CARITAS HRGF COVID-19 Project Caritas Kotido is a social development arm of Kotido Catholic Diocese located in Northern Karamoja as the consortia lead partner will implement this HRGF project with Nakere Rural Women Activist (NARWOA) is a Non-Governmental, Non-Political, Non-Religious organization established in November 2002 as a community response to humanitarian crisis in Karamoja, and Manna Development Agency (MADA) is a local non-governmental humanitarian and development organization based in Karenga Center along Nakidir, Karenga-Kapedo Highway North Karamoja sub region Uganda.  The consortium of three local actors will implement the Humanitarian Response Grant Facility project to address Covid-19 and gender based violence issues in Karamoja.  The main  objectives are:
1. Improved prevention and control of Covid-19 pandemic.
2. Enhance socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable women using dignified social safety nets.
3.Decrease and sustain Covid-19 induced gender-based violence in the community during and post covid-19 and below are the activities that the consortium will engage in:

1.1 Raise public awareness on the prevention and control of covid-19 using radio and public address systems. Risk communication is a very important activity because it increases people#s knowledge on prevention and control of COVID-19 disease.Caritas and other consortium partners are going to conduct Four (4) radio talk shows. It#s estimated that 25% of the people in north Karamoja have radios and mobile cell phones to access FM frequencies which means 150,000 people will pick the radio messages. People in areas that do not pick the FM frequencies and be reached through public address systems. Therefore Caritas and consortium members will do it for 20 days. 50,000 community members will be reached.
1.2 Provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for highly exposed individuals: COVID-19 is a very highly infectious disease with an incubation period of 2-14 days, Very high morbidity (100%) and mortality rate between 15% - 20%. This therefore means people who have high risk of exposure stand a high risk of contracting the disease and therefore they need personal protective equipment to minimize the risk.to complement government efforts in the provisionof personal protective equipment#s, The project will procure PPE for highly exposed individuals working in public places like markets, Health units schools, places of worship and the bodabodas industry. The project will procure 1000 face masks, 3000 disposable gloves and 30 infrared thermometers for three districts.
1.3 Provision of sanitation kits and consumables for use in public places such as schools, health units, prayer places, Bodabodas stages and markets etc. The project will target 15 schools, 12 markets, 15 prayer places and 15 health units. The projects will procure 57 Hand washing Kits, 300 litters of Hand Sanitizers and 300 liters of liquid soap.
1.4 Facilitate the sub county Covid-19 task forces coordination meetings on a monthly basis. The project will facilitate coordination meeting in twelve (12) sub counties in all the three target districts, a total of 48 coordination meetings in four months.
1.5 Support the joint monitoring of covid-19 response activities.
The Project will support three (3) monitoring visits to the differentdistricts of the project intervention.
2.1 Mapping of vulnerable households (GBV Survivor) (150) and street children (90) in urban and peri-urban places. Specific focus will be on female and child headed household who are survivors of GBV.
2.2 Application of cash transfer for vulnerable households and individuals. The project will support 240 participants with 150,000 in three months. Theproject will explore bank pay or mobile money pay options.

3.1 Risk communication on the prevention and control of gender-based violence and Rehabilitation and treatment of torture survivors. The project will sensitize communities through radio talk shows and radio spot messages on prevention of GBV and the referral pathway.

3.2 Psychosocial support and counseling to victims of domestic violence. The project will support referral of GBV survivors to professional Counselors in government institutions (medical facilities), religious institutions and CFPU (Child and family protection units).

3.3 Sensitization ofcommunities on the dangers of stigmatization
The project team of the consortium will conduct social mobilization campaigns on dangers of stigmatization through the radio talk shows and spot Messages.