Water and conflict

Making water delivery conflict-sensitive in Uganda

Summary

Development projects impact on the lives of beneficiaries both in predictable and unpredictable ways.

In societies in conflict, they can inadvertently contribute to divisions or unintentionally fuel violence, or they can help address the causes of conflict.

This report documents how two water projects in Uganda became more conflict-sensitive, and as a result, brought many additional benefits to the recipient communities.

It highlights the experience and lessons learned from promoting conflict-sensitive development in two water projects, and seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of how these approaches can be used by development actors in water and other sectors.

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