A “permanent solution” to deforestation in refugee-hosting districts is on the horizon
Arguably Uganda’s vegetation cover is drastically disappearing at an alarming rate, a result of drastic increase of combined population of refugees...
Engage in agriculture and end hunger, Refugees told
Uganda’s
sustainable development goal number two aims to end hunger, achieve food
security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030....
Suicide cases are many amongst South Sudanese asylum seekers, in Uganda. Why?
South Sudanese Refugees Association began trauma-healing center around a UNHCR reception point of asylum seekers, near Uganda-South Sudan border area. Even...
Refugees ‘give back to community’
A group of refugees from both DR Congo and South Sudan, living in Uganda’s Koboko town cleaned the district’s main hospital...
The Walking school bus introduces Simbi to supplement textbooks in schools.
Text books alongside other
scholastic materials are the basic requirement for establishing a learning
centre. In some westnile districts of Arua...
Coronavirus: how defying presidential order landed religious leader in custody.
By Adiidi Rashul, Spirit fm.
The
#Presidential Order came into effect on the 22nd march 2020,...
Coronavirus: “We are not receiving any new arrivals” – official
After the outbreak of intercommunal violence in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, that left hundreds dead across 28 villages in...
Creating livelihood in foreign land
As humanitarian assistance continue to decrease, refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda are encouraged to initiate their own livelihoods. Many have...
IRC lauds UNHRC’s 5 ambulance donation, Cites it’ll improve the Covid-19 pandemic response.
The humanitarian organization UNHRC or (The United Nation High Commission for Refugees) in its support to the fight against...
Refugees in Arua District get training in handling money
European Investment Bank together with a Catholic founded bank - Centenary, want both South Sudanese refugees and their Ugandan hosts to...