Uganda Refugee News - December 2021

06 Jun Uganda Refugee News – December 2021

Posted at 13:30h in All Publications, Refugee News, U-Learn Supported Recource by Kullein Ankunda

Welcome to Edition 24

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Ever the optimist, I have a feeling 2022 is going to be better for us all – admittedly that wouldn’t be very hard, but we definitely deserve it!

A new year is the time for us to reflect on our achievements from last year and set ambitious goals for the year to come. My goal is to double the reach of the newsletter, so that more folk can benefit from all the excellent research and learning that is being produced and you can help – if everyone sends this newsletter onto one contact and they sign up ,here, I will have reached my years goal in the first month – Yay!

Submissions are always welcome – please send to Ugandrefugeenews@gmail.com and wherever possible, they will be included in the next version.

Sector specific:

Education:

Children on the Edge – Cluster Learning in Kyaka II, Uganda – Watch the Event Video
Education International – UNATU’s experience supporting teachers in refugee areas
International Journal of Educational Development – No right to read: National regulatory restrictions on refugee rights to formal education in low- and middle-income host countries – a closer look at the cases of Uganda and Bangladesh, two countries that host some of the world’s largest refugee populations, yet have ompletely different legal regimes in place for refugee education, with resulting variation in education programs and outcomes. Our findings support the need to improve access to education among refugees, and we conclude with recommendations for both policy and future research.
Oxfam – Funding the ERP: Analysis of funding for the implementation of the Education Response Plan (ERP) for refugees and host communities
University of Edinburgh – Blended learning in refugee education – An interim report on the Foundations for All project in Kampala and Kiryandongo, Uganda

Health:

NEW – UNSW – Policy Brief 12 – Comparative perspectives on airport asylum procedures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Global Press Journal – ‘No One Helped’: Refugees Lack Vital Mental Health Care – Suicide attempts are rising in Uganda’s settlements as a vulnerable population struggles to obtain needed services.
Oxfam International et al – A People’s Vaccine for Refugees Ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and other displaced people
Queen’s University Belfast – ‘When you are dirty, you don’t have confidence in you’: The ‘good life’, personal appearance, and mental health of Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda
SN Applied Sciences – Okra (,Abelmoschus esculentus,) in a refugee context in East Africa: Kitchen gardening helps with mineral provision
Social Science and Medicine – The ‘good life’, personal appearance, and mental health of Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda
University of Munich – Formative research – an essential step in developing and adapting health interventions and policies in low- and lower-middle income countries
UNHCR – COVID-19 Risk Communication
UNICEF – Sweden and Uganda partner to improve nutrition in West Nile

Livelihoods

Govt of Netherlands/IFC – Consumer and market study in Southwest and West Nile refugee-hosting areas in Uganda – This study explores economic activities, employment trends, consumption levels, access to finance, and consumer preferences of refugees and host communities in Uganda’s largest refugee-hosting areas. The aim is to understand the potential market of the eight reviewed districts and identify possible entry points for the private sector. Among the key findings, the study identified a large consumer market, worth about $485 million measured as annual consumption expenditure, and the potential to develop agribusiness value chains, formalize access to finance and engage private companies in the provision of solar products.
CG/REACH/USAID – Assessment of Financial Service Providers – Cash and Voucher Assistance in Uganda (November 2021)