DRDIP Uganda Updates

DRDIP visitors from Ethiopia had an opportunity to visit various DRDIP Uganda supported projects in Oruchinga and Nakivale refugee Settlement within Isngiro district. Monica Myokutamba, the Oruchinga Settlement Commandant, revealed that there are 7407 refugees here. These are mainly; Congolese, Rwandese and Burundians. The projects visited within the refugee settlement includes: Goat trading, Briquette making and shoreline restoration. Nshungyezi Amani Goat Traders has 15 (08females, 07 males) members who are involved directly. It's newly funded and so, the beneficiaries have already erected shelter to start the business. Alongside goat keeping the group intend to venture into produce trading and production of energy saving stoves.  The members also practice group savings having been trained and guided through what they refer to as five core principles: weekly savings; weekly meetings; interloaning; weekly repayment; and record keeping.  DRDIP trained this group members...

The visiting DRDIP-Ethiopia delegates on Tuesday 25 th in the company of their DRDIP Uganda counterparts-the PIST arrived in Isingiro, one of the South Western districts of Uganda where DRDIP Additional Funding (AF) is being implemented. The team paid a visit to the district headquarters where they received a cordial reception by both technical and political leaders of Isingiro District Local Government. The visiting team and Leaders of Isingiro District after the debrief The district Vice Chairperson, Hon. Annet Kamama thanked DRDIP Uganda for the various interventions within Isingiro. Meanwhile, the Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Gedeon Tumiime, credited the NRM government for ensuring a peaceful Country that has attracted exemplary refugee hosting.   The Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Aloysius Gumisiriza who is also the DRDIP focal person for Isingiro shared the implementation status updates - highlighting major achievements and impact created out of the a...

The Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) Uganda team, Monday 24 th commenced an experience sharing mission with their visiting DRDIP-Ethiopia counterparts. The six-day long field excursion is supported by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Regional Secretariat in collaboration with DRDIP-Uganda. DRDIP-Ethiopia visting team, PIST of DRDIP-Ugand &  the IGAD representatives at Imperial Royal Hotel in Kampala A total of 15 delegates from Ethiopia arrived in Uganda over the weekend for this learning/collaborative engagement. The visitors comprise, 11 technical staff from DRDIP-Ethiopia and four (04) members of the Refugee and Returnees Services (RRS) in Ethiopia. The visitors will spend the week with their Uganda counterparts - learning and sharing from each other. DRDIP-Uganda is a flagship Government of Uganda project that is being implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister with funding from the World Bank. Similar operations f...

Piggery farming is a form of animal husbandry that deals with the domestication of pigs. Piggery is one of the money-spinning businesses in Uganda as it brings quick returns both upcountry and in the urban settings. Lobidde South One Piggery farmers' Sub Project It’s for this reason that a group of 15(10f, 05m) community members from Loi Bide South village, Mura Parish of Padibe Town Council in Lamwo district developed a project proposal that was funded by DRDIP through a World Bank grant in June 2021. Loibidde South One Piggery Farmers’ Group received funding to a tune of UGX18.5 million that was used for construction of shelter, purchase of 12(10 females and 02males) piglets and feeding support.  The group chairperson, John Osborn Anywar says their proposal went through vetting before it was approved. “Our dream as Loibidde South One Piggery Farmers is to become the lead supplier of piggery products in Lamwo district”, says Anywar. He adds that, “we as members also expect to be...

Gopele Farmers Group members in Obongi district believe that the foundation stone for achieving social economic transformation in their district and beyond has been laid. This follows a funding support and trainings from the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP), a World Bank funded initiative implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda. Edaward Maiku C/P CPMC at the group farm The group Community Procurement Management Committee Chairperson (CPMC), Edward Maiku Onzima, told this publication that Gopele Farmers Group received 185 million shillings from DRDIP, which was invested in commercial agriculture involving over 50 acres of cultivation land. The group also started a milling station and a Bakery unit. Gopele Farmers Group initially operated as a Village Savings and Loans Association(VSLA) only, but Maiku says, “We decided to expand and start up other investments as soon as DRDIP gave us trainings on financial literacy and funding to support...

  ISINGIRO Briquette making at Kakunyu House Hold Lorence Store. Briquettes are made of combustible biomass materials such as; paper and saw dust. DRDIP under the Sustainable Environment Management component empowers communities to reduce human pressure on the environment by adopting sustainable fuel options.    Briquettes ensures a clean cooking option, and it’s as well a source of earning from its sale. The above briquette making machine was procured and supplied to the community by DRDIP implementing partner, KRC Uganda in Isingiro District. Briquettes production unit gives shelter for the machine and offers storage space for the final products . Briquetts solar (sun) drying unit. This is where newly produced briquettes are sent for continuous drying. The unit   enables complete drainage of water and binds the materials into the final product(briquette) which are used in domestic stoves.  Kakunyu House Hold Lorence Store and Briquette Making Group intend t...

Aware of the looming effects of a degraded environment surrounding Lake Nakivaale in Isingiro district, members of Misirira village have taken action to avert the consequences. Since June 2019, the largely women group of 116 members (70 females, 46 males) have embarked on a shoreline restoration activity in a 15 acreage of land with support from the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP), a World Bank funded scheme under the Office of the Prime Minister(OPM).  Members pose at the sub project site near L. Nakivaale Sharon Businge, the Group Chairperson says the degraded shoreline had rapidly led to loss of tree cover, depletion of aquatic life and caused pro-longed drought within the vicinity. “The increased population resulting from the influx of refugees mainly caused the depletion. It’s the people who cut down trees and papyrus weed that held the water previously, so we needed to reverse this damage”, said Businge. She notes that an awareness and empowerme...

The DRDIP Project Implementation Support Team (PIST) had a fortnight of fruitful engagement with leaders from all the 15 districts where DRDIP is implemented. The awareness meetings for leaders, took place in three regionally centered cities of; Mbarara, Gulu and Arua. District leaders, DRDIP-PIST members   rep of the IG at Bomah Hotel, Gulu    The meetings were aimed at orienting the newly elected and or appointed district based leaders on the DRDIP implementation modalities and standards as guided by the World Bank and the Government of Uganda through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).  Participants came from the districts of; Arua, Madiokolo, Terego, Koboko, Yumbe, Adjumani, Obongi and Moyo in the West Nile Sub-Region, Kiryandongo, Hoima and Kikube in the Bunyoro sub region, Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and Isingiro in the South Western Uganda, and Lamwo in the North.  Key among the leaders who took part included; District Council Chairpersons, Resident D...