The organization started in December 2011 following a survey conducted by volunteers working with Youth With A Mission Uganda, a Christian international non-government organization based in Jinja. Their survey indicated that many children with disabilities were either not being catered to or receiving insufficient services. It also revealed that most of these children were being locked in houses during work hours, resulting in irregular or insufficient meals. This led to severe malnourishment and increased susceptibility to infections and secondary deformities among children with multiple disabilities. Most of these vulnerable children come from financially unstable families that rely on very small-scale farming for food. This situation called for collective community awareness and intervention regarding disability and disabling conditions. And thus was born Kisaakye Child Empowerment and Rehabilitation Organization.They seek to provide therapy services, medication, nutritional training, and other disability-related services.