By Geoffrey Anguyo | project Leader
Kigezi Healthcare Foundation has conducted ten clinics along the Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo Boarder. This is aimed at helping Ugandans at the Boarder and the Congolese displaced by internal conflicts to access affordable Healthcare. The average number of People seen per clinic is about 300.
Long-standing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have caused mass displacement for decades – and the violence is intensifying. With 6.9 million people forced to flee their homes in search of safety, it continues to be one of the largest displacement crises in the world. Civilians are driven to flee time and again as fighting rages in the eastern provinces. Each time people move, they become more vulnerable. Large numbers have fled into neighboring Uganda, which, as of April 2024, hosts about 1.62 million refugees and asylum seekers from DR Congo and elsewhere. Once in Uganda, Congolese people escaping violence are granted refugee status. They are processed in transit centres and then moved to village-like settlements where they receive land and some money. Many Congolese people first camp on the Congo side of the boarder as internally displaced people before crossing over to the Ugandan side of the Boarder.
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