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CAFOD supported communities with seeds, tools and training to help local people move home and reintegrate in Northern Uganda [CAFOD]

CAFOD spent £346,000 in Uganda in 2008/09

Twenty years of conflict between the Ugandan government and the armed militia group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) caused extreme suffering in the north as people fled their homes for crowded camps and were torn apart by the abduction of their children.

Early hopes of peace have seen people moving back to their homes, and we are helping them get back on their feet again with seeds, tools and training.

Despite the war in the north, drought and neglect by the government have nevertheless caused the dry eastlands of Karamoja to become the country’s poorest area.

Uganda should be commended for its huge success with reducing its rate of HIV infections, but complacency risks seeing the figures rise again.

Greener than its neighbours, and small in size, Uganda could be self-sufficient. But good governance is needed. And so far the rate of political reform has been slow, with the first multi-party elections only held in 2006.

Uganda: rebuilding lives

The people of northern Uganda are slowly overcoming the traumas suffered following two decades of brutal conflict. The civil war between the armed militia the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and the Ugandan army, saw tens of thousands of people abducted and 90 per cent of the population forced to leave their homes and live in unsafe, squalid and over-crowded camps, with little food or healthcare. See how Caritas Gulu, with CAFOD’s support, are helping people overcome the traumas of this brutal conflict, return home, and rebuild their livelihoods.

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We provide seeds, tools, and training, supporting communities to farm again. This work also fosters the reintegration of formerly abducted people such as Aciro Margaret back into the community [CAFOD]

Uganda: Key challenges

We work on issues such as farming, peace-building, drought, emergency feeding, advocacy and HIV

Out of Africa

Lilian Mori works in CAFOD’s East Africa office as the regional administrator. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, she has worked with us since 1998, and especially proud of the HIV work

Published on 29/11/2007, last updated on 26/10/2009

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