Karamoja Indigenous and Modern Health Collaboration project (KIMHECOP)

Project period:

01.07.2018 - 01.03.2022

Granted amount:

3,000,530,- DKK

Organization:

Dialogos

Partners:

Kimhecop

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Udviklingsindsats

World goals:

Goal 1: No Poverty

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Goal 4: Quality Education

Goal 5: Gender Equality

Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Efforts take place in:

Uganda

Overall targets

To improve the health of the people and strengthen the civil society to take part in a democratic and peaceful development in Karamoja with respect to traditional cultural values.

Immediate targets

Objective 1: Improve family hygiene, nutrition, prevention and treatment of the most frequent diseases through an improved collaboration between the indigenous and modern health care system Objective 2: Improve family wellbeing by decreasing family violence, sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies. Objective 3 Improve collaboration between the trained groups and organizations working in the area of health, democracy and a peaceful development in Karamoja

Target groups

The primary target groups are 150 IHP, IBA and health care workers, 150 women and 180 school girls. These groups will convey their knowledge to the secondary target group of inhabitants (women, children and men) of the 35 villages included in the project, approximately 17,500 people.

Resume

Projektets formål er dels at øge befolknings sundhed via uddannelse og træning af traditionelle behandlere og fødselshjælpere samt skabe samarbejde med det officielle sundhedsvæsen samt at etablere og uddanne piger og kvinde i distriktet Nakapiripirit i Karamoja regionen, som er underforsynet på alle områder. Det er essentielt at bakke befolkningens muligheder op for at deltage i styrkelse af civilsamfundet. KIMHECOP har hidtil arbejdet sammen med Dialogos om lignende aktiviteter baseret i andre distrikter i Karamojaregionen med fine resultater og vist sig at være en betydningsfuld aktør, specielt på grund af, at organisationen er stiftet og drives af Karimojong selv, som den eneste NGO i området. Dette giver stor legitimitet hos befolkningen og stor velvilje og anerkendelse hos myndighederne.