{"id":7497,"date":"2026-09-06T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arongooris.com\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=7497"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:25:45","slug":"giz-katos-land","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/arongooris.com\/index.php\/project\/giz-katos-land\/","title":{"rendered":"GIZ &#8211; Kato&#8217;s Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GIZ - Relapu - Kato&amp;apos;s land\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1224400255?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Land is history. Land is identity and Land is security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">For years, Northern Uganda, has been a source of conflict. For widows, for youth, for families already living on the edge, a land dispute rarely meant justice. It meant uncertainty. Fear that dragged on through courts that rarely moved fast enough to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Under RELAPU, (Responsible Land Policy Uganda) GIZ introduced another way. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Gender-sensitive leadership training and Community-based land mapping. Not a replacement for justice, but a faster, fairer route to it. Helping people settle disputes fairly, quickly, and peacefully, without ever setting foot in a courtroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">I documented the project as a three-part personal stories, and a body of photography. Capturing both the impact of RELAPU and the human stories behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>My Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">With the GIZ team, we travelled across Northern Uganda, interviewing local leaders, women&#8217;s groups, and families working through their disputes. Each film carries a different part of the RELAPU story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Alternative Dispute Resolution<\/em> <br>follows the community mediators themselves, women and men trained under the ADR model, sitting with families and helping them find a way through, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GIZ - RELAPU - Alternative Dispute Resolution\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1224415845?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kato&#8217;s Land<\/em> <br>belongs to the widows and vulnerable women whose claim to land is too often ignored, or contested and taken away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GIZ - Relapu - Kato&amp;apos;s land\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1224400255?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Self Financing<\/em> <br>looks at the quieter work, land demarcation and documentation, the groundwork laid today so tomorrow&#8217;s disputes never have to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GIZ - RELAPU - Self Financing\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1224410193?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">Together, they document impact, elevate the voices carrying it, and give GIZ a way to make RELAPU&#8217;s value visible to national stakeholders and international partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped 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