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PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY Mercy Corps Uganda programming is implemented in Karamoja, West Nile and Kampala. The programming includes activities targeting livelihoods, WASH, nutrition, market systems and youth. Mercy Corps Uganda is continuing to operate in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Programmes, offices, team members and partners are constantly adjusting to the ever-changing context so that we can continue to implement our critical activities while also keeping all stakeholders safe. GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY This position is primarily responsible to ensure staff safety in the office, work locations and while implementing programs to the best of our ability. The Mercy Corps safety strategy in our work is public health oriented and relies on systemic health and safety programming based on hazard identification, risk assessment, hazard mitigation. Strategy also focuses on keeping staff well informed by providing simple, straight-forward messaging around...

Program / Department Summary The $41 million USAID Food for Peace Activity (Apolou) and the $5 million USAID Resilience Challenge Fund (RCF) Activity support agriculturalists, agro-pastoralists, and pastoralist households living across the districts of Amudat, Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, and Moroto in Karamoja. Apolou is implemented by a consortium of actors led by Mercy Corps, including Save the Children, Whave Solutions, four local partners (KAPDA, NARWOA and Riam Riam), TUNADO, FIDA Uganda, Strong Minds and Tufts University’s Feinstein International Centre (FIC). Apolou’s goal is to “improve the overall food and nutrition security of vulnerable households in Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Amudat districts within the Karamoja region,” and has major 4 objectives as follows: Inclusive and effective governance contributes to food and nutrition security Adolescent girls, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Children under 5 are nutritionally...