Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement

Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in Adjumani District in northwestern Uganda. It was established in 2014.[1]

Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement
Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement
Coordinates: 3.4686°N 31.9423°E / 3.4686; 31.9423

Background

After opening in January 2014, Nyumanzi has become the largest refugee settlement in Adjumani district in terms of population size[2] of approximately 43,000 men, women, and children.

Nyumanzi refugee settlement is largely populated by refugees from South Sudan of mainly the tribes of Nuer, Madi, Dinka and so on. Nyumanzi refugee settlement is home to more than 20,000 long-term refugees displaced by the conflict in South Sudan.[3]

239,335 refugees from South Sudan are being hosted in this refugee settlement of Nyumanzi refugee settlement.[4]

Healthcare services

The health centre serving the settlement is located far away and serves approximately 43,000 refugees leading to congestion in the health facility and damaging refugees’ access to health services. This is aggravated by the lack of ambulance services particularly affecting pregnant mothers who often find themselves giving birth on the way to the centre and is a big challenge for those families especially of the late night women with labour.[5]

Education

Nyumanzi refugee settlement though being the largest in Adjumani District has only 6 schools in total with three being primary schools where more than 4,000 children go everyday, these schools where all established by the Building tomorrow one NGO that has greatly being supporting Education in Adjumani and part of South Sudan.[6]

Water and sanitation

In August 2014, LWF - Lutheran World Federation signed an agreement with UNICEF to establish three motorized water systems to increase access to safe and clean water in Ayilo 2, Nyumanzi and Elema refugee settlements in Adjumani District.[7] This is aimed at reducing the risk of getting infected with the lifelong effects of not having water supply such as drought and reduced water supply chain in the camps.

Violence in the settlement

On 13 December 2019,according to UNHCR reports ,4 people were reportedly dead, including 2 refugees and two Ugandans. 12 others sustained minor injuries and were rushed to Adjumani district hospital, where they received treatment by UNHCR partner Medical Teams International (MTI). 10 of the injured got discharged after a few days, have been already discharged, while 2 others were referred to Kampala’s Mulago hospital for further treatment.[8][9]

  1. "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi". Relief Web. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. Marima, Tendai. "New life for South Sudan refugees in Nyumanzi, Uganda". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  4. FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  5. "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  6. FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  7. "Water for Adjumani". Uganda. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  8. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR statement on deadly violence in Uganda's Nyumanzi refugee settlement". UNHCR. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  9. "Refugees working together to assess and promote children's learning in refugee settlements in Uganda – PAL Network". palnetwork.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
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