Project funded by: AICS (Italy Agency for Cooperation and Development)

In collaboration with: Community of Sant'Egidio

Program duration: 2019-2020

The civil war in South Sudan, which began more than a decade ago, has reached its most critical point in recent years, forcing the population, especially women and young people, to abandon their homes and take refuge in neighboring countries. Uganda still welcomes just under 1,500,000 refugees! A huge number, if we consider that we are talking about a developing country. Unfortunately Uganda alone cannot sustain such a large wave of arrivals; This is how for several years, international organizations have supported projects to welcome and integrate the South Sudanese population with the local Ugandan one for peaceful coexistence and beyond.

Since March 2019 AMCD is present and makes its contribution thanks to the project financed by AICS in collaboration with the Community of S. Egidio and Acap. The goal is to reduce the most extreme poverty and marginalization of the vulnerable refugee population with social, educational, health and women's empowerment activities. We want to achieve all this thanks to the construction of two youth centers, to offer professional courses to young people, training courses dedicated to women, drilling wells and awareness-raising meetings on water and hygiene and more. This project includes numerous challenges but demonstrates how it is possible to implement a different reception system to develop and improve the living conditions of both direct beneficiaries, that of their families and of local communities. We find that collaboration and support between different organizations and the population is fundamental in these areas because maintaining a situation of peaceful coexistence between different cultures is not always simple.

Reduce the most extreme poverty and marginalization of the vulnerable population refugees from South Sudan and local, for a more sustainable sharing of the territory and greater social integration.

Improve the socio-economic conditions of at least 1,500 women and young people in the camps of Agojo, Ayilo 2, Maaji 2, Maaji 3, Nyumanzi, Olua 1, Olua 2 and Pagirinya.