Assessments

Background 1.1 Uganda FDP synopsis Uganda is the largest receiver of FDPs in Africa with over 1.3 million refugees and asylum seekers. There has been a rapid influx of FDPs in the last year due to escalation of…

Since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Uganda, lives have and continue to change dramatically. With several measures and televised Presidential directives, the #StayHome mantra continues to impact lives in various ways. Refugees and…

The coronavirus pandemic and the containment measures put in place by the Government of Uganda to protect the country present large segments of the Ugandan population with serious challenges to meet their essential needs. While the number of…

In an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Ugandan government on March 25 imposed a government shutdown and temporarily closed the nation’s borders to all new refugees and asylum seekers fleeing regional…

The Uganda Vulnerability Refugee Assessment provides a comprehensive picture of vulnerability among refugee families and the socio-economic dynamics in the settlements. The study was commissioned by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the UN High Commission…

INTRODUCTION Uganda is the top refugee-hosting country in East Africa, as well as one of the largest refugeehosting countries in the world. The current protracted refugee situation and the continuous influx of refugees from neighboring countries has…

Updated based on April 2019 refugee statistics This report summarizes the main findings and recommendations of the assessment, updated to reflect the most recent (April 2019) refugee population figures. These are expected to guide WB support to…

This bulletin presents an overview of findings based on Ground Truth Solutions’ survey with Congolese and South Sudanese refugees in Uganda who have received aid and support from humanitarian organisations in the last 12 months It…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ongoing regional instability has led to the forced displacement of more than 1.3 million refugees and asylum-seekers to Uganda (as of October 2019), mostly from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and…

CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY Uganda is one of the world’s top refugee-hosting states, having taken in more than 1.3 million refugees who exhibit diverse vulnerability profiles and capacities to cope.1 Due to these variations, there is a need…