In spring 2016, a journalist colleague and I covered a story about the refugee situation in the Adjumani district of Northern Uganda. This district serves as an arrival point for many South Sudanese refugees fleeing hunger and violence caused by civil war. Our reporting focused on the refugee registration center, reception center, and settlement in the area
Sleeping room at the Elegu registration centre
Many who arrive to the Elegu registration centre have traveled for weeks and are in poor physical and mental condition.
A child waits for a UN truck to pick them up at registration centre in Elegu.
People arriving to the Nyumanzi reception center.
From Nyumanzi reception centre people are relocated to camps.
Owuk Garang, 23, is a single mother of seven. She wishes to stay in Uganda to ensure education for her children.
Agung Garang, 16, with her family’s belongings at the reception center. She, her mother and eight siblings had started their journey from their unsafe home village by foot.
Mary Mudra, 23, fears the future. She hopes her four children will be able to attend a school in a camp where they were to be transferred soon.
Children enjoying a rare rainfall in Nyumanzi refugee camp.