Okot Geoffrey Howard

Early today, i joined the rest of the world and my Country Uganda to commemorate World Environment Day 2020. I planted trees infront our new office in Palabek Refugee Settlement. Themes: "Celebrate Biodiversity" and "Nature is Speaking, Listen" respectively

Press Release - United Nations in Uganda Stands in Solidarity with the Government and People of Uganda in Response to the Ebola Outbreak uganda.un.org/en/288518-unit…

We join the rest of the world to mark #16Days Refugees face heightened risks such as physical harm, sexual and gender-based violence, psychosocial trauma and exploitation, including trafficking. Lets work towards a world free of all forms of GBV. #OrangeTheWorld

2/2 Does the principle look at activity budgets, staffing budgets or the services delivered? What do you do when the activity is directly related to refugees? Do you go around trying to fins beneficiaries from the host community? - @DrChrisDolan @RefugeesUganda @NLinUganda

Host communities play a big role and most time the coming of refugees takes them by surprise. They provide the first aid we need and security before we even meet @RefugeesUganda How can they be getting only 30% of the resources? - Rose Muheko, Chairperson of AMERUV @UNHCRuganda

Settlements in Uganda are established in areas where communities are vulnerable with high levels of poverty and illiteracy. Many started to register to get food and services which led to the REHOPE framework - Byaruhanga Godfrey @RefugeesUganda @NLinUganda @IntRefRights

3/3 Much as land has been given, refugees are not planting trees as much because of a mindset that they will go back. There is need for CSOs to consider giving seedlings to individuals in the host community as well to address #ClimateChange - Aliguma Edith Adyeri, LC5 Kiryandongo

2/3 Silently we are in conflict. Refugees are the ones renting shops because they have money and our people have been pushed out of the shops. Am in support of the interventions being shared equally - Aliguma Edith Adyeri, LC5 Kiryandongo @RefugeesUganda @NLinUganda @UNHCRuganda

As we grapple with #COVID19 , survivors of #CRSV need more comprehensive, multi-sectoral, multi-survivor and rights based interventions for them to lead dignified lives amidst the pandemic which has exacerbated the effects of the violence they faced. @CSiWproject @MOHRAUG

It's World Refugee Day once again - June 20th 2021. We are live on Radio Tembo in Kitgum, virtually commemorating this year's event under the them " Together we heal, learn and shine" with refugees. #WorldRefugeeDay @DrChrisDolan @ongwechd @refugeelawproj

Let's join the rest of the world in the restoration of the ecosystem. @DrChrisDolan @ongwechd

Looking forward to this great opportunity to learn about oral history and oral literature at the 2021 OHL seminar, hosted by the OSUN Research Hub in Eastern Africa. Am also excited about my research project on the values of the Acholi indeginous tree species.

I will be following closely the verdict in the Ongwen tiral at the ICC on Feb 4th. twitter.com/IntlCrimCourt/…

📢 Verdict in the #Ongwen trial #ICC, for alleged war crimes & crimes against humanity #Uganda, on 4 February at 10:00 (CET): How to follow it live, info about the case, and more ⤵ icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.asp…

discover.lastobject.com/form-confirmat… try.lastobject.com/wayfaring/ Vital information for Environmental protectionists

Tomorrow mark the history of the beginning of environmental movement in the world #EarthDay2020 I'm happy to be invited to represent Uganda and share experience of Ugandan context through zoom platform @Howard_howee @min_waterUg @NUMEC_Media @joszake @NFAUG @CCD_UG @DrChrisDolan

Flashback Tuesday: Strengthening Refugee Host Relations in Palabek Refugee Settlement. One year down the road, I'm still reflecting on this and wondering whether the expectation of the hosts are met. Worth checking. @ongwechd @DrChrisDolan @olanya_francis kas.de/en/web/uganda/…

Action oriented intervention is highly called for in such circumstances.

"Environmental protection is the responsibility of everyone", says Esther, Community Service Officer, OPM, Palabek Refugee Settlement as she officiated the closure of the debate comptition @Palabek S.S@ongwechd @DrChrisDolan @DevotaNuwe @olanya_francis @refugeelawproj