Imvepi Refugee Settlement

The Imvepi refugee settlement, one of the newest opened, was established in February 2017 to accommodate South Sudanese asylum seekers fleeing the War at their country of origin; after the Palorinya refugee settlement in Moyo District quickly reached its full capacity and could not receive more immigrants because the influx needed an increase in the space provided and Imvepi refugee settlement was just the right option.^[2]

Imvepi Refugee settlement formed in 2016 after the formation of palorinya refugee settlement.

Imvepi was and still remains a village, before and after the influx of the refugees, located in Terego District, Odupi Sub County, Terego county in Uganda. It is divided into three zones; 3 in the West; zone 2 in the Central and zone 1 in the East of which zone 1 has 12 villages, zone 2 has 20 villages, zone 3 has 8 villages and zone 4 has 7villages.^[3]

in response people have interest of planning more trees

impel refugee settlement in reasonable in community to planning more trees in camp to help them in heavy wind

In response to climate change tree plantations and the woodlots has been established to curved down the rate of desertification that has been rampant in imvepi espacially within the base camp and outside the camp within the host community which has been done both by refugees with the support of partners like AIRD, DCA, WORLD VISION that really created a positive impact on the climate change

Water sources have been constructed almost in every village which are tab water being drilled from underground and be taken for treatment before being consumption that avoid and curve the use of open water which are easily contaminated that may later results to increase in the infection of disease in imvepi refugees settlement and it through the support of partners like OXFARM UGANDA, WATER MISSION that has been facilitating the distribution of safe and clean waters

1. Youth empowerment to act ( YETA )
2. Community Transformation Agenda ( COTA )
3. Allvox
4. Peace Africa
5. women Action for Rural development Initiatives (WARDI)

Refugee parents reported children walk long distances to access education services and the school facilities being far and wide took most of their time and often costed them periods to accomplish in class.^[4]

1. Annex Primary School located in village 5 zone 1
2. Lungamere Primary School located in village 10 zone 1
3. Emmanuel primary school located in village 1 zone 1
4. Imvepi primary school located in village 16 zone 2
5. Torit primary school located in village 18 zone 2
6. Inyau primary school located in the host community along Imvepi Arua road near Yinga health centre 3
7. Unity primary school located in village 4 zone 3
8. Lanya primary school located in village 14 zone 2
9. Apia primary school located in point F zone 2
10. Supiri primary school located in point E zone 22