Uganda

Region: Africa
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    The Northern Uganda Early Recovery Project (NUERP)

    Duration: July 2009 - November 2012
    Budget: US$3,914,194
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP, WFP, WHO

    The programme supported the rapid and sustainable recovery of conflict-affected populations and their communities in the Lango sub-region in northern Uganda. The programme facilitated the resettlement and recovery of returnees through improvements in physical infrastructure, livelihoods, access to basic services, peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
     

     

     
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    Multi-skills training and community service facilities for sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation

    Duration: December 2005 - March 2010
    Budget: US$1,436,987
    Implementing Agencies: UNIDO

    The goal of the programme was to contribute to peacebuilding efforts and to demobilise and reintegrate former combatants into civilian life. The programme also aimed to eradicate poverty in rural farming communities where a large number of ex-combatants had resettled.
     

     

     
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    Emergency Provision of Agricultural Inputs in Kasese and Kabarole Districts of Rwenzori Region of Western Uganda

    Duration: April 2002 - March 2003
    Budget: US$1,045,983
    Implementing Agencies: FAO

    The programme aimed to restore food security in households facing the dire consequences of the continued conflict and drought in western Uganda. The programme was designed to promote sustainable agricultural practices and self-sufficiency for subsistence farmers.
     

     

     
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    Reproductive health programme for internally displaced persons in Gulu District

    Duration: April 2002 - January 2004
    Budget: US$282,901
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA

    With an emphasis on displaced and impoverished women of reproductive age, the objective of the programme was to increase the quality of and access to reproductive health services in the Gulu District. Programme activities included improving the capacity of existing health clinics and promoting safe and responsible reproductive health services.