Self-reliant food security in the Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe through a hatchery.
Enterprise Category: Refugee
Babykit Company Limited
According to 2021 UNHCR data in 22 health centres in Bidibidi refugee settlement, around 25–30 babies of 0–3 months are born weekly. As a result, around 13 babies dies of pneumonia due to too much coldness, which advanced in babies because of poor house structures in Bidibidi refugee settlement. Mothers cannot afford to purchase warm […]
Loketa Agrofarm
With Uganda’s rapidly growing population of close to 50 million healthy foods are high on demand but unaffordable for refugees living far from urban centres, where items have to be transported long distances. This is why Loketa Agrofarm locally grows and sources peanuts and sesame seeds to locally produce healthy and affordable pure and organic […]
Eco-shoes Africa
Eco-Shoes Africa was selected as one of the 2024 UNHCR Innovation Projects. Find out more here. Eco-Shoes Africa is a social enterprise founded by Moses Taban Mathew within the Bidibidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda. Focused on sustainability and community impact, Eco-Shoes Africa recycles discarded shoes to create unique, eco-friendly designs, supporting both environmental protection […]
