Kiziba Refugee Camp
Karongi located about 33 kilometres outside kibuye town karongi district in the western province is kiziba refugee camp that is home to over 18 000 congolese refugees.
Kiziba refugee camp. Kiziba camp congolese refugee camp just outside of kibuye kiziba camp located in the karongi district in western rwanda is the oldest refugee camp in the country. The intention of this open source mapping and data analysis tool is to assemble and organize the cartographic and spatial information that relates to long term refugee camps situated along the east african rift. Enrollment rates in tertiary education programs for refugees are at 1 compared with 36 worldwide and like many other refugee settings residents in kiziba used to have very few opportunities to obtain a tertiary degree. Most of the children in the camp have been born there.
In this video hear from some of the residents as. Kiziba refugee camp rwanda. It is a home to a total of 17 270 people of concern assisted by the unhcr and other humanitarian agencies. The kiziba refugee camp in rwanda has been home to refugees from the congo for twenty years.
The kiziba site allows promising students living in the camp to earn a u s. It is situated near the rwandan town of kibuye close to the rwandan border with the democratic republic of the congo. The refugees arrived in the country 16 years ago after fleeing from in the drc eastern region of north kivu. Kiziba refugee camp books.
The kiziba refugee camp was built in december 1996 after the umubano refugee camp was closed down after attacks by militias. Accredited degree from southern new hampshire university and pursue employment opportunities. A refugee from the democratic republic of congo is seen with her children as they prepare a meal near the united nations high commissioner for refugees unhcr offices in kiziba refugee camp in. The camp which covers 27 hectares was established in 1996 with further influx of refugees in 2006 and 2009.
However must get permission to go into the camp. The government has disbanded the executive committee members at kiziba refugee camp in karongi district western province following investigations that they are behind the ongoing violent unrest at the camp hosting congolese refugees. Kiziba refugees in riots in february. A group of uni students have raised funds for some books for the refugee camp.
April 22 2014 migratingwest 1 comment.