Palabek Refugee Settlement

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Palabek Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp located across the border from South Sudan in Lamwo District, Northern Uganda. [1] [2]

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Background

Palabek refugee settlement is one of the newest refugee settlements in Uganda officially set up in April 2016 to reduce congestion in larger refugee camps in the northwestern corner of Uganda. [3] hosting over 50,000 refugees primarily from South Sudan with 85% of arrivals composing of women and children according to the Nations Development Programme Human Development Report. [4]

Gender and equality

Women and girls face challenges of high sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in the camp and this, is one of the worst exposures to the feminine sex let alone other crimes and endangerment of women and girls in the free and serene environment of the refugee camp full of trauma and psychological setbacks. [4]

Games and sports

Palabek refugee camp has a women's netball team who play with a makeshift netball and hoops which helps them spend their leisure and spare time for an effective and worthwhile exploration. The women have a chance to interact with each other and pose game challenges for mental and social development. [1]

Health


Education

Palabek refugee settlement has 11 primary schools, secondary and technical schools serving more than 25,000 school-age refugee children and older youth who are given a chance to learn and apply their skills in a later time of their lives. This comes to engage the young generation into the most fruitful and lifelong bit of their educational life. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome to Palabek".
  2. "Palabek Refugee Settlement". Send a Cow. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  3. "Uganda: Refugee from South Sudan saved more than 7,000 in his community and is now working to help Salesian missionaries at Palabek Refugee Settlement". Relief Web. 18 Feb 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Exercising change in Palabek refugee settlement". UEFA Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  5. "Uganda: Salesians at Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp focus on prevention efforts and food support - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-23.