Despite its troubled past, Uganda has become a relatively peaceful country, welcoming those fleeing conflict in neighbouring countries. 

However, Uganda’s stability means that its development funding from richer countries has been cut. With new arrivals continuing to stretch resources even further, many people are left without the essentials they need to survive.

Many households are in a hunger crisis following recent cuts in World Food Programme rations food provided by the international community with refugees now living on less than 40% of ‘basic survival rations’. Children are particularly vulnerable. With families desperate to survive, young girls are forced into early marriage while 1 in 10 children don’t complete primary school education and are at risk of child labour. Others face physical threats from domestic violence and sexual abuse. Given these traumatic experiences, 50% of children in Uganda need mental health support.