Each year for the past two decades, more than 200,000 Ugandans have been affected by natural and human-induced disasters.
In 2000, for example, epidemics killed 224 people while in 2002, drought affected 655,000 people, killing 79 persons. In 2008, drought affected 750,000 people while in 2010 landslides killed about 250 people and displaced 8,500. In the same year, floods affected over 350,000 people.
