Namuwongo slum is inhabited by refugees, mostly Women and
children, from Northern Uganda, The D.R. Congo and Sudan and from some other
areas that were affected by the LRA movement and conflict. There are also many
other immigrants from rural areas in Uganda where living conditions are poor,
there is no access to good health care, standard education, welfare services
and where employment rates are low.
During the ongoing conflict in Uganda, Kampala has turned into a
refugee city for many conflict victims. The neighborhood located in the city’s
eastern margins was built up in patches, one hut attached to another, gradually
they became a slum.
The vast part of the slum’s community is illiterate and lacks
professional skills.
Many of the women are single mothers or function as single
mothers and are often unable to provide themselves and their children the most
basic needs such as food and accommodation.
As a result of this great poverty, parents/caretakers (mostly
women) are also unable to pay the school fees required at public schools; many
of the children do not study in an educational framework and are often sent to
work. Thus, the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment perpetuates.
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| 2016 photo: Part of Namuwongo |
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| Houses in the Namuwongo slum |
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| A house in Namuwongo |
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| Children |
