The project aims to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of the women and children in terms of shelter and protection from human rights and sexual abuses by the community and military before their departure, as well as facilitate their dignified return to their home country DRC. The project will pay particular attention to the women and children health situation, including the women's reproductive health, and to the children's right to be recognized as being born in Uganda.

This action will address the root causes of inter communal conflict in slum populations by addressing sources of grievances and by strengthening community cohesion around shared development assets. More specifically, the action will provide employment opportunities and basic local services, as well as preventing conflict in marginalised communities in urban slums of Uganda.

Through this project IOM aims to enhance basic services in the health and education sector in Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Kamwenge district. A surgical operating theatre will be constructed within the Rwamwanja Health Centre (HC) and fitted with appropriately specified single room theatre equipment, a standard anaesthetic machine and other items using Uganda Ministry of Health Centre IV guidelines. IOM will also install solar energy system for lighting, a generator to supply power during operations, a rainwater harvesting system and a water storage tank.

The goal of the UN joint programme on population is to 'contribute to accelerating the onset of a beneficial demographic transition in Uganda'. The purpose of this is National, community, cultural and issue-based leadership are managing the acceleration of the down ward trend of population growth rate in Uganda.