APINO Saving Lives now & future Project Action for People in Need Organization(APINO) and DANIDA Strategic Partnership project will promote positive social change among South Sudanese refugees and host communities in Uganda and back in South Sudan. Peace building is a core agenda because without it society cannot be productive. Many South Sudanese were traumatized because of the conflicts that negatively affected them in various ways ranging from losing their livelihood as well their beloved one who got killed or died on the way from South Sudan as they try to find safety in the neighbouring Country Uganda.
To address the challenges, in 2016 South Sudanese Musician <(>&<)> Activist Lupai Moses Cisona founded Lupai Music Foundation, a first initiative that worked to provide trauma healing and peace building activities inRhino settlement  Camp and Bidi Bidi through live music concerts and the first concert was held in Ofua 3, in Rhino Camp, it was a historical moment that later led to transformation of Lupai Music Foundation into Action for People In Need Organization that is whythe main office was established in Ofua 3, Rhino settlement Camp Arua district West Nile Region of Uganda. From single and informalinitiative, Lupai Music Foundation was transformed in  to community based organization now known as APINO, it has incorporated Men and Women, Girls and Boys who now own APINO.To balance gender, APINO focused more on women more especially on our livelihood component and education.
APINO#s thematic areas are Peace Building, Trauma Healing <(>&<)> Reconciliation, Livelihood and Economic Empowerment. With its main Office in Ofua 3, Rhino Camp, APINO have field volunteers in Imvepi and Omugo Refugees Settlements in Arua District hence the areas of operations includes Rhino, Imvepi and Omugo. The beneficiaries of its interventions includes Women, Men, Youths, community leaders who are refugees and the host communities.

This project aims to engage, inform, and create awareness among therefugees and equip them with knowledge on peace building and conflicts management, COVID-19 awareness and prevention measures through training of community peace and covid-19 volunteers, conducting community sensitization through awareness creation/sessions, radio talk shows, radio drama, conducting community engagement with refugees welfare councils and religious leaders, youths, men and women.
The project implementation will be overseen by the Executive Board while being implemented by the Executive Director (ED), Program Coordinator, Project Officer (PO), and the Peace and Covid-19 Community Volunteers (PCVs), and Finance Officer. All these individuals have extensive experience in working with the communities and supervising programming, documentation. The implementing partner (APINO) will require funds from the donor to facilitate activities and procurement of project items. APINO will coordinate and facilitate all other project activities as listed above under each objective. All the project beneficiaries will be mobilized to assist and participate in the awarenesscreation on Covid-19 and engagement on Peace Building and Conflict Management among refugees# members.
Covid-19 door to door Campaigns will be used to create awareness and training on peace building and conflicts management will strongly equip the refugees with knowledge on the issues mentioned. Besides the campaigns, are dialogues involving recorded drama program which can be played on radio to educate the communities with regards to Covid-19 and Peace Building, trainings will be held in theseven villages of Ofua Zone. All selected locations for these dialogues will be carefully chosen based on the proposal guideline. These interactions will be documented, recorded and played in other parts of the country through radio stations/media outlets.
APINO will work in collaboration with the aforementioned community structures to undertaken follow up action plans, recommendation and promoting peace among the refugees various refugee settlements in Uganda.  APINO will train the religious leaders through the establishment of religious networks from the project sites to ensure that the messages are standardized, effective and clear. The trained members will use the key messages to carry out awareness and sensitization on Covid -19 and Peace Building and conflictmanagement.
The peace building is particularly well-suited to undertaking advocacy because it is comprised of multiple organizations and individualswho can speak with one voice on a particular issue. A collective voice is often much stronger than a solitary voice, and speaking out collectively avoids backlash being directed at a lone individual or organization, especially when an issue is controversial or difficult. The media network will be used to help in conveying accurate information on Covid-19, peace issues, expose injustice, promote accountability, and generate dialogues, increase trust and confidence among the refugees, fulfill donor#s obligation, make APINO as an organization visible, educate the local community about available gender based violence services, communicate advocacy messages and raise awareness about issues and problems in the communities in which we work and the media also Say things we cannot. The Media Network established with the support of APINO as this will engage them in airing of jingles on radio stations and playing recorded drama in the mentioned project sites. The APINO will also work with local leaders, youths, men and various women Groups included in awareness and sensitization on Covid-19 through recorded drama, forums, focus groups discussions, Jingles and Workshops.