This report carried out in Uganda, is part of a project to understand how people affected by crises and humanitarian field staff perceive the impact of the Grand Bargain commitments. It is based on answers from two standardised surveys. The first conducted face-to-face with 607 South Sudanese refugees in settlements at Kiryandongo, Bidi Bidi and Rhino Camp. The second with 211 humanitarian staff members from national and international organisations through an online survey tool. Surveys of both affected people (Kiryandongo and Bidi Bidi) and staff were previously conducted in late 2017.
The research is a joint effort by Ground Truth Solutions (GTS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat with financial support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). Uganda is one of the seven countries covered by this research. The others are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon and Somalia.
This summary covers the key findings from the affected people and humanitarian staff surveys. Detailed answers to all questions are included in subsequent sections, as well as comparisons with the results from the 2017 GTS surveys.
Some key findings:
• Despite a modest improvement since 2017, most refugees (53%) do not consider that aid covers their most important needs. Food, healthcare and education are identified by refugees as their primary unmet needs. This compares with 78% of humanitarian staff, who believe that humanitarian aid and services adequately meet the needs and priorities of affected people.
• Areas which received higher scores from respondents include; respect for refugee rights, the relevance of aid received and prospects for self-reliance in the future. While this suggests improvement in humanitarian assistance provided, these were some of the lowest ranking questions last year.
• Fewer people are aware of their rights as refugees in Uganda, despite the fact that most of those aware of their rights as refugees in Uganda do feel their rights are respected (55%), particularly in Rhino Camp.
• On the fairness of aid provision, refugees have mixed views, with the largest cohort (38%) saying that it does not go to those who need it most. Orphans, disabled people, older persons and single mothers are those most seen as left out of aid programmes. Meanwhile, 92% of staff consider that humanitarian programming adequately targets the most vulnerable population groups.
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