[2] According to the Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet[3] for the Baratuku settlement carried out by the UNCHCR - in January 2018, various gaps and challenges have been identified from research carried out and await immediate and sustainable response to by the Government of Uganda and the various implementing NGOs.
[4] Services to do with health care and sanitation are inadequate for the settlement population.
It therefore has a greater impact on the young and elderly since they are prone to infections and disease outbreaks.
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.
This initiative seeks to meet the refugees' dire need for educational resources and scholarships.