Uganda Refugee News - July 2023

Welcome to the 43rd edition of URN covering publications and news from July 2023.

I appreciate many of you are on summer breaks and/or looking forward to upcoming time off but please remember that submissions are always welcome and can be shared, for inclusion in subsequent newsletters, via our email - ugandarefugeenews@gmail.com

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Sector specific:

Education:

• GAAMAC - GAAMAC’s partner implements training for refugees in Northern Uganda

• Nile Post - Poor quality education in refugee camps in Uganda
  

Environment & Energy:

• FAO - Forest Landscape Management Plan for the Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda: 2023–2028

• Humanitarian Grand Challenges - Mandulis Energy is Transforming Communities and Protecting Environments

Health:

• BMC Public Health - Understanding the barriers and facilitators of COVID-19 risk mitigation strategy adoption and COVID-19 vaccination in refugee settlements in Uganda: a qualitative study

• ELRHA -

  • Impact Case Study: Exploring refugee knowledge and compliance to COVID-19 guidelines in Uganda

  • Impact Case Study: Effectiveness of a group-based stress management self-help programme for humanitarian settings

• The Independent - Kyaka II refugee settlement gets UGX 287M nutrition facilities

• International Health - Kukaa Salama (Staying Safe): a pre-post trial of an interactive informational mobile health intervention for increasing COVID-19 prevention practices with urban refugee youth in Uganda

• IRC - The IRC and the EU conclude a partnership to contain epidemics impacting refugees and host communities in Uganda

• MDPI - How Self-Efficacy and Agency Influence Risky Sexual Behavior among Adolescents in Northern Uganda

• The Monitor - Refugee camps get new health facilities worth Shs287m

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• ACF - Learning Market Strategies: How a Ugandan Community Worked Together to Grow their Businesses

• African Business - Creating jobs for refugees together with Visa Foundation

• Africa Press - Leaders raise concerns over refugee food cuts

• FCA - Vocational training unlocks the potential of refugees

• GSMA - Creating jobs and expanding financial inclusion in refugee settlements

• Humanity & Inclusion - 'I regained my speech after receiving psychosocial support' Health Rehabilitation - In Uganda, with funding from ECHO, Humanity & Inclusion is providing refugees who have experienced traumatic events with physical rehabilitation care and mental health support.

• The Monitor - Food crisis: OPM warns refugees against planned protest

• PeaceWinds - Supporting Independence for Refugee Women in Uganda

• Refugee Self Reliance Network - Coaching: Experiences from Graduation Projects in Displaced Contexts

• Share America - Helping refugees in Africa become entrepreneurs

• U-Learn -

  • The Realities of Self-reliance within the Ugandan Refugee Context – Research Brief

  • Video - The Realities of Self-reliance within the Ugandan refugee context - report launch

• URCS - Urcs Improving Livelihoods and Fostering Peace Amongst Refugees In Imvepi Refugee Settlement

• VegNews - How Congolese Refugee Bemeriki Busamwa Became Uganda’s Mushroom King

Protection:

• Brill - (pay for access) - Disability and Aid - An Ethnography of Logics and Practices of Distribution in a Ugandan Refugee Camp

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: Gender-based Violence (GBV) dashboard - Quarter 2 2023

• New Vision - Hunger kills 3 children in Palabek refugee settlement

• ResearchSquare - Acceptability and feasibility of Healthy Men Healthy Communities program: male-led men’s health promotion and gender-based violence prevention program for South Sudanese refugee men in Uganda

• SSM Mental Health - Sexual violence stigma experiences among refugee adolescents and youth in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: Qualitative insights informed by the stigma power process framework

• World Vision - Life inside the camp is hard. We want to return back home''- Refugee children in Uganda

WASH:

• GiZ - Improving Water Supply and Sanitation for Refugees and Host Communities - Water Supply and Sanitation for Refugee Settlements and Host Communities in Northern Uganda (WatSSUP)

• HYT - Sustainable Construction to Alleviate Water Insecurity and Empower Refugees in Bidi Bidi

• International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science - Access to Water and Conflicts among Refugees and Host Communities, A Case of Nakivale and Oruchinga Refugee Settlements in Western Uganda

• NWP - From Ground Pollution to Food Solutions in Uganda

• We Are Water - Construction of a piped water system at Mahega Primary School in Rwamwanja Settlement, Uganda

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Other:

• Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo - Dal Sud Sudan all’Uganda in cerca di protezione: un viaggio oltre i confini

• AllAfrica - French Embassy in Uganda Donates U.S.547,000 to Support Refugees

• Catholic Masses - Pope Francis praises Uganda’s welcome of refugees

• The Conversation - Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

• FCDO - UK–Uganda development partnership summary, July 2023

• FEWS-Net - Uganda Food Security Outlook, June 2023 - January 2024

• GoU - Office of the Prime Minister: Uganda Refugees & Asylum Seekers as of 30 June 2023

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Trend Analysis on Collection, Reception and Transit Centres

  • Refugee Statistics June 2023

  • Refugee Statistics June 2023 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

  • Refugee Statistics June 2023 - Active Population by Settlement

  • Refugee Statistics Map - June 2023

  • Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 30-June-2023

  • Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (30 June 2023)

• Innovation Norway - Innovation Norway visits projects in Uganda

• ILO - ILO's support in East African summit yields commitments for improved refugee inclusion - Member States of IGAD and Partner States of the EAC came together to sign the Munyonyo Declaration, committing to durable solutions for refugees in the East and Horn of Africa region.

• Humanitarian Peace Network -

  • From anecdote to evidence: researching RLOs in East Africa and the Middle East

  • Refugee-led organisations: towards community-based accountability mechanisms

• The Monitor - How EU projects spur development in refugee hosting communities

• REACH - Movement and livelihood intentions of urban refugees in Uganda - General trends & Gulu case study (July 2023)

• UNHCR -

  • Operational Update (May 2023)

  • South Sudan Situation: Population Dashboard - 30 June 2023

  • South Sudan Refugee Crisis Explained

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • Regional Refugee Response Plan Dashboard - April 2023

    • Refugees Situation Dashboard - June 2023

  • Burundi Situation: Population Dashboard - 31 May 2023

  • Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL:

    • Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum as of 30 June 2023

    • Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region as of 30 June 2023

    • Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region as of 31 May 2023

    • Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum as of 31 May 2023

  • Climate and Displacement - 13 July 2023

  • Climate Change and Human Mobility in the IGAD region - 13 July 2023 - Protection Frameworks in the IGAD Region - Human Mobility and Climate Change in the IGAD Region: Based on a case study in the shared border regions of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia

• VoA - UN Uganda Aid Cuts to Impact Refugees

• Weaving the Camp

  • Humanitarian Patterns of the Camp: Order, Spacing and Protraction in Kyaka II

  • Pulling the Strings: Refugees’ Rearranging Practices in Kyaka II

  • Social Fabric: Refugees’ Social Practices of Spatialization in Kyaka II

  • Material Fabric: Refugees’ Material Practices of Spatialization in Kyaka II

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, June 2023

Events

• World Water Week - Uganda Water Services to Refugees: from humanitarian support to development - Online session - Wednesday 23 August 16:00-17:30

Feature DAFI Refugee Scholarship Application 2023-2024 The scholarship covers a range of costs, including subsistence allowances and payment of tuition fees at universities covering a maximum of four years of study. Female candidates, persons with disabilities, and students who intend to enroll in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program are strongly encouraged to apply. ELIGIBILITY

• Must be a registered refugee in Uganda between 18 and 35 years of age.

• Hold a Uganda Certificate of Education (U.C.E) with at least five (5) credit with English and Mathematics inclusive or its equivalent

• Hold Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (U.A.C.E) with at least Two (2) principle passes or its equivalent

• Admission to an accredited university within Uganda will be an added advantage

• Female Candidates/Persons with Special Needs (PSNs) who meet the requirement are highly encouraged to apply.

• Continuing Students in their first year of study (Degree programmes only) can apply,

UNHCR/WIU Field offices/Kampala can support you with the online application procedures in case of any challenges, Paper applications will not be accepted. NOTE: The DAFI application and scholarship award is free of charge and open to all refugees WIU does not charge a fee at any stage of the scholarship process. WIU will not be held responsible in the event that a candidate pays money to any person who claims to act on behalf of or for WIU. APPLICATION Applications must be submitted online, only via DAFI call for application 2023- 2024 between 17 July 2023 and 06 August 2023. Late submission will not be considered. To fill the dafi scholarship 2023 application form, click link below