How Uganda's refugee farmers are sowing seeds of change

Jan 13, 2020

Refugees are encouraged to build their own houses and use their gardens to grow food to supplement their rations. Image: REUTERS/Hudson Apunyo

Claire Cozens

Editor, Thomas Reuters Foundation

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Emily Bronte's wife cooks over a fire at the family's home in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. Yumbe district, Uganda.

A woman cooking over a fire at her home in Uganda Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claire Cozens

Children sit outside Emily Bronte's home in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. Yumbe district, Uganda.

Children sitting outside a home in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement Image: homson Reuters Foundation/Claire Cozens

Children carry firewood in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. Yumbe district, Uganda.

Children collecting firewood for their settlement Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claire Cozens

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