This report summarises findings from a mapping of feedback and safeguarding mechanisms in Uganda’s refugee response, highlighting key strengths, gaps, and recommendations to improve accountability and service delivery for refugees and host communities. Key insights: • Food security is most frequently identified as the #1 priority. • However, needs are not confined to one sector — health, education, and other services consistently appear within top-three priorities. • Data was collected just one month before additional service cuts took effect in January 2026 — and conditions have since deteriorated due to funding constraints. Community voices are clear: needs are multi-sectoral, interconnected, and urgent.

In this video, Husna Babbra Kia Etum shares key recommendations from the Community Feedback Mechanism session at the 37th Refugee Engagement Forum (REF) dissemination workshop, organised by U-Learn. The REF creates a vital space where refugee voices directly inform policies and programmes through dialogue with government and partners—advancing accountability, participation, and locally driven solutions.

This blog reflects on how self-reliance has been conceptualised and operationalised in Uganda and on the programmatic pathways actors are prioritising today. It also summarizes the progress made towards reaching the GRF pledge made by the Government of Uganda on resilience and self-reliance. Emphasis is placed on the multi-dimensionality of self-reliance.

U-LEARN and HINGO, with support from FCDO, conducted a rapid Community Priorities Assessment based on interviews with 38 Refugee Welfare Counsels (Nov–Dec 2025). In a context of limited up-to-date data, this qualitative exercise captured priority needs, preferred assistance modalities, and key vulnerable groups — directly from a community perspective.Key insights: • Food security is most frequently identified as the #1 priority. • However, needs are not confined to one sector — health, education, and other services consistently appear within top-three priorities. • Data was collected just one month before additional service cuts took effect in January 2026 — and conditions have since deteriorated due to funding constraints. Community voices are clear: needs are multi-sectoral, interconnected, and urgent.

Energy access and climate resilience are critical pillars of the Uganda refugee response. This video explores practical innovations, technical approaches, and future projections shaping sustainable energy and climate action in this context.