Country: Uganda
Project Code: P07-UG07
Pillar: Victim assistance
Appealing Agency: National Council for Disability
and UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Implementing Partners: National Council for Disability, district land committees, district disaster relief committees
Summary Objectives: The project will help protect the land rights of landmine survivors during the early return, resettlement and recovery process.
Activities:
- Develop a mechanism for Parliament and other relevant authorities to detail the availability of land, land rights issues and access by mine victims upon return.
- Develop a monitoring mechanism to ensure that land is not taken from mine survivors upon return and reintegration is successful.
- Link with the return structures for all internally displaced people (IDPs) to ensure that the land rights of mine survivors are included within recovery and reconstruction plans.
- Ensure that planning is human-rights based and incorporates the national IDP and disabilities policies.
- Develop a media campaign to inform the public and mine victims on services.
- Establish a grievance and legal structure for victims unable to access land.
Expected Outcomes:
- The human right to land will be upheld, including through affirmative action for mine survivors.
- Survivors will be integrated into existing structures and covered by external monitoring.
- Structures will be in place for reporting and monitoring mine survivors’ access to land, from the community to the highest government levels.
- Increased numbers of mine survivors will have access to land on return from IDP camps.
Project Budget: $160,480
Project Duration: January 2008 through December 2009
Budget Shortfall: $160,480
Targeted Beneficiaries: Landmine victims
| BUDGET ITEMS In US$ | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| National staff | 12,000 | 15,000 |
| Supplies, capital costs | 50,000 | 6,000 |
| Programme costs | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Indirect programme support costs | 18,480 | 13,080 |
| Total | 160,480 | 114,080 |
Rose Ssebatindira; Head of Crisis Prevention and Recovery; UN Development Programme (UNDP); UNDP Country Office, Kampala, Uganda; Tel: 256 414 233440; e-mail: rose.ssebatindira@undp.org
Chris Lang; Programme Manager; Danish Demining Group (DDG); Tel: 256 774 930835; e-mail: chris.lang@drc.dk
Jackson Mirembe ; Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, Uganda; Tel: 256 7 72898824; e-mail: disability@mglsd.go.ug
last edited: Oct 04, 2007