With\r\njoint support from Dan Church Aid (DCA), Oxfam GB and Ford Foundation, ULA has\r\nbeen implementing a community mapping project in Karamoja. The project started\r\nway back in 2009 as a pilot in Iriiri sub-county, Napak district. Towards the\r\nend of 2011, the project expanded to cover all the districts of Karamoja but\r\nmostly concentrating in Kaabong, Kotido, Napak, Moroto and Nakapiripirit.
\r\n\r\nThe community\r\nmapping process involved ground truthing to facilitate community resource\r\nplanning and decision making; community empowerment through education on\r\nharnessing common property resources; guiding and supporting traditional\r\nleaders in the identification of the common lands and its adjudication by the\r\nArea Land Committees; supporting the Ministry of Lands in developing the\r\nCertificate of Customary Ownership, the customary tenure registry and record.
\r\n\r\nResults of the community mapping project in Karamoja