Action for Poverty Reduction and Livestock Modernisation in Karamoja (ARELIMOK)

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ARELIMOK is an Ugandan community-based NGO, founded in 2002 by young Karamojong with the aim to solve conflicts among rival ethnic groups.
Last updated: July 2015

Action for Poverty Reduction and Livestock Modernization in Karamoja (ARELIMOK) is a Ugandan humanitarian non-governmental organisation. It was founded in 2002 by young Karamojong, with the aim to solve conflicts among rival ethnic groups. It also works on poverty alleviation and improvement of the socio-economic conditions in Karamoja.

ARELIMOK supports peacebuilding efforts in Karamoja involving various groups including local elders, youth, women and former combatants. It is part of the Moroto district peace committee and, in its ten years of existence, ARELIMOK has successfully organised annual peace meetings between warring groups in the region.

ARELIMOK is a member of LASPNET.


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