Uganda Refugee News - March 2023

Its another bumper edition this month with a record 6 WASH articles and plenty of other articles for other sector sepcialists!

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Sector specific:

Education:

• Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies - Effectiveness of the Education in Building Self-Reliance Skills among Refugee Students in Uganda

• Education Cannot Wait - Education Cannot Wait Renews Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Uganda with US$25 Million in Catalytic Funding Investment; Calls on Donors to Scale-Up Support

• DEPA - Talking Pictures: Amplifying the voices of refugee women in the urban settlements of Kampala

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Education Dashboard - Term 3, 2022

• Malteser Int'l - Environmentally friendly school inaugurated in the Rhino refugee camp in Northern Uganda

• MIT News - Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope

• The Monitor - How South Sudan refugees emerged top in UACE results

• No.1 Citizen - Refugee students decry lack of tuition for further studies

• NTV - (video) - Researchers cite challenges in schooling for refugees

• UNICEF - Including refugee learners so that every child learns (Uganda)

• University of Edinburgh - Foundations for All Toolkit - the project aimed to design and implement a blended bridging programme across two sites in Uganda to support refugee and disadvantaged host community students wishing to study at University.

Environment:

• Energypedia - Electrification of Six Health Centres in Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements

• Eos - Refugees Are Replanting Trees in Northern Uganda - In the Palorinya Refugee Settlement, efforts to reduce deforestation and increase tree coverage help the ecosystem and improve refugees’ quality of life.

• FAO – The forest-energy-livelihood nexus in displacement settings - 02 March 2023

• FAO/UNHCR - Planning a people-centered landscape approach to forest restoration in a refugee context - 02 March 2023

• FAO/GoU/UNHCR - Forest landscape management plan for the Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district, Uganda, 2023–2028 Summary

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Environment & Energy Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2022

• ICRAF - Response to increased environmental degradation and promotion of alternative energy sources in refugee hosting districts in Uganda - Brief Series No. 1 (February 2023)

• World Bank

Health:

• Columbia Word Projects - Ubumwe: Exploring Arts for Education and Psychosocial Support with Refugee Children and Youth - The pilot program will be implemented in Kyangwali aims aims to bolster psychosocial and educational outcomes among children and youth through the integration of arts in education and community spaces

• Conflict and Health - Sustainability of health services in refugee hosting districts: a qualitative study of health services in three west Nile refugee hosting districts, Uganda

• East African Journal of Interdisciplinery Studies - A Systematic Review of the Healthcare Access and Utilization Barriers Faced by Refugees in Uganda

• ELRHA - Research snapshot: Improving the mental health of male refugees

• Global Public Health - Multi-method findings on COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR -

  • Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Quarter 4, January - December 2022 - Health & Nutrition Dashboard; Food Security Dashboard

• IGAD - IGAD to Conduct a Study to Assess the Human Rights and Gender Related Barriers to TB and COVID-19 Access to Services within Refugee Settlements in the IGAD Region

• International Breastfeeding Journal - Breastfeeding among South Sudanese refugees in protracted settlements in Adjumani district, Uganda: facilitators and barriers

• International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology - Psychological Capital and Quality of life of Refugees in Uganda During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Serial Mediation Model

• Journal of Science and Tecnology - Evaluation of the Risk Factors and Prevalence of Cerebral Malaria in Children below 10 Years in Kiryandogo General Hospital.

• The Informer - TELEMED organises mental health camp in Nakivale refugee camp

• Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - Factors associated with continuity of care in hypertension and type 2 diabetes among forcibly displaced persons in the Bidibidi refugee settlement in Uganda: Protocol for a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study

• Uganda Red Cross - URCS Distributes Menstrual Hygiene kits to Congolese refugee women and girls in Bundibugyo District.

• Viamo - Using Technology for Better Health Outcomes: Insights from Implementing “Dial-COVID” in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements

Livelihoods

• NEW - SwissContact - Swisscontact reinforces its commitment to fostering increased private sector engagement in refugee areas

• Agriculture and Food Economics - The relationship between market information and entrepreneurial orientation: the case of smallholder honey producers in Northern Uganda

• ILO - Innovation pitches from youth mentors - Through iUPSHIFT programme, youth mentors trained by the ILO and UNICEF in Uganda on social entrepreneurship and life skills, developed innovative ideas to improve waste management and sustainable energy production.

• IPA - The Impact of a Graduation Program on Livelihoods in Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda

• New Vision - Sustainable vegetable farming skills to support refugees for with reduced food rations

• Regis - The New Solar Kiosk Model: A Sustainable Solution to Address the Uptake and Access of Renewable Technologies to Create Energy Kiosks That Improve Women’s Income in Kiryandongo District, Northern Uganda

• SwissContact - Reducing refugee dependence on humanitarian aid

Protection

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022-2023, - Quarter 4, January - December 2022 Protection Dashboard; GBV Dashboard; Child protection Dashboard

• New Books Network - (podcast) - book review - Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp - Gender, Violence, and Coping in Uganda

• UNHCR -

  • Uganda Refugee Response: Analysis of Suicide Incidents broken down by age and sex (February 2023)

  • Suicide Dashboard February 2023

• World Bank - Tackling Gender Based Violence in Fragile Contexts

• World Vision - Gender equality promoted by teenage boys in refugee settlements.

WASH

• ACF/GiZ/GoU/UNHCR/ Water Mission Int'l - Kiryandongo WASH Knowledge, Attitudes Practices Endline Survey 2022 - A 2021 study on Current Community Knowledge, Atittudes, Practices to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Kiryandongo Refugees Settlement in Kiryandongo District

• ACORD/ Caritas/GiZ/GoU/NRC/Samaritans Purse/URC/UNHCR/Water Mission Int'l/ Welthungerhilfe - Bidibidi WASH Knowledge, Attitudes Practices Endline Survey 2022 - A 2022 Study on Current Community Access to Water and Practices on Sanitation and Hygiene in BidiBidi Refugees Settlement in Yumbe District

• GiZ/GoU/Malteser/Oxfam/URC/UNHRC/Water Mission Int'l/World Vision -

  • Imvempi WASH Knowledge, Attitudes Practices Endline Survey 2022 - A 2022 Study on Current Community Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Imvepi Refugee Settlement in Terego Disctrict

  • Rhino West WASH Knowledge, Attitudes Practices Endline Survey 2022 - A 2022 Study on Current Community Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in Madi Okollo & Terego Districts

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, WASH Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2022

• Ministry of Water and Environment - WASH component of European Union -Trust Fund for the Support Programme to the Refugee Settlements and Host Communities in Northern Uganda.

• Water International - (pay for content) - Spatial heterogeneity of household water insecurity in rural Uganda: implications for development

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Other

• Belga news Agency - Belgian Development Minister praises Uganda's refugee policy

• CRRF - 16th Refugee Engagement Forum Meeting

• The Cooperator - Give us money for refugee operations, Adjumani urges Danish government

• East African - Why East Africa refugees remain financially underserved

• ECHO - Factsheet - Uganda (Last updated 30/03/2023)

• FEWS-Net - Uganda Price Bulletin, February 2023

• GoU - Refugee Statistics February 2023 - Active Population by Settlement

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, - Quarter 4, January - December 2022 - Cash-Based Interventions Dashboard ; Shelter and Settlement Dashboard; Food Security; Shelter, Settlement and NFI dashboard

  • Refugee Influx Dashboard (As of 31 December 22)

  • Refugee Statistics February 2023

  • Refugee Statistics Map - February 2023

  • Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (28 February 2023)

  • Refugee Statistics February 2023 (Settlement Profiles)

  • Performance Snapshot, Uganda Refugee Country Response Plan (UCRRP) 2022-2023 Performance Snapshot - Quarter 4 2022

  • Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022-2023, Operational Presence - Quarter 4, January - December 2022

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2022-23) Performance Dashboard - Quarter 4 2022; Lobule; Bidi Bidi; Kiryandongo; Rhino; Palabek; Imvepi; Palorinya; Adjumani; Kyaka II; Rwamwanja; Oruchinga

  • South Sudan Situation: Population Dashboard - 31 January 2023

• The Independent -

  • Uganda could change refugee policy over inadequate support: Minister

  • European Union gives Uganda sh61 billion for refugees

• JICA - Linking humanitarian and development assistance in refugee response - a new approach to refugee crisis in Africa - Manga version

• Journal of development, education & technology - The effect of population growth on food security situation among refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement, Isingiro District

• The Monitor -

  • Refugees shun voluntary repatriation

  • Global Refugee Forum: Global response needed

• Nile Post - Eritrean Refugees Clean Kampala Suburbs to Pay Ugandans Back for Hospitality

• NTV - (video) - Bujumbura sends a delegation to help return refugees

• SOAS - Gains from Variety: Refugee-Host Interactions in Uganda. Rome, Italy: CEIS Working Paper No. 553.

• PML Daily - Eritrean urban refugees in Uganda salute host communities for hospitality

• UNHCR

  • Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes - Refugees, asylum-seekers, refugee returnees and IDPs (as of 31 January 2023)

  • Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes - Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum (as of 28 February 2023)

  • 2022 South Sudan Regional RRP: Regional Overview of the South Sudanese refugee population as of 28 February 2023; as of 31 January 2023

  • Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region - Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region (as of 31 January 2023)

  • Burundi Situation: Population Dashboard - 28 February 2023

  • Somalia Situation: Population Dashboard - 28 February 2023

  • European Union and UNHCR reaffirm strong support to Ugandan refugee response

• UNICEF -

  • Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1: 28 February 2023

  • Airtel and UNICEF join efforts to improve access to digital learning in underserved schools in Uganda

• UNMISS - While displaced persons return to Morobo, more support required for them to fully reintegrate

• wbur - I grew up in a refugee camp. People like me deserve a voice in the UN

• World Bank - Understanding the Interaction between Gender, Energy, and Forced Displacement

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, February 2023

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