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The Association of Refugees with Disability (ARD) is proud to share findings from a recent assessment exploring the lived realities of persons with disabilities in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement.This report highlights a critical reality: while humanitarian services exist across sectors such as health, WASH, food assistance, education, protection, and livelihoods, access for persons with disabilities remains deeply unequal.Through direct engagement with women, men, and youth with disabilities, as well as service providers and community leaders, the study reveals that barriers are not isolated. They are interconnected and reinforcing. Long distances, inaccessible terrain, and disability-unfriendly infrastructure limit mobility. Economic constraints such as transport costs and medical expenses make “free” services unaffordable. Institutional challenges including long queues, limited staffing, and weak referral systems further exclude those most in need. Communication gaps and…

Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Kyegegwa District — A newly released report by the Association of Refugees with Disabilities (ARD) has brought renewed attention to the disproportionate impact of humanitarian funding cuts on refugees with disabilities, highlighting a widening gap between service availability and actual access.Titled “Impact of Funding Cuts on Refugees with Disabilities in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement”, the report presents evidence from a household survey and key informant interviews, revealing systemic reductions across essential sectors, including food assistance, healthcare, education, WASH, and protection services.The findings indicate that while services continue to exist within the settlement, their accessibility has significantly declined, particularly for refugees with disabilities. Reduced transport support, limited availability of assistive devices, declining outreach services, and staffing constraints have collectively made it increasingly difficult for vulnerable populations to…

A world Refugee Day celebration through the theme Nothing About Us Without Us. this was to call for meaningful participation in decision making processes on programs concerning refugees. it has been long when refugees are considered as people who can't take decisions and denied to be on the decision making table. We call again for meaningful refugees participation in decision making processes from the agenda stage, to the implementation stage and to the Monitoring and Evaluation stage because #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs Above is Muombamungu James, the Executive Director for the Association of Refugees with Disability(ARD) giving a speech whereby he clarified that disability is not inability and talked about the need of meaningful participation in decision making processes on programs concerning refugees with disabilities: Disability need not to be an obstacle to…

Every year, on June 20, the world celebrates refugees across the globe on World Refugee Day. Yet many events are organized without meaningful participation from the refugee communities themselves. We changed this and hosted a refugee-led World Refugee Day in 2022, uniting refugee groups from the DR Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and our Uganda hosts for a community-driven event highlighting the resilience and agency of refugees to lead the way. We are happy to finally announce this year's celebration in joint collaboration with refugee-led organizations and partners from all across Uganda. Join us on June 20th, as we call for meaningful refugee inclusion and participation, as well as recognition that there is NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. We welcome partners who want to join, and contribute…

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MEMBERSHIP Membership of the organization shall be open to associations of different nationalities within the urban areas and associations from the settlements, and any other interested individuals and organizations that are working towards promotion and protection of rights of people with disabilities.Membership of the Association shall be acquired in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.]