access to education

Pursuing Education Against All Odds

Child marriage, sexual exploitation and harmful social norms in Palabek Refugee Settlement hold back young adults from pursuing their dreams for the future. All children, most of whom are orphans, are survivors of war, hunger and violence and have lost years of schooling due to the conflict in...

Girls need an education, too

“School is important,” Ala explains. “It helps you to pay attention, and to communicate with other people. The teachers give me good advice, so that I can become a good person, and I learn how to protect myself. When I go to school, I am happy.”

We need to involve refugees in peaceful resolution of conflicts

By Susan Grace Duku My name is Susan Grace Duku. I am 33 years old and I have spent 21 of those years as refugee. This week we learned that the number of people in situations like mine - forced from their homes because of violence or persecution – has passed 70 million worldwide [ https://www.unhcr...

Building Resilient Learners, Teachers and Education systems in South Sudan and Uganda

The Resilient Learners, Teachers and Education systems in South Sudan and Uganda is a four year project funded by the European Union under the BRiCE (Building Resilience in Crises through Education) thematic programme. This project is aimed at improving and strengthening the non-formal and formal...

Rosemary Jomo 16years old Photo: Emmanuel Museruka/Oxfam

Building Resilient Learners, Teachers and Education systems in South Sudan and Uganda

The Resilient Learners, Teachers and Education systems in South Sudan and Uganda is a four year project funded by the European Union under the BRiCE (Building Resilience in Crises through Education) thematic programme. This project is aimed at improving and strengthening the non-formal and formal...

Building A Resilient Education System for Refugees and Host Communities

Oxfam in Uganda has today launched a four-year project titled “Resilient Learners, Teachers and Education systems in South Sudan and Uganda” aimed at improving and strengthening the non-formal and formal education system, targeting teachers and educators in Uganda refugee settlements and South...

The Voice Project

VOICE is a five year program and one of the three programs under Dialogue and Dissent of the Dutch government supported through the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The grant facility to manage this program is co-managed by Oxfam and HIVOS in 10 countries of Africa and South East Asia. Oxfam is...