Uganda Refugee News - Edition 59 - November 2024

Sector Specific

• Education:

  • Acer - New beginnings – introducing the ‘Tuseme: A voice for Internally Displaced and Refugee Children’ project

  • FCA -  Support from all sides for refugee schoolchildren, thanks to the EU-funded INCLUDE project

  • HI - Inclusive Education in Uganda: Santina faces life’s obstacles with a smile

  • Learning, Media and Technology - Minimal computing in refugee education in Uganda: economies of digital use and non-use, and the right constraints

  • Monitor - Poverty, alcoholism blamed for high rate of school dropout among Adjumani refugees

  • UNESCO - Teaching refugees against all odds in Uganda

  Environment & Energy:

  • Energy Research and Social Science - Understanding the drivers of electricity access and willingness to pay for reliable electricity in African refugee settlements: Evidence from Zambia, Malawi, and Uganda

  • NTV - (video) -  Refugees and locals in Bidi Bidi unite to tackle e-waste

  • Race to Resilience - Refugee-led initiative fosters soil health and resilience in Uganda

  • Utrecht University -

    • Power up: how mini-grids make energy accessible in refugee camps

    • The humanitarian energy sector - Drivers of Electricity Access and WTP for Reliable Electricity in African Refugee Settlements

   Health:

  • Angels in Medicine - Uganda’s Healthcare System Strains Under Wave of Cross-Border Medical Refugees

  • Guardian - From period poverty to gender-based violence: how women refugees in Uganda are standing up for their rights

  • Ibis Public Health - Abortion experiences of women and girls living in Bidibidi refugee settlement: Implications for frontline health care workers

  • Makerere University -

    • Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and coping strategies among refugees in Kyaka II Settlement Camp, Kyegegwa District.

    • Factors associated with health literacy in sexual and reproductive health: a cross-sectional study among south Sudanese refugee women in Rhino camp refugee settlement, West Nile, Uganda

  • Monitor -

    • Hopes high for refugee expectant mothers in Kiryandongo over new maternity ward launch

    • Adjumani on high alert over Cholera and Mpox cases

  • MTI - The US Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Awards Medical Teams International $3.25 Million Grant to Strengthen Health Care Services in Uganda

  • Nile Post - Rwamwanja refugee settlement registers decline in mental health cases

  • PLOS One - Qualitative insights on sexual health counselling from refugee youth in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda: Advancing contextual considerations for brief sexuality-related communication in a humanitarian setting

  • Pubmed - Subclinical malaria among pregnant women living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda

  • SSM Mental Health - Developing an explanatory model of alcohol misuse among South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda: A qualitative study

  • Uganda Radio Network - Adjumani Leaders Concerned Over Refugee Livestock

  • Washington University - Study finds low viral load suppression among refugee youth in Ugandan settlements

  Livelihoods & Resilience:

  • ACCION - Refugee women rebuild and strengthen their livelihoods in Uganda

  • ACF - MacArthur 100&Change: Harnessing the Potential of Refugees for Community Resilience in Uganda

  • AP - 'We just want to feed our kids': Refugees in Uganda struggle as assistance dwindles

  • Chimp Reports - Kiryandongo: UAE Embassy Donates 700, 000 Tons of Food Aid to Refugees

  • CGTN - Uganda struggles with refugee feeding program

  • The Guardian - ‘Those women are the embodiment of resilience’: how refugees in Uganda are building a future filled with hope

  • ILO - Presentation - ILO - An overview of the Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS)

  • New Vision -

    • Germany earmarks sh4bn for food security in refugee host communities

    • Multi billion cash transfer programme impacts 15,000 refugee families

  • NRC - Saba Ayaliw: refugee, entrepreneur, inspiration

  • Monitor -

    • Why empowerment of refugees could end dependency

    • How regions are putting systems to enhance climate resilience

  • Nile Post - Strømme Foundation Hosts Youth Conference

  • Observer - Deaths by suicide rampant among refugees – Report

  • Sharp - Presentation - SHARPE - Adapting and Connecting: The Critical Role of Local MSMEs in Driving Growth in Refugee & Host Community Markets

  • SSHAP - Key Considerations: Food Assistance Prioritisation in Refugee Settlements in Uganda and its Impacts

  • SwissContact - Presentation - Swisscontact - Learning from Uthabiti’s Business Partnership Model - 7 November 2024

  • U-Learn - Contributions to Uganda’s Jobs and Livelihoods Integrated Response Plan (JLIRP)

  • University of Agder - Essay on financial inclusion: the case of informal savings groups

  • US Embassy -

    • DFC and USAID Partner with Opportunity Bank to Launch the First-Ever U.S. Lending Program to Refugees and Host Communities in Africa

    • Ambassador Popp’s Remarks to Launch U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Refugee and Host Community Lending Partnership with Opportunity

  • WUSC - Presentation - WUSC - Promoting livelihoods through youth in business in the refugee and host communities

    Protection:

  • IPCID - ‘Food… but no money’: Considering social protection and notions of self-reliance for

    Uganda’s refugees

  • Monitor - South Sudan refugees in Lamwo decry sexual abuse

  • Tufts University - Evan Easton-Calabria addresses social protection for refugees in Uganda

  • UBC - (video) - NRC supporting Ethiopian & Eritrean refugees in Kampala through protection and safety desk

    WASH

  • Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development - Water supply for refugees and their host communities in protracted situations: costs and financing options for sustaining services in Ethiopia and Uganda

  • SOS Médias Burundi - Rwanda/Uganda : shortage of drinking water in two Burundian refugee camps - The camps of Mahama in Rwanda and Nakivale in Uganda have recently been experiencing a worrying lack of drinking water. Reasons are diverse but consequences are worrying for refugees who are calling for urgent intervention to avoid the worst.

  • UNICEF - UNICEF and other humanitarian actors respond to water challenges in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement

Other

Critical HSGJ - Navigating the Paradoxes of Humanitarian Aid: Dependency, Conflict, and Gender Dynamics in Refugee Communities

• CTGN - (video) - Uganda keeps doors open for Sudanese refugees

• ECHO - In Uganda, aiding Sudanese fleeing war – and the world’s largest hunger catastrophe

• ELRHA - Scaling humanitarian innovation: challenges, insights, and the path forward

• FEWS-Net -

  • Uganda Food Security Outlook: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in Karamoja and refugee settlements through May - October 2024 to May 2025

  • Uganda Price Bulletin, October 2024

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP) 2024-2025 -

    • Quarter 3 2024 Funding Update

    • Underfunded Report 2024

  • Population Dashboard -

    • Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 31 October 2024

    • Annex II - Active Population by Settlement (31 October 2024)

    • Annex III - Settlement Profiles (31 October 2024)

    • Refugee Statistics Map October 2024

  • Feedback, Referral, and Resolution Mechanism (FRRM), October 2024 Newsletter

  • Sudanese Refugees and Asylum-Seekers,

    • as of 17 November 2024

    • as of 3 November 2024

• ICVA - Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership - October 2024

• IFRC - Uganda Population Movement DREF Operational Update (MDRUG051), 6 Nov 2024

• Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies - Returning to fund refugeehood: dispersal and survival between Uganda and South Sudan

• Lux Times - African NGO wins Luxembourg’s €100,000 microfinance award - Rural Finance Initiative Limited (RUFI) works on advancing financial inclusion of refugees and forcibly displaced persons

• Medium - Uganda’s Refugee Open-Door Policy, Ideal or Strategic Agenda?

• Monitor -

  • EU-Uganda: A partnership for stability, prosperity

  • Uganda repatriates over 13,000 refugees

  • Activists push for refugee bail rights in Uganda

• The New Humanitarian - Reporter’s diary: The struggle for survival for South Sudanese returnees - ‘There is no house, no food, and no place to sleep for the children.’

• New Vision - CSO call for legal reforms to address refugee rights

• NTV - (video) -

  • Leaders in refugee hosting communities ask for support

  • Government urges refugee-led organizations to promote cohesion, development

• OECD - The humanitarian-development-peace nexus and forced displacement - Progress, insights and recommendations for operational practice

• OPM - Minister Onek sensitizes Adjumani leaders on peaceful co-existence between Refugees and Host Communities

• Refugee International - “Climate Change is Hitting Us the Hardest. We Want to be Part of the Solutions.”

• TechPolicy Press - The Democratic Deficit in AI Humanitarian Systems: Why Community Participation Can't Wait

• Times of India - Africa's largest refugee camp in Uganda gets a healing touch from Goa via football

• UNHCR

  • Uganda Refugee Response:

    • Conflict Mapping Dashboard (Jan - Oct 2024)

    • Analysis of Suicide Incidents broken down by age and sex (October 2024)

  • Population Dashboard:

    • Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 31 October 2024

    • Annex III - Settlement Profiles (31 October 2024)

  • UNHCR, EU pledge continued support as thousands of returning South Sudanese refugees receive ID cards

  • Uganda’s welcome allows Congolese refugees to thrive

  • South Sudan Situation: Population Dashboard - 31 Oct 2024

  • Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL:

    • Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum as of 31 Oct 2024

    • Refugees and asylum-seekers by situation - 31 Oct 24

    • Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region - 31 Oct 2024

  • Burundi Situation: Population Dashboard - 31 Oct 2024

  • Sudan Situation Map Weekly Regional Update -

    • 25 Nov 2024

    • 18 Nov 2024

    • 11 Nov 2024

    • 04 Nov 2024

• UNICEF - Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement: UNICEF, LWF giving Sudanese refugees a new lease on life. Thanks to support from UNICEF, LWF and UNHCR in conjunction with OPM, Sudanese nationals fleeing the war in their country are being settled, protected and equipped with survival skills in Uganda.

• University of Alberta - Home, music, memory of Congolese refugee's in Uganda - A hope

• WFP Uganda Country Brief, October 2024

Events

• Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry survey - 28 January 2025 16:00 to 17:30 - Online - The speakers will share findings from a large, multicountry representative survey of 16,000 refugee and host community members in both urban and camp settings across Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. The findings underscore the disproportionate burden of depression on refugees in East Africa, particularly those exposed to prolonged violence and displacement, and highlight the need for targeted mental health interventions.