OPERATIONAL UPDATE

Uganda 1 – 31 December, 2019

During the month of December 2019, 3,585 Refugees from the DRC cited inter-ethnic Burundians indicate several reasons for new refugee arrivals from Democratic violence in Ituri as well as fighting and attacks leaving their country including, insecurity, Republic of Congo (2,249), South Sudan on civilians in North Kivu as reasons for family reunification, reported violence and (968) and Burundi (368) sought safety in fleeing. Those from South Sudan reported fear of forcible conscription by militia , bringing the number of new arrivals insecurity, food insecurity and lack of access groups. since 1 January 2019 to 94,725. The to basic services such as education and humanitarian situation remains unpredictable health as the main causes of flight. in South Sudan and the DRC.

3,585 UNHCR’S FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS 2019: Number of new arrivals during December 2019, based on border USD 386.2 M monitoring. UNHCR Funding (as of 31 December 2019) 116 Daily average of new arrivals during December 2019, based on border monitoring.

1,381,122 Total refugees and asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 31 December 2019.

Unfunded 60% - 230 M

Funded 40% - 156 M

POPULATIONS OF CONCERN Refugees and Asylum-Seekers by Nationality

South 861,590 Sudan DR Congo 397,638

Burundi 45,671

Others 76,223 Two-year-old South Sudanese refugee Maria Areye, is HIV negative but, was born to HIV positive parents at Imvepi refugee TOTAL 1,381,122 settlement in Uganda.

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Rufas Taban, 49, is a South Sudanese refugee in Uganda, living with his wife and three children in Imvepi refugee settlement. Photo ©UNHCR/Duniya Aslam Khan

Operational Context The humanitarian situation in South Sudan and the DRC remained unpredictable during the reporting period. Most of the new Congolese refugees arrived from Ituri province across Lake Albert and were transferred to Kyangwali settlement. Those arriving at the transit centres and collection points through Nyakabande and Matanda came from Rutshuru, Goma, Uvira, Masisi, Biriza, Bukoma, and Buanza; those passing through Ntoroko mainly came from Ituri and North Kivu, Tchoma, Kasenyi, Boga, Beni, and Nyamamba. All were settled in Kyaka II. Asylum-seekers from South Sudan continued to arrive through (Ngomoromo, Awenolwi, Madi Opei, Waligo Entry points), Adjumani (Elegu Collection Point) and (Kuluba Collection Point, Oraba, Busia border point and Ocea TC).

Operational Highlights Following heavy rains and devastating floods and landslides in the Western, Northern and Eastern regions Uganda, UNHCR dispatched relief items to affected families in , including 2,000 blankets, 2,000 sleeping mats, 150 cartons laundry soap, 50 rolls of plastic tarpaulins, 5,000 plastic buckets and 1,000 pick axes. UNHCR also provided temporary shelter at Bukukwanga Transit Center for 390 flood-affected people. According to Government sources, at least 300,000 had been affected by floods and landslides and an estimated 65,000 people were displaced.

The national commemoration of the World AIDs Day celebrations was held on 01 December 2019, in , Uganda. The celebrations were held globally under the theme, “Communities Make the Difference” while at national level the theme was, “Engaging Young People to Champion the End of New HIV Infections”. This was in recognition of the role of the community and young people in providing leadership and advocacy in the response but, also aware that young people (15-24 years) contribute 34 percent of the new HIV infections annually. The chief guest at the national celebrations was the Vice President, Hon. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, who represented the President of the Republic of Uganda. The celebrations were preceded by a public memorial lecture in honor of Philly Bongoley Lutaaya, which was held on 29 November 2019, at Imperial Royale Hotel in . In the Uganda operation, UNHCR and partners joined respective district commemoration activities including: participating in HIV awareness sensitization; conducting HIV testing; linking persons to care and treatment; and show casing the available services within the settlement facilities. A story on refugees in Uganda living with HIV/AIDS: https://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/stories/2019/11/5de0fcb64/hiv-positive-refugees-support-one-another-in- uganda.html

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GLOBAL COMPACT ON REFUGEES Uganda joined the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 16-18 December 2019, to discuss ways to improve the response of the international community to refugee situations. Hon. Hilary Onek, Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness & Refugees, led the government delegation from Uganda. The delegation participated in several high-level engagements, and made six pledges, to galvanize support for refugee and host communities in Uganda. The pledges made by Uganda were: maintaining the open-door policy; inclusion of refugees in national planning and statistical systems; implementation of the Education Response Plan (ERP); the Health Sector Integrated Refugee Response Plan (HSIRRP); Water and Environment Response Plan; and ensuring the integrity of the asylum system.

Refugees residing in Uganda were also invited to the GRF and spoke on high-level panels, presenting a set of pledges on behalf of refugees in Uganda. These were centred around: livelihoods; education; and environmental conservation. The Forum was attended by 3,000 participants from 150 countries representing governments, international organizations, civil society, private sector, parliamentarians, urban councils, academia, sports organizations and refugees. The Forum resulted in more than 770 pledges and 5.5 billion USD in commitments, which demonstrated support to refugees worldwide, their hosting countries, global responsibility and burden- sharing.

PROTECTION Achievements and Impact Coordination/IDPs: Following the appeal by the Government of Uganda to the United Nations systems seeking a response to floods and disasters in the Rwenzori, Elgon, Teso, Bukedi, Lango and West-Nile regions, UNHCR together with sister UN agencies applied for Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to the current situation. Two activities under protection were identified and these are: coordination and establishment of community-based protection mechanisms; and protection monitoring within the planned IDP response. These aim to identify trends, map services and advocate for life-saving assistance. So far, only UNHCR had provided core relief items to the affected persons.

Registration: An Application Programming Interface (API) link was established between Biometric Information Management System (BIMS) and the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) platform, to allow testing of the authentication function prior to SIM card registration.

Refugee Eligibility Committee (REC): While in Rwamwanja refugee settlement, the REC adjudicated 636 asylum applications of 1,478 individuals, largely DRC nationals, accounting for approximately 83 percent of applicants that were granted refugee status. In Nakivale refugee settlement, they adjudicated 843 asylum applications of 2,557 individuals, largely concerning nationals from DRC and Burundi. Approximately 96 percent of applicants in Nakivale refugee settlement were granted refugee status.

Peaceful co-existence: A dialogue between host and refugee communities was held in Nyumanzi refugee settlement. This followed a violent conflict between them, triggered by an incident where a Ugandan man was found dead in the vicinity of the settlement. The violence resulted in four people (two refugees and two Ugandans) losing their lives. The host community members who had been displaced as a result of the conflict returned to their villages. Ugandan government authorities, UNHCR and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), continue to monitor the situation. They are in regular communication with representatives of the refugee community and local leaders, to advocate for peaceful coexistence between the refugees and their hosts, as security measures remain reinforced.

Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps The new upgrade version 2 of the Inter-agency Feedback, Referral and Resolution Mechanism (FRRM) system,

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although with better usage features, has faced a number of challenges such as: limited understanding among focal points on how to use the new system (logging in, accessing and responding to referrals sent to them); majority of focal points not responding to their referrals within stipulated timeframes; a number of referrals logged in previous version of the FRRM system not accessible in the new system, which affected response rate from focal points and; periodic downtimes experienced with the FRRM portal. However, these issues are being addressed and the FRRM is expected to operate more efficiently in 2020.

EDUCATION Achievements and Impact DAFI: UNHCR Uganda received 50 additional DAFI scholarships, bringing the 2019 allocation to 100. Interviews for the Kampala slots were held in December 2019 by a selection committee consisting of a representative from the German Embassy, Office of Prime Minister, two Refugee Leaders, InterAid Uganda (UNHCR urban partner), Windle International Uganda and UNHCR. UNHCR is the chair of the interview and selection processes in all settlements. The successful students will be ready to attend university in 2020, with many joining during the January intake.

EdTech: As part of the it's Connected Education programme, UNHCR has been collaborating globally with Learning Equality on a three-year project to enhance the usability of Kolibri in refugee and host community contexts. Kolibri assists to develop knowledge of promising practices for integration of education technology and to support learning in different locations. Kolibri, an open-source educational platform developed by Learning Equality, is specially designed to provide offline access to a curated, openly-licensed educational content library, with tools for pedagogical support, for use in low-resource and low-connectivity contexts.

Building on the UNICEF pilot, Google.org committed funding to UNHCR in Uganda to establish a model for use in refugee hosting secondary schools. In addition, Hewlett Packard (HP), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the Global Business Coalition for Education provided additional support to Learning Equality. The latter will be working in collaboration with partners to test the HP School Cloud server and an HP classroom suite in order to overcome some of the technical challenges identified within the pilot evaluation.

Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps With the increase in enrolment comes additional strain on existing resources such as classrooms, desks and latrines. Overcrowding is even more pronounced and risky for children and teachers, and the capacity for effective teaching and learning is reduced. In overcrowded classrooms (with an average of 100 children per class), the ability of teachers to know the learning and support needs of their individual students is extremely challenging. The role of schools and teachers as key actors in the protection and wellbeing of children, is compromised.

There is an urgent and critical gap in our budget of at least US $6m to cover core activities, including payment of salaries for the teachers already deployed in schools. This shortfall will have real and urgent consequences for keeping schools open in the second school term of 2020. District Local Governments also have insufficient budgets to carry out regular inspections of schools in the settlements and surrounding areas. This persistently compromises on quality, accountability, teacher morale and development.

In order to reduce the very high teacher pupil ratio, there is a need to enroll 2,522 more teachers at primary school level and 2,633 more caregivers for pre-primary Early Childhood Development centers.

There is an urgent need to address the critical low enrolment at secondary school, particularly for the girl-child. The current enrolment of just 13 percentage is below the global statistic for refugees which stands at 24 percent. Of the refugees enrolled at secondary level, only 32 percent are female. The cultural, social and economic barriers to girls’ education pathway are not adequately being addressed.

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HEALTH Achievements and Impact During the month of December 2019, a total of 190,251 consultations were made in all the refugee serving health facilities within the refugee settlements in Uganda. Of these, 78 percent were refugees and 22 percent were from the host populations. Top morbidity causes were: Malaria at 42 percent; Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI) at 11.6 percent; Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI) at 8.1 percent; skin diseases at 7.3 percent; watery diarrhea at 3 percent; intestinal worms at 3 percent; and eye disease at 2 percent.

In December 2019, 8,967 patients were admitted in the wards in the health clinics. Of these, 69 percent were refugees and 31 percent were host population. The main causes for admissions were: malaria at 53 percent; LRTI at 9 percent; watery diarrhea at 3 percent; and 34 percent were due to other causes not categorized.

A total of 4,620 children under 5 years (70 percent refugees) were vaccinated against measles and 3,938 completed the polio vaccination (71 percent refugees). The deliveries registered in December 2019 were 3,601. Of these, 70 percent were refugees and 30 percent nationals.

People tested for HIV were 13,769, of which 60 percent were refugees and 40 percent host population. All those who tested positive for HIV were enrolled into HIV care and treatment. The total number of patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) by end of December 2019 is at 17,996 of which, 35 percent are refugees and 65 percent are host population.

Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps Inadequate storage space for medicines and medical supplies at the central warehouse and in the field and health facilities.

Inadequate staff accommodation in the health facilities with 2-3 health workers sharing one room as accommodation.

FOOD SECURITY Achievements and Impact In December 2019, UNHCR health and nutrition partners treated 2,257 children across all settlements for severe acute malnutrition, 68 percent of whom were refugees and 32 percent nationals. In the same month, WFP partners treated 7,006 children for moderate acute malnutrition, 65 percent of whom were refugees and 35 percent nationals. The number of children that received Vitamin A doses I & II were 4,014 while 58 women received vitamin A postnatal at a coverage of 88.7 percent.

In December 2019, UNHCR, and key stakeholders (Ministry of Health, UNICEF, WHO, National Planning Authority, USAID and academia) held high-level discussions at the Nutrition Technical Working Group (NTWG), to capture the nutrition input into the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP), as part of the wider National Development Plan III (NDP III).

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WATER AND SANITATION Achievements and Impact Refugees and hosting populations continued to access potable water at 17 litres per person per day, by operating and maintaining 166 pumped water schemes and 1,100 hand pumps. Of the water provided, 77 percent was pumped through sustainable energy sources (solar and national grid).

The Water and Environment Refugee Response Plan (WERRP) was finalized, with the first meeting of the steering committee of the Refugee Sub-Group (RSG) convened. The latter sit within the Ministry of Water and Environment. Terms of Reference for the steering committee and RSG to support roll out of the WERRP were also finalized.

Two settlements continued preparations on piloting of ‘Utility Approach’ to water supply. Rwamwanja refugee settlement is under the National Water and Sewerage Corporation whilst Nyumanzi refugee settlement is under Umbrella Authorities.

Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps Latrine coverage continued to decline as underfunding and continued rains (filling up, water logging and collapsing) slowed down progress made through introduction of dome slab latrines.

SHELTER, SETTLEMENTS AND NFIS Achievements and Impact There was a 50 percent increase in the number of plots demarcated in Kyaka II in December 2019, compared to November. A total of 1,300 (30m x 30m combined shelter and agriculture) plots were demarcated during the month, compared to 600 plots registered in November 2019. This continues to ease the strain on transit and reception facilities as refugees from DRC continue to flee to Uganda.

In Arua, maintenance of Ofua 6 main access road (200m), Ofua 3 junction– Vura Corps and Ofua 1 road (3.1Km), which began in October 2019, is at 75 percent competition. Construction of drainage works is ongoing along the same routes and is expected to be commissioned before end of January 2020. These road works will ensure smooth flow of goods, services and people within and out of the settlement.

On 6 December, there was site handover for the construction of an overnight shelter at Imvepi Reception Center, as the first step to upgrading all overnight shelters from temporary to semi-permanent structures. This is being done in order to reduce on the vulnerabilities, risks and continuous need for repairs associated with temporary overnight shelters. The works are currently at 40 percent and are expected to be commissioned at the end of January 2020.

Celecelea Stadium Phase I in , and extension of Opiro piped water system to Moyo Hospital under ReHoPE Programme completed in November 2019, were officially handed over to Moyo District Local Government for use and management.

Construction of the 30,000 litre fuel tank installations works at the warehouse compound, which commenced in November, has progressed by 98 percent. Access to fuel services in Kyangwali, will be easier once completed and commissioned in January 2020.

Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps Rwamwanja reception and transit centers are operating above their holding capacities and this poses a danger of possible disease outbreak as well as wear and tear. This requires expansion of the reception center to be able to accommodate the increased capacities.

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The major road from Yoro to Ocea reception centre has developed deep gullies that have made transportation of refugees very difficult. Other roads (46.6km) such as the one from Yoro Base camp to Enyau steel bridge (linking to Imvepi), are also in a terrible state, affecting access and connectivity.

Heavy rains continue to cause delay in the completion of most construction projects in the Midwest.

ENVIRONMENT AND ACCESS TO ENERGY Achievements and Impact In Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Danish Refugee Council (DRC) supported the establishment of 5 acres of woodlots, and distributed 1,814 assorted seedlings to individuals from the refugee, host community and institutions, including fruit and woody trees. DRC also supported woodlot maintenance and monitoring, avenue tree planting, sensitization, as well as demonstration on environment and energy conservation practices, including construction of 182 household energy saving stoves. DRC also supported community dialogue and training on the use of the Open Data Kit/Kobo tool.

In Arua and Koboko districts, more than 292,000 pots were filled and sown with seeds in Omugo, Imvepi and Lobule by Rural Initiative for Community Empowerment in West Nile (RICE-WN) and HADS.

The National Forestry Authority (NFA) commissioned monitoring to establish the initial tree survival for areas restored in 2019. These included: 108 hectares of indigenous species and 92 hectares of bamboo in Bugoma Forest Reserve; 51 hectares of bamboo, 80 hectares of indigenous species and 18 hectares of teak in Era Forest Reserve; and 73 hectares of teak in Eria Forest Reserve. Maintenance of the planted areas continued.

Raising Gabdho Foundation (RGF), working with urban refugees in Kampala, carried out trainings and exhibition activities to strengthen the “Safe Intervention For Urban Refugees” (SAFE) project. RGF held a 2-day demonstration for energy saving solutions in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) at their community center in , Kampala. RGF also participated in the Refugee Christmas Market at Kabuusu Driver’s Association where Zeed energy products were exhibited, honeycomb briquettes, cooking basket and cook stoves were displayed, and awareness about alternative energy sources promoted.

DURABLE SOLUTIONS Achievements and Impact The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), UNHCR and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation (GCAF) launched on 12 December a four-year programme to promote access to financial and non- financial services for refugees and host communities in Uganda. In total, about 100,000 refugees and nationals will be able to access financial services (credit and savings), of which 70 percent will be women. The programme is an innovative blended financial approach with public and private funds coming together to support refugees and host communities. It will support the creation and development of small businesses such as farming, handicrafts, catering and trading. This is a first-of-its-kind programme, designed to incentivize both microfinance investors and financial service providers (FSPs), to extend their financial services to refugee and host populations. The programme is currently being piloted in Kampala and Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district. It will be gradually expanded to other targeted refugee-hosting districts.

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OPERATIONAL UPDATE > UGANDA / 01 – 31 December 2019 Working in partnership with:

Government - Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), District Local Government (DLG), Ministry of Agriculture Animal, Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC).

Refugee Hosting Districts – Adjumani, Arua, Isingiro, Kampala, Kamwenge, Kikuube, Kiryandongo, Koboko, Kyegegwa, Lamwo, Obongi, Yumbe.

UN - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Migration Agency (IOM), United Nations Officer for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).

NGOs - Action Africa Help (AAH), Action Against Hunger (ACF), Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA), African Initiatives for Relief and Development (AIRD), African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD), Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD), Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), American Refugee Committee (ARC), Andre Foods International (AFI), Association for Aid and Relief Japan (AARJ), Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI), Associazione Centro Aiuti Voluntari (ACAV), A-Z Children’s Charity, Baylor, Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC), Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL), CARE, Care and Assistance for Forced Migrants (CAFOMI), Caritas Uganda (CU), Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID), Catholic Relief Service (CRS), Child Voices International, Communication and Education (PACE), Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CEFORD), Community Technology Empowerment Network (CTEN), Concern World Wide (CWW), Cooperazionee Sviluppo (CESVI), DanChurchAid (DCA), Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Doctors with Africa (CUAMM), Drop in the Basket (DiB), Finn Church Aid (FCA), Finnish Refugee Council (FRC), Food for the Hungry (FH), Friends of Kisoro, German International Cooperation (GiZ), Give Directly, Global Aim, Global Refugee International (GRI), Healing Kadi Foundation, Help Age International, Humane Africa Mission (HAM), Humanitarian Assistance and Development Services (HADS), Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA), Humanitarian Open Street Map Team (HOT), Humanity & Inclusion (HI), IMPACT, Infectious Disease Institute (IDI), InterAid, Inter-church Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO Cooperation), International Aid Services (IAS), International Center for Research in Agro Forestry (ICRAF), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Rescue Committee (IRC), IsraAid, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Johanniter, Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Malteser International (MI), Medical Teams International (MTI), Mercy Corps (MC), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Nsamizi Training Institute of Social Development (NSAMIZI), OXFAM, Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), Peter C. Alderman Foundation (PCAF), Plan International (PI), Programme for Accessible health, Real Medicine Foundation (RMF), Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Eastern Uganda (RHITES), Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU), Right to Play (RtP), Rural Initiative for Community Empowerment in West Nile (RICE-WN), Salvation Army, Samaritan’s Purse (SP), Save the Children International (SCI), Self Help Africa (SHA), The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organization (Tunado), Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), Trocaire, Tutapona Trauma Rehabilitation (TTR), Uganda Law Society (ULS), Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), Uganda Refugee Disaster and Management Council (URDMC), War Child Canada (WCC), War Child Holland (WCH), Water Mission Uganda (WMU), Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Windle International Uganda (WIU), World Vision International (WVI), Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), ZOA – Uganda (ZOA).

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OPERATIONAL UPDATE > UGANDA / 01 – 31 December 2019 External Relations

Thank you to donors for providing generous un-earmarked and earmarked contributions to UNHCR Uganda in 2019

EARMARKED CONTRIBUTIONS | USD United States of America 95 million | Denmark 11 million | European Union 7.5 million | CERF 6 million | Germany 6 million | Japan 2.9 million | Netherlands 2.5 million | Republic of Korea 2.5 million | Sweden 2.4 million | Spotlight Initiative 1.9 million | Norway 1.8 million | Austria 1.1 million | Ireland 1.1 million | Switzerland 1 million.

Canada | France | IGAD | TOMS Shoes | Private donors Germany | Google | Spain | Education Cannot Wait | Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company, S.L. | UN Programme on HIV/AIDS | End Violence Against Children Fund | Miscellaneous private donors OTHER SOFTLY EARMARKED CONTRIBUTIONS | USD Germany 32 million | United States of America 27.8 million | Private donors Australia 12.5 million | Canada 6.8 million | Private donors Germany 5.2 million | Sweden 4 million | Private Donors Spain 3 million | Norway 2.8 million | Private donors Republic of Korea 2.6 million

Azerbaijan | Japan | Private donors UNEARMARKED CONTRIBUTIONS Sweden 99.8 million | Private donors Spain 73.8 million | United Kingdom 44.6 million | Norway 44.5 million | Netherlands 43.1 million | Private donors Republic of Korea 37.9 million | Germany 26.7 million | Japan 25.7 million | Denmark 24.4 million | Private donors Japan 20.5 million | | Private donors Italy 17.5 million | Switzerland 15.1 million | France 14 million | Private donors Sweden 12.3 million | Private donors USA 11.7 million | | Ireland 10.2 million | Italy 10 million

Algeria | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belgium | Bulgaria |Canada | Costa Rica | Estonia | Finland | Iceland | Indonesia | Islamic Republic of Pakistan | Kuwait | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg | Malta | Mexico | Monaco | Montenegro | New Zealand | Peru | Philippines | Portugal | Qatar | Republic of Korea | Russian Federation | Saudi Arabia | Serbia | Singapore | Slovakia | Sri Lanka | Thailand | Turkey | United Arab Emirates | Uruguay | Private donors

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The Refugee Response in Uganda is coordinated jointly by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Government of Uganda (OPM) Coordination Contacts: Simon Gerald Menhya, Ag. Commissioner for Refugees, [email protected] Douglas Asiimwe, Principal Refugees Protection Officer, [email protected] Tel.: +256 (0) 772 969 054 Titus Jogo, Refugee Desk Officer, Adjumani, Tel: +256 (0) 392 725 718 Solomon Osakan, Refugee Desk Officer Arua, Tel: +256 (0)772 854 919 Polyne Abina, Refugee Desk Officer, Mbarara, [email protected] +256 782 202 465 Turyangenda Emma, Refugee Desk Officer, Hoima, [email protected] +256 772 899 519

UNHCR Coordination Contacts: Philippe Creppy, Assistant Representative (Operations), [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 772 701 006

Media and Reporting Contacts: Rocco Nuri, Senior External Relations Officer, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 775 827388 Wendy Daphne Kasujja, Assistant Reporting Officer, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 780 143854 Duniya Aslam Khan, Associate Public Information Officer, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 772 701 101 Yonna Tukundane, Communication/Public Information Associate, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 775 827 490

Data and Information Management Contact: Bo Hurkmans, Associate Information Management Officer, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 783 590 374 Charles Matovu, Assistant Information Management Officer, [email protected] Tel: +256 (0) 789483714

Links: Uganda Refugee Response Portal UNHCR Uganda Facebook Page UNHCR Uganda Twitter account UNHCR Uganda Instagram account South Sudan Regional Portal

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