DanChurchAid
Uganda
Programme work
DanChurchAid has worked in Uganda for many years, mainly focusing on HIV/AIDS and food security, human rights and emergency relief. The overall objective of DanChurchAid in Uganda is to contribute to strengthening the role of civil society and the churches in their efforts to improve the quality of life among the poorest and the marginalised groups in the society.
Promoting good governance
DanChurchAid is working with the Political Space Programme in Uganda focusing on promoting good governance and influencing public policies at the grass roots as well as at the national level. At the grass roots level the programme will enhance the opportunities of the marginalised to exercise their right to participation, especially with a focus on the Karimojongs, a pastoralist society. Community mobilisation is a crosscutting issue and incorporated in projects when relevant.
Focus on HIV/AIDS
Although Uganda is a success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the consequences of HIV/AIDS are devastating especially for orphans and widows whose rights very often are violated. The HIV/AIDS Programme in Uganda focuses on the rights of these two groups with emphasis on the orphans. Awareness raising on HIV/AIDS is still most relevant, as statistics have revealed a slight increase in the HIV-incidence rate in some areas. HIV/AIDS has an effect on development work in general, and therefore DanChurchAid integrates HIV/AIDS into all aspects of the programmes when relevant. Elements of food security are also integrated into the other programmes when relevant as food security is interconnected with civil strife and HIV/AIDS. People who live in areas with civil strife and orphans and widows affected by HIV/AIDS are often food insecure although Uganda is a country with enough fertile land to cover the food needs of its population.
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