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EARNING A LIVING THROUGH MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT

Through skills-building trainings such as this, all members of the community are brought together, including refugees and nationals and this works towards the promotion of peaceful coexistence within the community. “Before the group was formed, I was hesitant to communicate with the refugees,...

TRANSITIONING FROM OPEN SPACES TO TOILETS

Until some time ago, if you wanted to attend nature’s call at the house of Desire (40) and his wife Marie Jose (38) in Kakoni village in Kyaka II refugee settlement, they would show you a nearby bush. But that is not the case anymore. They have built a toilet close to their house. This was made...

Oxfam Distributes Cash to Over 1,000 Refugees with Special Needs

In a bid to promote Water, Sanitation and household health under WASH, Oxfam awarded cash benefits to refugees with special needs in the settlements of Imvepi and Omugo. At the close of 2019, refugees with special needs happily received cash from Oxfam. Paul Oloya, the Consortium Coordinator for...

Betty 31 years and single mother of 6 children demonstrates hand-washing at her home latrine Photo: Robert Ariaka/Oxfam

Model Homes for Better Health and Hygiene

Awate set up and dug a pit latrine and constructed a bathing shelter. She went ahead and constructed a kitchen and drying racks to keep clean her utensils. She also managed to fix a drying wire to dry her clothes, and put up a handwashing facility at the latrine point and sunk a rubbish pit. This...

“Voice of Peace” with 30 members formed by the refugees for unity and fighting GBV Photo By Robert Ariaka/Oxfam

Fostering Unity and Peace Through Song, Drama and Art

A Peace club formed by South Sudanese refugees in Imvepi settlement has contributed to bringing peaceful coexistence between refugees and host communities. Comprising of 20 men and 10 women, the club called “Voice of Peace” formed in August 2019 and has greatly yielded fruits of peace. The group...

Embracing Change In the Midst Of Adversity

One of the biggest challenges Cecile faced as a mother of 3 children under the age of 7 was traveling long distances to fetch water for her household chores. “I used to spend almost two hours standing in that line at the borehole before I could get water,” she says, adding, “and then, afterward...

Veterino is a pump attendant at the motoraised water system plant in Imvepi settlement. Photo credit:Oxfam

Motorized Boreholes Creating Jobs and Solving Clean Water Problem in Imvepi Refugee Settlement

The decision taken by Oxfam to sink motorized boreholes in refugee settlements has positively contributed to solving the challenge of clean water supply and creating jobs for the refugees and host community members. The project funded by European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid has...

Refugees Fight Open Defecation Through Hygiene Promotion Campaign At Household Levels

Refugees settled in Imvepi settlement have positively embarked on a campaign to fight open defecation. Through their elected leaders who become public health promotion volunteers, the refugees have received training been able to adopt and implement basic hygiene practices like proper hand washing,...

Proper hand washing as demonstrated by students of Illi Primary School, Omugo refugee settlement. Photo: Oxfam

Children championing proper hygiene practices

With funding from KfW, Oxfam is working in the refugee settlements of Rhino Camp and Omugo extension in West Nile to provide safe water access and improve sanitation and hygiene practices of South Sudanese refugees and the host communities. This includes the construction of water supply systems, as...