Uganda
Hellen Aneno, a member of the Lacan-Pekeco farmer’s group in Palabek refugee settlement, Lamwo district tending to their soybean garden during the weeding session. Photo LWF Uganda
LWF has supported people in Uganda for 45 years. It currently has 7 subprograms across the districts of Adjumani, Kamwenge, Kikuube, Kitgum & Pader, Lamwo, Luuka, and Obongi, with our head offices in Kampala. LWF Uganda is implementing a range of projects in the districts of Adjumani, Agago, Amuru, Arua, Iganga Kamwenge, Kampala, Kikuube, Kitgum, Koboko, Lamwo, Luuka, Madi Okollo, Mayuge, Moyo, Nebbi, Obongi, Pader, Packwach, Terego, Wakiso, Yumbe, and Zombo.
LWF Uganda provides emergency assistance to refugees of conflict in neighboring countries. We provide water sanitation and hygiene assistance, shelter, social protection, psychosocial support, environmental conservation, sexual reproductive health and livelihoods to refugees from South Sudan in Palorinya, Palabek, Rhino, Imvepi and Adjumani settlements and refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Kyangwali, Rwamwanja, Kyaka and Nakivale refugee settlements. We strive to alleviate poverty, resettle those displaced as a result of the insurgency, and elevate the standards of living of both refugees and Ugandans. As embedded in our mission, we seek to eradicate human suffering by supporting people to access basic needs, achieve their full potential, and claim their universal rights.
LWF Uganda's work has three strategic areas of intervention; Livelihoods, Quality Services, Protection and Social Cohesion as specified in the country strategy for 2019-2024. The country program also focuses on Gender Justice and Climate Justice as key principles to integrate in every project and programme. Our advocacy work from Local to Global focuses on women’s rights, child protection, land rights, and refugees’ rights.
"After losing everything back home, my children dropped out of school because I could not afford it. In April 2023, five of my children benefited from the cash assistance for scholastic materials from LWF. I am very happy now since my children are in school with all school requirements and I do not use money for food to pay school fees"
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Local voices, local actions
Before Nighty Ayot was selected as one of the beneficiaries of menstrual kits, which LWF distributed at her school and the surrounding community, the menstruation period was a nightmare to her. The 24-year-old South Sudan refugee living in Northern Uganda's Palabek Settlement in Lamwo district says before they got the kits, maintaining self-hygiene during her periods was a big challenge. However, menstrual kits have changed all that. The kits come with two menstrual cups, two knickers and a bar of soap.
Nighty Ayot shows off the menstrual cup she received from LWF
"I am deeply driven by a profound passion to serve persons of concern, by leveraging existing systems and capacities to find sustainable solutions. My heartfelt commitment as a humanitarian worker is to rekindle hope within vulnerable communities while striving relentlessly to make a positive impact on their lives"
Jobs
LWF World Service is regularly looking for new staff to work in the field. A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. Our work is people-centred and community-based.
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Contact
Lokiru Yohana, Regional Program Coordinator (Geneva)
Email: [email protected]
Adriana Franco Chitanana, Country Representative in Uganda
Email: [email protected]
LWF Country Office in Kampala:
Plot 1401, Gaba Road, Nsambya
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +256 (0) 393 264 006/7/8 / +256 (0) 708 145 707
Partners
- ACT Alliance
- Act Church of Sweden
- Bread for the World
- Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Charity: Water
- EuropeAid
- European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
- European Union Lives in Dignity Facility
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Global Affairs Canada
- International Organization for Migration
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- United Nations Children's Fund
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations Office for Project Services
- United Nations Population Fund
- World Food Programme
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