Refugee Stories

South Sudanese grow rice, and community ties, in Uganda

By Josie Le Blond | April 18, 2019 | Oliji Settlement, Uganda

“Rice is a food crop and a cash crop,” explains Minoru Yoshino, chief advisor of the PRiDe project, which has trained more than 50,000 farmers since it launched in 2011.

More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

By Josie Le Blond | April 18, 2019 | Oliji Settlement, Uganda

“Rice is a food crop and a cash crop,” explains Minoru Yoshino, chief advisor of the PRiDe project, which has trained more than 50,000 farmers since it launched in 2011.

Venezuelans risk life and limb to seek help in Colombia

By Josie Le Blond | April 18, 2019 | Oliji Settlement, Uganda

Refugees and migrants brave floods, bandits and treacherous footpaths in a desperate search for food, medicine and safety in Cúcuta.