Uganda: Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement Project
Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement Q1 2015 Report
June 16, 2015
Naku Charles Lwanga
Summary of Activities
In addition to health support programs RMF assists the refugee settlement by supporting the education of refugee school children, and developing the economic component of our humanitarian work through vocational training. 5,110 children and students in total are supported by RMF/WCF funding in Nursery, Primary, and Secondary schools. 98 Vocational Training Institute students graduated.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Education Support
New Semester
5,110 children and students in total are supported by RMF/WCF funding in Nursery, Primary, and Secondary schools:
- Arnold Primary School, we support 1,918 students
- Panyadoli Self Help Secondary School, 4 students
- Can Rom Primary School, we support 2,623 students
- Beth Cole Nursery School, we support 565 children

JICA Partnership
Classroom Renovations and New Students
- New staff recruited, additional courses of carpentry and joinery, and bricklaying and concrete practice introduced.
- 121 new students were accepted — 51 for tailoring, 30 for hairdressing, 20 for carpentry and joinery, 20 for brick laying and concrete.
- Hair dressing class, RMF Vocational office, and tailoring class were fully renovated

Tailor Shop Program
Support and Success Continues
- Continued support of the 10 tailors who started tailoring businesses within Uganda with RMF funding and are progressing in the field.

Community Celebrations and Gatherings
International Women’s Day and Cancer Day
International Women’s Day and Cancer Day Commemorated with speeches and other performances on Wednesday 11th March at the RMF compound. 1,641 people (758 males, 883 females) attended the occasion including the host community.

Hiccup Circus Troupe visits
Free Circus Performance
RMF sponsored the performance and educational outreach about HIV/AIDS and behavioral changes in the community.
Using drama showed how HIV/AIDS is acquired, transmitted, ways to avoid it for children and the community at large.

HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)
ART Clinics
HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) continued to be provided in the Panyadoli Health Center III by RMF staff. ART clinics have been conducted every Wednesday; condoms have been distributed and opportunistic infections properly managed with patients having been assisted and supported. Communities have been sensitized on prevention, care and guarding against discrimination and the risk of engaging in risky lifestyles that lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Background
& Objectives
Background
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. They are comprised of refugees from Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. RMF has partnered with UNHCR in supporting Kiryandango Refugee Settlement, the surrounding community of Bweyale, and the greater Kiryandongo District (an additional 266,197 people) with health care, education, and vocational training since 2008.
Objectives
- To serve as a health care implementation partner with the UNHCR and Ugandan Government
- To provide health care services to over 100,000 refugees and persons in the community via the Panyadoli Health Centres
- To provide skills training for South Sudanese refugees to enable them to become self-reliant

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Numbers
Served
Q1, 2015
5,110 children supported
98 Tailoring and Hairdressing Vocational Training Institute students graduated


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