{"id":3574,"date":"2018-04-06T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T05:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2018-04-06T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T05:01:12","slug":"us-govt-invests-shs277bn-to-improve-food-nutrition-security-in-karamoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/06\/us-govt-invests-shs277bn-to-improve-food-nutrition-security-in-karamoja\/","title":{"rendered":"US Gov\u2019t Invests Shs277bn to Improve Food &#038; Nutrition Security in Karamoja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced two new five-year activities, totalling Shs277billion, to improve food and nutrition security and to strengthen resilience of over 665,000 people in the Karamoja sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>Karamoja is the most nutritionally vulnerable region in Uganda and the third most vulnerable to stunting in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Despite relative peace in the region after decades of conflict and instability, high levels of poverty as well as food and nutrition insecurity remain a significant barrier to development.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3575\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3575\" src=\"http:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/karamoja-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Amb Deborah Malac with Karamoja Affairs Minister Eng John Byabagambi<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The activities will focus on improving health and nutrition, on and off-farm livelihoods, local governance and civil society, and water, sanitation and hygiene conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Both activities will strategically invest in the region\u2019s future:\u00a0 youth and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic Relief Services and its partners will implement the Nuyok Activity in the districts of Abim, Nakapiripirit and Napak.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Corps and partners will implement the Apolou Activity in the districts of Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Amudat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced two new five-year activities, totalling Shs277billion, to improve food and nutrition security and to strengthen resilience of over 665,000 people in the Karamoja sub-region. 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