Rural Livelihood Improvement The principle thematic areas of this project  are Agriculture (improved livelihoods), primary education, community development, community health and Institutional development. The principle of work is empowerment of communities and individuals in all thethematic areas. CEFORD works in 8 districts (Arua, Nebbi, Zombo, Maracha, Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo and Adjumani).

The social actors that benefit from CEFORD's work are the children (pupils in school), disadvantaged women and men from local communities as farmers and as community members, out of school youth, orphans and vulnerable children who are financially handicapped (do not have money for their demands especially for education), local CSOs, and primary schools.

Methodologies applied in the project
1. Training especially in the rural area, where a participant-centred learning approach is used involving adult learning techniques. Such type of training is cost effective in terms of time and money, is appropriate in passing on skills and knowledge, andthe use of local materials makes the training more practical. Trainings will be organized for farmers, FAL learners, pupils in schools and OVC.
2. Surveys will be conducted to establish benchmarks for the project and to assess pre-intervention, during implementation (mid-term) and also End of project Evaluation. These will be conducted for all the thematic areas in the project.
3. Provision of inputs, is a strategy that will help provide start-up seed, money and equipment for further multiplication. Since trained people get the inputs, the method allows for deepening the understanding and increases the asset base of the beneficiaries. These will target the farmers and OVC.
4. Exposure visits will be used to expand knowledge through sharing of experiences amongst participants/ beneficiaries. This method is also critical for enhancing adult learning from exchanging daily practical experiences. Learning visits will be conducted for adult learners.
5. Advocacy is a method CEFORD will use mainly to mobilise more support for positively promoting good decisions, policies, practices and ideas, whether within the community, towards the private sector or the government. It is best suited for targets where attitude change and change in beliefs is expected. Thisapproach will be used for farmers, children education, OVC support.
6. ICT: Use of Information Communication Technologies that are relevant to the environment in which the interventions shall be implemented. This will include web based technologies, useof mobile phones, radios, video shows, posters, leaflets, public notice boards, e.t.c to communicate messages to the target groups. This approach will be used for farmers, FAL members and schools.
7. Community meetings will be held toinitiate group discussions on issues affecting the target groups and draw action points that will be implemented and followed up toascertain progress towards addressing the issues raised. These will also be used for phase out discussions with the target groups in all thethematic areas.
8. The establishment of linkages with other partners is a valuable method CEFORD has used before. This method helps in mobilising more resources, accessing other services that CEFORD cannot provide, and is also good for the sustainabilityof the support activities. For instance linked groups can open up to obtain further support for their activities. Linkages for farmers for market and market information, linkages on health issues e.g. HIV/AIDS, SRHR for all the target beneficiaries.
9. Partnershipsand collaboration: this method has been successful before in resource mobilisation and sharing. It also encourages CEFORD to work through other organisations and offers opportunity for learning.

As a strategy to contribute to sustainable development, CEFORD mainstreams HIV/AIDS and environmental concerns e.g. soil and water conservation in its activities. Already, CEFORD has a relationship with JOHMET for internal mainstreaming of HIV-AIDS at the workplace and in programmes. In addition, CEFORD has had her capacity builtthrough participation in GMLT and SRHR trajectory supported by Oxfam Novib. This has built staff capacities to be able to mainstream gender, sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS into its programming and that of itspartners.  On advocacy issues, CEFORD forms alliances from the grassroots up to the national levels.