KYAKKA 2 REFUGEE SETTLEMT / HOUSING FOR ALL PROJECT

Uganda’s requirements for decent housing continue to grow at an estimated rate

of 200 000 units a year, unmatched by supply. Uganda has a deficit of 2.4 million

housing units11 with the bulk of these in the affordable housing segment. The

growing need for housing is mainly attributed to the rapid rate of urbanisation

and population growth. Beside the internal drivers of housing demand, Uganda

boasts a long history of hosting refugees from the region, including South Sudan,

Somalia, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.12 The country

currently hosts approximately 1.5 million refugees. Another 2 000 Afghan

refugees13 are scheduled to find accommodation in the country, which has already

received the first flight with 51 evacuees following the Taliban takeover of

Afghanistan in August 2021. Although the resettlement plans have not yet been

made public, the probable option of establishing new refugee centers in urban

areas will push the existing urban housing challenge to unprecedented levels.

We increase the sheltering of refugee by empowering them to use locally available materials to construct homes. Later they use the learned skills to construct their own communities and become self sustainable.

Lack of quality housing compromises people's health and development opportunities.