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ILO - UPSHIFT to elevate youth in Uganda with skills and social entrepreneurship: In Nakivale refugee settlement in south-west Uganda, the air of excitement among local youth blew like a fresh breeze. After two long and difficult years of COVID-19, they were attending the launch of “UPSHIFT”, a social innovation and entrepreneurship programme of the ILO and UNICEF being implemented by local partner “Unleashed”.highlight 08 Feb 2022 (2 years ago) -
IFC - Uganda’s refugee market valued at sh1.7 trillion – IFC report. Refugee hosting areas in the West Nile and Southwest region spend over $485m (sh1.7 trillion) per year to purchase consumer goods, according to a study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The West Nile region accounts for $246m (sh885b), representing 51%. This is largely driven by the host community's spending, at $201m (sh723b). On the other hand, the Southwest region contributes $239m (49%) to the total. https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/8fbe5df0-f2aa-4e40-a28a-8cb7e504edb2/IFC_Uganda+Consumer+and+Market+Study+December+2021.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=nWlm.Ughighlight 13 Dec 2021 (2 years ago)
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Informing Area-based humanitarian action in out-of-Camp Refugee contexts
needs_assessmentAn assessment for Informing Area-based humanitarian action in out-of-Camp Refugee contexts carried out in Arua Municipality, Uganda targeting Refugees (regardless of status determination) and host com... -
Uganda: South Sudan conflict leaves women and children to cope as refugees
news UNHCR, 20 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )ADJUMANI, Uganda, January 20 (UNHCR) – Walk around Dzaipi transit centre in northern Uganda and you will see thousands of children running about, tents full of pregnant women, young mothers and newborns, and elderly women resting against trees. What you do not see are many men. Women and children... -
Born on the run: South Sudanese mothers name babies to reflect ordeal
news UNHCR, 23 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )DZAIPI TRANSIT CENTRE, Uganda, January 23 (UNHCR) – Sophia and Olivia might be among the most popular girls' names in the West these days, but in Dzaipi transit centre in northern Uganda the clear winner for newborn girls is Nyaring. In the Dinka language it means "running," and sums up the way they... -
South Sudanese seek a chance to get on with life without fear
news UNHCR, 03 Nov 2014 (9 years ago )ADJUMANI DISTRICT, Uganda, November 3 (UNHCR) – Peter sat in the shade of a large tree in northern Uganda's Adjumani district, still terrified that the violence he and his family left behind will catch up with them once again. "Sometimes my mind thinks maybe someone will come and kill me at night an... -
Thousands cross into Uganda to escape fighting in South Sudan
news UNHCR, 07 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )KAMPALA, Uganda, January 7 (UNHCR) – The fighting that erupted in South Sudan in mid-December between government troops and opposition forces has forced more than 23,500 people to seek shelter in neighbouring Uganda. "They are now crossing at a rate of up to 2,500 people a day," said UNHCR spokesper... -
South Sudanese, who are again refugees in Uganda, see no reason to ever go home
news UNHCR, 16 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )ADJUMANI, Uganda, April 16 (UNHCR) – When Joseph Anyang Ngong took his family home from Uganda in 2005, he thought a safe and secure future lay before them in Sudan's Bor region. Now that his family are back in Uganda as refugees for a second time, he can see no reason to ever return to South Sudan.... -
Wrestling for Peace
news UNHCR, 15 Jan 2015 (9 years ago )Barefoot and bare-chested, Athong Mayen crouches close to the ground, scoops up a handful of dirt and tosses it into the air – hoping to intimidate a man he has only just met. The two strangers have a score to settle, but it’s all in good fun. As refugees from South Sudan, they are engaging in th... -
One Mother’s Courage
news UNHCR, 17 Feb 2015 (9 years ago )Deadly conflicts forced Nawat to flee from Sudan to South Sudan to Uganda. Now, a small miracle has made her family whole again. It’s been a little over a year since I last visited the refugee settlements of Adjumani, in northern Uganda. It was here – in those early months of 2014, when many hund...