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  • In Tierkidi camp, various religious denominations (Presbyterian, Catholic, Nazarene, Seventh Day Adventist, and Evangelical Covenant Churches) held general “prayers for peace” in response to recent fighting in Juba. Various speakers at the event, which was held on 15 July urged compatriots to strive for peace with statements such as: “let us start peace at home; war kills our children; where there is love and forgiveness there will be no revenge and hatred etc”. Generally, refugees considered the development in Juba as a major setback to their hopes of returning home in the near future.
    highlight 21 Jul 2016 (7 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UN Messenger for Peace, Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint al Hussein, visited Kule 2 Refugee Camp and met with South Sudanese refugee women.
    highlight 15 Jul 2014 (9 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNOCHA Director of Coordination and Response Division, Mr John Ging visited Pagak entry point, Kule Refugee Camp with Heads of Agencies.
    highlight 22 Jul 2014 (9 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNICEF Executive Board visits Pagak Entry point and Kule Refugee Camp.
    highlight 12 Aug 2014 (9 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • 12 refugees comprising five families were voluntarily relocated from Pagak entry point to Okugo Refugee Camp.
    highlight 16 Oct 2014 (9 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • The international Day of Person with Disability was celebrated during the week of 30-Nov to 08 December in the refugee camps in Gambella region.
    highlight 01 Dec 2014 (9 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • DanChurchAid (DCA) in collaboration with UNHCR and the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) hosted a delegation of the Ambassador of Denmark to Ethiopia, the DCA General Secretary, Head of Humanitarian Director, and the DCA Regional Representative Delegation. The mission visited the Fresh Food Voucher project in Tierkidi camp on 19 October.
    highlight 30 Oct 2015 (8 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • The Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Mr. Peter H. Vrooman, visited UNHCR Sub-Office Gambella on 9 December. Mr. Vrooman’s last visit to Gambella was in March 2015 when he inaugurated Jewi camp along with the President of Gambella Regional State, His Excellency Ato Gatluak Tuk Khot; Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA); Deputy Director Ato Ayalew Aweke; then outgoing UNHCR Representative (Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa), Mr. Valentin Tapsoba; and the Deputy Assistant Secretary Catherine Wiesner of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM) in Washington.
    highlight 22 Jan 2016 (8 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • 541 new arrivals, consisting of 131 families from South Sudan, were registered at the Pagak entry point and relocated to Pugnido 2 camp on 15 January 2016. The refugees were mainly from Upper Nile State and 70% of them were children. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitated the relocation.
    highlight 22 Jan 2016 (8 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees
  • UNHCR Gambella took part in inter-agency assessment mission to areas affected by the cross-border raid of 15 April by gunmen which left over 200 people killed and over 21,000 displaced. The mission visited Lare Woreda on 21 April.
    highlight 04 May 2016 (7 years ago)
    Ethiopia / South Sudan - Refugees