Uganda
Adult literacy empowers South Sudanese refugees to pursue income-generating activities

 
Uganda talent show brings out best in young refugees
3 February 2017
“You can make it to the top”
Humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda worsens
16 January 2017
Thousands flee civil war in South Sudan every week MOYO, Uganda/GENEVA, 16 January 2016 (LWI) - The peak is over, but the numbers are still overwhelming: about 700 refugees arrive in the LWF transit center in Lefori, Uganda, every day. They are fleeing the ...
South Sudanese Refugee situation in Palorinya settlement
13 January 2017
  CONTEXT
“People would whisper and point”
1 December 2016
Fighting the stigma of HIV and AIDS in Uganda
Married at eight years old
25 November 2016
ADJUMANI, Uganda/ GENEVA, 25 November 2016 (LWI) – “I did not have a say in whatever was arranged. The only time I had ever met the man I was supposed to marry was at family functions. I always thought he was one of those distant family members, we never ...
Keeping the environment - and the peace
23 September 2016
Courses on fuel-efficiency foster peace between refugees and hosts in Uganda (LWI) – “By the end of the day, we expect to complete four stoves,” says Drichi Godfrey, a 26-year-old refugee from South Sudan. He, his wife and the two children now live ...
More support needed for refugees in Uganda
7 September 2016
ADJUMANI (Uganda)/ GENEVA, 7 September 2016 (LWI) – Six weeks after an outbreak of violence in South Sudan forced tens of thousands to flee, the situation of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda is still critical.
Defying the odds to become a role model
18 August 2016
Rape survivor a tireless worker for refugee women’s rights in Uganda (LWI) - Shantal M is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The mother of three arrived in Uganda in 2012 where The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) received her in ...
The little things in life matter – keep dreaming
8 August 2016
DWS Uganda staff member Betty Lamunu reciprocates the help she once received. Now South Sudanese refugee Emmanuel wants to do likewise.  
Forty-one refugees a minute
22 July 2016
LWF Uganda staff member Betty Lamunu is doing her best to support South Sudanese refugees streaming to the Elegu border point, Uganda.  
South Sudanese flee to Uganda
21 July 2016
LWF receives more than 12,000 people this week (LWI) – Following violent clashes in South Sudan, thousands of South Sudanese have now arrived in Uganda to seek refuge in the neighboring country. Most are entering through Elegu collection center at the ...
Water and sanitation in Njumanzi
9 May 2016
How LWF improves water supply and sanitation in the refugee settlement (LWI) – These days, the Njumanzi settlement is growing again. Renewed insecurity in South Sudan has caused people to cross the border into north Uganda. As Uganda recognizes them as ...
A business made of clay
27 April 2016
LWF Teko Wa project in Uganda promotes sustainable energy that generates income (LWI) - Margret Akot, 41, a mother of seven lives in in Baroput village, in Uganda’s northern district of Agago. Until two years ago, she lived off small-scale agriculture ...
Meeting the people behind the numbers
28 January 2016
Canadian Bishop visits Adjumani refugee camp (LWI) - “Someone told me: statistics are human beings with the tears dried off,” Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada says. “Having the chance to meet refugees reminds us of the ...
UN human rights consultations start in Uganda
19 January 2016
(LWI) - Gender-based violence and poor access to education are among the major human rights challenges for refugees in south western Uganda. That was made clear during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) workshop at the end of 2015 for local staff and partners ...
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