AFOD-Uganda in partnership with World Food Programme is implementing a Cash Based Transfer modality from July 2018-June 2019 in 8 clusters in Lobule settlements, Lobule Sub-County in Koboko District where the refugee beneficiaries receive assistance in form of cash of Uganda shillings 31,000 per person, per month. AFOD has been equipping refugees with financial literacy […]
Uganda is now home to about 1.2 million refugees, more than half of them from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country maintains an open door policy towards refugees, an attribute that has turned Uganda into model case in the handling of refugees. Free education has been one of the key
AFOD-Uganda in partnership with WFP is implementing a Cash Based transfer in Lobule settlements, Koboko District, West Nile Region where each refugee receives a cash assistance of 31,000 Uganda shillings per month. In cycle 12 of December 2018, AFOD served a total of 845 households, 4952 individuals (2971 females and 1981 males) were served with
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AFOD-Uganda in partnership with WFP is implementing a Cash Based transfer in Lobule settlements, Koboko District, West Nile Region where each refugee receives a cash assistance of 31,000 Uganda shillings per month. In cycle 10 of October 2018, AFOD served a total of 841 households with 149,637,000 Uganda shillings achieving (98.7%) of the planned target.
Koboko District is host to 4,913 refugees based on refugee and asylum seekers demographic released by United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in October 2018, with refugees hosted across 8 villages of Waju I, II, III, Adranga, Adologo, Lukujo, Ponyura and Kuku. AFOD-Uganda in partnership with WFP is implementing a Cash Based transfer in
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In Koboko District, West Nile region, the total number of females aged 6-15 years not attending school stands at 5,727 (18.3%) and 1,124 (6.9%) females aged 12-17 years have given birth (National Population and Housing Census, 2014) AFOD Uganda in collaboration with WFP Uganda is implementing an integrated Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP), Maternal Child Health and Nutrition
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Lobule refugee camp is located about 15 kilometers east of Koboko Town in Lobule Sub County, Koboko district, it is one of the settlement camps hosting Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees in Uganda. Lobule refugees are mainly from the areas of; Turupa, Gombe, Morodu, Gaaki, Lisoka and Pamara in Aru Territory and Ituri province
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Acute malnutrition among under-fives and pregnant lactating women (PLW) has a severe consequences on children and fetus development. According to World Bank (WB) and WHO, investment in child’s nutrition at early age (< 2yrs) has a significant pay-off, a justification for AFOD’s intervention to provide; nutritious food (i.e. fortified blended foods, FBFs) such as CSB++
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Shafik is a 1 year and 3 months old boy from Kinyaki village, Aliribu parish in Lobule sub-county. The mother, Shakira brought the child to the health facility after hearing from other mothers about the Nutrition programme AFOD is implementing at the Health facilities on Targeted Supplementary Feeding for children below two years and MCHN
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MCHN and TSFP project is implemented in four health facilities in Koboko District where mothers are specially trained on how to prepare enriched porridge for children. John’s mother Anita from Aizu village in Adranga, Koboko District, West Nile region tells a story of how her child recovered from moderate acute malnutrition. Caption: Community Mobilization Assistant
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