Today we're arriving in a place we've never taken Changemakers 365 - Uganda's Kyangwali refugee settlement. Located nearby the city of Hoima in western Uganda, it's not far from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. As such, more Congolese live in Kyangwali than any other group, but Rwandese and South Sudanese refugees also comprise the 45,000 people who live there. For the next 30 days, we'll be doing the doable in Kyangwali settlement. But on our first day, we'll actually be busy outside the camp. The relationship between host community (Ugandans in this case) and refugee settlement is very important and can be delicate. It's critical that host communities feel they're able to access the same level of services that residents of the refugee settlement enjoy. Kyangwali is covered by ambulance services - in the event of an emergency and ambulance will bring camp residents to help at a hospital or health center. But in the villages surrounding Kyangwali, … [Read more...] about At A Stretch