Uganda Refugee News - November 2022

As this is the last URN to arrive in your inboxes in 2022, I wanted to take the opportunity to wish you Happy Holidays and thank you all for your continued support and engagement with URN. I'd also like to thank you for your ongoing efforts to support and improve the situation for refugees in Uganda. Together we can - and are - making a positive impact. A reminder that submissions are always welcome and can be shared, for inclusion in subsequent newsletters, via our email - ugandarefugeenews@gmail.com Last, please share the love and send the newsletter onto anyone you think might be interested - they can subscribe using the bar below. The more the merrier!

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Sector specific:

Education:

• ELRHA - Research snapshot - Child friendly spaces: understanding effective implementation - This randomised controlled trial compared the effectiveness of two approaches to implementing Child Friendly Spaces in the West Nile refugee response, finding strong evidence that both approaches can have immediate as well as longer-term psychosocial benefits for younger children and adolescents. However, they had limited impact on strengthening community capacities for child protection and MHPSS.

• GoU/UNHCR -

  • Arua Operation Term II 2022 Primary Education Gap Analysis

  • Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Education Dashboard - Term 2, 2022

• Simbi Foundation - The Impact of EduTech in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement’s Schools

• UNESCO - Providing early childhood education for refugees in Uganda

Environment:

• World AgroForesty - Agroforestry: Challenges and Opportunities in Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements of Arua District, Northern Uganda

• GiZ - The Uganda Energy Kiosk Model in Refugee Settings

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Environment & Energy Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2022

• The Humanitarian Innovation Programme - Sustainable and affordable energy solutions for refugees in Uganda

• Order of Malta - Environmentally friendly school inaugurated in the Rhino refugee camp in Northern Uganda

• UN - South Sudanese refugee fights deforestation in Uganda by planting trees

Health:

• Current Psychology - Associations between potential traumatic experience and mental health in adolescent refugee populations: A scoping review

• ELRHA - The realities of implementing Self-Help Plus – What have we learnt so far?

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Health & Nutrition Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2022

• Illinois News Bureau - Refugee teens in Uganda who 'sext' more likely to use condoms, studies find

• IPC

  • Acute Malnutrition Analysis in Refugee Settlements and Host Districts, February 2022 - January 2023 (Issued November 25, 2022)

  • Acute Food Insecurity Analysis in Refugee Settlements and Host Districts, June 2022 - January 2023 (Issued November 25, 2022)

  • Uganda [Karamoja, Teso & Refugee Hosting Districts]: Food Security & Nutrition Snapshot | AFI: June 2022 - January 2023 l AMN: February 2022 - January 2023 (Published on November 25, 2022)

• Journal of Global Health Reports - Mental disorders and lack of social support among refugees and Ugandan nationals screening for HIV at health centers in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda

• ResearchSquare - Factors Associated with Decision Making about Family Planning Use by Refugee and Host Population in Adjumani District, West Nile, Uganda; A Cross Sectional Study

Livelihoods:

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Livelihoods & Resilience Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2022

• Ikea Foundation - Refugee Livelihoods – what we do to support the many refugees - 10 November 2022

• IWMR - Project Brief Series - No. 3: Circular bio-economy innovations for resilient refugee and host communities in East Africa

• Lemon Tree - (podcast) - art27’s Resounding Podcast: Putting Down Roots - Jennie Spears, joins the founder of Uganda-based Rwamwanja Rural Foundation, Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe, to chat about the benefits of gardening and growing food.

• Monitor - Refugees cash in on group farming

• UN Web TV - Revitalizing Markets for Host Communities and Refugees

Protection

• NEW - Makere University - Causes of gender based violence in areas of humanitarian crisis - a case study of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Kiryandongo District

• Child Abuse & Neglect - Development of an index to measure the strength of child protection Systems in Refugee Settings: Conceptual and practical considerations

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Protection Dashboard - Quarter 3, January - September 2022

WASH

• ELRHA - Kyaka II – Testing new territory for the SWOT in Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, WASH Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2022

• Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development - Water insecurity and sexual and gender-based violence among refugee youth: qualitative insights from a humanitarian setting in Uganda

Other:

• NEW - An assessment of digital inclusion among vulnerable persons in developing economies

• Afribary - Stakeholder Involvement and Refugee Relief in Uganda A Case Study of the Uganda Red Cross Societys Non-Food Items Relief Project in Bidi Bidi Refugee Camp

• AllAfrica - EU Pledges Continued Support to Uganda's Refugee Response

• DW.com - The 77 Percent - Refugees in Gulu, Uganda

• FINCA International - (video) - Crafting Digital Savings for Women: Lessons from an Experimental Study in Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2022-23) Performance Dashboard - Quarter 3 2022 - Rhino; Palorinya; Adjumani; Bidi Bidi; Kiryandongo; Oruchinga; Nakivale; Kyangwali, Palabek; Imvepi; Lobule; Rhino; Kyaka II; Rwamwanja

  • National Performance Snapshot Quarter 3 2022

  • Refugee Influx Dashboard (As of 27 October 22)

  • Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2022 - Cash-Based Interventions; Food Security; Shelter and Settlement

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2022-23) Operational Presence - Quarter 3 January - September 2022

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP) 2022-2023 - Q3 2022 Funding Update

  • Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (31 October 2022)

  • Refugee Statistics October 2022

  • Refugee Statistics October 2022 - Adjumani

  • Refugee Statistics October 2022 - Settlement Profiles

  • Refugee Statistics October 2022 - Active Population by Settlement

  • Refugee Statistics Map - October 2022

• IoM

  • Flow Monitoring Survey Dashboard: Uganda-Kenya Border (October 2022)

  • Flow Monitoring Survey Dashboard: Uganda-Kenya Border (September 2022)

• MMC - The Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees: Inclusive Climate Action is supporting ten city-led interventions in Africa with grants of up to $200,000 USD over 12 mths. In May 2022, the Fund announced grants for the city governments of Accra, Ghana; Arua, Uganda; Beira, Mozambique; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Monrovia, Libera. Arua will create employment opportunities for migrants and refugees in Uganda’s first municipal recycling program, while introducing environmentally sustainable practices and curricula in schools, health centers, and other public institutions.

• NTV - (video) - A look at the lives of Eritreans living in Uganda

• Robert Bosch Stifung - Refugee-Led Organisations in East Africa - Community Perceptions in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania

• Scholar Publishing - Refugee Rural-Urban Migration and Livelihoods in Uganda: A Case of Burundian Refugees Residing in Mbarara City

• UNHCR -

  • Uganda Refugee Response: RRP Funding Dashboard Q3 2022

  • Inter-Agency Situation Report - Uganda Refugee Emergency (14 - 31 October 2022)

  • Uganda’s refugee response confronted by dire funding gap - This is a summary of what was said by Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams, UNHCR’s Head of Global Communications – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

  • East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region Operational Update - July-September 2022

  • Uganda Refugee Response: Indicator Tracking Matrix - Critical Indicators in the Kisoro Emergency (27-Oct-22)

  • Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL: Quarterly Factsheet (September 2022)

  • Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region - Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region (as of 30 September 2022)

  • Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region - Refugees and asylum-seekers by country of asylum (as of 30 September 2022)

  • High level roundtable on the return and reintegration of Burundi refugees key outcomes document

• UNIDO-UNHCR - Private Sector Mission to East Africa – Opportunities for future partnerships - 10 November 2022

• VoA - WFP: Uganda Refugees Are Actually Boosting Economy

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, September 2022

• Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative - Over 1,500 Participate in WPDI Community Dialogues at the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• YouTube - The Digital CARE Package - (video) - CARE’s VSLA Digital CARE Package is designed to overcome this, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to take full advantage of the digital economy. This session will address some of the key challenges that are faced by participants of NGO programs. What steps are different actors taking to close the digital divide, and what else can be done to make programs more effective?

Events, Funding etc

• Disaster Ready - (log in required) - Gender-based Violence and Child Protection Case Management Steps online course - This free online course introduces humanitarian case management staff to key processes for ensuring decisions and actions are responsive to the unique needs of a survivor, and aim to prevent future harm and reduce risk. Learn international standards and UNHCR’s “Best Interests Procedure” to deliver quality case management services for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection (CP). This course was generously donated by UNHCR and is available in English, French, and Spanish.

• DSG Hub - December 15th - Vendor and Product Showcase: DSG Technologies Advancing Financial Inclusion. Global Communities will open this highly interactive event by introducing the new and improved DSG Vendor and Products tool on the DSG Hub and eight DSG vendors will briefly present their digital solutions for savings groups and invite you to visit their virtual booths where you will be able to explore tools to accelerate safe, inclusive and sustainable digitization of savings groups. Register here.

• GSMA - The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action - will back solutions that leverage mobile digital technology, anticipate potential humanitarian impacts and enable effective early response. The GSMA is open to applications from non-profit organisations (including NGOs, INGOs, humanitarian agencies and social enterprises) as well as for-profit organisations (limited to commercially viable start-ups, SMEs and social enterprises with up to 250 employees). Successful projects will receive a grant of between £100-250,000 to scale their innovation over a 15 -18mths. DEADLINE: 19th January 2023