MIRP is about economic self-reliance, well-being and peaceful co-existence between and among communities through a multi-year (2019-2023) and multi-sectors (Livelihoods, Education and skills training, Wash, Protection and Environment) transformative programming in Kikuube, Hoima districts and Kyangwali refugees settlement.
OUR APPROACH
Driven by evidence that the influx of refugees spreads thin the already meager resources of host communities; and cognizant of the fact that host communities themselves have nearly similar needs to those of refugees; four international NGOs are partnering in a Consortium arrangement to provide a range of locally relevant, multi-sectoral interventions across the humanitarian-development continuum which will also significantly contribute to long term development. However, moving beyond this rather simple notion of ‘continuum’, this program aims to operationalize the current-day ‘nexus’ thinking that realizes that given the complexities of such contexts, there is a need to apply humanitarian, development and peace-building models and approaches concurrently within a given context in order to respond to the diversity of needs and building upon the existing capabilities and capacities to move the social, psychological, physical, mental and economic well-being of the affected populations (host and refugees) forward collectively. Indeed, when considered in a holistic manner, the comprehensive community-based development plan seeks to impact positively on the multitude of dimensions illustrated in the accompanying schematic.