In an effort to reduce attacks on villagers in rural areas, the government mandated mass relocations to Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps, forcing over 1 million people to leave their homes. This shifted an entire populous of farmers away from their land; driving them from their livelihood and leaving them dependent on humanitarian aid. In 2006 a cease-fire was finally reached, and over the last 2 years regional stability has steadily increased. Although permanent peace talks were exceedingly hopeful for some time, they have recently all but dissipated, and Kony, at least rhetorically, has emphasized his determination to continue fighting. Thus far, however, the Ugandan military has kept the LRA outside of their country's borders, and Ugandan citizens are still being reassured that it is safe to return home. But even with a belief in national security, the path of recovery is a long and exhausting one, and the process of returning hundreds of thousands of people to their homes, settling land ownership disputes, re-settling ignored property, clearing away land mines, re-integrating returning abductees, and overcoming the trauma of a two-decades war remain daunting tasks for the numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the region.