Uganda Refugee News - September 2024

Welcome to the 57th edition of URN covering publications and news from September 2024

I know working in this area can be super tough but I also know that its rewarding and important and, many of us are lucky enough to able to do this work as a result of our birth/education/a-n-other privilege. This was brought home starkly to me when reading one of the posts in the newsletter below and read this quote:

“While you were busy getting your first professional years of experience, I was busy surviving”.

I wanted to pull it out to share it as a kind reminder that no matter your professional experience you only ever know part of the solution and this is why it's so important to always work with refugees. Stepping off my soapbox now ... :)

Thank you to those who are sharing their resources and please remember that submissions are always welcome via our email - ugandarefugeenews@gmail.com

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Last, a reminder you can find previous versions of the newsletter on the website and the same articles but by sector

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Sector specific:

Education:

• East African Journal of Information Technology - The Integration of ICT for Effective Implementation of the Competence-Based Curriculum among Secondary Schools in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• FCA -  Four refugee students head from Uganda to Belgium thanks to EU-funded and transnational programme, supported by FCA

• Humanity United - Uganda Launches School Accessibility Companion Guide

• The Independent - Tecno renews deal with UNHCR to support education of young African refugees

• JRS - Bicycles pave the way for quality education in Uganda

• Learning, Media and Technology - Minimal computing in refugee education in

  Uganda: economies of digital use and non-use, and the right constraints

• Makerere University - Determinants of access to learning during COVID-19 lockdown among primary school going children in refugee-hosting districts of Uganda

• Monitor - Rebecca Abiyo: Catholic nun who transformed Adjumani school

• NRC - Empowering lives through education: Equation of foreign academic documents in Uganda – quick guide

• NTV - 52-Year-Old South Sudanese refugee enrolls in primary school

• One Citizen Daily - Gov’t urged to support students’ welfare program in refugee camps

• Public Health - Sexual and gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults in refugee settlements and host communities: A case of Palorinya Refugee Settlement in Obongi District, Uganda

• Soft Power - Makerere joins global coalition of universities to increase access to higher education for refugees

• Student’s Journal of Health Research Africa - Factors associated with school attendance among pupil refugees in Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Kamwenge District; A cross-sectional study

• UNHCR -

  • Scholarship programme prepares refugees to build brighter futures after graduation

  • EHAGL - Regional Education Newsletter Q2 2024

Environment & Energy:

• The Herpetological Bulletin - Potential impacts of refugee camps on wetland herpetofauna in

  Uganda

• NTV Uganda (video) - Charcoal ban leaves Adjumani district in crisis

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

 Health:

• BMC Public Health - Contextualizing HIV testing experiences within the HIV prevention cascade: qualitative insights from refugee youth in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda

• Chase Africa - Supporting communities in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda

• Computers in Human Behavior - eHealth literacy and digital health interventions: Key ingredients for supporting the mental health of displaced youth living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda

• Independent - NGO spotlights high rates of mental distress among refugees

• International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS - Postpartum hemorrhage in humanitarian settings: Heat-stable carbetocin and tranexamic acid implementation study in Uganda

• Monitor - Urban refugees facing higher mental health risks -health boss

• NTV - (video) - New sports complexes for refugees and host communities in Uganda

• Palliative Medicine (pay for access) - Evaluation of the integration of palliative care in a fragile setting amongst host and refugee communities: Using consecutive rapid participatory appraisals

• Plan - Community cooking demonstrations tackle malnutrition in refugee and host communities

• PLOS Mental Health - Social validity of acceptance-based workplace mental health training for use in a low resource setting. A qualitative study with Ugandan mental health providers

• Research Square - Predictors of Insecticide - Treated Nets Utilization among Children under five years in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: Analysis of the 2018-19 Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey

• SSHAP - Key Considerations: Balancing Epidemic Preparedness and Response with Humanitarian Protection in Ugandan Refugee Settlements

• Student’s Journal of Health Research Africa -  The factors affecting uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision services among adult makes aged 15-50 years attending Nakivale health center III Isingiro 

• University of Antwerp - Vulnerability, resilience, and integration of elderly South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: a case study of Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district

• WHO - Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Uganda

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• Commonlands - Formalizing Refugee Economies: A Pathway to Economic Inclusion

• European Microfinance Platform - The ‘Network’ Perspective: Financial Inclusion for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda

• ILO - Innovative livelihood pathways for youth in Uganda: The Online Gig Work Program

• KIVA - Bridging the Gap: How Kiva is Catalyzing Financial Inclusion for Refugees

• Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies - Health Workers in Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Care for Refugees: Insights from Frontline Health and Humanitarian Professionals in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• Monitor -

  • How refugee project is changing lives

  • How mini irrigation scheme transformed lives of Koboko women

• The Pollination Project - Cultivating Resilience in Nakivale Refugee Settlement

• Research Gate - From Survival to Self-Reliance: The Transformative Impact of

  Microfinance on South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda

• UGAFODE - Journey for Financial Inclusion for Refugees

• Uthabiti - USAID Uthabiti Digitalization Approach and Lessons Learned

• The Cost of Inaction: Impacts of WFP Refugee Assistance Shortfalls on Food Security Outcomes in Uganda 

Protection:

• Capital FM - Govt, CSOs teams up to end FGM among urban refugees

• Knowledge Commons - Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) in Uganda

• Monitor - More boys facing violence in refugee settlements - report

• Nile Post -

  • Report Reveals High Rates of Violence Against Children in Uganda's Refugee Settlements 

  • Online Hate Speech Threatens Refugees' Safety, Well-Being - UNHCR

• Public Health - (pay for access) - Sexual and gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults in refugee settlements and host communities: A case of Palorinya Refugee Settlement in Obongi District, Uganda

• Together for Girls -

  • First-ever Humanitarian Violence Against Children Survey (HVACS) reveals the toll of violence children experience in refugee settlements in Uganda

  • Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) factsheet

    WASH

•  Water Mission - WASH funders and private corporation invest in launch of Water Mission’s professional water utility in Uganda

• Oxfam - Investing in local expertise to manage water systems in Uganda refugee settlements

Other:

• Accion - (video) - Refugee women rebuild their lives in Uganda

• The Africa Report - Top M23 official arrested in Uganda recruiting refugees

• AVSI - Growing refugee crisis requires maximizing every dollar of humanitarian aid

• CGTN - Sudan crisis puts Uganda refugee camp to test

• Chimp Reports -

  • 36,000 Sudanese Refugees Flee to Uganda; Suburbs Record Spike in Housing Rental Prices

  • Ireland Raises Shs 74bn for Refugee Programmes in Uganda

• CMI - Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda

• Cogent Social Sciences - Protracted refugee situations and the shrinking durable solutions:

  could there be a ray of hope in local solutions?

• Egmont Institute -

  • The End of Uganda’s Refugee Model, or Just a ‘Transition’?

  • Uganda: A Model for Refugee Hosting? (video)

• Experiential Learning and Community Partnerships for Sustainable Development - (pay for access) - Youth Engagement in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• FEWS-Net - Uganda Key Message Update: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in Karamoja and most refugee settlements persists despite the harvest, August 2024

• Global Compact - Uganda, co-convenor of the GRF 2023: the backstory

• GoU/UNHCR -

  • Uganda - Population Dashboard:

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

    • Annex I - Active Population by Settlement (31 August 2024)

    • Annex II - Map - Refugees and Asylum Seekers (31 August 2024)

    • Annex III - Settlement Profiles (31 August 2024)

  • Refugee Statistics Map August 2024

  • Refugee Statistics August 2024 - Active Population by Settlement

  • Refugee Statistics August 2024 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

  • Refugee Statistics August 2024

  • Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 31 August 2024

  • Suicide Dashboard August 2024

  • Inter-Agency Feedback, Referral, and Resolution Mechanism (FRRM) August Newsletter

• iChad Brown School - Tutlam, Nabunya and Naseh awarded NIH funding to build research capacity among refugee youth in Uganda

• The Independent - Minister Magyezi: Uganda paying heavy price for its open-door refugee policy

• IRC - Over a third of the 100,000 refugees arriving into resource-strained Uganda are Sudanese fleeing horrific conditions, warns the IRC

• LWF - Breaking Stereotypes: Men Take Lead in Childcare in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement

• Metropolitan Journal Of Business & Economics - Civil Society Organizations And Conflict Managements Among The Refugees In Uganda. A Case Study Of Nyumanzi Refugee settlement

• Monitor -

  • Uganda’s open door refugee policy comes home to roost

  • Endless struggles: The harrowing journey of refugees in Kiryandongo

• New Humanitarian - How to end tokenism and embrace real refugee participation - Both simple actions and profound changes are needed to move past lip service and create more equitable responses to forced displacement.

• New Vision - How self settled refugees struggle for integration in Arua City

• Nile Post -

  • Local councils raise alarm, refugee burden overwhelms district budgets

  • Refugee population in Uganda to Hit 2 million by end of 2024

• Northumbria University - The scale, forms and distribution of volunteering amongst refugee youth populations in Uganda

• NTV - (videos) -

  • Uganda faces Refugee crisis as funding declines

  • Uganda's Refugee count may hit 2 million amid funding issues | PANORAMA

  • Austria donates €2.5 million to support refugees in Uganda

  • Refugees in Kiryandongo lack food, land

• OPM - Uganda’s refugee response a model to the entire world – Hon. Lillian Aber

• Playing for Change Foundation - Changing the life of a young refugee in Uganda

• Sudan Tribune - Resource-strained Uganda decries massive influx of Sudanese refugees

• Uganda Christian University - Challenges Facing Levels of Refugee Service Satisfaction in Uganda: A Case of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement

• UNHCR

  • EHAGL

  • Regional Dashboard EHAGL:

    • Operational Update April – June 2024

    • Refugees and asylum-seekers by situation - 31 August 2024

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

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

  • Improving solutions to forcible displacement through evidence: learning from impact evaluations in East Africa

• Universitat Gent - The logics of camp historicity in Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement: coloniality, sanctuary and 'the national order of things'

• Uppsala University - Breaking silos through faith: a field study on hoe religious capital bridges the gap between the humanitarian and development sectors in Uganda

• US Embassy Uganda - United States Announces Nearly $14 Million in New Refugee Assistance, is Largest Humanitarian Donor in Uganda

• Virginia Tech - Researcher looks at economic impact of reduced humanitarian assistance in East Africa - With the demand for assistance in Somalia and Uganda and with the United Nations World Food Programme facing significant funding shortfalls, there are increased challenges to food security in the region.

• WFP -

  • Uganda Country Brief, August 2024

  • Ireland and WFP renew partnership to support self-reliance for refugees and boost food security in Karamoja 

• Wiley - Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda

Funding opportunities

• Windle Trust Fully-funded Postgraduate Scholarships 2025/2026 for Africans to Study in UK are now open for residents of Kenya and Uganda to study at Masters level in the UK - Application Deadline: 15th October 2024 - Applicants are from Africa preferably from the countries of East, Central or the Horn of Africa. These scholarships are primarily funded through the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission Masters and Shared Scholarships schemes, which require additional applications. It is essential that you apply to both Windle Trust International and the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission to be successful in your application. Applications to Windle Trust International are accepted from 15th September 2024 - to 15th October 2024 and must include a copy of an application submitted to the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission. Applications to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Masters Scholarships are accepted from September 10th 2024 to October 15th 2024.