Uganda
Youth makes a fortune from cash grants

 
Youth makes a fortune from cash grants
28 July 2021
  28-year-old Makosso*, a refugee in Kyangwali settlement in Western Uganda, boasts of a successful shoe selling business worth Shs1.5million (about $421), two years after he arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo penniless. Makosso not only lost ...
Unconditional cash grants bring joy to amputee refugee
28 July 2021
  Nyakabande* a 57-year-old male South Sudanese refugee had lost his wife when he fled the war to Uganda for safety. On arrival in Uganda, the father of seven settled with his children in one of the settlements in Northern Uganda. Due to insecurity issues ...
Mobility devices and grants restore hope to refugees living with disability
28 July 2021
  Since his childhood, Lazarus* (not his real name) a 41-year-old who was born crippled found it hard to crawl to do daily work and access places including market areas, and school.  Life was even harder when he arrived in the Kyagwali refugee settlement ...
‘An improved shelter restored my dignity’
28 July 2021
  Baatin* is a 59-year-old South Sudanese refugee living in Palabek settlement in Uganda’s Northern district of Lamwo since 2018. Baatin narrowly escaped death in South Sudan, when his wife was killed in full view of the entire family. He was able to ...
'Adult literacy has given me a second chance to read and write'
28 July 2021
  32-year-old Mary* is one of the many refugees living in the Kyangwali settlement who cannot read and write. It was not her will to miss school at a tender age, but rather the primitive cultural practices in her community back in the Democratic Republic ...
Two candidates for next LWF general secretary
2 June 2021
Election to take place on 19 June (LWI) - Candidates from Estonia and Zimbabwe have been proposed for the position of general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The search for a new leader of the communion of churches has been concluded and the LWF ...
Palorinya refugee with disability minting money from farming
27 April 2021
  In 2020, Refugee leaders identified Robina Liong as living with a disability of one hand as a woman at risk and forwarded her details for the protection and livelihoods support under the Reconnecting Lives, vision and Empowerment (ReLiVE) project implemented ...
LWF Uganda holds cultural gala to promote peace among refugees
27 April 2021
  LWF Uganda, with funding from the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), in March 2021 organised cultural gala activities where the different tribal/ethnic groups of refugees competed by showcasin
Cash grant beneficiary expands her business to earn $1200 monthly
27 April 2021
  At only the age of 32, Night Koma a South Sudanese refugee living in Uganda’s Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district has risen from destitute to self-reliant, courtesy of the Reconnecting Lives, vision and Empowerment (ReLiVE) project.
From fetching firewood to fermenting porridge; Business support gets refugee mother out of the woods
27 April 2021
  Digging, fetching water and firewood are routine household chores in most African settings. For Anny, a 25-year-old Congolese refugee, they were her only source of income. With no other means, the single mother had to traverse the forests in the night’s ...
"People are not starving, they are being starved”
20 April 2021
LWF joins interagency call to fight famine
Refugees journey to the Olympic Games
8 April 2021
LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes (LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a video calling for support for the refugee teams in the Olympic and Paralympic ...
LWF Uganda phases out paper-based tendering to an electronic system
23 March 2021
  LWF Uganda has automated its tendering system where tender documents are submitted and accepted through electronic means, contrary to the paper-based system, requiring bidders to pick hard copies of documents and later submit them physically.  The ...
Refugee teens talk mental health
7 January 2021
LWF conducts retreats for young refugees in Uganda  (LWI) - LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.   
Peacebuilding from the grassroots
9 November 2020
Geneva Peace Week: LWF shares work with communities in Ethiopia
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