International aid - types & impacts on Uganda ‘Uganda: A Case Study of a LIC’ by Owen and Witts 2017 and associated resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Starter: Your teacher will give you a token as you enter the room Starter: Your teacher will give you a token as you enter the room. You must decide which charity to donate this to. Look at the charities described on the boxes in the room, then decide which box to put your token in. Be ready to justify your choice. Would you donate your own money to this cause?

Charity 1: Hearts-Vision ‘Hearts-Vision is a Non Government Organization (NGO) working with street children in Uganda. We provide vulnerable children with food, medicine, clothing, shelter and education. Our aim is to help to resettle children in a family. Either with their parents or, if not possible, a foster carer. We also offer support to reunited families, so that their children don't have to go back to living on the streets. We want to provide income generating activities for older street children, enabling them to learn set up a small business to help them break the poverty cycle.’ From: http://hearts-vision.com/

Charity 2: Oxfam International ‘In Uganda, Oxfam's focus is on supporting those affected by conflict, lobbying for peace, rights of nomadic herders, and livelihoods.’ ‘We continue to raise awareness of the conflict and lobby for action to be taken to end the fighting. We provide clean water and sanitation to those living in camps. Oxfam supports around 230,000 people to rebuild their livelihoods through provision of essential services - such as water and sanitation – and supporting agricultural development and other livelihoods initiatives through provision of agricultural inputs, extension support, trainings and production assets. We believe that fundamental change in Uganda will only come with a shift in government and donor policies. We provide funding and technical expertise to many non-government organizations across Uganda, both to help them implement projects and to support their campaigns on behalf of disadvantaged groups.’ From: https://www.oxfam.org/en/countries/uganda

Charity 3: Save the Children ‘Ugandan families and communities struggle to access healthcare, education and other basic services and young children often suffer disproportionately. ‘ ‘Save the Children will continue to focus on protection, education, health, and food and economic security activities and how these initiatives can be more closely integrated. For example, protecting children will be a crosscutting theme across all programs. Our HIV/AIDS and orphaned and vulnerable children activities will be coupled with food security and economic opportunities programs. In addition, we will expand education initiatives so that more hard-to-reach children can attend and remain in school, and continue to tackle critical issues for pastoralist and fishing communities.’ From: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6150481/k.C0C1/Uganda. htm

Charity 4: Sign Health Uganda & Signal ‘Sign Health Uganda (SU) is a NGO formed in 2009, to promote equitable access to social services and opportunities for Deaf children and their families in Uganda through advocacy, cost effective and sustainable services.’ From: http://www.signhealthuganda.org/signhealthuganda.org/index.html

Charity 5: WaterAid ‘WaterAid has been working in Uganda for 30 years, focusing on the nine districts where people are most in need. We partner with local organisations to find appropriate and sustainable solutions for each area. We believe that working with local community organisations is just as important as working with governments to create change. Supporting local communities to build their own solutions, we encourage people to take ownership of projects to ensure they are in control of changes to their environment.’ From:http://www.wateraid.org/where-we-work/page/uganda

Lesson Objectives Know types of international aid found in Uganda Understand the impact of this aid on Uganda

Key Term: International Aid Money, goods and services given by the government of one country to another or a multilateral institution such as the World Bank or International Monetary Fund to help the quality of life and economy of another country.

Types of Aid International aid is ‘any action by a government or a citizen of one country, which helps to promote economic development in another country’ (Kazimbazi & Alexander 2011) International aid to African countries is mainly one of 3 types financial support - technical support - food aid Between 2003 and 2012 Uganda received more than $16 billion in official development assistance (ODA). Aid forms approximately 10% of Uganda’s GDP. In 2011 officials in the prime minister’s office were found to have embezzeled $13 million in foreign aid, leading to some donors withholding ODA.

Top down or bottom up? Some aid projects are top down - money is given to the government to spend on projects in its country. These are usually large scale projects. Other aid projects are bottom up - they work with people in need, helping them directly. These are usually small scale projects.

Bilateral or multilateral aid? When countries give money to an organisation such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), who then pay it out to countries in need, this is known as multilateral aid. If one country gives money to another country this is bilateral aid. This often takes the form of conditional aid, where the donor country benefits in some way from the agreement i.e. the recipient country may agree to buy certain products from the donor country.

Short term or long term? Short term aid is also known as emergency aid. It is sent in response to a crisis and may include providing food, water, shelter and medical supplies. Long term aid aims to help the country develop in the future. It often involves schemes to improve farming, education or health care.

TASK: Exploring aid in Uganda Carry out your own research to explore examples of international aid in Uganda. Complete a notes table in your book to show the impact each has in Uganda. Consider benefits and limitations. Aid Scheme Benefits to Uganda? Limitations? Hearts-Vision Oxfam Save the Children Sign Health Uganda WaterAid

Reflection... Would you like to change which box you put your token in now, or are you happy with your first choice? Why?

Homework (Flipped learning) What was the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign about?