought for us?” The founders interpreted this question as a need to do something that can enable the communities to be self-reliant rather than wait for aid from others. Starting from humble beginnings, RICE West Nile is an indigenous NGO head-quartered in Arua City with a mandate to operate in any part of Uganda.
RICE West Nile has two program coordination offices in Moyo and Arua districts of the West Nile sub-region with interventions covering 11 districts of the West Nile sub-region including Pakwach, Madi-Okollo, Arua, Arua City, Terego, Koboko, Adjumani, Moyo, Obongi, Zombo and Nebbi.