ABSTRACT
Uganda is one of the top 20 refugee-receiving nations in the world, with an influx of people fleeing conflict-ridden neighbouring countries such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Once in Uganda, many encounter personal challenges, while livelihood, legal, socioeconomic, and political issues require community-level responses. It falls mainly to local and international nongovernment organisations (INGOs) such as the Refugee Law Project (RLP), discussed in this chapter, to address these challenges. Also highlighted is social work’s empowerment and rights-based approach to working with war-related humanitarian refugees through the RLP. The chapter begins with a discussion of the socioeconomic and political context in which this work is conducted.
