Relationship between Ugandan Red Cross Society Activities And Peace Building in Nametsi Parish, Bukalasi Sub- County, Bududa District.

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the relationship between Ugandan Red Cross Society activities and peace building in Nametsi parish, Bududa district, Uganda. The study was guided by three research objectives; to examine the relationship between saving lives and peace building in Nametsi Parish, to examine the relationship between URCS supporting livelihood and peace building in Nametsi and to examine the relationship between promoting human dignity and peace building in Nametsi Parish. Three null hypotheses were derived directly from the foregone objective respectively. The study Correlation survey design was used to relate information gathered from different categories of respondents connected to URCS Activities with peace building in Nametsi Parish. A sample selection of 259 was drawn from population of 674 employing both census and sampling. Data obtained through Questionnaires and Interview was analyzed. The null hypotheses of the study were tested using Regression Analysis. The finding showed URCS that saving people’s lives would lead to the variation in the peace building activities by 8.6%. And respect of people dignity would experience the variations in peace building activities by 12.8%. These were firmly supported by qualitative views of the respondents. It is recommended that, URCS should intensified more resources on saving people’s lives and promoting human dignity in Nametsi Parish, Nametsi Parish community should stick to the advice given by the relief organizations which serves as early warning mechanism and more stakeholders should engaged in peace building activities, it was concluded that the activities of URCS should dictate the relationship between peace building as far shown by the predictors which is saving lives.