Ngendakumana John Baptist is a refugee from Burundi and now lives with his family in the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda. He started several businesses but did not see results fast enough. Through L-IFT’s diaries research he can now track … Continued
The current pandemic has forced many countries to be put under strict lock-down. This will hopefully avoid the disease to spread in the country or at least to reduce the pressure on the fragile health systems, especially in less developed … Continued
In Uganda the government imposed a lock-down to prevent Covid-19 spreading on 30th March. In our financial diaries study with refugees in Uganda, we added lock-down related questions as soon as possible after it has been imposed. These interviews took … Continued
The limited outbreak of the Corona virus in Uganda was followed by the government implementing a lockdown. As a result of the lock-down rules a new way of Refugee Food distribution needed to be developed for Nakivale and Kiryandongo settlements. … Continued
Face-masks: a new business opportunity Jean Paul used to work as a supervisor for L-IFT in Senegal and now again works part-time for L-IFT coordinating The Corner Shop project in Senegal. He informed us that in Thiès, 70 km … Continued
As mentioned in previous blogs, in the financial diaries with refugees in Uganda we implemented some Covid-19 related questions just before and just after lock-down on 30th March was imposed. The largest worries were that ‘The prices will go up’ … Continued
As mentioned in our previous blogs, some 152 refugees in Uganda answered questions around Covid-19 just before and just after lock-down was imposed in the country. The effects were quite immediate and already took effect before the lock-down. The foremost … Continued
There are more than four million refugees in the Horn of Africa. Uganda is one of the largest hosts with around 1.4 million refugees against its own population of around 30 million. These refugees are living close together, already have … Continued
How the approach of COVID-19 has affected low-income households in central Bangladesh. Liaqat (not his real name) is a newspaper vendor and a volunteer ‘diarist’ in the Hrishipara Daily Financial Diaries project. We have been tracking all his money transactions … Continued
Refugees are one of the most vulnerable groups that could be disproportionately affected by Corona virus. Not only the disease itself, but the strict measures that are put to halt the disease has far more implications for those who live … Continued