Palabek Refugee Settlement

Palabek Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp located across the border from South Sudan in Lamwo District, Northern Uganda.

Background
Palabek refugee settlement is one of the newest refugee settlements in Uganda officially set up in April 2016 to reduce congestion in larger refugee camps in the northwestern corner of Uganda. hosting over 50,000 refugees primarily from South Sudan with 85% of arrivals composing of women and children according to the Nations Development Programme Human Development Report.

Gender and equality
Women and girls face challenges of high sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in the camp and this, is one of the worst exposures to the feminine sex let alone other crimes and endangerment of women and girls in the free and serene environment of the refugee camp full of trauma and psychological setbacks.

Games and sports
Palabek refugee camp has a women's netball team who play with a makeshift netball and hoops which helps them spend their leisure and spare time for an effective and worthwhile exploration. The women have a chance to interact with each other and pose game challenges for mental and social development.

Education
Palabek refugee settlement has 11 primary schools, secondary and technical schools serving more than 25,000 school-age refugee children and older youth who are given a chance to learn and apply their skills in a later time of their lives. This comes to engage the young generation into the most fruitful and lifelong bit of their educational life.