Daily writing prompt

Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?

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CPAR Uganda is no longer a relief aid provider as it was in the 1990s, while the insurgency in Northern Uganda raged and in the early 2000s contributing to enabling war impacted communities to rebuild.

Since 2008, when CPAR Uganda was formally registered as a nonprofit company that is is limited by liability and is without share capital, our focus is now knowledge generation and human capital development.

Our mission is to stimulate the development, dissemination and widespread application of technologies suitable and adaptable to the social, cultural, economic conditions of Uganda.

In the past CPAR Uganda engaged in providing for war impacted communities – drilling boreholes, building health care facilities, buying and distributing drugs, etc.,

Now the activities that dominate CPAR Uganda programming are training and mentoring activities, with the intention of enabling members of disadvantaged communities to acquire skills and knowledge so they may provide for themselves.

CPAR Uganda has transitioned from its initial roots as a relief aid service provider to a self-reliant participatory development service provider.

The transition is evident in changes in the CPAR Uganda Secretariat human resources and utilization of our centers. Land and buildings previously acquired and served as base camps are transformed to:

• CPAR Uganda Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre – an adult education learning and research center in Lira City.
• CPAR Uganda Social Innovation Center in Pader Town
• CPAR Uganda Medical Center in Gulu city.

It would appear CPAR Uganda has outgrown its past programming, in order to be the more relevant for the current situation of there being no war, but low quality of life prevails in our region of operation.

Whereas, it does not directly provide relief aid, it does not mean that it has necessarily lost interest in relief aid provision. Where it is necessary CPAR Uganda is open to work with and through others to provide relief aid, when the situation warrants.