By Jonathan W. Rosen Produced by Kate Benzschawel
After fleeing conflict in their own countries, a group of young Rotaractors is healing wounds and bringing cultures together in a Ugandan refugee settlement. Through the process the people in the club become replacements for those people they have lost.”
Refugees fleeing war, genocide and persecution find safety in Nakivale. New arrivals to Uganda are allocated a plot of land, are allowed to work and run businesses and can move freely around the country. Although an abundance of arable land allows for the nation’s liberal refugee policy, the system also reflects a high-level belief that refugees can be assets rather than liabilities. “Uganda has realized that the sooner a country looks at refugees not as a burden but as an opportunity, it changes a lot of things,” says Bernad Ojwang, Uganda country director for the American Refugee Committee (ARC), which works closely with the Rotaract club in Nakivale.
Read the entire article at: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotaract-club-opens-refugee-settlement
