Assistance and Protection Activities in Uganda



Contract partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross - Switzerland Country: Uganda Funding amount: € 300.000,00 Project start: 01.01.2006 End: 31.12.2006

Short Description:

Overall goal


Uganda is experiencing one of the most serious internal displacement crises in the world. In Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts, 80% of the population live in crowded camps. The camps regularly come under attack from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), with civilians reportedly killed, tortured, raped or abducted. Fearing night raids, an estimated 30,000 displaced children leave the camps every evening at dusk to sleep rough in the nearest town. The camps' water and sanitation facilities are very poor, and communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, are spreading rapidly. The majority of IDPs are destitute and have only limited access to cultivate fields near their camps. Venturing two miles away from the camps to collect firewood, food or water is extremely risky because of the threat of attacks by the LRA or of being mistaken for rebels by the UPDF and Local Defence Units (LDU). There are also reports of abuses perpetrated within the camps by UPDF soldiers and members of the LDU.

The project aims at protection and assistance of civilians in the Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts. Apart from the principle objective to make conflict parties respect the basic rules of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law, the ICRC will provide material assistance to people affected by the conflict in the north and east. Their living conditions will be improved through access to adequate food, water and sanitation and basic health care.

project number 2371-01/2006
source of funding OEZA
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Sofortmaßnahmen
tied
modality
marker
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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