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Over 3,400 Congolese refugees are now arriving in Uganda each day. As they arrive, they share stories of devastation and destruction from the DRC.
UNHCR is urgently seeking $21.4 million for its underfunded operations in Uganda for refugees who have fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
When Joseph's family returned home from Uganda in 2005 he thought their future would be secure. Now that they are back in Uganda as refugees for a second time, he sees no reason to ever return to South Sudan.
When 13-year-old South Sudanese refugee Yayo Tangko turned up at the Boroli refugee settlement in Uganda with her four younger siblings, she feared the worst for her missing parents.
Unlike many countries where refugees are confined to camps, Uganda permits them to live in village-like settlements, and to farm for themselves.
Refugees began fleeing after a reported attack last week on the town of Kamango in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UNHCR is talking to community leaders to encourage the refugees to move.
Hidden away among the rows of identical tents lives Bubukwanga transit center's youngest inhabitant – three-day-old Andrea Bandora.
Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini traveled to Uganda to support the UN Refugee Agency’s emergency response to the South Sudan crisis.
With the help of UNHCR, Abby Mukasa took refuge in the Democratic Republic of Congo after escaping the rebel army in Uganda.
A week after Congolese civilians began fleeing into western Uganda, UNHCR is trying to reach the thousands of people still spread along the border and manage the situation at an increasingly crowded transit facility in Uganda.
Never disheartened by being paralyzed by polio as a child, Congolese refugee Adam Mugisho sets up shop repairing the cell phones and radios in Uganda.
UNHCR is working to establish new camps and expand existing ones in neighboring Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya to cope with the influx of refugees from South Sudan.
Desperate and hungry, 52,000 South Sudanese refugees crossed into Uganda- more than 85 percent of them women and children, including Esther and her seven children.
"Having traveled extensively during my 50 years, I’ve witnessed extreme poverty and heart-wrenching situations... but none came close to what I witnessed first hand in the refugee camps and settlements in Kenya and Uganda."
Anna Spindler is the UN Refugee Agency’s Head of Supply Management and Logistics. With her committed and passionate team, Anna ensures that refugees and other people of concern get the blankets, tents and other relief items they need. Last year alone, Anna assisted with humanitarian crises in Bangladesh, Syria, Uganda, Angola and many other countries. This interview demonstrates the critical role donor support plays in Anna’s work.
“Basic” doesn’t begin to describe the importance of the healthcare you can provide. “Lifesaving” is a far better term. You can ensure that refugees visiting clinics have access to medicine — and a chance to rebuild their lives.
Help refugees rebuild their lives. You can provide families with seeds and gardening tools, which they can use to grow food both to feed themselves and generate income for other basic necessities.
Vaccinating children gives them a better chance of survival, which is why it’s a top UNHCR priority in a humanitarian crisis. Help protect refugee children from fatal diseases like polio, measles and cholera.
Without enough to eat, a child can’t concentrate in school and will soon fall behind. Fund a garden in a school and provide refugee children with the nutritious food they need to excel.
Refugees need a way to transport and store safe, clean water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. You can provide jerry cans, a simple yet profoundly effective tool to safeguard a vulnerable family's health, wellbeing and dignity.
Famine and violence are devastating the people of South Sudan, which has become the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis and the largest in Africa.
But beneath this sexual assault victim's raw pain there is resilience and strength, she still has dreams for the future despite the horrors of her past.
Millions of individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. Learn more about the number of refugees from various regions and the countries in which they are most often resettling.
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