resilient livelihoods

CONTEXTThe Karamoja sub-region of Uganda, encompassing an area of 27,528 square kilometers and including the districts of Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, Nabilatuk, Abim, Moroto, Napak, Amudat, and…

Climate change disproportionately affects rural farmers, by reducing crop yields, and increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events, and potential for food insecurity and income loss due to…

Edwine Wangira, a 28-year-old from Sisiro village in Namayingo District, is locally known both as a shopkeeper and, humorously, as ‘Doctor’.” But Edwin isn’t a doctor by profession, he’s a peer…

In 2023, Oxfam in Uganda received funding from the The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) to implement a one year project to improve food security through increased access and…

In the rugged terrain of Amudat District, the community of Karita Sub-County is witnessing a remarkable transformation, thanks to the gender-responsive leadership and budgeting trainings conducted by…

CONTEXT: The world is facing multiple connected and worsening crises. Unjust and unsustainable food systems are failing to deliver food and nutrition security, living incomes, and decent working…

In September of 2023, Oxfam received funding from NORAD to implement the ‘Combating food insecurity ‘project in the refugee-hosting districts of Terego and Zombo in collaboration with locally based…

“I have acquired skills in vegetable growing,” says Fiona ChelangatFiona learned about vegetable growing when she joined an Oxfam project on the topic. The group have a shared demonstration garden,…

             CONTEXT Uganda is currently hosting over 1.5 million refugees who are originally from South Sudan (63,3%), the Democratic Republic of Congo (32.4%) and from other nationalities including…

CONTEXTUganda continues to confront a range of ever-growing, simultaneously occurring humanitarian crises and is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world, with close to 1.5 million…