Home to over 270,000 refugees from South Sudan's brutal civil war, northern Uganda's Bidi Bidi settlement has become is the world's largest refugee camp, the epicenter of a growing humanitarian crisis. Since mid-2016, Uganda's refugee population has more than doubled from 500,000 to nearly 1.3 million. Fleeing violence, famine and economic collapse, an average of more than 2,000 South Sudanese refugees are forced over the border into Uganda each day — half of them children.

Uganda has one of the world's most compassionate refugee policies, which grants migrants land to build a home and start new lives. But, in some districts, refugees outnumber the host community, overwhelming public services. UNICEF is supporting the Ugandan government and working with key partners to reach thousands of refugees with critical, often lifesaving, services...

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