Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in the districts of Madi-Okollo and Terego (both formerly part of Arua District) in northwestern Uganda. It was opened in 1980 and expanded in the wake of the South Sudanese civil war to host the sudden influx of refugees into Northern Uganda. As of January 2018, the settlement had 123,243 registered refugees, mostly South Sudanese, and continues to receive new arrivals.
Education
Rhino camp Refugee settlement has seven zones which includes, Ofua Zone, Omugo Zone, Ocea Zone, Odobu Zone, Siripi Zone, Tika Zone and Eden Zone.
As of 2020 Rhino camp Refugee settlement has a few of the following schools which have been established in the various zones as follows:
Ofua Zone
Amuru Primary School
Royal Nursery and Primary School
Cinya Primary School
Ofua Secondary school
Bright Star Primary School
Alengo ECD
Ofua 3 Primary School Project 25.
Omugo Zone
Komoyo Primary school
St Mary's Ociea Primary school
St Luke Ayitu Primary School
St Kizito Odra primary school
St Luke widi secondary school
Tinate ECD centre
St Mary's ECD centre
Loketa ECD centre
St Mary's Ocia ECD centre
St James ECD centre
Ocea Zone
Yoro Primary School
Hope Primary School
Harmony CED
Ocea Primary School
Katiku Primary School
Siripi Zone
Siripi Primary school
Wanguru Primary School
Ariwa Primary School
Yelulu Primary School
Ariaze Primary School
Tika Zone
Tika Primary School
Olujobo Primary School
Odobu Zone
Odobu Primary School
Wanyange Primary School
Rhino Camp High Secondary School
Eden Zone
Eden Primary School
Health
Health concern is a growing demand as health conditions become more reported in the camp. With the large influx and continuous arrival of refugees, health centers have been crowded with the demanding numbers, hence causing delays in service providing and referrals.
The refugee health report ascertains that the number of deaths per 1,000 population across Palabek, Imvepi, Rwamwanja and Rhino Camp had the highest incidences of reports still suggests that the health conditions in Rhino camp is demanding.
In response, UNHCR supported 95 health facilities across 12 refugee hosting districts by 2017 that provided a total of 2,129,027 medical consultations in 2017 out of which 22% were to host population. ... There were 19 maternal death across all refugee settlements which were all investigated and documented.
Local reports from the RWC (Refugee welfare council) still out cries for a better and professionalized mode of treatment, they continued to demand for more local language speaking volunteers to be added to the hospital as language aids hence increasing communication efficiency between the patients (Refugees) and the medical officers
Rhino camp refugee has a number of mini health facilities:
1. Ocea Zone, Ocea Health Center 2
2. Siripi Zone, Siripi Health Center 3
3. Odobu Zone, Odobu Health Center 2
4. Tika Zone, Olujobu Health Center 3
5.Ofua Zone, Ofua Health Center 3
6. Omugo Zone, Omugo Health Center 3
7. Omugo Health Center IV
8. Ocia Health Center 3
Water
According to the Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Rhino Camp (January 2018), there are few water sources and difficult-to-pump boreholes contribute to long wait times for refugees to access water. Poor-quality ground water means expensive piped water networks have to be constructed; with the settlement dependent on water provisioning through trucking as construction is ongoing. Additionally, the quality of water from the tanks is poor, with reports of occasional contamination.
The other water sources in Rhino Camp refugee Settlement Arua District include:
Boreholes in all the seven Zones of Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement
Motorized Solar Power Borehole
Water solar pump system which pumps water and produces 200,000-300,000 litres of water per day helping to raise the amount of water each refugee household gets from the initial average of 5-7 litres per day to 18 litres per person per day. Water trucking The main organization dealing with water in Rhino camp is Danish refugee council.
Environment/Natural resources
Two settlements of Rhino camp and Imvepi host 13% of the refugee population with majority women, children and youth hailing from South Sudan.