The Girls Get Equal (GGE) End Child Forced and Early Marriage project is a 5-year project implemented in West Nile region by Plan International Uganda (PIU) and partners AFARD and The Trail Blazers Mentoring Foundation (TMF) in the districts of Adjumani, Nebbi, Pakwach and Zombo.
The Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI) is one of the three Royal Danish Embassy funded projects under the Uganda Program on Sustainable and Inclusive Development of the Economy (UPSIDE) for the period 2019-2022.
AFARD implemented this project in Jangokoro Sub-County, Zombo district, West Nile region, Uganda. The project overall goal was, “to contribute to inclusive and sustainable poverty reduction in Nebbi Catholic Diocese.” Project worked with 05 farmer groups with 210 members.
Under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) program with support from European Union, Caritas Switzerland, AFARD, GWED-G and Advance Afrika is implementing the 40 months Action for Livelihood Enhancement in Northern Uganda (ALENU) project in the six districts of Amuru (Amuru and Lamogi sub-counties), Omoro ( and Agago in Acholi Sub-region, Nebbi, Zombo and Pakwach in West Nile sub-regions with a focus on improving livelihoods through increased and diversified food production, enhanced market opportunities and better maternal and child nutrition.
The West Nile Agriculture Improvement and Conservation Project (WENAGIC Project), is a 6-year project that seeks to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals 1 (end poverty) and Goal 2 (zero hunger) with a goal, “to support a sustainable and equitable food and income security of 450 smallholder farmer households (with 3,150 people) in Yumbe district, Uganda.”
AFARD in partnership with Center for Governance and Economic Development (CEGED) implemented this 3-year project in Pakwach, Zombo, and Arua districts. The project goal was “to contribute to youth inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in West Nile region of Uganda through sustainable and gainful employment opportunities.”
YADE seeks to primarily address the high rate of youth unemployment in Wadelai sub-county, Pakwach district through skilling active youths for increased access to gainful agricultural employment opportunities youth in market scanned niche markets such as animal traction, cage fish farming, horticulture, and agro forestry.
The West Nile region has an estimated 4 million people and is the second poorest region in Uganda. By January 2019, the region hosted 704,902 out of the 1,205,913 refugees and asylum seekers (i.e., 59%). Bidibidi and Rhinocamp refugee settlements in Arua and Yumbe districts alone had 321,152 refugees.
Maracha, Nebbi and Zombo (MANZO) Youth Empowerment Project (MAYEP) was a 3-year project whose goal was to ‘contribute to sustainable poverty reduction among youth in West Nile Region, Northern Uganda’. The project’s specific objective was to ‘increase access to employment/self-employment opportunities for 3,000 youth in Zombo, Nebbi, Maracha districts in West Nile Region.’
Smallholder farmers’ families in Jangokoro Sub County, Zombo District, Uganda face high reliance on subsistence agriculture, limited income diversification strategy, limited participation in local decentralized governance, and now COVID-19 pandemic that together has culminated into high rate of food, nutrition, and income insecurity.
Yumbe district, located in West Nile region of Uganda, has a population of 629,400 nationals and 223,253 refugees (41% of the 794,387 South Sudanese refugees). These people face an unprecedented level of food and income insecurity and conflicts over natural resources.
Children in Nebbi district faced a number of challenges that inhibited their growth and development, namely, low awareness of children and women’s rights; inability of parents to provide for children’s basic needs; poor sanitation and hygiene practices; high youth unemployment and; weak people Institutions.
Atyak Sub-county has the worst child education status in Zombo district. By 2019, only 34% of the children were enrolled in schools. Yet dropout rate stood at 83%. This state that violates children rights to education was attributed to: Poor parental attitude and low awareness about children education; Harmful cultural norms and practices; Lack of systems to support children rights to education; and Inadequate/poor sanitary facilities.
The future of every nation hinges on its children. Yet, children in the newly created Pakwach district suffer from high incidence of child poverty. In response, Panyango Community Development Project (PCDP), a 6-year project, target 3,100 beneficiaries (2,400 women, 500 children and 200 youth) with a goal, “extremely poor households and youth in Panyango are empowered and duty bearers’ capacities enhanced so that children enjoy their rights, basic needs and live in a community that respects children’s rights by 2025.”
This is a Uganda Country Programme (U-Growth II: Recovery and Development of Northern Uganda Component - RDNUC) and specifically the Strategic Intervention for Agricultural Production and Marketing. The main objective of the development cooperation is +25% increase in total value of agricultural production of 390 farmer groups (9,500 household).
The West Nile region hosts 54% of the total refugee population in Uganda. Yet both refugees and nationals suffer livelihood insecurity that is a trigger for children to move to the streets.
With funding from ADH and AWO International, AFARD implemented this one-year pilot project whose goal was, “Increasing food and income security of South Sudanese refugees and host communities in northern Uganda.”
Afard
Plot 3-5 Butime Rd.
P.O. Box 80, Nebbi
Nebbi Town Council
Uganda
Phone
+256 (772) 437 175 and
+256 (782) 400 856
Email
afard@afard.net
