Uganda Refugee News - May 2024

Welcome to the 53rd edition of URN covering publications and news from May 2024

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Sector specific:

Education:

• AORW - (video) - Free English Language Classes for Refugees in Kampala - Uganda

• Baptist Standard - School for refugee children begins anew in Uganda

• CIYOTA - (video) - Education for All: Together, We're Bridging the Gap for Refugee and Rural Ugandan Youth

• East Africa Journal of Educational Studies - Beyond Access: Building the Resilience of South Sudanese Refugee Higher Education Students from the Bidi Bidi Settlement, Uganda

• FCA - Despite top grades, refugees face barriers to university

• Makerere University - Diversity, composition and population structure of vegetation in Palabek settlement and adjacent areas in Lamwo District Uganda

• New Vision - Boost refugee education, Isingiro, Nakivale leaders urge partners

• The Observer - FAWE, MasterCard renew partnership to extend tertiary education to the marginalised

• SOS Burundi - Nakivale (Uganda) : school dropouts among Burundian refugees reach new heights

• UBC - (video) - IGAD ministers meet in Entebbe to discuss refugee education

• UniversePG - Level and Patterns of Access to Education by Refugees in Refugee Communities of Uganda

• Windle international - From Strife To Head Girl: Florence’s Journey In Palorinya Refugee Settlement

Environment & Energy:

• Carbon Pulse - Solar-powered humanitarian project in Uganda to yield carbon credits

• CIFOR/AgroForestry - Resource Recovery and Reuse in Refugee Settlements in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

• Environment and Energy Leader - Solar Power Brings Hope to Ugandan Refugee Camps

• TechPoint - d.light gets $3.4 million to provide solar home systems to refugees in Uganda

 Health:

• PubMed - Depression and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls in refugee settlements in northern Uganda 

• Research Gate - Improving psychosocial well-being and parenting practices among refugees in Uganda: Results of the journey of life effectiveness trial – CORRIGENDUM

• Research Square - Exposure behaviour to Escherichia Coli among households in Imvepi Refugee settlement, Terego district Uganda

• Science Direct -

• Facilitating trauma-informed SEL with refugee youth in Uganda via an international research-practice partnership: Lessons learned from The Wellbeing Club

• Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda

• Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda  

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• AORW Uganda - (video) - Empowering Refugee Women through Goat Farming in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• BBC - Uganda's refugee women turned entrepreneurs

• Chimp Report - Government's GROW project trains 3000 refugee host district women in business growth

• Cordaid - Building sustainable livelihoods through climate- resilient agricultrue in Uganda refugee settlements

• Development Aid - Food crisis in Uganda refugee camps persists as rations are cut following funding shortage

• Enabel - European Union Trust Fund (EUTF) - Support Programme for Refugee settlements in Northern Uganda (SPRS-NU) Livelihood and Labor Market Relevant Skills Development for Refugees & Host Communities - Abuyi empowers refugees and host youths at his metal welding workshop in Uganda

• FAO - Resilience building in Uganda: FAO Programme Review (2024)

• FruitNet - Zahra Food Industries empowers refugees in Uganda with new cereal bars

• ILO - Rapid assessment of digital skills gaps and the feasibility of microwork employment opportunities in Uganda

• The Independent - Refugee ration cuts risk social damage

• New Vision - West Nile refugees turn to durable solutions for survival

• Oxfam - A mother’s perseverance

• REACH - Migration, Livelihoods, and Access to Basic Services Assessment in Adjumani Town (April 2024)

• Talent Beyond Boundaries - An Abundance of Refugee Talent in Uganda

• UK Podcasts - Uganda's refguee women turned entrepreneurs

• UNHCR -

• Meeting Minutes - Livelihoods and Resilience SWG Minutes_May

• Presentation on Draft Self-reliance Measurement Indicators

• Lessons Learnt from the Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI)

• WFP - (video) -

• WFP Uganda. Cash-based assistance in Bidibidi refugee settlement.

• Uganda: The Self-Reliance Model  

Protection:

• Child Protection and Practice - Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda

• NRC - Towards inclusive protection: Understanding refugee experiences and gender dynamics in Uganda (April 2024)

• NTV - (video) - Combating GBV in Uganda's refugee communities

• Population Council

• Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2022: Summary Report

• Data-to-Action Workshop Report: Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS), 2022

• Linking Research to Action for Children in Humanitarian Contexts: Synopsis of the 2022 Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) Findings and Data-to-Action Workshop

• Processes, experiences, and impact: A summary report on community-led Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) results dissemination in Uganda

• Exploring the value and replicability of integrating refugees and host community members into research activities in refugee settings

Other:

• Africa News - South Sudanese refugees in Uganda yearn to go home and vote

• AVSI - A new beginning for Samuel Maki in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda

• CEDOA - Supporting refugee women's engagement in climate-induced conflict mitigation

• Cities Alliance - From Invisible to Counted: Including Refugees in Uganda’s National Census

• Diaconia University of Applied Sciences - Promoting social participation of young refugees

• East African Watch - The African mindset and irregular migration in Africa – the case of Uganda

• EUTF - International Day of Living Together in Peace - Welding peaceful co-existence among youth of refugee and host communities in Northern Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR

• Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 30 Apr 2024

• Uganda Refugee Response: Analysis of Suicide Incidents broken down by age and sex (April 2024)

• Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 30 Apr 2024

• Population Dashboard: Annex II - Map - Refugees and Asylum Seekers (30 Apr 2024)

• Population Dashboard - Annex III - Settlement Profiles (30 Apr 2024)

• Active Population by settlement: 30 April 2024

• Refugee Statistics April 2024

• Refugee Statistics April 2024 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

• Refugee Statistics Map April 2024

• Refugee Statistics April 2024 - Active Population by Settlement

• Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2024-25)

• Operational Presence - Q1 Jan - Mar 2024

• National Performance Snapshot - Q1 2024

• Mbarara Sub-Office Performance Snapshot - Q1 2024

• Arua Sub-Office Performance Snapshot - Q1 2024

• IOM - IOM Refugee Flow Monitoring - Nakivale Refugee Settlement in the Southwest Region of Uganda - Round 2 (Data collection date: 20 March - 19 April 2024), 23 May 2024

• The Monitor -

• Over 140,000 refugees live in Kampala alone – report

• We should work for peace in refugee settlements

• News CN -

• UNHCR says 1.3 mln South Sudanese refugees returned home over nearly 6 years

• WFP seeks 109 mln USD to fund refugee operations in Uganda in 2024

• New Humanitarian - What’s Unsaid | Let refugees lead ‘You only know how a shoe pinches you if you're wearing it.’

• New Vision - Urban refugees decry financing challenges, root for private sector support

• NTV - (video) - International community tasked to support refugees

• Population Council

• Influencing programme plans, practices, actions, and investments in humanitarian settings: Case Study One

• Preparing the ground to influence humanitarian sector policies, guidelines, and strategies in Uganda: Case Study Two

• Cementing key partnerships to foster the use of evidence in humanitarian settings: Baobab Case Study Three

• PRIO - Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda

• Reuters - Exiled Rwandan journalist killed in Uganda-police

• Sudan Tribune - 1.3 million South Sudanese returned home since 2018: UNHCR

• Uncle TV -

• (video) - Hope Beyond Border. The Congolese refugee life in Uganda

• (video) - Refugee life in Uganda

• UNHCR -

• Uganda Factsheet - March 2024

• Uganda Fact Sheet April 2024

• Operational Update - March 2024

• Uganda Refugee Response: Analysis of Suicide Incidents broken down by age and sex (April 2024)

• South Sudan: UNHCR Overview of spontaneous refugee returns (as of March 2024)

• Uganda's open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan

• 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo Regional Refugee Response Plan Year End Report

• Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes - IGAD Region | Population of concern to UNHCR (30 Apr 2024)

• USCRI - The Refugee Response in Uganda

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, April 2024