Mercy Corps - Africa: Bidi Bidi, Uganda

Justice Tumuzbe, 10, fled with his grandparents Paul and Suzanne, from their home in Morobo County, South Sudan. Paul and Suzanne's children stayed back in South Sudan or were killed in the conflict. “When we got here, there was only forest, you can’t imagine to survive, especially these young kids,{quote} Paul says. They have benefited from Mercy Corps emergency cash support, receiving six months of payments (38,000 Ugandan shillings each m so that they could supplement their food and start their own small business, a stall in the refugee settlement. Paul is the Education Secretary of the Refugee Community Council.
Bidi Bidi, Uganda , November 2017

Justice Tumuzbe, 10, fled with his grandparents Paul and Suzanne, from their home in Morobo County, South Sudan. Paul and Suzanne's children stayed back in South Sudan or were killed in the conflict. “When we got here, there was only forest, you can’t imagine to survive, especially these young kids," Paul says. They have benefited from Mercy Corps emergency cash support, receiving six months of payments (38,000 Ugandan shillings each m so that they could supplement their food and start their own small business, a stall in the refugee settlement. Paul is the Education Secretary of the Refugee Community Council.