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Project information
relief for flood victims
In parts of the region heavy rains have destroyed the crops and homes of thousands of very poor communities resulting in high incidence of malaria and hunger .The need is to provide food aid ,means to reestablish food production and mosquito nets for large numbers of families to help them recover
January 2011 - March 2011
Charity information: teso development trust

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Need
Need
hunger,disease,community disruption .homelessness in a very poor community that has suffered from insurgency and drought in the past 5 years
Solution
provision of food aid ,the means to reestablish farming and protection against mosqitoes
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Aims
Aim 1
to provide urgent food aid
Activities
» provision of consignments of urgent food basic s
What success will look like
Success will be.in the survival of the community and nil malnutrition
Aim 2
to provide seeds for agriculture
Activities
» consignmenst of seed and cassava roots
What success will look like
Success will be.establshmenst of health new crops next spring
Aim 3
to protect against outbreaks of malaria
Activities
» mosquiot net supply and basic health education
What success will look like
Success will be.no increase in the level of malaria
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Impact
Impact
stabilsation of a disrupted community and better long term food security
Risk
long expereince of our partners in undertaking thsi work who are locally based and know the community well
Reporting
website reports snf we publsih a quarterly newsletter based on feedback reports from our Teso partners on the ground
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Budget
Budget - Project Cost: £22,500
Loading graph....Amount Heading Description £2,500 administration transport ,procurement costs £5,000 health mosquito nets at £3 each £10,000 food aid beans and maize £5,000 agriculture seed and cassava roots Current Funding / Pledges
Source Amount donations £3,000 Guaranteed -
Background
Location
amuria in the north part of the Teso region,Uganda
Beneficiaries
a population that suffered from complete destruction in the LRA insurgency of 2003/4 and has been slowly reurning to normal despite flooding in 2007 and drought in 2008 .Some live in temporary camps with minimal facilities -the poorest of the poor
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Why Us?
Why Us?
we have worked in the region for 25 years with our local Church partners who are locally based
Read more about the Charity running this project.
People
Dave Watts
the administrator in UK who liases with our Teso delivery partners and the funders ,donors and supporters in the UK
Stephen Okiror
undertakes the delivery in Teso as development officer for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God