Action by Churches Together (ACT)
Appeal - Uganda
Emergency Relief for Displaced Persons - AFUG-11
Appeal Target: US$ 46,458
Geneva,  26 February 2001


Hundreds of displaced persons of Ugandan origin are fleeing back to Uganda
from Tanzania.  According to the information gathered from the displaced,
the government of Tanzania announced that "all aliens should leave the
country within 30 days from 1 December 2000 or apply for citizenship which
costs TZ Shs 600,000". These "aliens" were Ugandans who had emigrated to
Tanzania from south-western Uganda due to land pressure.  Being poor
peasants, they went looking for land and did not take the initiative to
seek citizenship.

The displaced arrived at the camp on the border at Kikagate on 28 December
2000 with very few belongings - only what they could carry.  The camp area
is a wasteland with no trees or grass for construction of temporary
shelters and no food.  Relations are also strained with the local people,
who are themselves suffering from a severe shortage of food due to the
1999-2000 drought that caused famine and severe food shortages.

Many of the displaced are becoming sick with malaria, diarrhoea and other
diseases caused by poor sanitation, lack of shelter and food.  Three
children have died of malaria, aggravated by pneumonia, malnutrition and
lack of medical care.


The Church of Uganda is proposing a programme comprising the following
components to assist the displaced families.

Shelter - plastic sheeting with support poles
Food - flour, pulses, oil and salt
Non-food - clothing and firewood


Project Completion Date:  31 May 2001.


Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance
Requested

                                          US$
Total Appeal Target(s)                 46,458
Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd.                  0
Balance Requested from ACT Network     46,458


Ms. Genevieve Jacques		Thor-Arne Prois		Rev. Rudolf Hinz
Director			ACT Coordinator		Director
WCC/Cluster on Relations				LWF/World Service




REQUESTING ACT MEMBER

Church of Uganda



IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION

The programme is to be implemented by East Ankole Diocese of the Church of
Uganda

East Ankole Diocese is one of the 28 dioceses which make up the Province
of the church of Uganda. It today occupies the administrative districts of
Mbarara and part of Ntungamo in the south-western part of Uganda which
borders with Tanzania and Rwanda.


The diocese has a Planning and Development Office that implements
emergency relief work and its rehabilitation and development activities
are co-ordinated by the Diocesan Planning and Development officer (DPDO).  
It has a Relief Committee and a Board of planning and Development. This
office links up with Provincial Planning, Development and Rehabilitation
office (PDR) and down to the grassroots parishes. It has been implementing
these programme since its establishment in 1974. The most recent emergency
programme implemented through the East Ankole Diocese is a famine relief
programme (still on going) of which ACT is the main contributor.



DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION

Background

Hundreds of displaced persons of Ugandan origins are fleeing back to
Uganda from Tanzania.  According to the information gathered from the
displaced, the government of Tanzania, through the District Commissioner
of Karagwe, announced that all non-citizens should leave the country
within 30 days from 1 December 2000 or apply for citizenship which costs
TZ shs 600,000. These "aliens" were Ugandans who had emigrated to Tanzania
from south-western Uganda due to land pressure.  Being poor peasants, thy
went looking for land and did not take the initiative to seek citizenship
and consequently, remained in the country illegally.

The situation has been aggravated by allegations that an "alien" belonging
to the opposition in the Karagwe area was voted into parliament by fellow
"aliens".  Many of the "aliens" are poor peasants who have no possibility
to raise TZ Shs 600,000 and have been harassed, threatened and pressurised
until they gave in and left Tanzania for Uganda through Kikagate.

Those of Rwandan origin and others were taken to the UN refugee camps of
Oruchinga and Nakivale.  As they arrived at the border the police
responsible handed them to the nearest local government administration of
Kikagata Sub-County, who camped them on Sub-County land where they remain.  
The Church of Uganda pastor, whose church neighbours the Sub-County
Headquarters has been instrumental in their pastoral care, especially
counselling and requesting his congregation to assist the displaced with
food and other necessities.  However, in spite of locals being willing to
help, they also are suffering a severe food shortage.  What food they
could spare has been exchanged for labour by the displaced.  Some
displaced had a few possessions they were able to sell either in exchange
for food or money to buy food.  However, now the situation is such that
the displaced have no possessions to sell and the locals have no money and
no food to spare.  The displaced now have to travel 5 - 15 km from the
camp to look for food.  This exacerbates the already dire situation,
especially for women who are pregnant or have small babies. The district
representative for the Ministry of Disaster and Preparedness carried out a
needs assessment and appealed to the Ministry for assistance. To date, no
response has been forthcoming.

Those who know their places of origin were allowed to join their relatives
while those who had been in Tanzania for many decades and could not
remember or who had no proof of their place of origin stayed at the camp
waiting for a Government decision.  These will be the targetted
beneficiaries of the current proposal.


Current Emergency Situation

The displaced/refugees arrived at the Camp on 28 December 2000 with very
few belongings - only what they could carry.  Hence very few have clothes,
bedding and cooking utensils.  The camp area is a wasteland with no trees
or grass for construction of temporary shelters and no food.  Relations
are also strained with the local people, who are themselves suffering from
a severe shortage of food due to the 1999-2000 drought that caused famine
and severe food shortages.

Many of the displaced/refugees are becoming sick with malaria, diarrhoea
and other diseases caused by poor sanitation, lack of shelter and food.  
Three children have died of malaria, aggravated by pneumonia, malnutrition
and lack of medical care.  Malnutrition of children, both below 5 years
and over is very high.  However, this may not just be due to a their
current situation but also their living conditions in Tanzania.

The displaced /refugees have been divided into 3 groups each with two
leaders (a man and a woman) to help keep harmony within the camp.  Some
Government health workers from Kikagate Health Centre sometimes visit the
camp.  They carry out some sensitisation on sanitation and provide medical
care to those who can pay the bills.

This proposal is for 3 months relief assistance and the Diocese is
meanwhile consulting with the government to find out where the displaced
can be resettled.  Once more information is available, this proposal may
be revised.



Impact on Human  Lives.                                          

There are a total of 726 persons in the camp of whom 146 are men, 153 are
women and 421 are children.  At the time of assessment, 43 people were
sick - 30 children, 8 women, 2 elderly persons and 3 men. Furthermore, 3
children had died at the time of the assessment.  These people have no
shelter or food and sanitation is poor, although they have dug some
temporary pit latrines.  They lack bedding, clothing, cooking utensils and
fuel for cooking.  There is medicine available, but it is not free and the
people cannot afford to pay even for the most basic needs.  There is also
a need to sensitise the people on disease prevention and sanitation.



Emergency Statistic

The government and UN officials also carried out an assessment - 142 men,
149 women, 416 children and 3 elderly totalling 707 persons - 19 persons
less than the Church of Uganda assessment.  The reason for this being that
the Church of Uganda's assessment was carried out later and more refugees
had joined the camp.



Location for Proposed Response

The programme will respond to the needs of those people who are at the
Kikagate camp. The Camp is located near Kikagate church - Uganda Parish
and Kikagate Sub-county headquarters. It is 76 kms from Mbarara town
through Mbarara - Kikagate Marram road.

According to the Church of Uganda structure and experience in emergency
programmes, with the help of the areas Pastor, the two (male and female)
leaders in each group and the local area leaders, the diocese has the
capacity to implement the programme.

At the time of writing this appeal, no other organisation had shown any
serious interest in assisting the people. Aid organisations operational in
the area appear to be oriented more to development than emergency relief.  
As there are UN camps in the area and a Red Cross office, other
organisations seem to have left all relief activities to them.  However,
the UN and Red Cross in the area appear to deal with refugees only - this
was seen clearly in drought and subsequent famine which hit the area in
1999 - no other organisation participated in relief except for the
government and ACT through the Church of Uganda.

The government officials at the moment are engaged in presidential
election campaign, so the people are left to their own devices in a
hopeless situation.




GOAL & OBJECTIVES

The goal is to assist the displaced people at Kikagate Camp have access to
human basic needs for a period of 3 months.

Objectives.
To supply 11.25 tons of maize flour to 500 people over a period of 3 months.
To supply 11.025 tons of pulses (Beans/Peas) to 500 people over a period
   of 3 months.
To supply 1,125 litres of oil to 500 people.
To supply 1.125 tons of salt to 500 people.
To distribute 5 lorries of poles for shelter construction to 162 families.
To distribute 162 tarpaulins of 5m X 4m size to 162 families.
To distribute 50 bails of assorted second hand clothes and bedding to 726
   people.
To supply 25 lorries of fire wood for 3 months to 162 families.



TARGETED BENEFICIARIES.

The programme will target 500 most vulnerable people in the camp including
300 children, 144 women, 50 men and 6 elderly persons with food relief.

It will also target 162 families with shelter materials and fire wood
while 726 people will benefit from assorted clothes.  The group leaders,
the area pastor, area local leaders and DPDO will select the
beneficiaries.



PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

Food
11.25 tons of maize flour.
11.025 tons of pulses
1,125 litres of vegetable oil.
1.125 tons of salt

Others
162 tarps/plastic sheets
5 Lorries of construction poles.
50 bails of assorted clothes 
25 lorries of fire wood.


The Assistant DPDO, relief workers assisted by the camp group leaders and
local leaders will carry out the distribution of the above over a period
of 3 months with each person receiving the following rations per day:
Maize flour - 250 grms 
Pulses - 245 grms 
Vegetable oil - 25 ml
Salt - 0.5 ml.  


These rations are commensurate with rationing used by the Red Cross in the
area.
 
Meanwhile the Church of Uganda is trying to put pressure on the Government
to intervene especially regarding provision of medical care and resettling
of these people in a better area.  However the response is still very
poor.



ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, MONITORING & REPORTING

Diocesan Level

A Management Committee has been created and is composed of 10 people as
follows:

Diocesan Secretary
Zonal Programme Officer (PDR Representative)
Diocesan Peace & Justice Officer (Secretary)
Diocesan Planning & Development Officer
Diocesan Treasurer
4 Committee Members
Chairman, Diocesan Board of Planning & Development (Chairperson)


Parish Level
The Management Committee will be composed of 6 people namely:

Parish Priest (Chairperson)
Secretary for Planning & Development
Parish Mothers Union Leader
Parish Treasurer
Parish Youth Worker
Local Council Administration Representative



The church has very elaborate structures, from the diocesan level to the
archdeaconry and then to the village /parish level.  These structures are
in place and will be used for identification and distribution to the most
vulnerable.


Monitoring

Monitoring will be carried out by the Diocesan Planning and Development
Officer/Relief Co-ordinator and government officials.


Reporting

Will be done by the Diocesan Planning and Development Officer.



IMPLEMENTATION TIME TABLE

Three months - 1 March - 31 May 2001.



CO-ORDINATION

The Church of Uganda is ready to co-operate with any relief organisation
that is willing to assist the displaced.  At present, there are no
organisation that show any interest in the situation.



BUDGET

Discription	Type of 	No of	Unit Cost	Budget	Budget
	Unit	Units	Ug Shs	Ug Shs	US$
Food					
Maize Flour	Tons	11.25	700,000	7,875,000	4,632
Pulses (beans, peas etc	Tons 	11.025	800,000	8,820,000	5,188
Vegetable oil	Litres	1,125	1,500	1,687,500	993
Salt	tons	1.125	600,000	675,000	397
Sub Total				19,057,500	11,210
					
Non-food
Tarpaulin	Metres	810	12,000	9,720,000	5,717
Poles	Lorry trips	5	700,000	3,500,000	2,059
Assorted clothing	Bails	50	400,000	20,000,000	11,765
Fire wood	Lorry trips	25	300,000	7,500,000	4,412
Sub total				40,720,000	23,953
					
Transportation					
Truck Rental & Related Cost	???	12	300	3,600,000	2,117
Monitoring transport	Trips	30	100	3,000,000	1,765
				6,600,000	3,882
					
Storage & Handling				
Storage Charges		90	20,000	1,800,000	1,059
Labour loading & unloading	Persons	30	20,000	600,000	353
				2,400,000	1,412
					
Staff Salaries & support					
DPDO (Co-ordinator)	Months	3	600,000	1,800,000	1,059
Asst. DPDO	Months	3	400,000	1,200,000	706
Accountant	Months	3	300,000	900,000	529
Audit	Months	3	300,000	900,000	529
DPDO's Secretary	Months	3	200,000	600,000	353
2 Relief workers	Months	3	150,000	450,000	265
Volunteers' stipends	Months	3	150,000	450,000	265
Field per-Diem	Months	3	200,000	600,000	353
Sub total 				6,900,000	4,059
					
Office Operations				
Stationary and supplies	Months	4	200,000	800,000	471
Office maintenance	Months	4	100,000	400,000	235
Telephone & Fax	Months	4	200,000	800,000	471
				2,000,000	1,177
					
Audit & Internal Evaluation				1,000,000	588
									
Other Administration Costs				
Bank charges				300,000	176

TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDURE			78,977,500	46,458					

Exchange Rate:  1 US$ = 1,700 Ug Shs


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