The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP 2008)

Against the overarching objectives for 2008 – to save lives and facilitate recovery – the achievements of the period under review must be viewed as a qualified success. Some setbacks have been recorded, such as the sharp deterioration of the food and nutritional security situation in the Karamoja region; however, life-saving interventions scaled up in response have succeeded in reducing malnutrition and preventing excess mortality. Meanwhile, interventions under the CAP 2008 aimed at facilitating recovery have had limited impact due to the longer-term nature of such activities, as well as the marked shortage of readily available funding for recovery-oriented interventions included in the humanitarian framework. Indeed, at the mid-year review (MYR), many of the more recovery-oriented projects were removed, wholly or in part, from the CAP as the humanitarian donor community in Uganda had communicated concerns regarding constraints faced in funding recovery activities through humanitarian mechanisms. For this reason, the humanitarian community deemed it more practicable to remove such projects and pursue alternate, developmental sources of funding.

Accomplishments

Camp Management & Camp Coordination (CCCM)

Camp phase out effected in all IDP camps in Lango; and 18 camps in Teso; 10 camps to pilot phase out in Acholi
Process of handing over camp leadership from camp commandants to local councilors initiated in Gulu and Amuru.

Education

Enrollment increased by 13% in Acholi, 21% in Lango, 2% in Teso and 17% in Karamoja; increased enrollment in alternative education programmes recorded, with 69% of 3,973 children enrolled in an accelerated programme in Kitgum and Pader expected to graduate by the end of the academic year
Access to education materials improved through the distribution of school-in-a-box and recreation kits to all 1,935 primary schools in IDP camps and return areas; all 38,435 pupils in candidate classes provided with scholastic materials, while 15,758 girl candidates received hygiene kits.

Food Security and Agricultural Livelihoods

Some 1.9 million people received food assistance
Some 450,000 households provided with basic agricultural inputs across the Acholi, Teso and Karamoja regions; and 598,182 households assisted with agricultural packages (i.e. seed and livestock fairs, vouchers for work, seed multiplication, animal traction, energy-saving technologies, aquaculture, apiculture, etc)
Over 2.4 million goats in Karamoja vaccinated against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and 700,000 cattle against Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP).

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Governance, Infrastructure & Livelihoods (Early Recovery)

Quick impact interventions launched to revitalize livelihoods among returning populations, rehabilitate and/or construct community access roads and restore vegetation
Land mine risk awareness and support to land mine victims increased

Health, Nutrition & HIV/AIDS

Incidence of malaria reduced by 20% to 40% as a result of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Lango; 500,000 insecticide-treated nets distributed in Lango and Karamoja.
Access to basic health services improved through scaling up of Village Health Teams (VHTs); 160 health workers trained in northern Uganda to provide quality care to HIV/AIDS patients.
Technical support provided to Ministry of Health and districts in finalizing the national health recovery strategy and district health recovery plans.

Protection

Two gender based violence (GBV) hotline services covering half the sub-region activated in Acholi
Coverage of child protection systems significantly improved, from 25% to 60% of sub-counties in Acholi and from 48% to 55% of sub-counties in Lango
Over 80,000 children co-opted into vulnerability reduction activities (e.g. livelihoods and life skills training) in Acholi and Lango

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Safe water coverage in transit sites increased to 18 l/p/d in Pader and 14.5 l/p/d in Kitgum
Access to sanitation in camps improved from an average of 32 persons per latrine stance in 2007 to 30 persons per stance in 2008; access to sanitation increased by 15% in Gulu and Amuru

Multi-Sector

Care and maintenance provided to 146,407 refugees living in 11 settlements; population of urban refugees and asylum seekers registered for the very first time
Over 46,200 Sudanese refugees supported to return to South Sudan from the districts of Masindi, Hoima, Arua, Yumbe, Adjumani and Moyo.

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Funding Review

US$ 378 million was requested for humanitarian aid in Uganda through the revised CAP 2008. While the CAP 2008 was thus the largest in Uganda’s CAP history, it was also the least funded relative to requirements, with only 63% (US$ 327.8 million) received as at 1 December. By cluster/sector, the funding breakdown is shown below:

2008 Funding by Cluster

Funding History for Uganda CAPs

Historically, Uganda had strong funding for its CAPs, achieving an average of 76.6% of revised requirements by mid-November for the four appeals prior to CAP 2008.

Appeal Year	Original Requirements ($)	Revised Requirements ($)	Funding Committed ($)	Funding as % of Requirements
2004	127,901,055	142,880,013	112,413,460	78.7%
2005	157,656,167	188,777,892	146,212,606	77.5%
2006	222,603,257	263,983,869	208,346,171	78.9%
2007	295,931,121	345,798,602	246,103,633	71.2%
2008	373,943,491	378,270,886	237,813,021	62.9%

The top 10 donors to the CAP 2008 include: ECHO (European Union Humanitarian Aid Office); United States; Japan; United Kingdom; Sweden; Netherlands; Norway; Canada; Italy; and Denmark.

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