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Strengthening Resilience And Sustainable Resource Use For Food, Health And Livelihoods Security Of Agro-fishing And Mining Communities In Uganda.

Funding Agency : Bread for the world

Project Objectives

Project overall objective is to reduce the pressure on natural resources and threats to biodiversity conservation, while at the same time increasing food and livelihoods security and access to reproductive health services.


Summary of Achievements/impact

By end of the project, 64.1% of target project beneficiaries were acquiring climate information and 51.3% utilize the information to make informed decisions. Over half (56%) of the project households reported improved quality of life and 58% of the households engaged in Income generating Activities (IGA). The median income had increased to UGX 87,500 per month from UGX50,000 per month at project baseline. Furthermore, more than half (53%) of community members access and use modern contraceptives and 94% of the community members indicated that they had delivered at a health facility. Additionally, 72.6% of the respondents had visited health centers as a result of referrals for family planning and reproductive health.