Imvepi Refugee Settlement

Imvepi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in Terego District (formerly part of Arua District) in West Nile Sub Region of northwestern Uganda.[1]

Imvepi Refugee Settlement
Imvepi Refugee Settlement is located in Uganda
Imvepi Refugee Settlement
Imvepi Refugee Settlement
Coordinates: 3.2452°N 31.2841°E / 3.2452; 31.2841
Country Uganda

Background

The Imvepi refugee settlement, one of the newest opened, was established in February 2017 to accommodate South Sudanese asylum seekers fleeing the War at their country of origin; after the Palorinya Refugee Settlement in Moyo District quickly reached its full capacity and could not receive more number of immigrants because the influx needed an increase in the space provided and Imvepi refugee settlement was just the right option.[2]

History

Imvepi was and still remains a village, before and after the influx of the refugees, located in Maracha District, Odupi Sub County, Terego county in Uganda. It is divided into three zones; zone 3 in the West; zone 2 in the Central and zone 1 in the East of which zone 1 has 12 villages, zone 2 has 20 villages, zone 3 has 8 villages and zone 4 has 7 villages.[3]

in respone people have interest of planning more trees

impel refugee settlement in reasonable in community to planning more trees in camp to help them in heavy wind

Climate change

In response to climate change tree plantations and woodlots have been established to reduce the rate of desertification that has been rampant in Imvepi especially within the base camp and outside the camp within the host community. This has been done by refugees with the support of partners like AIRD, DCA ,WORLD ,VISION that really created a positive impact on the climate.

Water sources have been constructed almost in every village which are tab water drilled from underground and taken for treatment before being consumed, avoiding the use of open water which is easily contaminated and may cause increases in infections in Imvepi Refugee Settlement. Safe and clean water distribution has been facilitated through the support of partners like OXFARM UGANDA and WATER MISSION.

CBO'S implementing climate change

Several CBO in imvepi have bound to climate change in imvepi

COTA

HOPE FOUNDATION

DCA

HUMANITY AND INCLUSION

WORLD VISION

YETA

of which all these resorted to wood lots plantation within the camp and Host communities

Youth empowerment to act ( YETA )
YETA emplementing climate change program in imvepi refugee settlement in village 12 zone two



staffs and cash for work beneficiaries on field in zone two village 12

photos showing YETA'S wood lock maintenance in zone two village 12 imvepi refugee sttlement .






This is during cash for work in zone 2 village 12 imvepi refugee settlement , wood lock maintenance done by youth empowerment to act YETA , a community based organisation in imvepi refugee settlement.








Education

Refugee parents reported children walk long distances to access education services and the school facilities being far and wide took most of their time and often costed them periods to accomplish in class.[4]

Partners that are implementing education in Imvepi Refugee Settlement include; Windle International Uganda, Norwegian Refugee Council, ECD's under World Vision and Save the Children.

Primary schools and their locations
  1. this is annexs primary school located in village five of zone one imvepi refugees settlement
    Annex Primary School located in village 5 zone 1
  2. Longamere Primary School located in village 9 zone 1
  3. Emmanuel primary school located in village 1 zone 1
  4. Imvepi primary school located in village 16 zone 2
  5. Torit primary school located in village 18 zone 2
  6. Inyau primary school located in the host community along imvepi Arua road near Yinga health centre 3
  7. Unity primary school located in village 4 zone 3
  8. Lanya primary school located in village 14 zone
  9. Awa Primary School in Zone ll, Point E

Health centres
  • Imvepi Healthy center II located in Point E, Zone II, Village 5.
  • Yinga Health Centre III.
    this picture shows tank 29 health centre imvepi settlement zone one village 11 point h
  • tank 29 task post located in village 11 zone 1




Women's centres

One of the women center in Imvepi is located at Point H, Village 12 Tank 37.

Churches in imvepi settlement

there are more than fifty churches in imvepi settlement were different denominations

1- united church which is located in village ten of zone one imvepi settlement .

2- LOKETA one which is located in village ten zone one imvepi refugee settlement .

3- LOKETA three which is located in village eleven zone one imvepi refugee settlement .

4- RUPINI church which is located in village eight of zone one imvepi refugee settlement .

5-LOKETA two which is located in village twelve zone one imvepi refugee settlement.

1 new hope 2 Emmanuel 3 save the children tank 33

There is feeding program done by windle International Uganda to some of the ECDs.[5]

Secondary schools

Imvepi refugee settlement has 2 secondary schools that is to say Imvepi secondary school located in village 16 zone 2 with two section of learning in it that's main stream and the AEP section of up to senior six with the total of 3571 students. Yikuru ss that is located in village 4, zone 2 with a total of 2328 learners in both section

Students are paying 20000 UShs as their PTA contribution and contribute food items to cater for their lunch although the challenge of food reduction by WFP.

Youths' centres
this is the only currently youth centre in imvepi refugee settlement, zone one point h



imvepi refugee settlement has one youth centre located in zone one village 10 point h




Water and sanitation

[6]

According to UNICEF a total 70 per cent of refugees in Imvepi refugee Settlement have latrines which is a dire contribution for the improvement of the health and sanitation of those living in and around the refugee settlement of Imvepi and a good indicator that things are getting into control and the refugees at good hands.[7] despite the fact that things are getting in to full control, refugees have to walk miles in search of water most especially during the dry spell and the long que at water points become delaying factor that they face.

Tree plantation in Imvepi Refugee Settlement.

Sports activities
this is During YETA peace tournament and people standing were OC police imvepi settlement and ED YETA and other staffs plus officials who volunteered to officiate the peace tournament league which is organized to create coexistent between the youths in the communities of imvepi settlement.

There are different partners that have made the youths of Imvepi busy in terms of sports like YETA, HOPE RISING, CTEN.





this is how football is loved and how the community enjoy the games during their free time and even get to know each other and become friends from different communities in imvepi settlement , youths and elderly were all involved in participating in the football activities in making sure peace is achieved in imvepi refugee settlement .










References
  1. "New refugee settlement opens in Uganda as thousands of South Sudanese continue to flee every day". Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. "Settlement Fact Sheet:Imvepi" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. Makumbi, Catherine Ntabadde (14 May 2018). "70 per cent of refugees in Imvepi Settlement have latrines". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Imvepi (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  5. admin (2021-05-03). "Children Feeding Initiative - Windle". Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. "Water and Hygiene in Imvepi Refugee Settlement". ZOA. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  7. "70 per cent of refugees in Imvepi Settlement have latrines". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2020-09-26.


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