Uganda Refugee News - March 2024

Sector specific:

Education:

• East African Journal of Education Studies - Planning for the Accelerated Education Programme for Refugee Learners in Uganda: Stakeholders Experiences

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Education Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• New Vision - Refugee hosting stakeholders orientated on play based learning

• Uganda Radio Network - Hailstorm Damages Terego Refugee School

• University World News - French language benefits from refugee student influx  

Environment & Energy:

•  GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022-2023, Environment and Energy Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• Refugees, hosts and trees - PhD research on forest access in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement Fieldwork in Uganda 2024

• You Tube - Refugee community solar project: 13.4bn set aside for Kiryandongo, Northern Uganda

Health:

• Annals of Global Health - Characterizing Mobility and its Association with HIV Outcomes in Refugee Settlements in Uganda

• BMC Public Health - Factors associated with family planning use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, West Nile, Uganda: a comparative study 

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Health & Nutrition Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• PLOS One - Care groups in an integrated nutrition education intervention improved infant growth among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’s West Nile post-emergency settlements: A cluster randomized trial

• Research Gate - Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors among displaced people in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis  

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• BNN - Bridging Gaps: Empowering Uganda's Refugees with Microloans, Partners with UNHCR

• GoU - Food Security and Nutrition Assessment in Refugee Settlements, Refugee Host Districts, and Kampala, December 2023

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• Food Security Dashboard

• Cash-Based Interventions Dashboard

• The International Spectator - Refugees as Entrepreneurs? A Challenge to HDP Programmes

• JRS - JRS Uganda and State PRM: Livelihoods Program Plants Seeds of Hope

• Malteser International - Vocational skills training for youth 

• Monitor - Refugees embrace smart farming to boost income

• New Vision -

• Over 100 refugees trained in entrepreneurship skills

• Over 200 refugee host community youth graduate in TVET

• Northumbria University - Volunteering by Displaced Youth in Uganda: Livelihoods, Skills, Employability and Inequalities

• Omia - Omia: Launch of Partnership with Mercy Corps to Empower Refugee Farmers in Uganda

• PLOS One - Care groups in an integrated nutrition education intervention improved infant growth among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’s West Nile post-emergency settlements: A cluster randomized trial  

Protection:

• European Journal of Gender Studies - Mediating Effect of Gender Based Violence on the Fit of Public Health Consequences and Societal Impact of Refugees in Uganda 

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022-2023, - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• Child Protection Dashboard

• Protection dashboard

• IRC - Funding cuts could increase health and protection risks in Ugandan refugee settlements as more Sudanese refugees arrive, warns IRC

WASH

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, WASH Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2023

• Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development - Water and food insecurity and linkages with physical and sexual intimate partner violence among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: cross-sectional survey findings

• Radio Dabanga - No clean water for refugees in Uganda and displaced in Darfur

Other:

• The African Exponent - Uganda's Compassion Under Threat: A Look at Africa's Largest Refugee Camp

• Africa News - Uganda's refugees are 3.6% of its population

• African Review - African pioneers dominate Ashden Awards finalists

• Babas Pizza - How Policy Decisions Affect Refugee Journeys in South Sudan: A Study Using Automated Ensemble Simulations

• BNN - Uganda Military Drops Charges Against Officers in Rwandan Refugee Extradition Case

• Chimp Report - Kiryandongo: UAE Aid, UN Women Donate to Refugees

• The City Review - Uganda threatens to close doors to refugees over cash crunch

• ECPHAO - A welcoming haven for those fleeing strife and insecurity: Uganda’s unique refugee policy

• FEWS- Net - Uganda Food Security Outlook: Low staple food prices mitigate worse outcomes in Karamoja and refugee settlements, though Crisis (IPC Phase 3) persists, February - September 2024

• GCD/IRC - How Donors Can Better Support Urban Refugees in Kampala and Nairobi

• Geoform - Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

• Girlhood Studies - (pay for access) - Intersectional Barriers Faced by Urban Somali Refugee Girls in Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR

• Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (29 February 2024)

• Uganda Refugees & Asylum Seekers as of 29 February 2024

• Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 29 February 2024

• Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (29 February 2024)

• Uganda Country Refugee Response End of Year Inter-Sector Dashboard 2023

• GoU/UNHCR/UNICEF - Food Security and Nutrition Assessment in Refugee Settlements, Refugee Host Districts, and Kampala, December 2023

• IoM - Migration Governance Indicators Second Profile 2023 | Republic of Uganda

• Monitor -

• Rwamwanja Refugee girls find hope in football

• UN, local leaders call for sustainability in supporting refugees' needs

• The New Humanitarian - Why refugee ration cuts in Uganda risk long-term social damage - ‘The worst effects of these ration cuts are yet to be seen.’

• New Vision - S. Sudan wants refugee nationals to participate in polls

• NRC - NRC steps up to support the accelerated refugee status determination exercise in Kampala (March 2024)

• One Citizen Daily - Nightclubs in refugee camps face closure

• Radio Tamazuj - 77 South Sudanese refugees arrested in Uganda after deadly inter-clan clashes

• Sudan Times - Uganda eases registration for elderly, disabled Sudanese refugees

• University of Oxford - Can financial redistribution shape attitudes toward refugees?

• UNHCR -

• Operational Update (Quarter 4, 2023)

• Refugee Policy Review Framework Country Summary as at 30 June 2023

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

• UNHCR and partners urge renewed support for South Sudanese refugees with new funding appeal

• South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan, January - December 2024 (At a glance)

• South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (January - December 2024)

• Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes - Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region (as of 29 Feb 2024)

• Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes - Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum (as of 29 Feb 2024)

• UNICEF - Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1: January-February 2024

• WFP -

• Sending money to women in Uganda: How can access to and usage of digital financial services increase women’s financial independence?

• Navigating Targeting and Prioritisation: WFP Targeting and Prioritization Best Practices in East Africa

• You Tube

• Sponge Settlement: Regenerative Design for Refugees with African Women Rising, Uganda March 2024