World Vision Finland; humanitarian projects 2020

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

Ministry for Foreign Affairs will support the projects of World Vision Finland in Burundi and Uganda in 2020-21 for 1 8000 000 euros. With support from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, World Vision has implemented one-year long Disability Inclusive WASH and Livelihoods projects since 2014 in Uganda, Kenya, Iraq and Rwanda. In 2020 World Vision Finland has applied funding for similar projects in Burundi and Uganda. The projects aim to support disability inclusive water and sanitation provision and livelihoods opportunities, which strengthen food and nutrition security, and to reduce discrimination on persons with disabilities and their family members. The projects will be implemented in refugee camps. The project in Burundi, as all projects before, is for 1 year whereas the project in Uganda is for the first time for two years.