Danish Refugee Council (Uganda)

DRC has been present in Uganda since 1997, implementing projects across the country with a current focus on the refugee situation in the West Nile and southwest regions as well as a focus on non-refugee humanitarian and development needs in the northern and Karamoja regions of the country.

DRC Uganda continues to play a key role in the provision of protection services, working to improve protection of the hard-to-reach and expanding access to legal aid. DRC is currently UNHCR’s implementing partner for protection in Imvepi, Kiryandongo, Lobule and Rhino Camp settlements, where collectively over 275,000 refugees reside. Within these settlements, DRC supports community-based protection and provides child protection, legal aid and gender-based violence prevention and response services. DRC’s works closely with the national NGOs Humanitarian and Development Services (HADS) as well as the Uganda Law Society (ULS) as part of the organization’s commitment to localization. Contributing to the Grand Bargain commitments, DRC Uganda is an advocate and implementer of cash assistance programming, actively participating in the Uganda Cash Working Group and Uganda Collaborative Cash Delivery network.