Baratuku refugee settlement
Baratuku refugee settlement is a refugee settlement in the Adjumani district Uganda[1]
Background
[edit]This refugee settlement was initially established in 1991.[2]
Gaps & challenges
[edit]According to the Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet[3] for the Baratuku settlement carried out by the UNCHCR - in January 2018, various gaps and challenges have been identified from research carried out and await immediate and sustainable response to by the Government of Uganda and the various implementing NGOs.
Food and nutrition
[edit]This is a persistent challenge since Households are not able to grow sufficient food to supplement their small food rations because their allocated plots are not large enough to cultivate.[4]
Healthcare
[edit]Services to do with health care and sanitation are inadequate for the settlement population. There is only one health center for refugees in Baratuku camp which also serves large
populations of Ugandan nationals and other refugees from Elema settlement and makes service delivery so slow and insufficient for refugees. It therefore has a greater impact on the young and elderly since they are prone to infections and disease outbreaks.[5]
Education
[edit]The sole secondary school that serves school-age youth in Baratuku refugee settlement is located far away
from the settlement, making it difficult for students to get there. Even for refugee families that live near the school, many have limited
livelihoods opportunities and cannot afford tuition and related school costs which poses a great challenge to the young uneducated generation.[3][6]
At the Global Refugee Forum, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), commits to investing in multi-year programmes for refugees and host-community children. This initiative seeks to meet the refugees' dire need for educational resources and scholarships. It also gives the refugees and Host communities at the Baratuku refugee settlement a chance to enjoy an inclusive education for vulnerable children and adolescents[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Baratuku - January 2018". January 2018.
- ^ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Baratuku (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Baratuku - January 2018". UNHCR Operational Data Portal (ODP) (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ A Women’s Development Magazine Published by ACFODE, A Women’s Development Magazine Published by ACFODE (2018). "A Women's Development Magazine Published by ACFODE". Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Family planning helps refugees put their families, futures first". www.unfpa.org. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT'S COMMITMENT TO REFUGEE EDUCATION". educationcannotwait. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ "EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT'S COMMITMENT TO REFUGEE EDUCATION". educationcannotwait. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-09-24.