Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

Publication

Social Finance Brief: RUFI's journey in serving refugees and host communities in South Sudan and Uganda

12 May 2023

In this brief, focussing on “Making Finance Work for Refugees”, Social Finance documents the experience of the Rural Finance Initiative (RUFI) in South Sudan and Uganda. RUFI aims to provide financial services to rural entrepreneurs to improve their living standards. This Social Finance Brief covers RUFI's operations in the context of displacement from South Sudan to Uganda.

Publication

No Escape: Assessing the relationship between slavery-related abuse and internal displacement in Nigeria, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

15 March 2023

The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Walk Free conducted a study to estimate the prevalence of slavery-related abuse among people who experienced displacement.

News

Host and refugee communities in West Kordofan, Sudan welcome a rehabilitated health centre and three water points

23 November 2022

News

Equipping forcibly displaced youth in settlements in East Africa with skills to be changemakers

20 October 2022

A group of 60 young people from forcibly displaced and host communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda are benefitting from a collaboration between the ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF, enabling them to find solutions improving access of youth to skills and employment.

Voices

From refugee to digital worker

08 October 2021

For Thon Mabior Jok, a young refugee from Kakuma camp in Kenya, working on a digital platform has meant some extra income but there are many challenges.