IOM Uganda

28/05/2026

Containing Ebola requires coordinated action across borders and within communities. With people constantly on the move, strengthening surveillance, supporting frontline workers, and engaging communities play a critical role in preventing the spread of the disease. IOM Uganda continues to work closely with national partners to reinforce preparedness and response efforts where they are needed most.

26/05/2026

📢 Business Opportunity: Request for Quotation (RFQ)
We invite qualified service providers to submit quotations for the supply and installation of a containerized office unit in Wanseko under the Borderlands Procurement Process.

🔹 Eligibility: Vendors must be registered on the UN Global Marketplace (UNGM) platform.

🔹 Deadline: 29th May 2026 at 00:00 hrs

Interested service providers can access full details and submit their applications via the link below:

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26/05/2026

Shelter is more than a roof. In crises, safe shelter means protection, dignity, and a first step toward rebuilding lives. By listening to people affected by crisis, IOM helps ensure shelters and essential services are safe, practical, and suited to local needs. As the lead UN organization coordinating global SLSC responses, we bring together governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and local partners so support reaches families faster, wherever they are.

05/05/2026

The European Union Borderlands Project Strengthens Border Security along the Uganda–DRC Border

In the border communities of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), daily cross border movement supports livelihoods but also creates vulnerabilities exploited by criminal actors. Along corridors such as Lake Albert, infrastructure gaps and limited oversight raise risks of human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and other crimes for migrants and host communities.

Border officials are often the first point of contact, identifying irregular movements, detecting fraudulent documents, and responding to security threats while safeguarding the safety and rights of travelers. Strengthening their skills and coordination is key to preventing crime and reducing harm before it escalates.

With support from the European Union DRC Borderlands project, IOM and National Citizenship and Immigration Control are strengthening border management capacity in Nebbi, Zombo, Ntoroko, Arua Districts, and Arua City.

Through a three day training currently taking place in Arua City, border officials from Immigration, Customs, Police, and other agencies are strengthening skills in surveillance, patrol operations, and document inspection. The training also covers legal identity, data protection, trafficking related health risks, and psychological first aid.

By enhancing frontline capacity and inter agency collaboration, the European Union DRC Borderlands initiative supports effective border management and cross border cooperation. These efforts help create safer, more resilient border communities and support secure, orderly, and regular movement along the Uganda–DRC border.

29/04/2026

The European Union Borderlands project Strengthens Mental Health Support for Migrants in Uganda–DRC Border Areas

In Uganda’s borderland communities with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), cross‑border movement is part of daily life—but it can also expose people on the move to heightened migration‑related risks, including exploitation, violence, coercion, and human trafficking, often leading to psychological trauma.

Frontline health workers at points of entry are frequently the first point of contact for vulnerable migrants and refugees. Ensuring they can provide safe, confidential, and survivor‑centred responses, supported by clear referral systems, is critical to preventing harm and delays in care.

With support from the European Union’s Borderlands Programme, IOM trained health workers and border officials from Arua City and the districts of Arua, Zombo, Nebbi, and Ntoroko to strengthen their capacity to safely identify vulnerable individuals, provide first-line psychosocial support, document cases where appropriate, and refer clients to available health, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and protection services.

Through targeted training, the initiative is laying the groundwork for the establishment and operationalization of coordinated health and mental health support referral mechanisms across Uganda–DRC border communities—helping ensure people on the move are identified earlier and connected to the support they need, when and where it matters most.

15/04/2026

SUPPORTING SAFER PASTORAL MOBILITY IN KARAMOJA
Across Karamoja, seasonal movement is a way of life for pastoralist communities. As rain shifts and water and pasture become scarce, herders move with their livestock to sustain their families and protect their livelihoods. When these movements are poorly understood or unmanaged, even small pressures on land and water can escalate into conflict.
To help ensure that pastoral mobility remains a source of resilience rather than risk, IOM Uganda, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark through IOM’s Climate Change and Migration Data Programme, recently met district and community stakeholders in Kaboong to review and validate findings from the Transhumance Tracking Tool (TTT).
The tool documents where herders move from and to, when they travel, and the size and composition of livestock herds across Karamoja. Validating this information with local authorities, elders, and community actors is a critical step towards ensuring that the data reflects lived realities on the ground.
By strengthening shared understanding of seasonal mobility patterns, the Transhumance Tracking Tool supports early warning, conflict prevention, and climate‑informed decision‑making. In doing so, it helps pastoralists move more safely, authorities plan more effectively, and communities manage shared resources more peacefully in a region increasingly affected by climate stress.

09/04/2026

As many migrants and refugees prepare for a new chapter abroad, health checks and vaccinations can feel overwhelming.

For Girmay and her family, a simple tool on their phone is making that journey smoother. They were introduced to the IOM Vaccine App — their first-ever digital vaccination record.

Designed to be simple and accessible, the app allows migrants to securely store and access their vaccination history anytime, anywhere. This means fewer worries about lost documents and more freedom to focus on what lies ahead.

On this , we celebrate tools that bring health services closer to people on the move — ensuring safer journeys and healthier futures. Read more here:

Kampala, Uganda — Sitting in the waiting area of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Migration Health Assessment Centre…

07/04/2026

EUROPEAN UNION and IOM PUSH FOR COMMUNITY DIALOGUE BETWEEN UGANDA AND DRC

In the rich but conflict-prone borderland areas between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, everyday tensions can rise fast. Human migration, trade and pressure on resources can swell small disputes into bigger crises.
That is why local dialogue structures matter. They give communities a practical way to talk, mediate and de escalate nascent early.
Hence, with support from the European Union’s Borderlands project, IOM recently engaged stakeholders to revitalize inclusive and participatory local community dialogue structures. IOM organized three workshops for the districts of Ntoroko, Zombo, Nebbi and Arua, as well as Arua City.
Some 129 participants validated and endorsed the platforms’ terms of reference.
Led by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the workshops brought together local political leaders, cultural and faith-based leaders, women’s groups, persons with disabilities, traders and other community actors.
This peace-programming initiative aims to ensure that the structures are practical and aligned with local governance and cross border realities. That way, the project is fostering collective responsibility for preventing and managing conflict and promoting peaceful coexistence.

26/03/2026

GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA AND IOM HOST 7TH REGIONAL MINISTERIAL FORUM ON MIGRATION

For many people across the East and Horn of Africa, opportunities abroad offer a chance to transform their families’ futures. Safe, well‑managed labour pathways mean young people can pursue decent work with dignity, and communities can benefit from the skills and experience migrants bring back home.
As Uganda hosts the 7th Regional Ministerial Forum on Migration (RMFM), leaders are focused on expanding regular labour migration channels, strengthening skills recognition, and improving protection for migrant workers.
A key component of this meeting is a technical dialogue on skills‑driven labour mobility and economic cooperation with GCC countries, Lebanon and Jordan—key destinations for workers from our region—attended by the IOM Regional Director. This dialogue is vital to building safer pathways, fair recruitment systems, and stronger labour partnerships that benefit both workers and destination countries.
With regional tools like the Model Bilateral Labour Migration Agreement and the Joint Monitoring Mechanism on the table, the Forum aims to translate commitments into real safeguards for migrant workers.
Stronger systems mean safer journeys, decent jobs, and brighter futures for the people who need them most.

24/03/2026

🤝 Joint Uganda–DRC effort seeks to curb human trafficking 🇺🇬 🇨🇩
🗨️ “You never know who needs help until you look closely,” frontline border officers often say. Behind the flow of travellers may be a child taken far from home, a young woman coerced into a journey she never chose, or a worker whose passport is held by someone else.
📍 That is why, in Arua, teams from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — with support from the European Union 🇪🇺 under the Borderlans project — are building a cross-border mechanism to better see, protect and act .
🗓️ Over three days, mixed working groups focused on four key priorities:
🔹 Information sharing & data management
🔹 Victim identification & protection
🔹 Law enforcement cooperation & joint investigations
🔹 Community awareness & prevention
📑 Participants are finalizing standard operating procedures (SOPs), referral pathways and reporting channels, and designating focal points to ensure cases do not fall through the cracks.
✅ This is how cooperation becomes protection — and how border communities grow safer, fairer and more resilient 🌍💪.