Our Programmes

Our current programmes involve:

• Community Participatory Governance
• Sustainable Livelihoods and IGAs
• Education and Training
• Peace research and policy advocacy
• Peacebuilding consulting

Our ongoing project involves the following:

• Establishing the Community Resource centre with modern ICT equipment and library materials

• Child sponsorship project – this project involves sponsoring disadvantaged children in schools

• Research on: religion and society; human trafficking; and, water research governance

• Sustainable livelihood projects (still in the offing)

• Building a training centre for e-learning (still in the offing)

• Consultancies: we continue to support local, national, regional and international organizations, institutions and individuals with quality consultancy services. Members of our staff have so far supported the following work: assessment of post-referendum South Sudan and its regional implication on peace and security - a research commissioned by Civil Society Organizations for Peace in Northern Uganda December 2010/Jan 2011; conflict vulnerability assessment for Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea – a study commissioned by COMESA (2010); incisive analysis of factors influencing the Lord’s Resistance Army mid-level commanders decision to abandon rebellion – a study commissioned by Conciliation Resources (UK) in DRC, CAR, Sudan and Uganda (2010).

ARiD’s strategic plan that incorporates community vision is ambitious but achievable in the long run. We are embarking on fundraising for implementing the following activities:

[hilite img="images/stories/1.jpg" title="Initiate e-community development programme " style="4"]Initiate e-community development programme ARiD strives to set up a modern and robust e-community development Resource Centre with modern environmentally friendly ICT equipments, internet services and relevant resource materials in conflict, peace and development for the purpose of: (a) educating children, youth, men, women, mentally challenged people; (b) generating and disseminating knowledge; (c) promoting access to information and communication rights; (d) enhancing community networking; and, (e) applying ICT into socio-economic, politico-cultural development, particularly in marginalized rural and urban communities and regions. Our priority in 2011 is to set up the e-Community Resource Centre which will serve as the centre of excellence for e-community development in northern Uganda. Local, national, regional and international researchers, academics and organizations will find this initiative worthwhile. Interested and like-minded parties like you will find this noble course useful in making a difference in the quest for peace and development in sub-Saharan African. [hilite img="images/stories/2.jpg" title="Establish a robust hub for community development network " style="2"]Establish a robust hub for community development network. We intend to set up a hub for volunteering, internship and fellowship programmes with effect from summer 2011. The overall goal of establishing the hub is to provide interns, volunteers and fellows with opportunities to bridge theory and practice and also learn from the various areas of expertise offered by ARiD's staff. Volunteers will find this opportunity exciting as they actively get integrated into ARiD's various research projects. Local and international volunteers will have opportunities to work with local community in Pader and Agago districts in northern Uganda. [hilite img="images/stories/3.jpg" title="Train community in life skills that encompass e-governance " style="4"]Train community in life skills that encompass e-governance that includes: community health, e-environment, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, agriculture, community based research, leadership and good governance. ARiD will establish a Centre for Alternative Education (CAE) for people whose formal education was affected by the civil war in northern Uganda. [hilite img="images/stories/4.jpg" title="Initiate community driven e-commerce " style="2"]Initiate community driven e-commerce (income generating projects) which are aimed at empowering community in a bid to reduce the level of conflict-induced poverty in the region. [hilite img="images/stories/5.jpg" title="Conducting researches and (baseline) surveys " style="4"]Conducting researches and (baseline) surveys to identify, keep abreast with, and prioritise the ever evolving community needs that require specific interventions in the greater northern Uganda. [hilite img="images/stories/6.jpg" title="Conduct demand driven consultancy services for organizations " style="2"]Conduct demand driven consultancy services for organizations, governments, institutions in ARiD areas of expertise when called upon.