The purpose of this study is to inform future USAID programming in LRA-affected areas through two parallel tasks and one synthesis task. Task 1 is a situational analysis—or needs assessment—whereby IBTCI identified the immediate needs from a sampling of LRA-affected communities that have been affected by, or are at risk from, the LRA and describes the impacts of the LRA in the identified communities. Task 2 is a process evaluation that will test the theory of change of existing and previous US-funded C-LRA programming by answering eight discrete questions about USAID’s C-LRA programming. Task 3, the synthesis task, provides actionable recommendations to USAID on how perceived and actual outputs, outcomes, and relative impacts of its programming can inform future C-LRA programming in LRA-affected areas of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR). The primary audience for this report is USAID.
