Uganda Archives - Page 18 of 19 - Oxfam Policy & Practice

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Rebuilding Communities in a Refugee Settlement: A casebook from Uganda

01/01/1998

1 documents

199 pages long

Languages: English

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This book gives a critical account of a complex and ambitious refugee-settlement programme in support of 55,000 refugees who fled in 1993 from armed conflict in south Sudan into a remote and insecure region of north-west Uganda. In helping refugees to rebuild self-reliant, sustainable communities, Oxfam’s vision was to treat them “as people with their […]

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Gender and Migration

01/01/1998

1 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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The articles in this collection explore the vast array of different reasons for women and men moving within and outside their native countries, whether it be for employment, upon marriage, or in the midst of conflict. The authors stress the importance of seeing an individual migrant in her or his context as a member of […]

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Gender, Religion, and Spirituality

01/01/1998

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

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Religion and spirituality are central to the lives of , women and men across the world, yet mainstream development policy and practice rarely take account of this fact. This collection of articles explores the complex links between social and economic development and religious and spiritual belief, and assesses the costs to development of ignoring these […]

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Research Round-up

01/05/1997

4 pages long

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Research round-up based upon ‘REFLECT: A new approach to literacy and social change’. Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) is an approach to adult literacy programmes which borrows from Paolo Freire’s `active dialogue’ method and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. Developed by ACTIONAID, the authors describe and assess the use of REFLECT in […]

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Development for Health: Selected articles from Development in Practice

01/01/1997

1 documents

114 pages long

Languages: English

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The achievement of ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’ has been the declared goal of the international community for almost 20 years. The 1978 Alma Ata Declaration acknowledged that health and well-being depend as much on social justice and community participation as on technical or medical interventions. Yet, with deepening economic disparity within and […]

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

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In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

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NGOs and the State: a case study from Uganda

01/08/1996

8 pages long

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An analysis is presented of research carried out in 1995, focusing on programmes funded by an NGO, Oxfam, as the basis of a case study of the Ugandan health sector. The involvement of NGOs in service provision for the state in Uganda is discussed together with the changing trends in aid distribution and what they […]

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Women Employment and Exclusion

01/01/1996

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

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Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change […]

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Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

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What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

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Project Notes: Widows’ and orphans’ property disputes: the impact of AIDS in Rakai District, Uganda

01/11/1995

6 pages long

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A survey in the Rakai District in 1989 put the number of orphans at 25,000; by 1991 a population census counted 44,000, a growth the author attributes to the AIDS pandemic. The Child Social Care Project (CSCP) in Rakai works with widows and orphans to address their property rights, seeking to reduce the vulnerability of […]

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