Saving lives now and in future

Project Title: Saving lives now and in future

Saving lives now and in future project is funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Oxfam IBIS and has been running from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2021. This country program is part of a global Inclusive Peacebuilding program implemented in a total of 8 countries from 2018 to 2021: Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ghana, Niger, Mali, South Sudan, Uganda, and Yemen. In Uganda it is being implemented by Oxfam in collaboration with 12 local partner organizations.

Objectives

The overall objective of the global program is to promote sustainable peacebuilding and prevention of violent conflict with a focus on strengthening the participation of women and youth in conflict transformation and peace processes.

Specific objectives

In Uganda, the program is being implemented in the West Nile region and works towards the following objectives:

Increase the awareness and understanding of existing and potential tensions and conflict between host and refugee communities and between refugee populations, as well as of cross-border security dynamics.
Provide recommendations for and support the design and implementation of conflict-sensitive interventions and programming in the refugee response.
Promote exchange and dialogue between political, development, and humanitarian actors, refugees, and host communities about preventing, mitigating, and addressing conflict related to the refugee response.
Encourage and promote support for and development of peace-building, reconciliation, and mediation initiatives to address conflict dynamics.

Saving lives now and in future

Project Title: Saving lives now and in future

Objectives

Specific objectives

Partners