Long Term Food Security & Resilience in Uganda

Project Details

Project Locations: Abim District, Nakapiripirit District, Napak District, and Nabilatuk District

Timeframe: September 2017 – September 2023

Partners: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is leading a consortium of six partners in implementing the Nuyok project. These are: Caritas Kotido, Caritas Moroto, The BOMA Project, Youth Build International, Cooperation for Development (C&D)

Project Overview

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is leading a consortium of six partners ^[1] in implementing a six-year project funded by the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to build resilience to shocks, enhance livelihoods and improve food and nutrition security for vulnerable rural families in Karamoja Sub-region, North-Eastern Uganda. The program, named Nuyok (which means “it is ours” in the local language) is being implemented in Abim, Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk and Napak Districts and is expected to have measurable impact on 181,053 direct participants (in an estimated 32,675 households) in 524 villages. Nuyok seeks to strengthen governance, promote gender equity, build community capacities to manage shocks and stress, strengthen traditional and diversified livelihood strategies and improve nutrition and health, including water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), for pregnant and lactating women (PLW), adolescent girls and children under five years of age (CU5). The program began implementation on 29 September 2017 and is expected to be completed by 30 September 2023.

^[1] Nuyok started implementation with eight partners, but the partnership with other partners has since ended.

Key Areas of Intervention

Civil Society/Governance
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Agriculture
Disaster Preparedness

Expected Outcomes

Empowered, Resilient and Healthy Families.
Responsive and Inclusive Governance.
A Vibrant Private Sector That Engages Smallholders at Every Level.

Quarterly Updates

Empowered, Resilient and Healthy Families.
Responsive and Inclusive Governance.
A Vibrant Private Sector That Engages Smallholders at Every Level.

CRS in Uganda

CRS began work in Uganda in 1965 in an effort to aid refugees from South Sudan fleeing violence in their home country. In 1995, CRS opened an office in Kampala to better assist the Ugandan people during the armed conflict in the North. Since then, CRS has worked in the areas of agriculture, emergency response and recovery, health, microfinance, peacebuilding, and water and sanitation.