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Bidibidi Refugee Settlement | |
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Coordinates: 3°32′N 31°21′E / 3.53°N 31.35°E | |
Country | Uganda |
District | Yumbe |
Area | |
• Total | 250 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Bidibidi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in the Yumbe District of northwestern Uganda. Home to over 270,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war in mid 2016, it was among the largest refugee settlements in the world at the time, and may have been the largest. [1] [2] As of 2018, that distinction was claimed by Kutupalong refugee camp for displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh. [3]
The Bidibidi area covers 250 square kilometers of the eastern half of Yumbe District, stretching southward from the South Sudanese border and spilling over into Moyo District along the western bank of the kochi river [4] Bidibidi is divided into zones. It has five zones namely:
The Bidibidi area was a small village before becoming a refugee settlement in August 2016. [5] [6] Since then, the Ugandan government and non-governmental organizations have worked to create a settlement rather than a camp to host and contain the influx of the growing number of asylum seekers from South Sudan. [7] It has very quickly become the second-largest refugee camp in the world. Formerly a vast, empty, arid patch of land nearby the small Ugandan border town of Yumbe, today it is home to some 270,000 refugees, most of whom have fled the violence and upheaval in South Sudan. [8]
There have been growing concerns about health conditions and access to health services as the number of South Sudan refugees entering Uganda continues to increase, particularly at the BidiBidi Refugee Settlement, with Reuters reporting that about 180 refugees (nearly half of them young children) died in Bidibidi in the first six months of 2017. [13] This is compounded by the often-limited accuracy of health measurements in camp settings, with under-reporting of deaths by humanitarian organizations typically occurring more frequently than over-reporting of deaths. [14]
From a human rights and ethics perspective, there are also questions about whether people with different physical abilities or the elderly are not being prioritized in these settlements, receiving less resources compared to younger, able-bodied residents in good health. [15] In settlements located in the Ayilo District of Northern Uganda, for example, the organization Caritas reports that programs have been designed to provide more assistance for building latrines to groups identified as vulnerable, such as older residents, disabled residents, and child-headed households. [16]
Furthermore, a 2016 U.S. State Department report on trafficking warns that South Sudanese children in Northern Ugandan Refugee settlements may be vulnerable to trafficking, with the UNHCR suspecting that instances of trafficking are already occurring among young South Sudanese refugees. Unfortunately, reliably quantifying the number of trafficked children can be a challenge due to a lack of effective monitoring, corruption, insufficient protection of victims to come forward, differences in definitions of terms, and other contextual aspects. [17]
Bidibidi has a number of hospitals and clinics that are aiding on the health of refugees in Yumbe.
In zone one [18] there are two archdeaconry and one ECSS Centre, which is.
Some refugees participate in farming activities in the settlements and they either got the farming land by hiring from the host communities or land given by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They are sometimes provided with seeds by humanitarian organizations like Seed Effect Uganda, afford, Caritas Arua, Dan Church Aids among others. [19]
cassava, beans, millet, maize, potatoes, simsim, and sweet potatoes.
Both the refugees and the host communities are provided with seeds to plant. On 19 June 2020, the Uganda Red Cross Society distributed some seeds to the locals and refugees. [20] and Norwegian Refugees council have implemented a European union trust fund it's a four-year project in Bidibidi Refugees settlement in the three zones of Bidibidi on climate change Livelihood partners in Bidibidi.
Reliable Refugee Storytellers Association has engaged both the refugee youth and the host community in storytelling, citizen journalism, capacity building, advocacy, and peace-building initiatives to amplify the voices of the vulnerable community in the West Nile region and Uganda at large,
Bidibidi FM a community radio station started by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2023, funded by Ref FM foundation and DW academy is also another media outlet that gives entertainment, education and information to the different communities within Bidibidi and beyond.
Bidibidi fm 95.3
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Bidibidi Refugee Settlement | |
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Coordinates: 3°32′N 31°21′E / 3.53°N 31.35°E | |
Country | Uganda |
District | Yumbe |
Area | |
• Total | 250 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Bidibidi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in the Yumbe District of northwestern Uganda. Home to over 270,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war in mid 2016, it was among the largest refugee settlements in the world at the time, and may have been the largest. [1] [2] As of 2018, that distinction was claimed by Kutupalong refugee camp for displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh. [3]
The Bidibidi area covers 250 square kilometers of the eastern half of Yumbe District, stretching southward from the South Sudanese border and spilling over into Moyo District along the western bank of the kochi river [4] Bidibidi is divided into zones. It has five zones namely:
The Bidibidi area was a small village before becoming a refugee settlement in August 2016. [5] [6] Since then, the Ugandan government and non-governmental organizations have worked to create a settlement rather than a camp to host and contain the influx of the growing number of asylum seekers from South Sudan. [7] It has very quickly become the second-largest refugee camp in the world. Formerly a vast, empty, arid patch of land nearby the small Ugandan border town of Yumbe, today it is home to some 270,000 refugees, most of whom have fled the violence and upheaval in South Sudan. [8]
There have been growing concerns about health conditions and access to health services as the number of South Sudan refugees entering Uganda continues to increase, particularly at the BidiBidi Refugee Settlement, with Reuters reporting that about 180 refugees (nearly half of them young children) died in Bidibidi in the first six months of 2017. [13] This is compounded by the often-limited accuracy of health measurements in camp settings, with under-reporting of deaths by humanitarian organizations typically occurring more frequently than over-reporting of deaths. [14]
From a human rights and ethics perspective, there are also questions about whether people with different physical abilities or the elderly are not being prioritized in these settlements, receiving less resources compared to younger, able-bodied residents in good health. [15] In settlements located in the Ayilo District of Northern Uganda, for example, the organization Caritas reports that programs have been designed to provide more assistance for building latrines to groups identified as vulnerable, such as older residents, disabled residents, and child-headed households. [16]
Furthermore, a 2016 U.S. State Department report on trafficking warns that South Sudanese children in Northern Ugandan Refugee settlements may be vulnerable to trafficking, with the UNHCR suspecting that instances of trafficking are already occurring among young South Sudanese refugees. Unfortunately, reliably quantifying the number of trafficked children can be a challenge due to a lack of effective monitoring, corruption, insufficient protection of victims to come forward, differences in definitions of terms, and other contextual aspects. [17]
Bidibidi has a number of hospitals and clinics that are aiding on the health of refugees in Yumbe.
In zone one [18] there are two archdeaconry and one ECSS Centre, which is.
Some refugees participate in farming activities in the settlements and they either got the farming land by hiring from the host communities or land given by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They are sometimes provided with seeds by humanitarian organizations like Seed Effect Uganda, afford, Caritas Arua, Dan Church Aids among others. [19]
cassava, beans, millet, maize, potatoes, simsim, and sweet potatoes.
Both the refugees and the host communities are provided with seeds to plant. On 19 June 2020, the Uganda Red Cross Society distributed some seeds to the locals and refugees. [20] and Norwegian Refugees council have implemented a European union trust fund it's a four-year project in Bidibidi Refugees settlement in the three zones of Bidibidi on climate change Livelihood partners in Bidibidi.
Reliable Refugee Storytellers Association has engaged both the refugee youth and the host community in storytelling, citizen journalism, capacity building, advocacy, and peace-building initiatives to amplify the voices of the vulnerable community in the West Nile region and Uganda at large,
Bidibidi FM a community radio station started by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2023, funded by Ref FM foundation and DW academy is also another media outlet that gives entertainment, education and information to the different communities within Bidibidi and beyond.
Bidibidi fm 95.3