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Solutions to an Urgent Food Crisis in Bidibidi Refugee Camp

Solutions to an Urgent Food Crisis in Bidibidi Refugee Camp

Unity in BidiBidi

Unity in BidiBidi

Education is the Key
Music Video - Uganda

Education is the Key

Mambo Sawa Sawa : Our students and staff in Rwanda and Uganda come together to record a song

Mambo Sawa Sawa : Our students and staff in Rwanda and Uganda come together to record a song

Meet with Victor, Music teacher at the Salam Music Program in Uganda

Meet with Victor, Music teacher at the Salam Music Program in Uganda

Meet with Sylvain, Executive Director of the Salam Music Program in Uganda

Meet with Sylvain, Executive Director of the Salam Music Program in Uganda

New Music Program in Uganda!

New Music Program in Uganda!

Draku Al Mahad
Dance teacher, Uganda

Draku Al Mahad

Sylvain Himbana
Executive Director, Uganda

Sylvain Himbana

Victor Aluonzi
Music teacher, Uganda

Victor Aluonzi

Betty Kiden
Dance teacher, Uganda

Betty Kiden

Mawa Zacharia
Community Outreach Manager, Uganda

Mawa Zacharia

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LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY

 

Culture and environment are very intertwined here in M’hamid. The weather turns from blistering hot in the summer (reaching 130 degrees Farenheit regularly in July and August) to sandstorm season in March and April, which helps to propagate the date palm trees, the economic power in the region. Climate change is a very real presence locally, with little access to water becoming normal, and the encroachment of sand dunes onto precious farmland happening right now, working to disperse not only communities, but ancient traditions with them.

In M’hamid there is a great importance placed on the community and people moving together in groups. Whether it be families of 10 living under the same roof eating from the same central Tagine dish for their meals, or the ritual of preparing and sharing tea with whomever may be around, foreigner or local, the sense of inclusion is vital to the community. The passing down of music and poetry from generation to generation is another vital aspect of the community, as art and tradition serve as reassurances in a constantly changing world. It is the role of the youngest generation to learn from the past to bring the traditional Saharan art into future, so at to coexist with the modern.

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