ARUA CITY — At the core of the Danish Refugee Council’s mission is to protect people displaced from their homes due to conflict. In fulfilment of this obligation, the DRC have for the last several years offered protection in different forms to refugees who camped in Uganda following the unrest in neighbouring South Sudan.
Following the outbreak of the Novel Corona Virus pandemic across the world, the DRC, working with strategic partners sought to intervene to offer critical emergency care for the vulnerable in the refugee settlement. Expectant mothers, women and the elderly as well as children we’re identified among the most vulnerable that needed the critical emergency intervention in the uncertain times.
Together with Dembe Group Signify Foundation, Sendea, Village Energy, the Danish Refugee Council in June donated solar lighting equipment to health facilities and strategic points in refugee settlements to improve the quality of health services offered and security to refugees as they struggle with the effects of COVID-19.
