The Karamoja Cluster is one of the three clusters; (the other being Moyale and Mandera Cluster in the North and North Easter parts of Kenya) covered by the Cross Border Community Resilience (CBCR) project. Karamoja clusters covers 4 neighboring countries of Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Kenya and this Master Plan is a comprehensive document that outlines actions for resilience building in the cluster. It provides a common vision for resilience improvement in the entire region, as well as a clear comprehension of the actions to be taken across multiple sectors to improve community resilience.

The Karamoja Master Plan was developed by reviewing development and community resilience needs in each of the five corridors- Amudat- Kacheliba, Moroto-Loima- North Pokot, Kabong- Kotido- Turkana West, Kapoeta-Lokichogio and Dassanech- Nga’atom-Turkana corridors that constitute the Karamoja cluster and came up with specific areas of priorities, namely; economic empowerment, good governance, peacebuilding and conflict management, natural resources management and women empowerment. It thus provides a common vision for resilience improvement in the entire region, as well as a clear comprehension of the actions to be taken across multiple sectors to improve community resilience.

The Master Plan is a result of joint efforts by partners working in the Karamoja cluster to enhance economic growth, protect the environment, foster women rights and enhance the empowerment of youth, and women. The Plan thus proposes concrete actions that promote peaceful co-existence of communities by strengthening synergies that ensure efficient utilization of resources in order to sustainably build resilience for current and future generations. It is the document to go to when working Karamoja Cluster for Government and Non- Governmental Agencies in the 4 countries that fall under this cluster today and in the days to come. Cross Border Community Resilience (CBCR)