Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement

Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement
Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement
	Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement
	Coordinates: 3°28′07″N 31°56′32″E / 3.4686°N 31.9423°ECoordinates: 3°28′07″N 31°56′32″E / 3.4686°N 31.9423°E

Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in Adjumani District in northwestern Uganda. It was established in 2014.^[1]

Background[]

After opening in January 2014, Nyumanzi has become the largest refugee settlement in Adjumani district in terms of population size^[2] of approximately 43,000 men, women, and children.

Nyumanzi refugee settlement is largely populated by refugees from South Sudan of mainly the tribes of Nuer, Madi, Dinka and so on. Nyumanzi refugee settlement is home to more than 20,000 long-term refugees displaced by the conflict in South Sudan.^[3]

239,335 refugees from South Sudan are being hosted in this refugee settlement of Nyumanzi refugee settlement.^[4]

Healthcare services[]

Education[]

Nyumanzi refugee settlement though being the largest in Adjumani District has only 6 schools in total with three being primary schools where more than 4,000 children go everyday, these schools where all established by the Building tomorrow one NGO that has greatly being supporting Education in Adjumani and part of South Sudan.^[5]

Water and sanitation[]

In August 2014, LWF - Lutheran World Federation signed an agreement with UNICEF, aimed at reducing waterborne disease and supply strains.^[6]

Violence in the settlement[]

^[7]^[8]

^ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi". Relief Web. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
^ Marima, Tendai. "New life for South Sudan refugees in Nyumanzi, Uganda". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ "Water for Adjumani". Uganda. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR statement on deadly violence in Uganda's Nyumanzi refugee settlement". UNHCR. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ "Refugees working together to assess and promote children's learning in refugee settlements in Uganda – PAL Network". palnetwork.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

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[1] "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi". Relief Web. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[2] "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Nyumanzi (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

[3] Marima, Tendai. "New life for South Sudan refugees in Nyumanzi, Uganda". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[4] FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[5] FSA, Staff (2019-05-17). "Energy and Environmental Services to South-Sudanese Refugee Settlement". Field Study Abroad (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[6] "Water for Adjumani". Uganda. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[7] Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "UNHCR statement on deadly violence in Uganda's Nyumanzi refugee settlement". UNHCR. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[8] "Refugees working together to assess and promote children's learning in refugee settlements in Uganda – PAL Network". palnetwork.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

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