We are based in the RED HEART of the DR Congo and assist in Uganda – yellow arrow.There is no “mark” for the Nakivale Refugee Settlement area. The red arrows shows an approximation.Kiwanis Club of Nakivale is located in the Base Camp area. (There are about 80 villages in that area.)
Nakivale refugee settlement was established in 1958 and officially recognized as a refugee settlement in 1960 through the Uganda Gazette General Notice No 19. Nakivale refugee settlement is the 8th largest refugee camp in the world. Nakivale refugee settlement is approximately 200 km away from Kampala, Uganda’s capital. It is one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda. It is estimated at well beyond 180 square kilometers. This enormous area is geographically divided into three administrative zones – Basecamp, Juru, Rubondo . These three zones, in turn, contain a total of 80 individual villages. It currently hosts 119,587 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Erithrea.Although may refugees in the area have been living there for several years, recent conflicts in nearby countries are increasing the number of arrivals per day. The majority of refugees in the settlement are Congolese although the population is largely heterogeneous with many cultures and groups from different nationalities. The settlement is divided into 80 villages with an average of 800 to 1000 people per village.The first 4 members from Nakivale to join with Likasi DRC-Virtual!
The club is made up of refugees that fled their own countries. They speak many different languages, yet do what they can to lift up the children and orphans so they might have a better life.
Kiwanis Club of Nakivale Holiday Project
This new club was officially formed in November and immediately set out to host a holiday meal for the children of the settlement. See more photos in the Main Gallery.
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Nakivale refugee settlement was established in 1958 and officially recognized as a refugee settlement in 1960 through the Uganda Gazette General Notice No 19. Nakivale refugee settlement is the 8th largest refugee camp in the world.
Nakivale refugee settlement is approximately 200 km away from Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
It is one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda. It is estimated at well beyond 180 square kilometers. This enormous area is geographically divided into three administrative zones – Basecamp, Juru, Rubondo . These three zones, in turn, contain a total of 80 individual villages.
It currently hosts 119,587 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Erithrea.Although may refugees in the area have been living there for several years, recent conflicts in nearby countries are increasing the number of arrivals per day. The majority of refugees in the settlement are Congolese although the population is largely heterogeneous with many cultures and groups from different nationalities. The settlement is divided into 80 villages with an average of 800 to 1000 people per village.
The club is made up of refugees that fled their own countries. They speak many different languages, yet do what they can to lift up the children and orphans so they might have a better life.
Kiwanis Club of Nakivale Holiday Project
This new club was officially formed in November and immediately set out to host a holiday meal for the children of the settlement. See more photos in the Main Gallery.
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