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For many of the affected people, this would mean

returning to their homes after a 20-year absence.

However, during the decades-long conflict, all forms

of infrastructure to support human habitation had

been destroyed and the environment had been greatly

degraded.

Government soon realised that this task could not be

handled without assistance and created a framework to

bring together different stakeholders in order to find a way

forward. The post-conflict plan was dubbed the Peace,

Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) and was created

to support the following key areas:

• strengthening the state

• rebuilding and empowering communities

• revitalising the economy

• peace-building and reconciliation.

The plan also included elimination of terrorist threat

to stability, building of security and access roads,

water, revival and re-enhancement of education,

emergency relief, health and immunisation, farming

for food security and income generation as well as the re-

education and orientation of the minds and hearts

Recovery from the

ravages of war

When the guns went silent in 2006 the Ugandan

government found itself with yet another

challenge, this time returning and resettling the

internally displaced people to their original homes.

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