Uganda Refuge News - May 2025
- Uganda Refugee News
- Jun 4
- 7 min read
SECTOR SPECIFIC
Education:
Children on the Edge - Innovation: Cluster Learning Model - We support local communities to provide Early Childhood Education for over 5,000 young Congolese refugee children in Uganda.
FCA - FCA and UNHCR supported students shine in Uganda’s examinations
Makerere University - The realization of the right to education of Somali Refugee Children in Kampala
Refugee Law project - How might we better support refugees’ admissions to universities? Reflections from Uganda, Edinburgh, and Oxford
Right to Play - (video) - How a Parent Educator Empowers Refugee Parents in Uganda
Save the Children -
Spotlight Initiative - Investing in Girls' Education in Uganda's Largest Refugee Settlement
Tropenbos - Refugee women grow trees to protect people and forests in northwest Uganda
You Tube (video) -
Environment & Energy:
AVSI - Solar lighting solutions improving livelihoods in refugee settings in rural Uganda
CIFOR - Refugee women grow trees to protect people and forests in northwest Uganda
Free Press Journal - World Africa Day: Indian Initiative Brings Jobs, Trees, & Hope To Uganda’s Refugees - As Africa commemorates its unity and resilience on Africa Day, a unique initiative from India is quietly transforming the lives of thousands in Uganda.
IFC - Energy Access Baseline Study in Uganda’s Refugee-Hosting Areas
U-Learn - Living with Climate-related hazards in Nyumanzi settlement (Adjumani, Uganda)
Health:
Global Public Health - Experiences of drought, heavy rains, and flooding and linkages with refugee youth sexual and reproductive health in a humanitarian setting in Uganda: qualitative insights
GoU/UNHCR -
Disease outbreak dashboard in the refugee settlements - Uganda
European Journal of Psychotraumatology -
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care - Healthcare Experiences and Service Delivery Gaps for Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Kiryandongo Settlement Camp, Northern Uganda
Medical Teams International -
New Vision - How Kyangwali is coping with the refugee trauma crisis
Open Journal of Social Science - Depression Predicts Substance Use among Forcibly Displaced Migrants: A Quantitative Study among Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda
Population Council -
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine - Impact of Regular Short Term Humanitarian Missions: A Qualitative Case Study in Uganda
Scientific Research - Depression Predicts Substance Use among Forcibly Displaced Migrants: A Quantitative Study among Refugees Living in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda
Think Global Health - Preserving Refugee Health in Uganda - Amid U.S. funding cuts, Uganda works to protect its rapidly growing refugee population from deadly diseases
UNICEF - The silent crisis: Funding shortages deepen malnutrition among Uganda’s refugees
Livelihoods and Resilience
CGTN Africa - (video) - Local initiative helps refugees start and grow businesses in Uganda
Chimp Report - Gov’t Unveils Initiatives to Boost Climate Resilient Farming in 69 Districts, Refugee Camps
Daily Nation - From refugee economies to engines of growth
Harvest Money - Sowing Resilience: Uganda Refugee Initiative To Transform Lives
Impact Alpha - Proof points from Uganda for unlocking capital for women and refugees
Impact Investor - In-depth: Investing to support refugees and their host communities
Monitor - Over 5,000 refugees, host communities get village saving federations to boost household incomes
NRC - The right to decent work in Uganda: new employment rights guides
NTV - (video) - ADRA launches savings project in Rwamwanja, Kyaka settlements
PML Daily -
World Bank - Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Uganda Skills Development in Refugee and Host Communities
Protection
UNICEF - Key lessons from UNICEF's Child-Sensitive Social Protection Programme in West Nile. Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda, Her Excellency Maria Håkansson, noted that social protection, though spearheaded by government, indeed is a responsibility for us all.
WASH
Other:
Center for Global Development - The Window for Host Communities and Refugees Survives, but What Does the Future Hold Under GROW?
Center for Global Development/IRC/ - Urban Refugee Policies and Legislation in Kenya and Uganda: 2025 Stocktake
Chimp Reports - JICA Scales Up Projects in West Nile
Displaced Urbanism - Displaced Democracy - Refugees, Elections, and Humanitarian Management in Northern Uganda
GoU -
URRI Project to empower over 7,000 farmers in Adjumani to adapt to climate change
Refugee Statistics April 2025 - Active Population by Settlement
GoU/UNHCR
Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP)
Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix - Nyumanzi Reception Centre
Arua Sub-Office Q1 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot
Adjumani Sub-Office Q1 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot
Uganda: Influx out of Eastern D.R. Congo -
CORE-Uganda: Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers -
Journal of African Studies and Development - Questioning Uganda’s refugee policy framework: Eighty years in review
Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies - Efforts in Mainstreaming Gender into Uganda’s Refugee Settlement Policy Approach
LWF - Host communities: The heart of any refugee response - In Uganda, hospitality goes beyond a warm welcome—it’s the foundation of the national refugee policy. Ordinary citizens share land and resources, transforming refugee settlements into places of dignity and hope.
Nile Post - Madi-Okollo Plans Expansion of Rhino Refugee Settlement Amid Rising Refugee Influx
The Observer - The good neighbour: Host communities as pillars for Uganda’s refugee response
ODI - Funding refugee-led organisations: six strategic steps for government donors
Parliament Watch - Donor fatigue threatens livelihoods of 1.8m refugees in Uganda, says UHRC
REACH/UNHCR - The Consequences of Reduced Funding in the Ugandan Refugee Response - Uganda Brief, May 2025
Save the Children - Driving change through learning in Uganda's refugee response
Sport and Dev - Do you believe in the power of sport and play? Volunteers needed for Uganda refugee camp
SSRN -
Sudan Tribune - Sudanese refugees in Uganda allege corruption, lack of support
Sunrise - Six Agencies Unite Under SAFER HEELs to Support Vulnerable Refugee Populations
To Afrika - Workshop Refugees and Mobility in Uganda
UNHCR
Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP)
Eastern DRC Flash update Uganda
CORE - Eastern DRC Situation Overview -
UNHCR and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar
Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL:
URCS - URCS Brings Humanity to the Border for Refugees from DRC
Xinhua - WFP cuts food rations for over 1 mln refugees in Uganda amid funding shortfall
World Bank - AI-Powered Refugee Forecasting: Preparing for Refugee Movements Before They Happen - Case Study: Anticipatory Capacity for Uganda’s Displacement Crisis Response Mechanism (DCRM)
World Vision - (video) - World Vision responding to the DRC Refugee Influx in Uganda
Events, funding etc:
Application Now Open for Uganda Business Idea Contest: Innovative Solutions for Refugees and Host Communities - Participation is open to refugees and host community members in Uganda. A wide range of participants are welcome, including established enterprises, students, individuals, or groups with innovative ideas for addressing the social and economic challenges that refugees and host communities face. Deadline for application: June 11
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