WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wiki For Refugees in Uganda
 ID : Refugees
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Wiki for Refugees in Uganda | ||
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| Speakers : Geoffrey Kateregga | Time block: Friday 5 November 2021 | Start : 14:05 | |
| Location : Room A | Duration : 08 minutes | ||
| Description :
Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, with over 1,400,000 refugees. The vast influx of refugees is due to several factors in Uganda's neighboring countries, especially war and violence in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and associated economic crisis and political instability in the region. Uganda has relatively 'friendly' policies that provide rights to the refugees, such as rights to education, work, private property, healthcare, and other basic social services. The Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, has worked with South Sudanese refugees living in Rhino Camp refugee settlement in North-Western Uganda to document over 30 refugee settlements in Uganda on Wikipedia and is in the process of growing a Wikimedia User Group for South Sudan. |
Themes : Gender, diversity & inclusion | ||
| Tags : Refugees, Diversity, Inclusion, Wikipedia | |||
| Notes : #WikiIndaba2021_Refugees | |||