Highlights
• 7,500 women and children will benefit from 15 boreholes drilled out of the planned 20 boreholes in Bidibidi settlement, Yumbe district.
• 3,465 caregivers of vulnerable children aged 0-23 months are accessing infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling in the refugee hosting districts.
• 20,296 and 40,192 children have been immunized against polio and measles respectively.
• During this reporting period, a total of 3,052 children (2,366 boys and 686 girls) benefited from psychosocial support by UNICEF partners Save the Children, Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation (TPO) and World Vision in Arua, Adjumani, Yumbe and Kiryandongo through participation in structured child friendly space activities.
• 1,528 children have been registered for the six functional early childhood development (ECD) centres in Bidibidi. UNICEF and partner Plan International are opening five more ECD centres in Bidibidi settlement.
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
144,450 Number of new arrivals after 1 July 2016 Source: UNHCR as of 14 September 2016
178,837 Number of new arrivals registered since 1 January 2016 as of 14 September 2016 Source: Office of the Prime Minister (RIMS)
373,626 Total number of South Sudanese refugees registered in Uganda as of 14 September 2016 Source: Office of the Prime Minister (RIMS)