UNHCR Zambia: MEHEBA REFUGEE SETTLEMENT PROFILE

(as of 30 November 2018)

BACKGROUNG Mehaba refugee settlement was established in 1971 and located in Kalumbila District, North Western Province. At its peak in 2003, Meheba hosted 47,670 refugees. With facilitated repatriation to Angola and DRC the population significantly reduced. Current new arrivals are mainly from the DR Congo since 30 August 2017. With ongoing efforts at local integration of former Angolan and Rwandan refugees, the settlement is divided into a Local Integration area (LI) for persons eligible to local integration and a refugee area which now UNHCR’s focused.

BASIC INFORMATION KEY FIGURES COUNTRY OF ORIGIN KEY INDICATORS As of June 2018 Coordinates: 25°52'54.364"E, 12°29'50.573"S reached target Province/ District: North-Western/ Kalumbila DR Congo # of PoC receiving cash grants 1,439 21,905 10,341 2,800 # of hours from Lusaka by road: 9 # of PoC with specific needs Angola 5,936 259 # of hours from Lubumbashi (DRC) by road: 4 Persons of concen receiving support (non-cash) 2,665 Rwanda 3,186 # of community-based committees/ groups 8 Total area: 720 sq/km working on SGBV prevention and response 8 Burundi 1,708 48 # of blocks: 8 12,305 # of household sanitary facilities/latrines constructed 500 Type of shelter: Emergency/ Transitional Refugees Somalia 243 # of PoC receiving production kits or inputs for 257 agriculture/livestock/fisheries activities 400 Others 45 3,007 Average plot granted/household: 25 x 30 meters # of children enrolled in primary education 4,910 Average farming plot granted/household: 2.5 ha 9,122 # of households receiving core relief items 159 Former refugees 400 UNITED REPUBLIC OF NEW ARRIVALS (TOTAL=1,034) TOP 3 PRIORITIES TANZANIA DEMOCRATIC 478 Ensuring access to territory will remain REPUBLOF OF Asylum seekers 150 paramount. Under this issues related CONGO to border monitoring improvement of ANGOLA 120 reception condition are intended. MOZAMBIQUE C# Solwezi 165 Legend Mehaba Departures to 90 C# Refugee MALAWI Registration and civil documentation settlement third countries 60 Lusaka ZIMBABWE remains a key means of ensuring the UNHCR Field ZAMBIA Õ Office protection of refugees or persons of 30 concern Jan Feb April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov BOTSWANA March ZProtection of children and youth. WHO’s doing WHAT

Camp management, Health, Nutrition CBI and CRI supply Protection & SGBV Water, Hygiene Education Shelter & Infrastructure Livelihoods registration & Sanitation MHA-COR, UNHCR MoH MCDSS, CARITAS, MCDSS, MHA-COR, DWRD MoH UNHCR, MHA-CoR SHA AIRTEL, SCB, UNHCR UNHCR

Creation date: 30 November 2018 Sources: GoZ, UNHCR Contact: Jean Bosco Ngomoni, Head of O ce, [email protected] For more information visit: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/country/zmb Feedback: [email protected]