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 Square - Exposure behaviour to Escherichia Coli among households in Imvepi Refugee settlement, Terego district Uganda
Science Direct -
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
Chimp Report - Government's GROW project trains 3000 refugee host district women in business growth
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
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
Lessons Learnt from the Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI)
WFP - (video) -
WFP Uganda. Cash-based assistance in Bidibidi refugee settlement.
Protection:
Child Protection and Practice - Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda
NTV - (video) - Combating GBV in Uganda's refugee communities
Population Council
Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2022: Summary Report
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
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)
Refugee Statistics April 2024 - Active Population by Settlement
Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2024-25)
The Monitor -
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
PRIO - Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda
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 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
USCRI - The Refugee Response in Uganda
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