A sneak pick into Uganda’s refugee settlements during our Social impact Reporting initiative project running May to July 2021.

By James Chanwat KIYRANDONGO  Adolescent girls in Kirayandongo Refugee settlement are crying out for lack of sanitary towels saying that their parents and guardians are selling off what the aid agencies give them to host communities.  The girls say that their parents or guardians are short of essentials to keep the family running due to the current coronavirus…

By James Chanwat  KIRYANDONGO  Communities in Uganda are abiding by the stay home directives and wearing of facemask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, covid-19. In Rhino (Kiryandongo) and Palabek refugee settlements and its host communities, when government announced lockdown in March 2020, it took young people by surprise.  Few people could access…

By Cindy Kalita In Kyaka refugee settlement in Kyegegwa district that has more than 100,000 refugees, Mr Dindo Kayana, a Congolese refugee lives with 16 members of his family.  He says he handles between twenty to thirty cases of domestic violence at the settlement especially during the coronavirus lockdown.  “The first enemy of people is…

By Peterson Okot PALABEK The latest lockdown by the government of Uganda to prevent the spread of the deadly second wave of the coronavirus diseases, covid-19 is making life for child headed families in refugee settlements difficult. Refugee children In Palabek refugee settlement in northern Uganda Mr. Anthony Ocheng Dominic says life is extremely hard….

By Aggrey Ojok Obwoyo and Moise Mbulula Kakule In Kampala & Wakiso In Uganda, the vulnerable urban refugees continue face numerous challenges in the latest lockdown imposed on June 18, 2021. “We have no garden to harvest from. This situation is worrying us because in the last lockdown (which was more than four months in…