EU aids charities in the North
JAMII Ya Kupatanisha, a local charity working for peace and reconciliation, has received sh200m from the European Union (EU) to implement a two-year project for formerly abducted youths in the Acholi sub-region.
By Cornes Lubangakene
JAMII Ya Kupatanisha, a local charity working for peace and reconciliation, has received sh200m from the European Union (EU) to implement a two-year project for formerly abducted youths in the Acholi sub-region.
The money, donated through EU’s civil society capacity building programme, will help equip 800 youths in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Amuru with entrepreneurship skills and psychosocial support.
Speaking at the launch of the project at Koro Vocational School in Gulu, last week, the charity’s patron, Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng, commended the Government for giving non-governmental organisations (NGO) three percent of the money from donors for project implementation.
Onono said the Acholi would rebuild themselves very fast through vocational skills which promote productivity.
He challenged the Gulu district NGO forum, through which the money was channelled, to ensure that the project has a multiplier effect and positively impacts on the beneficiaries.
An official from the forum, Geoffrey Okello, said over sh1.2b was given to six NGOs in the north.
Okello said the community should monitor the project closely. “If you don’t, the money may get lost.â€
The charity also handed over sewing machines, wheelbarrows, and an ox-plough worth sh18m to the beneficiaries undergoing training at the vocational school.
JAMII Ya Kupatanisha, a local charity working for peace and reconciliation, has received sh200m from the European Union (EU) to implement a two-year project for formerly abducted youths in the Acholi sub-region.
The money, donated through EU’s civil society capacity building programme, will help equip 800 youths in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Amuru with entrepreneurship skills and psychosocial support.
Speaking at the launch of the project at Koro Vocational School in Gulu, last week, the charity’s patron, Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng, commended the Government for giving non-governmental organisations (NGO) three percent of the money from donors for project implementation.
Onono said the Acholi would rebuild themselves very fast through vocational skills which promote productivity.
He challenged the Gulu district NGO forum, through which the money was channelled, to ensure that the project has a multiplier effect and positively impacts on the beneficiaries.
An official from the forum, Geoffrey Okello, said over sh1.2b was given to six NGOs in the north.
Okello said the community should monitor the project closely. “If you don’t, the money may get lost.â€
The charity also handed over sewing machines, wheelbarrows, and an ox-plough worth sh18m to the beneficiaries undergoing training at the vocational school.