Mwange Repatriation Center

Preparing refugees to return home

Project Code: KC1

FUNDING NEEDED

Raised: $5450 Goal: $6550

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Name:: Mwange Repatriation Center

Location:: Mwange Refugee Camp, Zambia

Category:: Economic Development

Budget:: $6550 (see details)

Goal:: To prepare Mwange residents for repatriation through skills training and the communication of up-to-date information related to the repatriation process.

Many of the residents of Mwange Refugee Camp have been living in refuge since 2000, when they fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Now, as the DRC celebrates more than two years without widespread conflict, these individuals are preparing to return home. Often unaware of the changes that await them, the skills that will be needed to successfully rebuild their lives, and their rights as repatriating refugees, the residents of Mwange expressed a great need for assistance with navigating the repatriation process. In order to support and facilitate this journey, FORGE established the Community Skills & Resource Center and the Reseau d'Information pour le Repatriement (RIR), which were later combined to create The FORGE Mwange Repatriation Center. For many repatriating refugees, this refugee-staffed project means the difference between a smooth and successful restart to their lives and a rocky one.