2009 Advocate Evalyne Achan

After HRAP, 2009 Advocate Evalyne Achan co-founded the Charity for Rural Development (CHAFORD), which facilitates various socio- economic interventions in communities impacted by the armed conflict, such as their village savings loans associations and land rights groups. Evalyne is also serving as the Community and Government Liaison Officer for Winrock International’s Northern Uganda Development of Enhanced Local Governance, Infrastructures, and Livelihoods Program. Evalyne’s work helps local communities and governments in northern Uganda to develop strong and transparent processes, build roads and schools, provide drinking water, and establish rural health and sanitation facilities. Evalyne leads a meeting between community members, other Winrock representatives, and U.S. Senator Christopher Andrew Coons and his team to discuss a USAID/NUDEIL program in Uganda.