With funding from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Caritas Switzerland (CACH) in partnership with the Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD), 

Community Development Center (CDC), and Organic Farming Advisory Organization (OFAO), with technical advice from swisspeace and BOMA Project  are implementing a 3-year Building Peace Through Sustainable Access to and Management of Natural Resources in West Nile and Central Equatoria State (PAMANA) project in the districts of Koboko and Yumbe in West Nile, Uganda; and Yei and Lainya Counties in CES, South Sudan.  The project objective is to reduce conflict over and pressure on natural resources through building local capacities for supporting the most vulnerable groups amongst the host, refugee and IDP communities (with a special focus on women), meeting their immediate needs and securing sustainable livelihoods in ways that promote peace, stability and gender-equality.

In Uganda, where AFARD is reaching out to 2,000 households (50% refugees and 60% women) belonging to 41 local structures. 

Project budget: EUR 1,918,026

Donor: Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Caritas witzerland