Assessments

Key Highlights The proportion of households with food stocks declined by 11%, from 70 percent in November 2017, more so in Amudat, Kaabong, and Nakapiripirit; Half of the households in Karamoja had acceptable FCS, compared to 78% in…

Executive summary Uganda is host to more than 1 million refugees who have fled famine, conflict and insecurity in the neighbouring countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. The recent influx of refugees from…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Each evening at around seven, solar-powered street lights switch on in northern Uganda’s Rhino Camp refugee settlement. UNHCR installed these lights in half of the 14 villages in 2015 with funding from the Safe from…

Key Highlights Following the September-to-October harvest, the proportion of households with food stocks increased to 70 percent in November from 50 percent in September. The 2017 harvest has been relatively better with each district having at least 20…

WFP provides food assistance to vulnerable refugees in Uganda through a combination of in-kind food and cash based transfers. Beneficiaries not only enjoy the flexibility of buying food of their preference as a result of case…

Key Highlights 50 percent of the households had food stocks in September, increasing by 17 percent since July. Nakapiripirit and and Abim had the highest share with 96-88 percent respectively; Overall, 78 percent of the households had acceptable…

This report provides an analysis of the market prices of the key commodities that make up the in-kind food basket as compared to the cash transfer value distributed by WFP to the refugee beneficiaries. The report…

Executive Summary Introduction The Karamoja Food Security and Nutrition Assessment of June 2017 was conducted in all the seven districts of Abim, Amudat, Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Napak. The main purpose was to establish status of the…

This paper explores whether a systematic approach to screening for experiences of violence (sexual, physical and psychological) is possible in a range of humanitarian settings (just arrived and longer-term, rural and urban) and, if so, what…

In support of the return and recovery effort of formerly war affected populations, ACF implemented a cash-based intervention in Otuke District of Northern Uganda. This programme assisted internally displaced people (IDPs) with the return home and…