ACTED (AGENCY FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT)
It is a non-governmental organization founded in 1993. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to principles of non-discrimination and transparency.
ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations worldwide and to accompany them in building a better future.
Our Vision: Guaranteeing the Link between Emergency, Rehabilitation and Development
Once basic needs have been covered, the population’s living conditions remain critical as our areas of intervention are among the poorest in the world.
For this reason, ACTED’s axis of intervention lies in the link between Emergency, Rehabilitation and Development. In other words, in order to guarantee the sustainability of interventions carried out during crises, only long-term support, through a continued presence in the field after the emergency as well as the involvement of communities, enables us to break the poverty cycle and accompany populations on their way to development.
Sectors of intervention include emergency relief, food security, health promotion, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support and regional dialogue and cultural promotion
Once basic needs have been covered, the population’s living conditions remain critical as our areas of intervention are among the poorest in the world.
For this reason, ACTED’s axis of intervention lies in the link between Emergency, Rehabilitation and Development. In other words, in order to guarantee the sustainability of interventions carried out during crises, only long-term support, through a continued presence in the field after the emergency as well as the involvement of communities, enables us to break the poverty cycle and accompany populations on their way to development.
Sectors of intervention include emergency relief, food security, health promotion, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support and regional dialogue and cultural promotion
WORK IN UGANDA
ACTED has been present in Uganda since 2007, and currently operates in the northern and eastern region of the country. More specifically, ACTED implements its interventions in Gulu, Amuru and Oyam (Acholi and Lango regions) as well as in Nakapiripirit (Karamoja region) where the organization works on a cross-border basis with North Pokot District of Kenya.
In 2009, ACTED will contribute to the Economic Development of vulnerable populations in Uganda, including through Food Security, Infrastructure Enhancement and Disaster Risk Reduction interventions, while strengthening local governance and fostering peace and reconciliation.
ACTED implements a range of food security interventions in both of its regions of operation. These include seed and livestock fairs (linked to Voucher-for-Work projects), crop multiplication activities, and the establishment of Farmer Field Schools (FFS)/Pastoralist Field Schools (PFS), an innovative form of adult education tailored to communities’ agricultural and/or pastoralist livelihoods. These projects are a promising way to kick-start the agricultural potential of both Northern Uganda and Karamoja, thereby addressing long-term roots of food insecurity.
ACTED’s programmatic focus in Northern Uganda has been to support the return process of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) through projects linking infrastructure construction/rehabilitation and livelihood interventions. Some of these projects have been implemented as Voucher-for-Work (VFW) schemes, an approach which ACTED has pioneered in the region. In 2009, ACTED will branch out to new sectors of activity to accompany the area’s move towards stable recovery.
In particular, ACTED will implement Cash Grants project to kick-start Income Generating Activities (IGA), and plans to support the region’s promising agro-processing industry on the basis of our experience with food security activities
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