DOCUMENTARY | outineuvonen

10-11/2019. for the Finnish Refugee Council

The refugee population in Uganda has been growing rapidly since 2013.

Nakivale refugee settlement was established in 1958 and officially recognized as a refugee settlement in 1960, Nakivale refugee settlement is the 8th largest refugee camp in the world with over 180 000 refugees living there. It is one of the oldest refugee settlements in the Uganda, near the Tanzania border in Southwest Uganda.

Kyangwali refugee settlement is home to over 12o ooo people. Over 80% are women and children. Kyangwali is in west Uganda near the border of Rwanda,

Adjumani, located forty kilometers from the border with South Sudan, is home to more than 210,000 people and is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda.

The refugee population in Uganda has been growing rapidly since 2013.

Refugees using their phones. In the Nakival refugee area, wifi only works in a certain area.

Joseph Mutay at the doctors appointment. Malaria, diarrhea and typhoid are common and serious diseases at the area.

Family in Nakivale. Ugana grants the refugees their own piece of land where they can build a house and cultivate.

A pharmacist in Kyangwali, december 2019.

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An ethiopian restaurant. Climate change effects on the residents of Nakivale, whose daily lives are driven by hunger. Differences in food access and wealth are large. Some of the refugees are running businesses and are in a less vulnerable position than those who obtain additional income by selling vegetables. The refugee's monthly grant seven euros byt the Ugandan governemnt is not enough for a large family for a month. However, starting a business is difficult, because in order to survive, families have to prioritize food, medicine and children's school fees.

Young somali boys plays football in Nakivale. Some of them are born in there.

Charlotte Tibigambo has lived in Nakivale for over 15 years. She is a banana farmer and belongs to the wealthier part of the residents of Nakivale.

Shoe selling point in Kyangwali.

South Sudanese cousins live in the same house in Adjuman.

A car stuck in a mud in Adjumani, near the border of South Sudan. pg

A moped taxi in Kyangwali.

Laylo Sahal Abshirin runs a Somali restaurant in Nakivale. The husband works as an electrician, and the family has an above-average income. However, the youngest girl is seriously ill, and there is no money for treatment. "Nobody knows what's wrong. We got different natural medicines from the health center, but they haven't helped. I can't afford to take him to Mbarara hospital where we can take blood tests.”

Laylo Sahal Abshirin and her sick children at her home in Nakivale refugee settlement area.

Mopeds are common in Kyangwali refugee settlement area.

For the Finnish Refugee Council, 2019

Uganda is one of the biggest refugee hosting countires in the world.

The refugee population in Uganda has been growing rapidly since 2013. Currently about 200 asylum seekers arrives daily in the country, Kongolese refugees come across the border over Lake Albert. The boat trip takes several hours and most the refugees cannot swim.

After arriving to Uganda, refugees are placed to transit centers. Transit and reception centers are overcrowded, and many of the refugees has to sleep in temporary tent shelters.

There's a serioius lack of food, water and medicines.

Kongolese refugees come across the border over Lake Albert. The boat trip takes several hours and most the refugees cannot swim.

Refugees come across over Lake Albert in december, 2019.

Kongolese refugees has just arrived in Kyangwali across the lake Albert in Uganda. December, 2019.

Kongolese women are placed in female overnight shelter for the first nights. Lake Albert, december, 2019.

Refugees waits for information about their next placement. Lake Albert, december, 2019.

Louise Sekerera and her kids has been in Kabazana reception center for three months.

A food distribution in Lake Albert, deecember 2019.

A snack from the food distribution.

A temporary shelter for more than hundred refugees in Kabazana reception center .The capacity is for forty refugees but the center is over crowded. Nakivale, december, 2019.

A food distribution day in Nakivale, december 2019.

A shared kitchen in Kabazana reception center. Nakivale, demeber, 2019.

Khadja Irakoze from Burundi reads bible and gets comfort out of it, in Kabazana reception center. Nakivale, december, 2019.

Hundreds of refugees lives in emergency shelters and tents in very poor living conditions. Most of them are orphans.

A room for children in Kabazana reception center. Nakivale, december, 2019.

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Kabazana reception center in Nakivale. Kabazana reception center is one the oldest reception centers in Uganda. Refugees are sent there after transit shelters.

Jafari Dalia from Democratic Republic of the Congo. He lost his leg on his way to Uganda. Nakivale, december, 2019.

Children crafts footballs by themselves in Kabazana reception center.
Nakivale, december, 2019.
A room for children in Kabazana reception center.
Nakivale, december, 2019.
The sleeping matress in Kabazana reception center.
Nakivale, december, 2019.
Kabazana reception center's doctor.
Nakivale, december, 2019.
Khadja Irakoze from Burundi reads bible and gets comfort out of it, in Kabazana reception center.
Nakivale, december, 2019.
Kongolese refugees in a emergency shelter on a food distribution day.
Lake Albert, december, 2019.

Kongolese refugees in a emergency shelter on a food distribution day.
Lake Albert, december, 2019.

4/2022 Ongoing documentary

The photo series tells about the Tervalampi estate located in Vihti, which in a short time became emergency shelter for Ukrainian refugees in the spring of 2022.

The owners of the estate, Alexandra and Niko Ahlqvist, are agricultural entrepreneurs who bought the estate from the city of Helsinki in 2020. In May, about sixty Ukrainians lived in there. Half of them were children.

Tervalampi estate is a private area. A private area sign has had to be put on the door, because curious villagers have been coming to the lands since the refugees started arriving in March.

In addition to Ukrainian women and children, there are also men who work in the estate's agricultural work.

Olena Lozkytova and Irina Kochninska are sitting in the kitchen. Natalia Lukash is standing behind on the balcony.