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Cutting hair to earn a living and build self-reliance

Kennedy Ayizuru is no different from other youth refugees who entered Uganda amidst uncertainty in South Sudan, close to 4years ago. Kennedy Ayisuru, a single male youth fled his home in Morobo…

Turning passion into an opportunity for growth

Isaac Gereny is a 24-year-old refugee from South Sudan. He fled his home with his mother and five siblings in 2016, when fresh fighting broke out; and he is currently living in Bidibidi refugee…

Aisha at her duty station. Photo: Joshua Amara/Oxfam

THERE IS JOY IN EVERY STITCH FOR AISHA

There was a time when I was a housewife; I totally depended on my husband to provide for me and my children, and he would buy everything in the home. This caused many quarrels in the home, between my…

Tantine standing next to reservoir tank at her work station at Sweswe Pump Station. Photo by Joyce Amuron, Oxfam.jpg

Widow rebuilds her life and brings hope to her children in Kyaka Refugee Settlement

Masika Nzanzu Tantine is a 25 year old Congolese refugee living in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo with her 2 children after the tragic death of her husband when…

RUHABU FOLLOWS HER DREAMS THROUGH TAILORING

Ruhabu Maniraguha is an 18 year old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently resides in Kyaka II refugee settlement, Kyegegwa district. She, together with her family are among…

I DECIDED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY COMMUNITY –MARK CHARLES

Originally from Upari village, Maiwi sub-county in South Sudan, Mark fled South Sudan in 2014 when fighting broke out, and he settled in Kyangwali settlement, where one of the major challenges he and…

Providing WASH support to Kasese flood victims

In May 2020, over 10,000 people in Kasese district were displaced and lives were lost when the banks of Rivers Mobuku and Nyamwamba burst. Oxfam and local partner Foundation for Urban and Rural…

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…

MarieJose Vumilia washes her hands outside the latrine she and her husband constructed. Photo: Stephen Kirimu/Oxfam

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…

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,…