Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement

As of 2018,the camp, Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, hosted over 60,0000 refugees.[2]

The Kiryandongo area was first used for resettling refugees in 1954 [3]when the British colonial administration asked the Bunyoro Native Government to give the Colonial Government of the Governor to move Kenyan refugees fleeing the Mau Mau Uprising to Kigumba in what was then Masindi District. The Bunyoro Native Government gave land to the Governor for the period of 49 years. During the Idi Amin administration, the land was part of a large-scale government ranching scheme, of which reminders remain today in the names of the subdivisions of the camp. This left the land sparsely populated.[4]

In 1990 the Ugandan government gazetted the virtually uninhabited land around Kiryandongo for refugee resettlement. Ethnic Acholi people fleeing the Sudan People's Liberation Army from Parjok in South Sudan were settled in Kiryandongo after temporarily being held in Kitgum and Masindi. During the 1990s the Sudanese refugees were joined by Ugandan Acholi IDPs from the LRA-affected areas of Gulu and Kitgum.[4]

Kiryandongo also served as an interim stop for displaced people transiting to other camps, including 22,000 who moved from the Achol-Pii Refugee Settlement to Kyangwali in 2002.[5]

The youth program at Kiryadongo refugee settlement

Partnering with the Western Union Foundation, the Youth Peacemaker Network directly into the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, which hosts over 65,000 people, a majority of them young people has come in to engage the young people at the camp in worthwhile events and programs to keep them at work and development.[6]

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Many children and youth drop out of school due to high school fees and related costs, such as uniforms and school materials. Secondary school-aged students are particularly affected and reported that non-governmental organizations provide only a few opportunities for scholarships. Respondents also noted that classrooms are overcrowded and reportedly under-qualified teachers rarely follow the standard curriculum.[8]

The Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Bweyale, Uganda, is a UNHCR managed refugee settlement that provides shelter, land, and support for more than 100,000 people based on health care, education, and vocational training since 2008.[9]

Water crisis at Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement is brewing conflict among the different ethnic communities in the settlement, leaders say. The residents of the settlement said the population is very high and the water sources in place is not enough for them. Wilbrord Turimaso, the project manager of Austrian Development Agency said, though the project took long to pick up, they are hopeful that soon the water shall start flowing. He warned the contractor to be careful while working in the settlement because the law is very strict.

The water supply system is being constructed in Ranch one and will also serve the host community of Panyadoli.[10]