Uganda Refugee News
- Uganda Refugee News
- Jan 6
- 9 min read
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Sector specific:
Education:
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education - Education for disabled refugees in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe: a cross-case analysis
Duolingo - How Duolingo is preparing refugee scholars for university
FAO/UNHCR - FAO-UNHCR issue brief outlines how to include communities for a greener humanitarian response
FCA - FCA launches PATH Project to equip youth with digital skills in Uganda and Kenya
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025, Education Dashboard - Quarter 3 2024
Learning, Media and Technology - Minimal computing in refugee education in Uganda: economies of digital use and non-use, and the right constraints
Makerere University -
Nile Post - Sexual Violence in Schools Worries Leaders in Kiryandongo
Environment & Energy:
350.org - As a refugee, climate change is a very real and painful part of my life - In the World Migrants Day, meet Ayoo Irene Hellen: climate activist and migrants rights defender, fighting for clean and affordable energy solutions to empower communities in Uganda.
Energypedia -
Independent - Government launches Results-Based Financing Programme to support clean energy adoption and access
Nile Post - Why clean energy matters this festive season
Health:
Africa News - Uganda: UNHCR raises alarm over suicide rates among refugees
BMC Psychiatry - Prevalence and associated factors of depression among refugees in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Contemporary Journal of African Studies - Dealing with learning uncertainties during COVID19 pandemic. Reflections of alone and unaccompanied refugee children in Uganda
FAO - Transforming lives through agriculture: FAO’s impact in Kiryandongo
GCA Foundation - Getting financial service providers “refugee-ready”: four lessons From Uganda
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025,
Implementation Research and Practice - Scaling up mental health service provision through multisectoral integration: A qualitative analysis of factors shaping delivery and uptake among South Sudanese refugees and healthcare workers in Uganda
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care -
Makerere University -
Nile Post -
NTV - (video) - Refugees with disabilities in Entebbe demand specialized healthcare
Research Gate -
Routledge - How Close is Close? Assessing Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policy in the Era of COVID-19
University of Illinois - Digital tools show promise at providing mental health interventions to refugee youths
World Bank - The Labor Market Impact of Forced Displacement: Jobs in Host Communities in Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Uganda
Livelihoods and Resilience
ACF - Chili for Change: Refugees in Uganda Fight Malnutrition with New Farming Techniques
AVSI - Transitioning refugee households to sustainable development: Edinance Murekatete’s story - The SMILES project gradually lifting rural populations from poverty in Western Uganda
DevDiscourse - Adapting Host Labor Markets to Thrive Amid Refugee Inflows and Challenges
DRC/U Learn - Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI)
Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food - Is the self-reliance strategy sustainable? Evidence from assistance programmes to refugees in Uganda
GoU - Contributions to Uganda’s Jobs and Livelihoods Integrated Response Plan (JLIRP)
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025,
Ground News - Germany supports nutrition and self-reliance for refugees in Uganda
ILO - Hotel management apprenticeship empowers refugee and host community youth in Uganda
Journal of Refugee Studies - Survivalist mobilities: freedom of movement and the economic lives of settlement refugees in Uganda
Monitor -
Nile Chronicles - YARID Graduates 1150 Refugees with a Call for Government to Avail Refugees with Work Permits.
Nile Post -
U-Learn - Sustainable Livelihoods Resources
US Embassy - U.S. Government Provides Grants to Expand Private Sector Partnerships in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements
WFP - Germany supports nutrition and self-reliance for refugees in Uganda
Protection:
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025,
Makerere University - Barriers to justice among female victims of gender - based violence in Kiryandogo Refugee Settlement, Uganda
New Vision - How refugee survivors of GBV are finding hope
Nile Post - Refugees With Disabilities Call for Inclusive Projects
Research Square - Co-occurrence of Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence against Women and Experiencing Violence in Childhood in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
SoS Medias Burundi - Nakivale (Uganda) : the UNHCR investigates reasons for the non-voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees - For almost two weeks, the UNHCR has been conducting interviews with Burundian refugees to find out why they do not want to return voluntarily and en masse. Those concerned do not understand the reasons for this survey and fear harmful consequences.
WASH
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025, WASH Dashboard - Quarter 3, January - September 2024
Uganda update news - UNICEF and other humanitarian actors respond to water challenges in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement
Other:
Adoption and Fostering - The uncounted and unseen challenges of refugee foster families in Kampala, Uganda
All Africa - Tension in Terego After Communal Clash in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement
Cities Alliance - SUIDAC: A City-Led Approach to Integrating Displaced Communities - The cities are: Kananga and Tshikapa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Assosa and Jigjiga (Ethiopia), Borama and Gabiley (Somalia), Atbara (Sudan), and Koboko and Arua (Uganda).
CordAid - Refugee-Led Community Organisations Lead Change in Uganda
East African - (pay for access) - Displacement, conflict: Why 2025 may worry Eastern Africa
Editorialage - Top 10 Countries with the Most Welcoming Asylum Policies in 2025
Forced Migration Review - Refugee-run organisations as partners in development
France 24 - (video) - 'Guardians': Sudanese women help refugees rebuild their lives - Sudanese refugee women are fighting to raise a feminist voice in Uganda
GoU/UNHCR
Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2024-25)
Sudanese Refugees and Asylum-seekers [CORE - UNHCR Global Focus
International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Science - Examining Job performance and Intrusive Thoughts on Humanitarian Workers in the Southwestern Region of Uganda
LEAD Uganda - A celebration of local leadership: LEAD Uganda officially launched
LSE - Cutting Edge Issues in Development – Authoritarian Sanctuaries: Refugee Politics in East Africa
Makerere University - Enhancing refugee camp site selection in Uganda through geospatial techniques
New Vision - Refugees with disabilities urged to embrace leadership
NRC - Asylum seekers and refugees in Arua: legal challenges and opportunities
NTV - video -
Second Opinion - Association of Refugees with Disabilities gets new board
SIHMA - Land, Livelihood, and Limited Resources: Uganda’s Refugee Hosting Challenge
Together for Girls - Meeting the moment: data to action in humanitarian settings
U Learn -
UNHCR -
Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL:
2023 Year-End Report for the South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP)
USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Uganda Country Assistance Overview, December 2024
USAID/Save the Children - UTHABITI Activity Briefer _Nov 2024
WFP -
Events, funding etc:
US BPRM -
FY 2025 Request for Concept Notes for NGO Programs Benefitting Refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan - Deadline: Jan 17, 2025 - BPRM seeks concept notes for humanitarian assistance activities in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan, focusing on various sectors such as education, health, protection and WASH. Concept notes must target at least 50 percent of their participants as refugees or returnees and should incorporate protection activities across all sectors. The solicitation process is two fold: submission of concept notes followed by full proposals for selected organizations. Separate concept notes must be submitted for each country program. The amount of funding available per award will be determined based on applications received and appropriations made available.
FY2025 Request for Concept Notes for Global Protection Programs - Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025, at 11:59:59 p.m. Funding range - $200,000 - $750,000 per year. This Notice of Funding Opportunity seeks global initiatives that advance humanitarian protection for refugees, asylum seekers, and/or stateless persons. Concept notes can include activities that advance protection through: Strengthening capacity; Advocacy; Creating and sharing best practice and tools; Coordination. Other activities that promote humanitarian protection are also welcome. Concept notes can address general humanitarian protection or focus on the following specific protection themes: Persons with disabilities; Stateless persons; LGBTQI+ persons; Older persons; Child protection; Mental health and psychosocial support
Embassy of Japan - Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects in Uganda - Deadline: 15-Feb-2025 - Any project geared towards the improved welfare for the grassroots is considered for financing under GGP. It is preferable, however, that projects fit into one of these areas Primary/Secondary Education; Vocational Training; Primary Health Care and Reproductive Health; Water and Sanitation; Agricultural Development; Reconstruction for Disaster. The grant amount generally does not exceed 10,000,000 Japanese Yen on one-time, single-year financing.
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