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Uganda

Caroline Angom washing outside her home in Amida camp. Photo: Geoff Sayer

In Uganda, Oxfam's focus is on supporting those affected by conflict, lobbying for peace, rights of nomadic herders, and livelihoods.

Intro

Calling for peace

Up to two million people forced from their homes
25,000 children abducted and forced to fight as child soldiers

Conflict has raged between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government for the last 20 years. Now, for the first time, peace talks are offering signs of a resolution to the conflict.

I have seven children. We left home because of the LRA. They came three times to our home. They took my sons. When the boys were taken, we left home and came to stay in Kitgum.

Paska Achola

How Oxfam is helping

We continue to raise awareness of the conflict and lobby for action to be taken to end the fighting. We provide clean water and sanitation to those living in camps and provide counselling to returning child soldiers.

Find out more about the conflict and Oxfam's work in northern Uganda

Oxfam's other work in Uganda

Helping nomadic herders develop the skills to make a sustainable living
Campaigning for fairer trade rules
Helping poor men and women claim their basic rights

Oxfam's work in Uganda in depth

This programme is directly funded by Oxfam Ireland, Oxfam Novib, ECHO (Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission), and the EC (European Commission).