CO-ONL Discretionary funds 2017/18 Discretionary funds from Oxfam Novib will finance program costs of Country Offices executed through partner organizations.
The Hornof Africa is prone to recurrent episodes of disasters with their severity differing with the regions and the countries being affected. According to the ED-MAT database1, the countries which constitute the Horn of Africa experience drought, floods, epidemics and conflict as the major disasters within their communities with up to a cumulative figure of 22,674,679 people having been affected between 2011 to 2015 by drought alone. The new Sendai DRR framework2 offers a 15-year strategy for resilience building at the global tothe local level with four key pillars highlighting how resilience can be strengthened. This follows similar commitments by Africa Union through the regional strategy for disaster risk reduction in July 2004 and initiatives by the East African communities to reduce disaster risk within the region. Resilience programming by the Intergovemental Authority on Development (IGAD) was accelerated by the 2011drought, which affected more than 13 million people across the region. Resilience programming was as a result of the IGAD heads of state meeting in Nairobi in September 2011 and committing to address the root causes of drought within the IGAD countries. Among the mechanisms and initiatives which the Member States has initiated to contribute to the achievement of resilience building in the region is the IGAD Drought Disasters Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) platform. At the country level, the IDDRSI strategy has been localized into 7 country programme papers (CPP) mainly Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan. On the other hand a regional programme paper ( RPP) focusing on cross border programming has been developed and is being coordinated by IGAD programme coordination unit. Since 2011, there has been no efforts from the stakeholders and the Member States toassess the progress of IDDRSI with respect to contributionin drought resilience building among the target countries.

In Uganda, Both the Development and humanitarian systems are under pressure. Crises are increasing in frequency, scale as well as complexity. Since last summer we have been confronted with an unprecedented high number of crises; the humanitarian and development agencies in Uganda have had to respond to a long list of crises both human and climate induced, The climate induced being droughts, floods and epidemics grossly affecting the livelihoodsof the rural poor and more especially women.   The other human induced crises include the South Sudan, Burundi, DRC Congo, Somalia and Central Africa refugee influx in Uganda.

Each of these crises brings about their own set of challenges, varying fromaccess/ lack of knowledge on mitigation and adaptation by vulnerable communities to a lack of financial resources and the political interests paralyzing the provision of aid and substantial support for risk reduction.
Uganda is vulnerable to the impactsof climate change and climate variability. Since 1960, mean countrywide annual temperatures have risen by 1.3o C. Climate projections developed by the Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) suggest increased temperatures of between 2°C and 2.5°C by 2046-2065, together with increased levels of rainfall. The Uganda NAPA estimates that up to 90 percent of the country#s natural disasters are climate related.