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In 2018, there was a severe shortage of schools, classrooms, teachers, and learning materials, which undermined refugees’ access to quality education and a supportive learning environment. Educational opportunities were further limited because primary schooling only extended to P5 and no secondary schools were available, while the absence of school feeding programmes, highlighted by both refugees and host community members, contributed to high levels of absenteeism. |
In 2018, there was a severe shortage of schools, classrooms, teachers, and learning materials, which undermined refugees’ access to quality education and a supportive learning environment. Educational opportunities were further limited because primary schooling only extended to P5 and no secondary schools were available, while the absence of school feeding programmes, highlighted by both refugees and host community members, contributed to high levels of absenteeism. |
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The sole secondary school that serves school-age youth in Baratuku refugee settlement is located far away from the settlement, making it difficult for students to get there. Even for refugee families that live near the school, many have limited livelihoods opportunities and cannot afford tuition and related school costs which poses a great challenge to the young uneducated generation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title=EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT’S COMMITMENT TO REFUGEE EDUCATION|url=https://www.educationcannotwait.org/education-cannot-waits-commitment-to-refugee-education/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=educationcannotwait|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
The sole secondary school that serves school-age youth in Baratuku refugee settlement is located far away from the settlement, making it difficult for students to get there. Even for refugee families that live near the school, many have limited livelihoods opportunities and cannot afford tuition and related school costs which poses a great challenge to the young uneducated generation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title=EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT’S COMMITMENT TO REFUGEE EDUCATION|url=https://www.educationcannotwait.org/education-cannot-waits-commitment-to-refugee-education/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=educationcannotwait|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:27, 21 December 2025
Refugee settlement in Uganda
Baratuku refugee settlement is a refugee settlement in the Adjumani district Uganda.[1]
Background
Baratuku, established in 1991, hosted successive waves of South Sudanese refugees from the Second Sudanese War onward. By 2018, the settlement’s population consisted of refugees who had arrived in the 1990s and were unable to return home, as well as more recent arrivals who had fled South Sudan since 2013. During this period, humanitarian organisations began shifting from emergency response to stabilisation, and as some emergency focused partners scaled down or ended operations, concerns emerged about the need to fill gaps in assistance to ensure adequate support for refugees.[2]
Food and nutrition
Households are often not able to grow sufficient food to supplement their small food rations because their allocated plots are not large enough to cultivate.[3]
Healthcare
Services to do with health care and sanitation are inadequate for the settlement population. There is only one health center for refugees in Baratuku camp which also serves large populations of Ugandan nationals and other refugees from the Elema Refugee Settlement and makes service delivery so slow and insufficient for refugees. It therefore has a greater impact on the young and elderly since they are prone to infections and disease outbreaks.[4]
Education
In 2018, there was a severe shortage of schools, classrooms, teachers, and learning materials, which undermined refugees’ access to quality education and a supportive learning environment. Educational opportunities were further limited because primary schooling only extended to P5 and no secondary schools were available, while the absence of school feeding programmes, highlighted by both refugees and host community members, contributed to high levels of absenteeism.[2]
The sole secondary school that serves school-age youth in Baratuku refugee settlement is located far away from the settlement, making it difficult for students to get there. Even for refugee families that live near the school, many have limited livelihoods opportunities and cannot afford tuition and related school costs which poses a great challenge to the young uneducated generation.[5]
At the Global Refugee Forum, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), commits to investing in multi-year programmes for refugees and host-community children. This initiative seeks to meet the refugees’ dire need for educational resources and scholarships. It also gives the refugees and Host communities at the Baratuku refugee settlement a chance to enjoy an inclusive education for vulnerable children and adolescents.[6]
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