Gihinga Refugee Camp is a refugee camp found in Burundi. [1] [2]
Gihinga refugee camp is located in Gihinga colline, Kayokwe commune, Mwaro province in Central Burundi, [3] 50 km from Bujumbura.
Gihinga refugee camp was found on 23 September 2004 to house refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo, [4] [2] because of the August 2004 massacre at Gatumba camp. [5] [6] The camp occupies 60 hectares of land with a capacity to accommodate 9000 refugees. [7] It has 8 blocks of 288 houses. The camp has Banyamulenge, Babembe and Bafulero ethnic groups. The camp is managed by government of Burundi and United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees. [8]
As October 2009, Gihinga refugee camp hosted 23000 refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo [3] compared to 1910 refugees who were reported in 2005. [8]
By 2005, these are the partner organizations who support the camp with several services. [8]
Partner organizations | Services provided |
---|---|
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Camp management, income generating activities education, and protection |
International Medical Corps | health |
Trans-cultural Psychological Organization (TPO) | health and physical wellbeing |
Gihinga Refugee Camp is a refugee camp found in Burundi. [1] [2]
Gihinga refugee camp is located in Gihinga colline, Kayokwe commune, Mwaro province in Central Burundi, [3] 50 km from Bujumbura.
Gihinga refugee camp was found on 23 September 2004 to house refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo, [4] [2] because of the August 2004 massacre at Gatumba camp. [5] [6] The camp occupies 60 hectares of land with a capacity to accommodate 9000 refugees. [7] It has 8 blocks of 288 houses. The camp has Banyamulenge, Babembe and Bafulero ethnic groups. The camp is managed by government of Burundi and United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees. [8]
As October 2009, Gihinga refugee camp hosted 23000 refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo [3] compared to 1910 refugees who were reported in 2005. [8]
By 2005, these are the partner organizations who support the camp with several services. [8]
Partner organizations | Services provided |
---|---|
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Camp management, income generating activities education, and protection |
International Medical Corps | health |
Trans-cultural Psychological Organization (TPO) | health and physical wellbeing |