By Alex Pithua and James Chanwat If you have teenagers in the house, you will probably understand that raising them to become responsible adults is an uphill task depending on the level of discipline and manners of the child. The…
By Alex Pithua Some refugees that had started rebuilding their lives when they came to Uganda have relapsed due to continued disruptions cause by the coronavirus disease. In the Northern Uganda City of Gulu, urban refugees who found normalcy, healing…
By James Chanwat in Palabek, Lamwo District. Palabek Refugee Settlement is located in Northern Uganda bordering south Sudan. The largest number of refugees here originate from South Sudan The settlement established on eight zones, has 67 blocks and its home…
By Aggrey Ojok Obwoyo and Moise Mbulula Kakulu As the world struggled with COVID-19 lockdown, many people were caught unaware of what the days ahead would bring. The almost one and a half year pandemic has left millions in misery…
By Annita Matsika The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in social and economic lives of families in refugee settlements. The lockdown imposed by the Ugandan government to prevent the spread of the virus bundled…
By Sabir Musa Continued fighting in South Sudan forced Ms Aduk not her real name for the sensitivity of the case, 45, together with her family to flee to Uganda in 2016. They are one of over 10,000 South Sudanese…
By James Chanwat and Cindy A. Kalita “Spending more time tilling peoples land was for our safety and feeding during the lockdown” When Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni declared a lockdown in the country in March 2020 to prevent the spread of…
By Alex Pithua To mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on refugees and host communities in Uganda, the government of Japan last month donated USD 9.8 million, about Shs36 billion. “Japan recognizes that the humanitarian situation in refugee-hosting areas is…
By Sabir Musa, contributing editor Naseeba Bagalaaliwo Since 2003, Madi-Okollo has been a refugee hosting district, located in the West Nile region. UNHCR estimates that 6,923 refugees have been resettled in the district with women and children making up the…
By Dramadri Federick, Contbiuting Editor, Naseeba Bagalaaliwo West Nile Region. Refugees surprised the community of Koboko district with the generous donation of a church. The South Sudanese refugee Dinga community presented the church worth an estimated 500,000,000 Ugandan shillings to…
