Emergency sector

According to the UNICEF 2022 report, approximately 235 million people needed assistance in 2021 and 283 million people in 80 countries suffered from severe food insecurity. The UNHCR report for the end of 2021 speaks of 89.3 million people forced to flee their country due to conflicts, violence, persecution and human rights violations. Another significant fact also emerges: more than 82% of displaced people in the world come from just ten countries (Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Eritrea). 
According to the latest UNICEF and UNHCR reports, Uganda finds itself in a situation of extreme vulnerability, in particular the macro region of the North: the combined effect of the humanitarian crises in South Sudan, such as the recent insurrection in the equatorial region which has increased Displaced half a million, epidemics and disasters due to climate change have led to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Uganda in 2022. Due to the drought, more than 500,000 people in Karamoja have been affected by severe food insecurity. Nearly 92,000 malnourished children require urgent care. On September 20, 2022, an Ebola outbreak was reported within the country.
AMCD made its contribution with the ''Integrated Support Action for refugee host families in the Adjumani district'' project, started in August 2022 in collaboration with the Jesuit Refugee Service. The project, which will end in 2024, aims to contribute to overcoming the social, economic and educational crisis originating from the Covid-19 pandemic emergency, providing integrated support to the families of South Sudanese refugees and host communities, improving in particular the economic conditions of at least 3,600 women and young people in the camps of Olua 2, Ayilo II, Agojo, Elema (primary school) and Nyumanzi. This intervention, in continuity with other projects already concluded in the same area, allows displaced families to begin to integrate into local communities and to be able to rebuild their lives in a dignified manner, through professional training and the start of income-generating activities. . 

The ''Food security in Karamoja, in response to the humanitarian crisis'' project was also extended in 2023, to support the most vulnerable families through the supply of clean water (rehabilitation of wells) and the delivery of food and basic necessities. In October 2023, the project ''Circular microeconomy on agricultural, livestock and pastoral practices between the refugee population and the community in the Adjumani district'' was launched in the Adjumani district, which aims to encourage the development of commercial and associative realities, of collaboration between refugee and host communities as a ''peace keeping'' action and for the improvement of the social, hygienic-health and environmental conditions of the population.
AMCD's approach in the emergency sector is in line with Ugandan national policies: Uganda Vision 2040, in the chapter on ''Disaster Preparedness and Management'', which describes the need to strengthen the country's capacity in containing the effects of disasters, the need to alleviate the suffering of populations affected by disasters, implement prevention and mitigation plans; the National Development Program III, in chapter 24 deals with the topic of ''Risk management''; The National Policy for Disaster Preparedness and Management, Directorate of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, 2010, in particular on ''Natural Hazards in Uganda'' and the previous National Climate Change Policy, 2012. AMCD emergency interventions refer to the Guidelines Guide for bilateral humanitarian aid initiatives, AICS-DGCS, 2016