Tabu heeft weer een beetje hoop voor de toekomst

Tabu Sunday (right), the symbolically named one millionth South Sudanese refugee to arrive in Uganda, sits on a branch with her twin sister Rena at Imvepi settlement. ; UNHCR has named 14-year-old Tabu Sunday as the symbolic one millionth refugee from South Sudan to arrive in Uganda. Tabu made the perilous journey to Imvepi settlement in northern Uganda to escape the fighting in her hometown of Yei. She travelled with her aunt, twin sister Rena and little brother Emmanuel. The children, who are registered as unaccompanied minors, now live with a foster family in the settlement and attend the school that UNHCR built. Imvepi opened in February 2017 and by the end of July it was hosting 140,000 refugees. The challenges facing Tabu include a shortage of food, water and class overcrowding at school. In total, some 4 million South Sudanese have been displaced from their homes by the violent conflict that began in December 2013, making it one of the world's largest refugee situations.