Projects

When the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Uganda in March, there were fears and panics that it could have devastating effects on the refugees. Bweyale camp, in Kiryandongo is highly congested, making physical and social-distancing nearly impossible, yet refugees have limited access to PPEs, water and soaps required in hand washing to prevent the spread of the virus. The UN’s World Food Program announced a 30 percent cut on refugee rations i.e from 12kg of maize flour per month to just 8, amidst a countrywide imposed lockdown – leading to serious lack of food for the refugees.

This project intends to provide face masks, hand washing soaps, detergents to refugees, refugees’ essential workers, community mobilizers and educators. It also involves awareness-raising campaigns and translation of COVID-19 IEC material in local languages to stamp out widespread misinformation. We also want to distribute food to vulnerable groups such as expectancy mothers, under-five children and elder people who easily get malnourished and can die due to starvation. Refugees need access to economic opportunities so that they can generate incomes to feed their families. Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Uganda is a home to over 60,000 refugees from Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, and South Sudan.