Donor agencies appeal for sh500b
Dec 13, 2006
UN humanitarian agencies in Uganda have launched an appeal for about sh526b to provide emergency aid in 2007.
By Harriette Onyalla and Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
UN humanitarian agencies in Uganda have launched an appeal for about sh526b to provide emergency aid in 2007.
The agencies also called for a rapid and successful conclusion of the on-going peace talks in Juba.
“There is still urgent need for humanitarian aid in Uganda. But the humanitarian community is encouraged by the Juba peace talks between the Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), aware that only peace will guarantee the voluntary return of displaced people to their homes,†said Martin Mogwanja, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Uganda.
Speaking at the launch at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday, Mogwanja said the LRA should desist from making statements that make the internally displaced person (IDPs) in the north fear to return home.
“We are concerned about contradictory statements from the LRA on whether people can return home without fear of further harm.
“Unlike in the past, there is now a formal structure, the Juba peace process, through which issues may be pursued with the LRA.
“The LRA should be clear on the safety of the people who are returning home,†Mogwanja said.
The 2007 Consolidated Appeal (CAP 2007), whose target is providing aid to war-torn north, also draws emphasis to the dire need for emergency and development aid in Karamoja.
Mogwanja said CAP 2007 is designed to assist the people still in the IDP camps, help those returning home in Acholi and Lango and stabilise those who had already returned home in Lango and Teso through livelihood support.
The CAP 2007 will also help the vulnerable people in Karamoja as well as all refugees and asylum seekers in the country.
“This appeal is targeting Karamoja for the first time because there is need to carefully focus on this region. We shall support the people in Karamoja to work towards their development,†said Tim Pitt, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Pitt said the appeal targets an estimated 1.4 million IDPs in the north and another 160,000 people forced by persistent Karimojong raids into IDP camps in Teso.
UN humanitarian agencies in Uganda have launched an appeal for about sh526b to provide emergency aid in 2007.
The agencies also called for a rapid and successful conclusion of the on-going peace talks in Juba.
“There is still urgent need for humanitarian aid in Uganda. But the humanitarian community is encouraged by the Juba peace talks between the Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), aware that only peace will guarantee the voluntary return of displaced people to their homes,†said Martin Mogwanja, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Uganda.
Speaking at the launch at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday, Mogwanja said the LRA should desist from making statements that make the internally displaced person (IDPs) in the north fear to return home.
“We are concerned about contradictory statements from the LRA on whether people can return home without fear of further harm.
“Unlike in the past, there is now a formal structure, the Juba peace process, through which issues may be pursued with the LRA.
“The LRA should be clear on the safety of the people who are returning home,†Mogwanja said.
The 2007 Consolidated Appeal (CAP 2007), whose target is providing aid to war-torn north, also draws emphasis to the dire need for emergency and development aid in Karamoja.
Mogwanja said CAP 2007 is designed to assist the people still in the IDP camps, help those returning home in Acholi and Lango and stabilise those who had already returned home in Lango and Teso through livelihood support.
The CAP 2007 will also help the vulnerable people in Karamoja as well as all refugees and asylum seekers in the country.
“This appeal is targeting Karamoja for the first time because there is need to carefully focus on this region. We shall support the people in Karamoja to work towards their development,†said Tim Pitt, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Pitt said the appeal targets an estimated 1.4 million IDPs in the north and another 160,000 people forced by persistent Karimojong raids into IDP camps in Teso.