“I have seen people support other refugees, delivering basic social services to the people; I have seen refugees volunteer to create their own organisations; I have seen refugees volunteering to support business initiatives from a company. I have seen volunteers also mobilising communities to clean, to undertake community work.”
Interview, UN Staff, Kampala
‘Response to refugees and host population’
This tells a story of refugees being able to bring support to other community members through distribution of food items to both refugees and Ugandans, which is also done voluntarily just to support the community members.
Credit: Jerry Lukendo Mbokani, Kampala
“…if my documents are equated, I also need to be like Ugandans… We should be paid equally and as volunteers we should be given equal support.”
Interview, Young female refugee, Bidibidi