NUSAF will provide development and reconciliation
Sep 14, 2005
THE Government of Uganda and the World Bank brought hope for development through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF).
Martin Okumu
THE Government of Uganda and the World Bank brought hope for development through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF).
The Government will commit $13m and the World Bank agreed to give $100m through International Development Agency (IDA) for five years from 2003-2008 for the people of northern Uganda.
So far, approximately 20% of the $130m has been spent and NUSAF is hopeful that by the end of the project, poverty in northern Uganda will be history and people will greatly contribute to development of Uganda.
The socio-economic intervention is to close development disparity between northern Uganda and the rest of the country. It is also part of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals on eradication of poverty globally.
NUSAF focuses on empowering the people to identify, prioritise, plan and manage sub-projects to alleviate poverty in 18 districts in West Nile, northern and eastern Uganda.
The project has three main components: Community Development Initiative (CDI), Vulnerable Group Support (VGS), Conflict Reconciliation and Conflict Management (CRCM).
Through CDI the people of the North have got hundreds of brand new boreholes, classroom blocks, bridges, feeder roads; that NUSAF ensures they function efficiently.
Likewise, under the VGS people have established piggeries, got cattle for restocking, poultries and several other income-generating ventures for people in internally displaced camps, communities traumatised by cattle rustling, disabled groups, and resettlement of abducted children.
Under Conflict Reconciliation and Conflict Management, efforts to reconcile communities to foster peace as a pre-requisite to development is sponsored based on community culture.
Traditional, religious and opinion leaders are involved in the reconciliation.
The major components are backed operationally by Finance and Administration (F&A), Internal Audit (IA), Information, Education and Communication (IEC), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Management Information System (MIS), Training, and NUSAF District Technical Officers (NDTOs).
However, the implementation of NUSAF needs support from leaders, the public and private stakeholders, the media and beneficiaries to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency.
The writer is the Information, Education and Communication Specialist for NUSAF
THE Government of Uganda and the World Bank brought hope for development through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF).
The Government will commit $13m and the World Bank agreed to give $100m through International Development Agency (IDA) for five years from 2003-2008 for the people of northern Uganda.
So far, approximately 20% of the $130m has been spent and NUSAF is hopeful that by the end of the project, poverty in northern Uganda will be history and people will greatly contribute to development of Uganda.
The socio-economic intervention is to close development disparity between northern Uganda and the rest of the country. It is also part of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals on eradication of poverty globally.
NUSAF focuses on empowering the people to identify, prioritise, plan and manage sub-projects to alleviate poverty in 18 districts in West Nile, northern and eastern Uganda.
The project has three main components: Community Development Initiative (CDI), Vulnerable Group Support (VGS), Conflict Reconciliation and Conflict Management (CRCM).
Through CDI the people of the North have got hundreds of brand new boreholes, classroom blocks, bridges, feeder roads; that NUSAF ensures they function efficiently.
Likewise, under the VGS people have established piggeries, got cattle for restocking, poultries and several other income-generating ventures for people in internally displaced camps, communities traumatised by cattle rustling, disabled groups, and resettlement of abducted children.
Under Conflict Reconciliation and Conflict Management, efforts to reconcile communities to foster peace as a pre-requisite to development is sponsored based on community culture.
Traditional, religious and opinion leaders are involved in the reconciliation.
The major components are backed operationally by Finance and Administration (F&A), Internal Audit (IA), Information, Education and Communication (IEC), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Management Information System (MIS), Training, and NUSAF District Technical Officers (NDTOs).
However, the implementation of NUSAF needs support from leaders, the public and private stakeholders, the media and beneficiaries to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency.
The writer is the Information, Education and Communication Specialist for NUSAF