Uganda Dec 2008

UGANDA
A Guide to Humanitarian and Development Efforts
of InterAction Member Agencies in Uganda
Photo Courtesy of: MAP International
December 2008
Produced by Ashley Brush
With the Humanitarian Policy and Practice Team, InterAction
And with the support of a cooperative agreement with USAID/OFDA

1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 210 Washington DC 20036
Phone (202) 667‐8227 Fax (202) 667‐8236
Website: www.interaction.org

Table of Contents

Map of Uganda ………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………... 3
Report Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 4
Current Humanitarian Situation ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Historical Context ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
Organizations by Sector of Activity …………………………………………………………………………………………………….…. 8
List of Acronyms ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….… 10

Member Activity Reports

ActionAid …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
ADRA International ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
American Refugee Committee International ……………………………………………………………………………………..… 14
Brother's Brother Foundation ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 16
CARE ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17
Catholic Relief Services ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19
Christian Children's Fund …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee ……………………………………………………………………………………. 24
Direct Relief International …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 26
Food for the Hungry …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……… 27
Holt International ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
International Medical Corps ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 30
Lutheran World Relief …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 32
MAP International ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 33
Management Sciences for Health ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 34
Medical Teams International …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 35
Mercy Corps ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 36
Refugees International ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37
World Learning ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 38
World Vision, USA ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 39

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Map of Uganda

*Source: United Nations, May 2003. Available at: http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/uganda.pdf

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Report Summary

InterAction is the largest coalition of non‐governmental organizations in the United States, with
over 170 members. Collectively, InterAction members work in every developing country of the world on
development issues from poverty to disaster response. InterAction strives to set a bold agenda for the
world’s poor and most vulnerable by serving as the vocal point for U.S. NGOs at home and abroad,
increasing the efficiency of humanitarian assistance efforts, and increasing accountability in all sectors of
international development.

This member activity report highlights the specific humanitarian problems facing Ugandans
today. Twenty humanitarian organizations are represented in this report, whose activities cover a wide
range of sectors. InterAction members currently working in Uganda implement programs in agriculture,
disaster/emergency response, business development, gender issues, healthcare, rural development,
HIV/AIDS, refugee/migration services, and water and sanitation.

The Current Humanitarian Crisis

Negotiations since 2006 among the LRA, the Ugandan government, and the international
community suggest a spark of hope for peace and have seen some improvement in conditions. Although
the peace process remains stalled since May 2008, after LRA leader Joseph Kony repeatedly refused to
sign the final peace settlement, fragile security has allowed over half of the 1.8 million IDPs to
spontaneously return home. According to OCHA, in total, some 997,000 people who remained displaced
throughout the Acholi, Lango and Teso sub‐regions at the start of 2006 have returned to their villages of
origin, including all 466,100 in the Lango sub‐region. As the pace of IDP return accelerates, there is
increased pressure on the Ugandan government and other actors to pave the road to reconstruction and
respond to new challenges such as land ownership issues and lack of infrastructure. A transition is now
underway to move from a UN led emergency effort to one that is government led. On July 1, 2008, the
Ugandan government began implementation of its “Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan” for the
north, with support from international donors. The PRDP is seen as an adequate framework to begin
meeting needs in the north, but the implementation and impact of the plan remain to be seen.

At writing of this report, renewed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between
Government forces and troops loyal to the rebel Laurent Nkunda led to a renewed influx of Congolese
refugees crossing the border into Uganda at the end of October. Over 50,000 refugees have fled the
violence in North Kivu into Uganda. According to OCHA, many agencies have expressed concern about
the strain on existing water and sanitation, health facilities and the food supply in the host communities.
The Ugandan government has also expressed concern over the additional pressure on overstretched
health centers and the food supply that these new refugees will bring to the region. The full effects of
the spillover conflict from the DRC are still not known.

While much progress has been made, it is important to note that war has been raging in Uganda
for over two decades. The main actors in this great tragedy are the Ugandan government under the
leadership of President Yoweri Museveni and the self proclaimed Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), led by
Joseph Kony, who alleges to be fighting to replace the current constitution with one based on the Bible’s
Ten Commandments. The historically strained relations between the Acholi people of northern Uganda
and southern‐based tribes dominating the government contributed to the forming of the Lord’s
Resistance Army (LRA) in 1987, after the National Resistance Army (NRA) led by current President
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Yoweri Museveni overthrew President Tito Okello, an ethnic Acholi, in January 1986. Although many
were forced to leave their homes as a direct result of the LRA’s violence, the number of IDPs spiked
sharply after the Ugandan government made a decision in 1996 to force civilians into IDP camps, which
they dubbed “protected villages.” By the end of 2005, nearly 1.8 million people had been forced to leave
their homes.

The brunt of the crisis has been borne by war torn families and especially by children. During
this period, millions of people have been displaced from their homes and nearly 66,000 children have
been abducted by the LRA according to a recent report by the World Bank. According to the same
report, the rebels have focused on abducting males between 13 and 18, but people of all ages and both
sexes have been taken to fill the ranks of the LRA’s army. Children abducted by the LRA suffer mental
and physical abuse and commit grave atrocities. Two‐thirds of them are severely beaten, a fifth are
forced to kill, and nearly 10 percent are forced to murder a family member or friend to bind them to the
group. The fate of many of the girls abducted by the LRA has been to become "wives" of the
commanders, essentially sex slaves. In 2005, UNICEF estimated that nearly 30,000 children made the
trek every night to night commuter centers run by humanitarian aid organizations, some walking
upwards of 15 kilometers, in order to avoid being abducted by LRA soldiers.

At the height of the conflict, nearly 80% of the region’s inhabitants were forced to live in camps
which are poorly equipped to house them. More specifically, problems such as starvation, poor
sanitation, psychological trauma, lack of education, prostitution, and high levels of HIV/AIDS are
endemic to Ugandan refugee camps. Reports suggest that nearly 1,000 people per week died as a
consequence. HIV/AIDS continues to be a significant challenge to development. According to Save the
Children, since the epidemic began, some 1 million Ugandans have died and the majority of Uganda’s
estimated 2.3 million orphans are largely a result of HIV/AIDs deaths. Furthermore, the country’s other
health indicators remain among the lowest in sub‐Saharan African.

In addition to the effects of war, the humanitarian crises has been compounded by three
consecutive years of shock to the agricultural sector through a severe drought in 2006 and a
combination of an extended dry spell, late rains, and flooding in 2007 and 2008. Planting was
significantly delayed and reduced in many areas in 2008. Goat plague and crop fungus create further
complications to the food supply. OCHA predicts that in the northern province of Karamoja these factors
will lead to a period of increasing humanitarian need with elevated levels of household food instability,
heightened rates of gross acute and severe acute malnutrition, rising morbidity, and loss of livelihoods.
In August 2008, OCHA estimated that at least 7,500 children could require immediate attention for
severe acute malnutrition and at least 35,000 needed to be assisted to avoid seeing an increase in these
estimates.

Historical Context

Uganda gained its independence from Great Britain on October 9, 1962 after nearly 70 years
under colonial rule. The colonial legacy of social fragmentation is one key driver of conflict in Uganda. In
addition to societal disparities, the current humanitarian crisis facing Uganda has political and economic
roots. Specifically, the authoritarian leadership of both Milton Obote and Idi Amin undermined the
development of strong democratic governance, marginalized certain groups in society, hindered
economic growth, and created political space for non‐state actors, such as the Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA), to emerge.
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A National Assembly was formed shortly after Uganda gained its independence, charged with
establishing a new government. Political discourse surrounding whether or not to create a highly
centralized state or form a more loose federation was placed on hold in 1966 when Milton Obote, then
leader of the majority coalition in the National Assembly, suspended the constitution and claimed the
presidency. In September 1967, a new constitution was instated which expanded presidential power
and abolished traditional kingdoms. On January 25, 1971, Obote's government was overthrown in a
military coup led by Amin. Amin then assumed the presidency, dissolved the parliament, and rewrote
the constitution in order to give himself absolute power.

Amin’s tenure marks perhaps the most brutal chapter in Uganda’s recent history, characterized
by widespread human rights violations, economic contradiction, and social unrest. Estimates suggest
that he was responsible for the deaths of 300,000 civilians during his eight year term. The main groups
targeted by Amin’s brutality included people of Asian descent, who were forced to leave the country on
three days’ notice, and also the Acholi and Langi ethnic groups who had constituted a large proportion
of Obote’s army. In 1978, Tanzania invaded Uganda and Amin fled to Saudi Arabia.

During the period following Amin’s exit, power shifted between several different leaders,
including Obote, before Yoweri Museveni finally assumed power. Since coming to power, Museveni’s
administration is credited with diminishing the magnitude of human rights abuses, encouraging
economic liberalization with the help of major development banks, and fostering a freer press. Upon
assuming the presidency, Museveni also abolished all political parties, claiming they divide the country
along ethnic and religious lines and promote conflict. In 2005, the government returned to a multiparty
system, permitting the presence of opposition parties.
The military approach which Museveni has often taken towards the LRA has failed to resolve the
conflict and resulted in increasing the devastation and death in the region. In 1993, peace negotiations
between the LRA and the government were said to have been within hours of completion when
Museveni presented the LRA with an ultimatum of surrendering within a week, effectively destroying
the peace process. In the wake of this failure, several different internal and external groups have
attempted to organize peace talks between the two parties without success.
In 1998, the government deployed a large military force into neighboring DR Congo, with the
purpose of preventing rebel attacks. However, with this move came allegations that Ugandan officials
were involved in the illegal exploitation of Congolese natural resources. In response to international
pressure, Ugandan troops were pulled out in 2003. Relations continue to be tense between the two
countries. In 2002, the government continued its trend of military tactics against the LRA by launching
the offensive known as “Operation Iron Fist,” an initiative which pushed rebels into the northern regions
of Lango and Teso and dramatically increased the number of internally displaced persons.
Negotiations between the LRA and the Ugandan government were initiated in July 2006 and
developed into an ongoing peace process. The July negotiations reached agreement on a five point
agenda which included: (1) cessation of hostilities; (2) comprehensive solutions to the war; (3)
reconciliation and accountability; (4) formal ceasefire; and (5) disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration. In August, an agreement dubbed the “Cessation of Hostilities” brought relative peace to
Uganda, with few attacks or abductions in the north, and encouraged nearly 300,000 IDPs to return
home.
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Negotiations in 2007 were initially delayed over disagreement on what items should be included
on the discussion agenda. After the introduction of UN envoys and African Union representatives, the
talks were resumed in April. At this time, both sides agreed to a process to reach comprehensive
solutions to the conflict. In particular, progress has been made on developing an alternative national
justice mechanism to prosecute violations. When a final consensus is reached the Ugandan government
has indicated it would ignore arrest warrants from the ICC and handle the matter on a national level.

At writing of this report, the peace process is suspended, following coordinated attacks on LRA
bases by the militaries of DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan. The LRA has renewed brutal attacks and
child abductions in the DRC, Kony failed again to sign the final peace agreement on November 29th, and
fighting within the LRA itself gives weight to concerns that it could drop peace talks altogether and may
be planning for another major campaign. Despite these challenges, it is essential that the international
community and regional actors continue to support the gains made in northern Uganda due to the
peace process, focusing attention on meeting the needs of returnees and those remaining in the camps.

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Organizations by Sector of Activity

Agriculture and Food Security Christian Children's Fund
ActionAid Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
ADRA International Direct Relief International
American Refugee Committee International International Medical Corps
CARE Management Sciences for Health
Catholic Relief Services MAP International
Christian Children's Fund Mercy Corps
Direct Relief International World Learning
Food for the Hungry World Vision, USA
Lutheran World Relief
Management for Health Sciences Gender Issues/Women in Development
Mercy Corps ActionAid
World Vision, USA ADRA International
American Refugee Committee International
Business Development, Cooperatives and CARE
Credit Christian Children's Fund
ActionAid Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
ADRA International Direct Relief International
American Refugee Committee International Food for the Hungry
CARE Holt International Children's Services
Catholic Relief Services International Medical Corps
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Management Sciences for Health
Direct Relief International Mercy Corps
Lutheran World Relief Refugees International
Management Sciences for Health
Mercy Corps Health Care
World Vision, USA ActionAid
Disaster and Emergency Relief Brother's Brother Foundation
ActionAid CARE
ADRA International Catholic Relief Services
CARE Christian Children's Fund
Catholic Relief Services Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Direct Relief International
Direct Relief International Food for the Hungry
Food for the Hungry Holt International Children's Services
Management Sciences for Health International Medical Corps
Medical Teams International Lutheran World Relief
Mercy Corps MAP International
Medical Teams International
Education/Training Mercy Corps
ActionAid World Vision, USA
Brother's Brother Foundation
CARE HIV/AIDs
Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services
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Christian Children's Fund Rural Development
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee ActionAid
International Medical Corps ADRA International
Medical Teams International CARE
Mercy Corps Direct Relief International
International Medical Corps
Refugee and Migration Services Lutheran World Relief
ActionAid Management Sciences for Health
CARE
Food for the Hungry
Refugees International
World Learning
World Vision, USA

Water and Sanitation
Catholic Relief Services
Christian Children's Fund
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
World Vision, USA

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List of Acronyms:

ADRA Adventist Development Relief Agency
ARC American Refugee Committee International
BBF Brother's Brother Foundation
BPRM Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State
BWAid Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid
CCF Christian Children's Fund
COU Church of Uganda
CRS Catholic Relief Services
CRWRC Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DFID Department for International Development (UK)
DOL U.S. Department of Labor
DRI Direct Relief International
FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FH Food for the Hungry
GBV Gender based violence
HI Holt International Children's Services
ICC International Criminal Court
IDP Internally Displaced Person
IMC International Medical Corps
LRA Lord's Resistance Army
LWR Lutheran World Relief
MAP MAP International
MSH Management Sciences for Health
MOH Ministry of Health
MTI Medical Teams International
Norad Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODI Overseas Development Institute (UK)
OFDA U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance/USAID
OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children
PAG Pentecostal Assemblies of God
PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
RI Refugees International
SPLA Sudan People’s Liberation Army
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
USAID United States Agency of International Development
USAID/CMM USAID Conflict Management and Mitigation
VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV
WV World Vision, USA
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ActionAid

Overseas Field Contact
Charles Mbeeta Businge
Kampala Head Office
256.392220002
P. O. Box 676 Kampala, Uganda
Kansanga Ggaba Road
aaiuganda.info@actionaid.org

Introduction

ActionAid is an international anti‐poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Since
1972, ActionAid has been growing and expanding‐ helping disadvantaged people in 42 countries
worldwide. ActionAid works with local partners to fight poverty and injustice worldwide, reaching over
13 million of the poorest and most vulnerable people. ActionAid programs are directed at helping the
most marginalized in society fight for and gain their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare
and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

Action Aid in Uganda

ActionAid has been working in Uganda since 1982 when it started working in Mityana Sub
County, Mubende District. Since then it has expanded operations throughout Uganda as part of its long‐
term commitment to working with the socially and economically disadvantaged. ActionAid works and
collaborates with various partners at all levels. In Uganda, ActionAid lends support to a number of non‐
governmental and community based organizations in over 33 districts in several poverty eradication
initiatives. Additionally, ActionAid works directly and through partners in 10 district initiatives in
Bundibugyo, Kalangala, Kawempe, Apac, Masindi, Nebbi, Pallisa, Kapchorwa, Kumi and Katakwi.

Most of these partners are indigenous non‐governmental organizations and community based
organizations which are closely working with poor and excluded people. Others are networks and
alliances operating at national, sub‐regional and international levels. ActionAid’s approach emphasizes
direct contact with poor and excluded people at the community level.

The sectors included in ActionAid’s development efforts are agriculture and food production,
business development, cooperatives and credit, disaster/emergency relief, education and training,
gender issues, health care, human rights, refugee and migration services, and rural development.
ActionAid receives funding for its Uganda programs mostly from individual donors or foundations, with a
small amount (2.2 billion shillings against a budget of 13.8) coming from the European Union and a small
subcontract with another NGO. The annual expense budget for 2007 was $13.8 billion Ugandan Shillings
(approximately $111 million USD) and ActionAid currently supports over 260,000 families, representing
17% of Uganda’s poorest population.

Points of special concern to ActionAid include the on‐going peace talks between the LRA and
government. Encouraged by the optimism of the local populace in the eventual return to peace and
normality, ActionAid launched a transitional justice pilot project, “Access to Justice for Women,” which
focuses on the cultural, political, structural and economic barriers that women face in accessing the
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justice system in a conflict area such as northern Uganda. In partnership with the Uganda Police Force,
ActionAid provided tangible benefits such as sexual assault evidence kits, and police kiosks located close
to vulnerable communities. Additionally, ActionAid has engaged in policy and cultural dialogues about
the rights of women in times of war and peace.

Finally, devastating floods which inundated the east and north provided a major obstacle to
program implementation in districts such as Katakwi, Kumi and Amuria. The torrential rains destroyed
much of the crops communities expected to harvest in the beginning of 2008. With support from several
donor agencies, ActionAid responded to the crisis by providing emergency relief for several thousand
families – with specific focus on new mothers, young children and the elderly.

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Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

U.S. Contact Person: Overseas Field Contact:
Julio Munoz Niels Christian Rasmussen
12501 Old Columbia Pike Country Director
Silver Spring, MD 20904 Kireka Hill
301.680.6373 P.O. Box 9946
301.680.6370 Kampala, Uganda
Julio.Munoz@adra.org 256.752.732732.392
adra@adrauganda.org

Introduction

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was established in November 1956 by the
Seventh‐day Adventist Church to provide humanitarian relief and welfare. ADRA was initiated by the
Seventh‐day Adventist church. Today, ADRA works in over 125 different countries. The basis for its
existence, its reason for being, is to follow Christ’s example by being a voice for, serving, and partnering
with those in need. ADRA seeks to identify and address social injustice and deprivation in developing
countries. The agency’s work seeks to improve the quality of life of those in need. ADRA invests in the
potential of these individuals through community development initiatives targeting food security,
economic development, primary health and basic education. ADRA’s emergency management initiatives
provide aid to disaster survivors.

ADRA in Uganda

The work of ADRA in Uganda can be classified under a variety of different sectors including food
security, business development, education, disaster and emergency relief, health, and governance.
ADRA carries out its humanitarian programming in many areas of Uganda. In Karamoja, ADRA’s projects
are focused on bolstering agricultural education for self‐reliance. These projects include disbursement of
high yield crops and the teaching of agricultural skills. In addition, ADRA also has a reintegration project
for children in Karamoja who have been resettled from the streets. In Ntungamo, the overall
programming objective is to improve the existing environmental conditions and to raise awareness
among donors about the need to support environment protection. Finally, in Luwero, Nakaseke,
Kamwenge, and Wakiso, ADRA implements poverty reduction programs with an aim of reducing poverty
and increasing capacity for self‐reliance among the people of Uganda.

ADRA receives funding to implement its Uganda programming from ADRA International and
ADRA offices in: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Sources of additional funding include the
Swedish International Development Agency, DANIDA, European Union and Swedish Mission Council.

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American Refugee Committee

Scott Charlesworth Brent Potts
ARC Headquarters Country Director
Director of Field Operations Plot 104 Luthuli Avenue
430 Oak Grove St. Suite 204 Blugolobi
Minneapolis, MN 55403 Kampala, Uganda
612.872.7060 256.414.221.154
ScottC@archq.org brent.potts@arc.co.ug

Introduction

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) works with its partners and constituencies to provide
opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities. ARC helps people
survive conflict and crisis and rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self‐sufficiency. ARC is
committed to the delivery of programs that ensure measurable quality and lasting impact for the people
it serves. The overarching vision of ARC is to see that every person who participates in an ARC‐supported
program will have a better chance to take control of their life and achieve self sufficiency.

ARC in Uganda

ARC in Uganda aims to provide key assistance to returnee and displaced populations and to
facilitate the transition back to normal lives in their home communities as security permits. ARC is
working in 16 IDP camps on the Gulu/Amuru region of northern Uganda. Key areas of intervention in
these camps include a focus on gender‐based violence, camp management, HIV, and livelihoods. ARC’s
overall Uganda programming can be broken down into several main categories including durable
solutions, health, gender‐based violence, water and sanitation, conflict prevention/reconciliation, and
economic livelihoods.

Currently ARC is supporting those displaced by the LRA by identifying and implementing durable
solutions to enable them to have productive, self‐sufficient lives. On the health front, ARC recently
began a project funded by USAID/PEPFAR to implement HIV services focusing on prevention, response,
and organizational development and capacity building for IDP and returnee populations. The objectives
of this project are to increase basic HIV knowledge, encourage positive behavior change, increase access
to and utilization of quality HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support services, and to improve
coordination and capacity of national HIV/AIDS actors operating in the north.

ARC is providing GBV prevention and response services in 6 camps in Gulu and Amuru districts.
ARC supports survivors of GBV by providing access to all required physical, emotional, social and legal
support. Additionally, ARC is currently implementing camp management in 16 camps in the Gulu/Amuru
region and supporting local government in the management of IDP camps. ARC provides immediate
assistance to those who lose their homes and facilitate vulnerable individuals who wish to resettle. ARC
educates and informs IDPs on key issues that affect their lives – including re‐settlement options,
government policies, and human rights. In this light, ARC is currently seeking funding to implement the
PATHWAY conflict prevention and reconciliation model, previously used by ARC‐Guinea, in Uganda.
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ARC works to develop, maintain, and ensure the proper functioning of the water infrastructure
in IDP camps so that residents will have access to adequate quantity and quality of potable water and
households will have access to and utilize an approved latrine and acceptable waste and water disposal
system. To support livelihoods, ARC has achieved a level of success with small‐scale livelihoods work in
the North, and is currently developing proposals and concept papers to greatly expand these efforts.

ARC works primarily in the district of Gulu and Amuru. ARC’s Uganda programming is funded
primarily by UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and individual donors.
ARC reaches 37,798 direct beneficiaries and 200,000 indirect beneficiaries, with 7,310 households
reached. ARC’s GBV programming reaches 7,521 through awareness raising campaigns, 4,842 through
community events, 7,044 in small group discussion, and 618 individually managed cases.

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Brother’s Brother Foundation

U.S. Contact Person:
Elizabeth S. Visnic
Grants Coordinator
1200 Galveston Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233‐1604
412.321.3160
412.321.3325
evisnic@brothersbrother.org

Introduction

Brother’s Brother Foundation was created in 1958 as a dream of a few to help the many around
the world who lack good healthcare, education and nutrition. Today, Brother’s Brother Foundation has
served individuals in 135 different countries. From the beginning its founder and leading spirit, Robert A.
Hingson, M.D., urged that BBF’s resources be shared with local counterpart organizations in developing
countries who shared the common desire to help those in need. The mission of Brother's Brother
Foundation is to promote international health and education through the efficient and effective
distribution and provision of donated medical, educational, agricultural and other resources.

Brother’s Brother Foundation in Uganda

All BBF programs are designed to fulfill BBF’s mission by connecting people's resources with
people's needs. BBF works in the sectors of education, healthcare, and nutrition in Uganda. In Uganda
and around the world, BBF works together with host country NGOs (such as Rotary Clubs) and
government agencies (such as the Ministry of Education and/or Ministry of Health) to clear donations
through customs and distribute them to target recipients. Similarly, BBF works with international NGOs
(such as ADRA), USAID (in both field missions and Washington centrally funded projects), or U.S.
Embassies to be the consignee and assist with distribution of donated books, medical supplies, and/or
humanitarian assistance.

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CARE

Emmanuel Mugabi, ECARMU PLC Kevin Fitzcharles, Country Director
151 Ellis Street 17 Mackinnon Rd. Naskasero
Atlanta, GA 30303 PO Box 7280 Kampala
404.979.9275 Uganda
emugabi@care.org 256.312.258.100
Fitzcharles@careuganda.org

Introduction

CARE is one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations, committed
to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty.
Founded in 1945 to provide relief to survivors of World War II, CARE quickly became a trusted vehicle for
the compassion and generosity of millions. Today, CARE focuses on fighting global poverty. CARE places
special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women
have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart
of CARE's community‐based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase
access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE
also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their
lives.

CARE in Uganda

The main goal underscoring CARE’s Uganda programming initiatives is to work with civil society
and other duty bearers to achieve a measurable improvement in the ability of the poor and marginalized
to realize their rights by 2013. This overarching goal takes on four main fronts; economic rights and
livelihoods, conflict and peace building, governance, and social protection.

Working with local actors, women, and civil society, CARE is working towards fulfilling several
goals. CARE’s goals include that by 2013, the very poor have achieved their economic rights and their
capacities have been strengthened to demand and fulfill these rights. Secondly, that the right to peace
and security for every Ugandan, especially the very poor, is protected. Thirdly, that public and private
duty bearers at different levels are responsible, accountable, and transparent to poor and marginalized
people. Finally, that as a result of their partnership with CARE, poor women, OVCs, HIV/AIDS‐affected
and other marginalized people will have taken control over their lives by fulfilling their rights and
responsibilities.
The sectors that are encompassed by CARE’s work in Uganda include agriculture and food
production, business development, cooperatives and credit, disaster and emergency relief, education
and training, gender issues, health care, human rights, refugee services, and rural development. CARE’s
programs can be found in northern Uganda, southwestern Uganda, the west Nile region, and
northeastern Uganda. CARE receives funding for its programming from USAID, CARE Denmark, the
Government of Austria and CARE Austria, DFID, Norad, CARE Norway, Swedish International
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Development Agency, CARE UK, and private donors. CARE works with many different actors including
the Austrian Development Agency, DANIDA, Irish Aid, the Norwegian Embassy, the Swedish
International Development Agency, USAID, UNICEF, UN OCHA, Plan International, Oxfam, World Bank,
World Vision, and the country office of Uganda.
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Catholic Relief Services

U.S. Contact Person: Overseas Contact Person:
Michael Hill Debbie DeVoe
Sub‐Saharan Africa Media Officer East Africa Director
P.O. Box 17090 Regional Information Officer
Baltimore, MD 21203‐7090 011.254.733.556.868
443.955.7110 ddevoe@earo.crs.org
mhill@crs.org

Introduction

Founded in 1943, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international relief and
development agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency carries out relief and
development programs in over 100 countries and territories around the world, serving more than 80
million people on the basis of need, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. CRS responds to victims of
natural and manmade disasters, provides assistance to the poor to alleviate their immediate needs,
supports self‐help programs that involve communities in their own development, helps people restore
and preserve their dignity and realize their potential, and helps educate Americans to fulfill their moral
responsibilities to alleviate human suffering, remove its causes and promote social justice. The agency
maintains strict standards of efficiency, accountability and transparency.

CRS in Uganda

Catholic Relief Services has been working in Uganda since 1965. Initially providing emergency
relief to Sudanese refugees and later to Ugandans displaced by the northern conflict, CRS now focuses
efforts on helping communities to grow more food, increase incomes and improve overall health. Today,
CRS has more than 100 staff members working in Kampala, Gulu, and Fort Portal. Current program areas
include HIV and AIDS, agriculture, microfinance, water and sanitation, education, partnership and global
solidarity, and emergency preparedness and recovery.

Through its HIV/AIDs programming, CRS supports projects that provide care and treatment,
promote education and prevention, and offer assistance to children left behind. These initiatives are
aimed at empowering individuals and communities to prevent the spread of HIV and help those affected
by the pandemic. CRS' largest HIV initiative in Uganda is delivered through the AIDSRelief program, a
consortium of five members led by CRS that provides high‐quality care, education, and antiretroviral
therapy to people living with HIV in nine countries. In Uganda, AIDSRelief supports 18 health facilities in
11 districts, reaching over 62,420 people, including more than 20,785 on antiretroviral therapy.

The agricultural programs of CRS are aimed at supporting Ugandans' ability to grow and sell
food. To increase both food availability and incomes, CRS works with local community‐based agricultural
organizations to increase crop yields and help poor farmers to access markets. The CRS‐led Great Lakes
Cassava Initiative aims to stem the spread of two devastating cassava diseases in Uganda and five other
countries. Other agricultural projects in Uganda include innovative voucher‐based fairs in the north.
These fairs, funded by the U.S. government and the European Union, enable farmers to select seeds,
tools and goats to resume farming activities.

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CRS also supports micro finance programs to increase the self‐reliance of Ugandans. Since
August 2006, CRS has helped Ugandans improve their economic standing through our Savings and
Internal Lending Communities. Through privately funded initiatives, often integrated with HIV and
agricultural projects, CRS has helped more than 12,000 clients in six districts form over 600 savings and
lending groups. These valuable community groups encourage members to save small amounts of money
each week, typically 50 cents or $1. Members can then withdraw loans against the pooled savings,
gaining access to capital to start small businesses, such as opening a kiosk shop or purchasing a goat to
breed livestock.

To increase standards of sanitation and access to water, CRS supports projects aimed at
improving these conditions in refugee camps. In 2007, CRS began serving more than 14,500 beneficiaries
in 14 communities through the Global Water Initiative. Currently CRS is in the process of building
latrines, constructing washing areas, protecting natural springs and training residents in good health and
sanitation practices. Finally, to help mitigate the impact of disasters, CRS includes emergency
preparedness and recovery activities in all of its programs. Key activities over the years have included
providing shelter for night commuters (children seeking safety from rebel abduction), water and
sanitation projects in camps for displaced people, and innovative fairs that enable farming families to
select seeds, tools and small livestock to get back on their feet.

In order to implement its Uganda programming, CRS receives funding to implement its Uganda
programming from PEPFAR, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Howard G. Buffett
Foundation, as well as private donors. In addition, CRS works closely with local partners and other NGOs
working in Uganda to improve humanitarian conditions.

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Christian Children’s Fund

Cynthia Price Susan Watkins
Director of Communications CCF‐Uganda
2821 Emerywood Parkway PO Box 3341
Richmond, Va. 23294 Namirembe Road
clprice@ccfusa.org 256.41.270.544
Susanw@ccf.or.ug

Introduction

Christian Children’s Fund is an international child development organization, which assists 13.2
million children and families in 31 countries. CCF works for the survival, development and protection of
children without regard to gender, race, creed or religious affiliation. CCF works for the well‐being of
children by supporting locally led initiatives that strengthen families and communities, helping them
overcome poverty and protect the rights of their children. CCF programs are comprehensive in the sense
that they incorporate health and sanitation, early childhood development, nutrition, education,
livelihood initiatives and child protection interventions that provide for healthy and secure infants,
educated and confident children, and skilled and involved youth in the countries where CCF works.

Since its inception in 1938, CCF has received most of its funding from individual contributors in
the form of monthly child sponsorships. In addition, CCF receives grants from various UN Agencies, the
U.S. government, host country governments, ChildFund Alliance members, other NGOs, foundations and
corporations.

Christian Children's Fund in Uganda

CCF has been working in Uganda since 1980 and currently assists approximately 780,000
children and family members. Recovery from conflict continues in northern and eastern Uganda. The
key sectors encompassing the work of CCF in Uganda include emergency recovery, health, education,
nutrition, water sanitation, environmental issues, livelihood promotion, and child protection. Malaria,
HIV/AIDS, low immunization coverage, poor sanitation and minimal access to safe water sources
challenge long‐term development in the region and in other parts of the country.

In terms of emergency recovery, CCF Uganda is working in support of the government’s
Northern Uganda recovery plan to support formerly displaced people to return and settle safely into the
villages where they lived. On the health front, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and immunization are key points of
focus. CCF Uganda is providing HIV/AIDS‐related programs in approximately 50 communities,
implementing both prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS infected and affected families and children.
CCF also provides home‐based care initiatives, offers training by social workers to teach family members
how to care for the sick and provides counseling to children who face the challenges of losing parents.
Through education, information and communications materials and through sensitization interventions
with children, family members and community leaders, CCF Uganda has been effective in helping to
reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS. In addition, CCF Uganda continues its support to children living with
HIV/AIDS by providing access to care and treatment for prolonging life. In an effort to protect children
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from childhood diseases, children under the age of two receive complete immunization in CCF Uganda
communities. These communities participate in malaria prevention programs including distribution of
bed nets ‐ proven to decrease the occurrence of malaria in children.

In an effort to promote education and early childhood development, CCF Uganda provides
assistance to local communities to build and furnish school classrooms. Additionally, they support child
programs that focus on the rights of women and girls by promoting education for girls. CCF Uganda also
promotes children’s rights, ensuring their participation in school governance activities, and child friendly
school programs. CCF Uganda promotes adequate early childhood development through center and
home‐based programs. At the centers, child growth monitoring takes places and provisions made for
therapeutic feeding as needed, in addition to other activities. Parents bring their children to the centers
and take turns volunteering as well. To date, the organization has established 99 centers. CCF trained
home visitors to make follow up visits in children’s homes to supplement learning as needed.

Water sanitation efforts take on a variety of program initiatives in Uganda. CCF Uganda works to
provide access to clean water in 28 districts and sinks borehole wells ‐ each one serving about 300
families. Emphasis is placed on community participation, ownership, and management of all safe water
initiatives. This involves proper training and collaboration with local authorities and institutions. For
each water source that is established, a village committee of parents and youth is formed to oversee its
operation and maintenance, and to address community concerns. To improve sanitation conditions, CCF
Uganda constructs toilets in accordance with the government standards.

One of the major components of improving childhood survival is improving nutrition. CCF
encourages participating families to plant home gardens to give added calories and nutrients to the
children’s diets and to those living with HIV/AIDS. As part of CCF Uganda’s Kitchen Gardening Program,
families cultivate seeds to provide nutritious foods for their children. More than 100 families take part in
this program. The program areas procure the seeds and then distribute them to parents for planting.
Mothers are also encouraged to include these fruits and vegetables in their own diets. The CCF Uganda
initiative includes a men's awareness program about the importance of children's nutrition.

Once a beautiful greenbelt dominated by natural forests and grassland swamps, much of central
Uganda has been left barren. Kiboga District is one of the major charcoal and firewood supply centers
for Uganda’s capital city, Kampala. With this constant reminder of the forest's destruction humming in
the background, the Masodde program community staff and children have embarked on a campaign to
replant the trees. More than 10,000 eucalyptus trees and 5,000 pine trees have been planted on land
that was once uncultivated. In addition, CCF Uganda promotes environment friendly agricultural
practices in its livelihood and other program areas.

CCF focuses on support for environmental care programs, support for modern agricultural
practices and food security initiatives, as well as support services for income generating activities. CCF
Uganda also supported the acquisition of vocational and apprenticeship life skills in communities where
they work. Livelihood programs enable local families to improve their incomes and consequently
improve their ability to meet family needs like school fees and health care. The program has a
component on vocational and apprenticeship skills to help especially vulnerable youth ‐ school
dropouts, youth infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, child headed families, teenage girls and the
disabled.

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CCF Uganda promotes child protection work through the creation of child federations and
committees. These federations and committees facilitate child participation in the entire program cycle.
CCF believes and has proven that if children are empowered with knowledge of their rights and
responsibilities, sustainable child protection efforts will be achieved.

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Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Beth DeGraff Jim Zylstra
U.S. Media Contact Country Consultant
2850 Kalamazoo Avenue SE CRWRC‐Uganda
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49560‐0600 Plot 397 Bunga hill, off Ggaba Rd
616.241.1691 P.O Box 4473
degraffb@crcna.org Kampala, Uganda
256.414.510318

Introduction

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is a relief, development, and education
agency of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. With bi‐national offices in Ontario and
Michigan, CRWRC’s 100 field staff provide support for a broad range of programs in North America and
in more than 30 countries worldwide. CRWRC works with people in their communities to create
permanent, positive change. Through hundreds of international partner organizations, CRWRC’s
interventions touched the lives of millions of participants in relief and development programs. CRWRC’s
mission is to engage people in redeeming their resources and developing their gifts through
collaborative acts of love, mercy, and justice.

CRWRC in Uganda

CRWRC has been working in Uganda since 1982 and has strong ties with the Church of Uganda
(COU) and the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG). CRWRC maintains a consulting and/or funding
presence in a dozen locations across Uganda. Today, the PAG and COU are nationally recognized for
their expertise in food security, adult literacy, community‐based health care, rural savings and credit,
water and Sanitation, and Environmental programs. The community leadership and development
program at Uganda Christian University trains national mid‐level managers in leadership skills and
competence. CRWRC also facilitates an amaranth program through the Unity Church of Christ in Uganda
and trains COU and PAG clergy in theology through a partnership with Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The CRWRC‐Uganda office in Kampala houses CRWRC’s East & Southern Africa Relief
Coordinator.

CRWC’s work in Uganda encompasses a broad range of sectors including agriculture, business
development, disaster relief and preparedness, women in development, health care, and human rights.
Issues of insurgency, ethnic violence, civil unrest and their subsequent effect on programming efforts
are of special concern to CRWRC in Uganda. CRWRC’s work is carried out in many parts of Uganda
including Katakwi, Amuria, Soroti, Kaberawaido, Kumi, Kitgum, Iganga, Koboko, Lira, Arua, Hoima, and
Gulu. CRWRC‐Uganda programs are funded by voluntary donations, government and private foundation
grants, and peer grants. In the fiscal year 07/08, CRWRC‐Uganda served 9,663 program participants
through ten partner agencies in 218 communities with an annual budget of U.S.$630,000. In addition,
5,000 individuals received emergency relief assistance through private donations and government
grants.
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CRWRC’s efforts are carried out in cooperation with numerous affiliates such as the Church of
Uganda, the Pentecostal Assemblies of God National Development Secretariat in Uganda, the Unity
Church of Christ, Foods Resource Bank, Partners Worldwide, Project Africa, Calvin College and Seminary,
the Katakwi Integrated Development Organization, the Kaberamaido Mission Development Program,
Kumi Planning and Development Secretariat, Soroti Mission Development Office, Nebbi Planning and
Development Office, Madi‐West Nile Planning and Development Office, Diocesan Planning and
Development Office (Kitgum, Lango, and Hoima), and the Northern Uganda Planning and Development
Office.

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Direct Relief International

Jim Prosser
27 S. La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Press Secretary
805.964.4767

Introduction

Since 1948, Direct Relief International has worked to help people who confront enormous
hardship to improve the quality of their lives. The tradition of direct and targeted assistance, provided in
a manner that respects and involves the people served, has been a hallmark of the organization since its
founding.

Direct Relief's Activities in Uganda

Direct Relief International’s humanitarian efforts in Uganda encompass a wide variety of sectors
including agriculture and food production, business development, disaster/emergency relief, education,
health care, gender issues, human rights, refugee services, and rural development. Since 2000, Direct
Relief has provided over $6.1 million (wholesale) in medical material assistance to Uganda focusing on
HIV/AIDS, in addition to preventing and reducing other common endemic diseases and infections.

Direct Relief’s key partners in Uganda include the Jinja Municipal Council and the Uganda
Reproductive Health Bureau (URHB). The Jinja Municipal Council operates seven health centers with a
total of 300 beds within its jurisdiction and treats over 10,000 patients per month. Each of the facilities
runs outreach programs in school health, vector control, and community health development. Direct
Relief assistance to Jinja Municipal Council has included providing children’s vitamins, HIV test kits,
blood glucose test kits, and cough medicine. The Uganda Reproductive Health Bureau is a
nongovernmental organization established in 1994 with a mission to provide free and low cost medical
care, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS, for people living in the capital of Kampala and outlying
communities. URHB provides HIV/AIDS testing, health services, and education to people throughout the
area through its network of clinics and mobile outreach programs. Direct Relief's assistance to URHB has
included diagnostic products and medications.

Other partners in Uganda include AMREF Uganda, Hospice Africa Uganda, Jinja Hospice
Jinja Municipal Council, Joy Hospice, Kitovu Mobile Hospice, Marie Stopes Uganda, Rakai Community
Based Health Center, Rugendabara Foundation for Health, and the Uganda Reproductive Health Bureau.
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Food for the Hungry

Brennen Matthews Brennen Matthews
Country Director Country Director
Food for the Hungry Uganda Plot 40 Zzimme Road
256.414.267.854 Muyenga, Kampala
Plot 40 Zzimme Road 256.414.267 854
Muyenga, Kampala bmatthews@fhi.net
bmatthews@fhi.net

Introduction

Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization that answers God’s
call to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the poor in more than 26 countries. Founded in 1971 by
Dr. Larry Ward, Food for the Hungry exists to help individuals reach their God‐given potential. In
developing countries on nearly every continent, Food for the Hungry works with churches, leaders and
families to provide the resources they need to help their communities become self‐sustaining.

When disasters strike, Food for the Hungry is often one of the first organizations on the ground
to provide and facilitate emergency relief assistance to those in urgent need of food, shelter, and
medical care. Food for the Hungry’s ministry staff members are also immersed in hundreds of
developing communities around the world, implementing long‐term development programs such as
agriculture training, clean water and food security programs, church development, child development,
nutrition education and HIV/AIDS care and prevention.

Food for the Hungry in Uganda

Food for the Hungry has been working in Uganda since 1988. One the first initiatives of FH was
the distribution of seeds, blankets and clothing to local prisons. Since then, Food for the Hungry has
expanded its work in Uganda to include many long‐term projects. Currently, the sectors of focus for
Food for the Hungry include agriculture, women in development/gender issues, health care, rural
development, and disaster/emergency relief. The Uganda country program is focused heavily on three
major sectors: food security (including food availability, access and utilization), health (HIV/AIDS and
malaria) and child protection and child survival.

In Kitgum, Food for the Hungry provides psychosocial care for children impacted by war
including; literacy, education and income generation for returning victims of the LRA. It is heavily
focused on a specific target group to achieve the resilience of the children and expand the program into
adults. The impact of this program also affects child headed households, orphans and vulnerable
children as well. Food for the Hungry implements water and sanitation programs in Uganda which
include drilling wells and installing hand pumps, building and installing pit latrines, and hygiene
education and training for community members

The Uganda specific goal in terms of food security is to boost and diversify agricultural
production and improve beneficiary purchasing power and access to market through cash for work.
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Within the IDP households, FH promotes intensive vegetable gardening and the introduction of organic
fertilizers and pesticides, and the provision of farm implementation. Food for the Hungry hosts seed
fairs and direct seed and farm implementation distribution. Food security also promotes the planting of
disease resistance and high nutrition content root crops.

Lastly, to promote child development, Food for the Hungry has a goal of ensuring children to
grow as God intends, and for the parents, community leaders, and churches to satisfy the needs of their
children. To accomplish this goal, FH works with the leaders, churches, and parents in a community to
build capacity and internal motivation for them to meet the needs of their children. Through training
and awareness programs, these key groups learn about the needs of the children and how to meet
them. At the same time, FH works directly with the children through activities appropriate for their
context, promoting their development in four areas ‐ spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical.

Specific locations where Food for the Hungry currently works within Uganda include Kitgum,
Pader, Kapchorwa, Mbale, Apac, Mbale, Piswa and Mukono Districts. Food for the Hungry is also
considering strategies for how to best enter into the northern Karamoja District. Country programming
in Uganda is funded by institutional donors, private donors, and also the UN. The 2008 operating budget
for programs in Uganda was $2 million (U.S.). Food for the Hungry works closely with USAID, UNICEF,
FAO, and UG district and Kampala level government agencies to execute its humanitarian efforts in
Uganda.

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Holt International

Bruce Dahl Jolly Nyeko
Director of International Programs Founder and Chairperson
P.O. Box 2880 Action for Children
Eugene, Oregon 97402 Plot 85, Kira Road
541.687.2202 Kamwokya, P.O. Box 25417
bruced@holtintl.org Kampala, Uganda
jnyeko@yahoo.com

Introduction

Holt International Children’s Services was officially incorporated in 1956. The vision of Harry and
Bertha Holt, Holt International is committed to achieving permanency for children, who are either at risk
of losing family care, or who are outside of family care completely. Holt believes that every child should
have a family. Holt works in 15 countries, including 2 countries in Africa (Uganda and Ethiopia). Holt
supports intervention services including counseling, medical care, school sponsorship, day care, access
to income generation programs, temporary foster care services, and the development of referral
networks.

Holt International in Uganda

Holt has partnered with the local NGO, Action for Children since 2001. Its major program in
Uganda has been family preservation services, directed at HIV/AIDS affected children and their families
in Kampala, Masindi and Apac. Through the development of community support groups, grandparent
and child headed families develop self‐reliance and the ability to better support themselves.

In order to fulfill its humanitarian mission in Uganda, Holt International works with the Bernard
Van Leer Foundation, the Micro Enterprise Development Initiative, the Uganda Ministry of Gender and
Labor, and others actors. In terms of the scale of recent programming, Holt International assisted 2500
families and 8900 children in 2007.

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Ben Hemingway Anthony Koomson
Deputy Director, International Operations Country Director
1313 L St., NW, Suite 220 P.O. Box 39, Ntinda II Road
Washington DC, 20005 Naguru
bhemingway@imcworldwide.org 256.39.22.22.806
akoomson@imcworldwide.org

Introduction

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to
saving lives and relieving suffering through relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by
volunteer doctors and nurses, IMC is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its
mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build
local capacity in areas where few organizations dare to serve. By offering training, medical care, and
other health interventions to people at highest risk, IMC rehabilitates devastated health care systems
and helps bring them back to self‐reliance.

IMC in Uganda

International Medical Corps aims to not only provide relief, but also create sustainable solutions
to some of the most difficult challenges facing Uganda. IMC provides support to the internally displaced
in mother and satellite camps in northern and southwestern Uganda with primary health care, nutrition,
food security, sexual and gender‐based violence awareness, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, and
alcohol and substance abuse services. In addition to satisfying immediate needs, IMC focuses on
training and education to empower communities to handle current and future challenges on their own.
IMC’s work encompasses many sectors including education and training, gender issues, health care,
HIV/AIDs, refugee services, water and sanitation, and alcohol and substance abuse prevention and
rehabilitation.

All IMC programming prioritizes education and training so vulnerable populations can transition
to self‐reliance. Training efforts work to give Ugandans the skills they need to diagnose and treat basic
health problems, as well as counsel and educate their peers. IMC trains locals to become community
health workers, psychosocial counselors, and community educators so they can reach out to their peers
on HIV/AIDS, sanitation, rape prevention, alcohol and substance abuse, and other areas critical to public
health.

International Medical Corps is working to address rape and gender‐based violence in four
refugee camps in southwestern Uganda. The program targets approximately 14,000 refugees and 6,000
host population members. IMC trains locals and policemen in how to address the issue of gender‐based
violence effectively, including emotional support for victims and rape prevention outreach. IMC also
runs an extensive HIV/AIDS program in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement with voluntary testing and
treatment services, including prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission.
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International Medical Corps makes nutrition and other health services available in and around
displacement camps in northern and refugee camps in southwestern Uganda. Its extensive health care
programming includes basic health care, as well as maternal and infant health, HIV/AIDS testing and
treatment, and emergency nutritional support. In addition, IMC launched a cutting‐edge program with
UNICEF that combined nutrition activities with early caregiver‐and‐child interaction to promote healthy
child development. While providing food to malnourished children, the innovative program trained
mothers how love, play, and nutrition all have an important role in a child’s development.

International Medical Corps works in four refugee camps in southwestern Uganda and
approximately nine displacement camps in Northern Uganda. IMC’s work includes both mother and
satellite camps. IMC runs an extensive HIV/AIDS program in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement with voluntary
testing and treatment services, including prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission. With education
and training also critical in the HIV/AIDS effort, IMC also runs community outreach campaigns on basic
awareness, safe sex, and other areas critical to prevention. International Medical Corps’ work in the
southwest focuses on reducing HIV transmission and providing care and support to people living with
HIV in Kyaka II refugee settlement. In Nakivale, Oruchinga, Kyangwali, and Kyaka II, IMC runs an
integrated response to sexual exploitation and gender‐based violence, which works to prevent gender‐
based violence and provide services to survivors.

International Medical Corps also implemented the first program aimed at filling the need for
targeted alcohol and drug prevention services. In northern Uganda, International Medical Corps works in
nine displacement camps in Pader and Kitgum districts and provides community‐based malnutrition
programming and joint livelihood and substance abuse programming. The high substance abuse rate
compounds existing issues, such as poverty and gender‐based violence. To lower physical and financial
dependence of residents living in camps on alcohol and production/selling of alcohol, IMC pioneered an
innovative substance abuse prevention and response program that combines health education, group
counseling, local media, and income generation projects.

IMC receives funding for its Uganda programming from UNHCR, U.S. Department of
State/Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM), USAID/Food for Peace, UNICEF, and
OFDA. In order to best execute its mission prerogatives, IMC works in cooperation with UNHCR and
other UN agencies, U.S. BPRM, USAID, Mercy Corps, the government of Uganda, and other local and
international non‐governmental organizations.

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Lutheran World Relief

Alissa Karg Evelyn Nassuna
Lutheran World Relief LWF Complex
700 Light Street Plot 1401 Gaba Road, Nasambya
Baltimore, MD 21230 PO Box 5827
akarg@lwr.org 256.312.26.400.678
enassuna@lwr‐earo.org

Introduction

For more than 60 years, Lutheran World Relief worked with partners in 35 countries to help
people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover
from disasters. Empowered by God's unconditional love in Jesus Christ, Lutheran World Relief envisions
a world in which each person and every generation lives in justice, dignity, and peace.

LWR in Uganda

LWR’s strategy in Uganda includes promotion of civil society, sustainable income generation,
community‐based initiatives against the spread of AIDS, and empowering communities to respond to
risks and emergencies. The work of LWR can be grouped under the categories of agriculture and food
production, business development, cooperatives and credit, health care, and rural development. Of
special concern to LWR is seeing that security in Northern Uganda increases to allow access to certain
difficult to reach areas.

The specific areas where LWR is active in Uganda include Rakai, Lyantonde, Mbale, Kitgum,
Wakiso and Masaka Districts. Funding for project implementation comes from LWR internal designated
and undesignated funds. Currently, LWR partners collaborate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
Industry and Fisheries at Entebbe, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), the National
Seed Certification Service (NSCS) and coordinate with community, district and national authorities other
stakeholders working in health care, agriculture extension and community development.

In addition to the aforementioned partners, LWR also works specifically with five key Ugandan
and International NGO’s including the Community Enterprises Development Organization, Community
Integrated Development Initiative, Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative Enterprise Ltd., Lutheran World
Federation Department of World Service, and Voluntary Action for Development. In total, these
partnerships serve over 175,000 beneficiaries in Uganda.

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MAP International

U.S. contact person: Overseas Field Contact:
Jack Morse Paul Okello
50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 400 pokello@map.org
Atlanta, GA 30303
404.492.6583
jmorse@map.org

Introduction

Founded in 1954 as Medical Assistance Programs, today MAP International is a leading nonprofit
relief and development agency that provides healthcare for people in more than 115 countries plagued
by war, natural disaster, disease and poverty. MAP works with more than 100 major relief agencies and
pharmaceutical companies in the world’s poorest communities to provide essential medicines, promote
community health development, and prevent and mitigate disease, disaster and other health threats.
Each year, MAP distributes approximately $300 million in medicines and medical supplies to more than
25 million people across the globe. MAP also operates health clinics and community‐based healthcare
programs throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas. Since its inception, MAP has provided more than $3
billion in medicines to people in some of the world’s poorest areas.

MAP International in Uganda

The efforts of MAP International in Uganda fall largely under the sectors of healthcare and
education. Efforts are based mostly in northern Uganda with operations in the districts of Gulu and
Amuru. In particular, MAP is working with the Anglican Church in Gulu, Uganda to operate seven health
clinics in camps for IDPs. MAP is also supplying medicines and health supplies for the clinics, which serve
a population of 50,000 people. Communities are working with MAP to identify local health priorities and
risks, and MAP is training hundreds of new healthcare workers to mitigate such threats. MAP is also
working to reduce the prevalence of malaria by supplying malaria medicines and treatment and
distributing mosquito nets coated with insecticide.

MAP is conducting education classes for local villagers in which participants learn about
preventative healthcare measures, basic healthcare techniques and warning signs for malaria and other
diseases common to the area. MAP is also providing AIDS counseling and testing for Ugandans.

MAP International receives its funding from grants and private donors. In terms of the scale of
programming in Uganda, it plans to disburse more than $1 million over the next three years on malaria
and AIDS programming, serving a population of around 50,000 people. MAP International works with
the Anglican Church in Uganda as well as the Ministry of Health to fulfill its programming objectives in
Uganda.
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Kelley Laird Saul Kidde
Strategic Information Officer Senior Technical Advisor
4301 North Fairfax Drive,Suite 400 Uganda Office
Arlington, Virginia 22203 Plot 6 Kafu Rd, Nakasero
248.860.0283 P. O. Box 71419,
klaird@msh.org Kampala,
Uganda
256.774.308.828

Introduction

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization
composed of nearly 1,300 people from more than 60 nations. The mission of MSH is to save lives and
improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between
knowledge and action in public health. Together with partners, MSH is helping managers and leaders in
developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the
greatest health impact.

MSH in Uganda

The overall aim of MSH is Uganda is to strengthen health systems. The current objectives of
MSH in Uganda are to strengthen the capacity of the national malaria control program and its key
partners to assure a rational uninterrupted supply of malaria commodities and to promote their rational
use. Additionally, MSH is continuing its more than a decade long effort strengthen the national health
system to better equip the country to combat HIV/AIDS and other critical health concerns. Finally, MSH
is also working to expand our bandwidth.

The sectors encompassed by MSH in Uganda include agriculture and food production, business
development, disaster and emergency relief, education and training, gender issues, health care, human
rights, refugee services, and rural development. MSH executes its programs in Kampala. MSH receives
most of its funding from the U.S. government and PMI with an operating budget of around $500,000.
MSH works with many partners in Uganda such as the World Health Organization, USAID/NUMAT
Project, USAID MCP Project, and National Medical Stores.

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Medical Teams International

Tammy Teske
Disaster Response Project Officer
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207
503.624.1000
tteske@medicalteams.org

Introduction

Medical Teams International, (MTI) is a relief and development agency based in Portland,
Oregon, works with the vulnerable and marginalized in developing countries to address their health
needs. The mission of MTI is to demonstrate the love of Christ to people affected by disaster, conflict
and poverty around the world. MTI specializes in long‐term development work and disaster relief by
providing health care services and training through volunteer teams.

MTI in Uganda

The goal of MTI’s programs in Uganda is to improve the health status of resettling communities. The
methodology employed by MTI to achieve this goal is three fold and includes increasing access to
primary health care services for members of displaced and resettling communities in the sub‐counties of
Apala, Okwang, Purunga, and Kilak through strengthening maternal child health programs, investigating
and responding to outbreaks in targeted sub counties and other areas requested as capacity permits,
and finally improving access to HIV prevention and treatment services including social mobilization,
education, VCT, preventing mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDs, and youth friendly services.

MTI executes its programming in many parts of Uganda such as Apala, Ogur, Okwang, Erute
North, Otuke, and Moroto sub counties in the Lira District and Puranga and Kilak sub counties in the
Pader District. The sectors touched by MTI’s work in Uganda included disaster and emergency relief,
health care, and HIV/AIDS. MTI receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, and
private donors. In terms of the scale of MTI’s program, plans include serving 200,000 resettling
community members, with an annual program budget of $670,000. MTI works with the local Ministry of
Health, USAID, UNICEF, and other NGOs in the health sector.

MTI is becoming increasingly concerned about the access to quality medications for the
population, especially for HIV/AIDS. In addition, disease outbreaks (like Hepatitis E) threaten the
people’s health and livelihoods.

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Mercy Corps

Nathan Oetting Darius Radcliffe
Senior Program Officer Country Director
3015 SW First Avenue Plot 3327 Kateeba Close
Portland, OR 97201 Kironde Road, Muyenga
503.450.1964 P.O. Box 32021 Clock Tower
noetting@mercycorps.org Kampala, Uganda
256.312.265.358
dradcliffe@field.mercycorps.org

Introduction

Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.5 billion in assistance to people in 106 nations.
Supported by headquarters offices in North America and Europe, the agency's unified global programs
employ 3,500 staff worldwide and reach nearly 16.4 million people in more than 35 countries. Mercy
Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people
who can win against nearly impossible odds. Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and
oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

Mercy Corps in Uganda

Mercy Corps Uganda’s goal is to work in partnership with communities to build their capacity
and to support their economic development so they will be cohesive, self reliant and healthy. The main
objectives of Mercy Corps in Uganda include promoting a more vibrant economy in northern Uganda,
facilitating the return of displaced populations supported with basic services and improving
opportunities for youth throughout the region. These efforts encompass a broad spectrum of sectors
including agriculture and food production, business development, cooperatives and credit,
disaster/emergency relief, education/training, gender issues, health care, human rights, rural
development, water and sanitation, livelihoods, cash for work, and rehabilitation of critical
infrastructure such as roads. Additionally, Mercy Corps Uganda is providing support and assistance to
ODI during their three‐year longitudinal study of “Livelihoods in Crisis” in northern Uganda.

Mercy Corps executes its Ugandan programming efforts in the districts of Pader, Kitgum,
Kaabong, and Karamoja. Mercy Corps receives funding from USAID, USAID/OFDA, USAID/CMM, and
private donations. Mercy Corps has an operating budget in Uganda of approximately $13 million USD
reaching 60,000 direct beneficiaries and 225,000 indirect beneficiaries.

Cooperative development efforts are of special concern to Mercy Corps in Uganda. Mercy Corps
maintains close working relationships with and has in place memorandums of understanding with local
and regional government counterparts in northern Uganda. Similarly, Mercy Corps Uganda is currently
in the process of securing a Host Country Food for Peace Agreement with the Government of Uganda.
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Refugees International

U.S. Contact Field Contact:
Camilla Olson and Melanie Teff Camilla Olson and Melanie Teff
2001 S Street NW Suite 700 2001 S Street NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20009 Washington, DC 20009
202.828.0110 202.828.0110
ri@refintl.org ri@refintl.org

Introduction

From its beginnings in 1979, Refugees International (RI) has advocated for lifesaving assistance
and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. In the belief that
timely responses to refugee crises can increase stability in a region before the conflict spreads across
borders, each year, Refugees International conducts 20 to 25 field missions to assess crisis situations.
Based on up‐to‐date information gathered in the field, RI provides governments, international agencies
and non‐governmental organizations with effective solutions to improve the lives of displaced people.

Refugees International in Uganda

Refugees International is conducting periodic humanitarian advocacy missions to northern
Uganda. In its advocacy on northern Uganda, Refugees International is focusing on the following issues:
the safe and voluntary return and reintegration of IDPs, continued assistance for vulnerable displaced
people, including women, children, and the elderly, who remain in camps and transit sites, robust and
flexible funding from international donors to rebuild the north, particularly basic services in return
areas, support for local protection mechanisms (specifically the police and community development
officers), the commitment by the Government of Uganda to allocate additional funding for
reconstruction in the north, and international support for a negotiated settlement to the conflict.

RI conducted an assessment mission to Uganda in 2008, its sixth since 2002, and expects to
return in 2009 to conduct another follow up assessment. Advocacy will focus primarily on the U.S.
Government and key UN humanitarian agencies, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees.

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World Learning

Azra Kacapor Ben Miller
Director, Child and Youth Programs Academic Director
World Learning International Development Uganda
Programs 256.773.377.559
202.408.5420, ext. 6144 Ben.Miller@sit.edu
Azra.kacapor@worldlearning.org

Introduction

World Learning is a global non‐profit organization with operations in more than 75 countries.
Through its international education programs, World Learning fosters global citizenship by connecting
over 3,000 young ambassadors annually across cultural differences and social barriers. Through its
International Development Programs, World Learning practices what it teaches, undertaking
community‐driven international development, training, and exchange projects in 20 countries. Over 75
years, World Learning has built a deep and diverse array of offerings and services that transform lives
and strengthen the capacity of communities and institutions to address pressing global needs.

World Learning in Uganda

The two primary objectives underpinning World Learning’s programming in Uganda are to
develop leadership skills in northern Ugandan youth and to provide reintegration and recovery support
for vulnerable children. The main sectors encompassed by these objectives are education, human rights,
and refugee services.

Currently, World Learning is implementing the IDP Kitgum Project aimed at serving the needy
and vulnerable children of northern Uganda, by utilizing the strongest resource at their disposal: the
older brothers, sisters, and neighbors of the at‐risk children. World Learning, through partnership with
the Ugandan NGO Straight Talk Foundation, will implement a youth leadership program, training youth
to raise awareness and analyze the problems facing the younger children in their communities.
Following the youth leadership program, young Uganda leaders from Kitgum District will return to their
home villages to implement reintegration, recovery and support program for vulnerable children of
northern Uganda. This program also includes training of four Ugandan university graduates on
conducting needs assessment, research, monitoring and evaluation, and program design.

World Learning funds its Uganda projects through private donors. The IDP Kitgum project has a
one year budget of $100,000 USD and will directly benefit 450 youth and children. World Learning fulfills
its humanitarian missions in Uganda by working with local NGOs such as Straight Talk Foundation.
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World Vision

Karl Rosenberg, Grants Officer Lawrence Tiyoy, Operations Director
300 I Street, NE World Vision Uganda
Washington, DC 20002 15 B Nakasero Road
krosenbe@worldvision.org 256.41.345758
ltiyoy@wvi.org

Introduction

Founded in the 1950s, World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to
working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling
the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision serves close to 100 million people in nearly 100
countries around the world. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or
gender.

World Vision in Uganda

World Vision began working in Uganda in 1972, and over the decades has conducted activities
working with refugees, training farmers, offering child sponsorship, developing clean water, increasing
public health and hygiene awareness, improving nutrition and food production, encouraging small
business development, addressing issues related to HIV/AIDS, and providing emergency assistance.

Today, World Vision is committed to partnering with the people of Uganda to enhance their
lives and to help enact sustainable solutions for the future of their communities, families, and children.
Currently, more than 150,000 children in Uganda are registered in the World Vision child sponsorship
program. Several times this number of children and other family members benefit from World Vision
activities. Of these registered children, many have World Vision sponsors in other countries. U.S.
donors sponsor more than 40,000 girls and boys. In addition, World Vision operates 50 area
development programs, 13 of which are supported by U.S. donors.

World Vision has five grant programs in Uganda. The overall goal of the Food for Peace Title II
assistance program is to improve livelihood security for 30,000 households in northern Uganda over a
five‐year period. This goal was achieved through strategic objectives that aimed to develop safety nets
for households by strengthening agricultural systems and improving the health & nutrition of vulnerable
groups. World Vision is working through the U.S. Department of Labor funded KURET program to
sustainably reduce and prevent the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labor in select
provinces of Uganda.

The SPEAR project, funded by USAID, seeks to enhance HIV/AIDS prevention among adults
through expanded access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care for selected public sector
workers. Though the LANoH grant program, World Vision is working to improve the quality of life for
OVCs in north central Uganda through increased coverage and utilization of essential services. World
Vision will accomplish this through a series of small sub‐grants to local community services
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organizations, which provide socio‐economic security, education, and/or health and psychosocial
support to OVCs. Through the NUMAT grant program, World Vision is working to expand access to and
utilization of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria prevention, treatment, care, and support services by actively
building upon existing networks within north central Uganda. Geographic coverage of current programs
will be expanded and populations served through strengthening local government responses and
increasing the role of communities in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities.

World Vision’s programs reflect a broad sector of influence including agriculture, children in
crisis, education, business development, health care, HIV/AIDs, refugee and migration services, and
water and sanitation. World Vision has humanitarian program in the following districts: Masaka, Rakai,
Nakaseke, Apac, Gulu, Bundibugyo, and Hoima. In order to implement these programs, World Vision
receives funding from USAID, DOL, and private donors.
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