The Karamoja region of northeast Uganda has a long history of violent conflict and under-development. Since 2011 the region has entered a period of relative peace and stability, and is now receiving a wide range of government and aid programs, with involvement from multiple international aid donors and NGOs. But what is working and why? Which approaches need reshaping? What can be scaled up, and where is the evidence to support this?
Assisting USAID/Uganda to strenghten its resilience programs and policy support in Karamoja
Providing strategic, programmatic and logisitical support to the Karamoja Development Partners Group
Providing capacity-building support to the Government of Uganda for their policies and programs in Karamoja
Generating an evidence base and ensuring analytical support using reviews, studies and evaluations and similar activities
The Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) organized an international conference to take stock of recent research in Karamoja, northwest Kenya, and neighbouring areas of South Sudan and Ethiopia, and to draw out lessons for policy and programming.