Attachments
Operational Highlights
- Handover of school classrooms and latrines to Host Community. UNHCR handed over newly constructed schools and latrines at Nyanzaza (Kasulu), Maloregwa (Kibondo) and Nyanzige (Kakonko) with the participation of the office of the Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS) and Kigoma Regional Education. One of UNHCR's Global Compact for Refugees’ key objectives is to ease the pressure on host communities, and these new classrooms will support the districts in providing quality education to students and create a better teaching environment for teachers.
These schools and latrines are part of the 150,000 USD commitment by the UNHCR Representative towards the Regional Commissioner of Kigoma in 2021, to support the expansion of school infrastructures among host communities in the areas receiving refugees.
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Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduation: Danish Refugee Council conducted a graduation ceremony event for TVET 790 graduates from Nduta, Nyarugusu, and the host community. 150 individuals from Nduta and 640 individuals (210 Burundians, 370 Congolese, and 60 HC) from Nyarugusu and the host community have benefited from various courses offered, such as saloon, soap making, phone fixing, bicycle repair and functional literacy ICT, and digital literacy for financial education. The training was offered through ICT/online learning studies at Maloregwa Multipurpose Community Centre (MPCC) in Kibondo district and Nyarugusu multipurpose centre Kasulu.
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Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) 30TH Anniversary: UNHCR, in collaboration with its partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), organized a 30th DAFI commemoration ceremony in Dar es Salaam with the participation of high-level officials, including a Representative from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy, and UNHCR's Deputy Representative. In Tanzania, the programme was launched in 1994, and, to date, more than 460 refugees benefited from the scholarship, allowing them to access local universities. These include the University of Iringa, the University of Dodoma, the Institute of Finance and Management, and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences of Dar es Salaam. The DAFI Scholarship Programme is an academic initiative implemented by UNHCR with financial support from Germany, enabling young refugees to pursue higher education. More specifically, it offers qualified refugee students the possibility to earn an undergraduate degree in hard science, social sciences, humanities, and arts in their countries of asylum
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Durable Solutions: In December, 376 refugees (338 Congolese and 38 Burundian) departed for resettlement: 319 to the US, and 57 to Canada, making the total number of departures to 3843 persons for the year 2022. In addition, UNHCR, in collaboration with the Governments of Tanzania and Burundi and with support from the international community and partners, assisted 117 Burundian refugees to voluntarily return home in December 2022. The number of persons repatriated to Burundi in the year 2022 stands at 5,808. Furthermore, UNHCR Representation in Tanzania continues to support the voluntary repatriation of Burundian Refugees in Uganda transiting through the Kagera region in Tanzania, on their way back to Burundi through Muyinga province. In December 2022, Uganda conducted one VOLREP movement assisting 200 individuals in returning to Burundi.