Uganda, hosting 1.8 million refugees, allows freedom of movement and work, enabling refugees to start businesses, employ locals, and stimulate trade.

This year’s theme, “Solidarity with Refugees,” calls us to recognize that our greatest strength lies not in individual efforts but in collective compassion and cooperation.

Uganda takes in thousands of refugees every week from countries including the DRC, South Sudan, and Burundi. Many arrive as families, others as unaccompanied minors.

Cuyahoga County’s Welcome Center has already helped over 8,700 newcomers with benefits, language services and other resources needed for them to adjust and thrive in the community.

In 2024, 26 million people were forcibly displaced and 10 million others returned home, meaning some 16 million people became ...

Empowering refugees in Uganda to become self-reliant has never been more important,” said Genevieve Chicoine, WFP’s Acting ...

Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre, a border town in neighboring Chad and the humanitarian front line on ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 5 million from the European Union (EU) to support income-generating activities to enhance self-reliance and food ...

That includes in Uganda, home to Africa's largest refugee population: 1.9 million. Many newcomers, like Omnia, fled their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs.

The colorful swings doting the community center at Kakuma’s Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement were donated by a Swiss organization ...

His wife is buried here. He is reluctant to return to Uganda, one of the more than 20 home countries of Kakuma's refugees. Food rations have been halved. Previous ration cuts led to protests in March.

Extreme weather events driven by climate change have profound consequences for the sexual and reproductive health of young refugees in Uganda, according to a study published in Global Public Health.