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

 
Adult literacy empowers South Sudanese refugees to pursue income-generating activities
16 November 2022
 
Vocational skills tailoring refugees to self-reliance
29 July 2022
  Hosting over 40,000 refugees, majorly from South Sudan, the Palebek settlement in Northern Uganda, like others, has refugees operating several small income-generating activities aimed at economic self-reliance. These activities include hairdressing, tailoring, ...
LWF reactivates emergency response in Rwamwanja refugee settlement
23 May 2022
  A total of 7,537 refugees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo arrived at the Ugandan border point of Bubukangwa in South Western Uganda's Bundibugyo district between February and March this year. The UN refugee agency has resettled the ...
Community-based Interventions help South Sudanese refugees to heal from mental distress
28 April 2022
36-year-old Lilly Amal, a South Sudanese refugee, is not letting her mental illness history hold her back. Instead, she uses it as a platform to support others with mental distress. Thanks to the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and ...
Reskilling and cash grants aid self-reliance among youth refugees in Kyangwali settlement
28 April 2022
  With the majority hardly equipped with any skills after the tension in their countries, refugees are prone to poverty even in host countries like Uganda, with favourable refugee protection policies which allow them to engage in entrepreneurship.  
Multi-Purpose cash transfers for vulnerable refugees improve Livelihoods in Kyangwali settlement
26 April 2022
  Uganda continues to be home to over 1.5 million people on the move, mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and other neighbouring countries. Political unrest, insurgencies and tribal wars force the millions of people to seek refuge ...
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
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 ...
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
5 October 2020
LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic
World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis
19 August 2020
Talk about the mental health of aid workers, LWF World Service director says (LWI) - “In the past months, we have seen cases of stress, anxiety and burn-out among our staff.” Maria Immonen, director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) humanitarian ...
World Refugee Day: Every Action Counts
18 June 2020
Lutheran church leaders advocate for the protection of displaced people (LWI) - Churches and faith communities need to actively support refugees. Every action counts. This is the call of Lutheran church leaders worldwide on World Refugee Day. “In solidarity ...
Annual Reports highlight humanitarian, development, and advocacy work
3 June 2020
Showing impact and change (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has issued two annual reports highlighting its humanitarian, development and advocacy work in 2019. They complement the global LWF Annual Report 2019, which was issued in early May.
Lutherans and Anglicans join hands to support South Sudanese refugees
18 May 2020
LWF Uganda and Episcopal diocese in South Sudan explore joint programming, awareness-raising  (LWI) - The diocese of Kajo-Keji of the episcopal church in South Sudan and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country program in Uganda are exploring joint ...
MIRP project continues support to the population despite Covid-19 outbreak
5 May 2020
COVID-19: LWF Uganda ramps up prevention
23 April 2020
Campaigns focus on information sharing, hand washing, providing protective equipment, keeping distance (LWI) - As countries around the globe continue to assess the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) staff ...
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