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BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND SELF RELIANCE AMIDST CONFLICT

Since the onset of the conflicts in South Sudan in 2014, over 800,000 South Sudanese fled their homes to Uganda seeking safety from the fighting. Oxfam has been responding to the South Sudanese refugee influx since the onset of the conflicts in 2014, and with funding from agencies and affiliates...

Restoring hope to children through the Education for Life Project

This article was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Education for Life consortium partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union

Refugee from the DRC disembarks the UNHCR bus in Imvepi.

OXFAM RESPONSE TO DRC ASSYLUM SEEKERS

In May 2020, amidst the corona pandemic, Uganda reopened its borders for 3 days, to provide refuge to the asylum seekers fleeing the fresh fighting in DRC. They were temporarily settled in Zombo district, pending relocation to Imvepi refugee settlement. Between 6-8 August 2020, the Congolese Asylum...

Emerging from the lockdown a better father

58-year-old Lambert is living to prove that stereotypes and negative cultural norms can be dismantled even while living in a very patriarchal rural society. He now comfortably shares household chores with his wife,their 3 daughters and 3 sons. As a family, they all freely discuss finances,...

Encouraging my boys to be better

Before dawn breaks, Pikwo Felly a 55-year-old mother of eight,is up at 6:30 a.m.to her daily routine. She cleans the compound, walks1.5 km away to fetch water, prepares mealsfor her household members that include her elderly mother and then heads off to the gardenwith her husband where they spend...