Hellen has 15 years’ professional experience gained mostly in the non-profit sector. She has previously worked with The Hunger Project Uganda as the Project Manager in the Iganga, Bulamaji Project, and prior to that as the Water Project Manager in Rubindi, Mbarara. Before that she worked in Crane Bank Ltd as a Cashier, the Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative as Project Officer, and Nile Safaris as a ticketing Officer.

From her early days Hellen found inspiration in empowering women and girls. Over the course of a decade with The Hunger Project Uganda, she developed a deep understanding of what it means to empower communities holistically from education, to micro finance to health support.  Hellen’s many accomplishments include driving the transformation of Epicentre to self reliance by supporting communities through training in various areas such as smart agriculture, natural resource management, women in micro finance programs, the youth how to involve themselves in leadership skills and income generating activities, and encouraging girl child education. These were all aimed at empowering and building community confidence and mind-set change in the fight against hunger and poverty with the surrounding areas.

More recently, Hellen oversaw the drilling and construction of 10 Boreholes in the district that are currently serving over 5000 households. More so, Hellen held together the project during the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic and drove coordination of global and national initiatives to safeguard the health of employees and ensure organisation continuity and communities in need.

A believer in transformational change, and to accelerate progress in communities, Hellen is social activist who sensitizes masses on SDGs, and encourages use of available resource by communities to determine their own future and with expertise and purpose, to solve the world’s toughest challenges.

A Mother of Twins (Nalongo), Hellen’s perspective gives her a deep appreciation of diversity in all its forms. She is committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities Coterie serves, evidenced by nearly a decade working with and for communities in Eastern and Western Uganda.

Hellen has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, and a Diploma in International Air Transport Association (IATA)