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Abuyi Talibu mentors youth from refugee and host communities in metal welding at his workshop in Yumbe District ©Enabel Uganda
  • News article

The European Union Trust Fund supports the implementation of the Support to Skilling Strategy in Uganda. This project is based in Northern Uganda and is implemented by Enabel and the Ministry of Education and Sports.

  • 4 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency
Medina Maneno, owner of a tailoring business-Adjumani town, Uganda © Enabel Uganda
  • News article

It was her passion for tailoring that led to the development of a business opportunity for Medina Maneno. Today, she is the proud owner of 'Medina Classic Business Center,' a thriving tailoring shop in Adjumani, town located in Northern Uganda.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency
COPTIP coordinates all measures mandated in the National Action Plan which has been launched in July 2020
  • News article

‘Ugandans are increasingly trafficked for commercial sex or labour exploitation in countries such as Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,’ the U.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • GIZ
Thanks to a sandal-making training, Emmanuel Logworong turned his small retail shop into a successful sandal-making workshop
  • News article

Emmanuel Logworong, a resident of Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi District in Northern Uganda, often came across Masai traders selling sandals.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • GIZ
Harriet Juru now makes a living from her pastries
  • News article

The smell of freshly baked muffins will lead you to Keguru town’s only baker.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • GIZ
  • CARE
EU IOM JI Arzouma's story
  • News article

Arzouma returned from Algeria four years ago.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EU-IOM JI 5 years anniversary_Daouda story
  • News article

15 December 2021— Daouda is one of the 166 Nigerien migrants who returned from Tripoli to Niamey on a charter flight organised by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in February 2020.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
EU-IOM Joint Initiative: Habi story
  • News article

Habi thought that she could easily earn money working as a maid in Libya and come back to Nigeria to take care of her children with some savings.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees