Uganda struggles to feed 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

Volunteers prepare lunch for refugees at Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Kamwenge District, Uganda on Oct. 21, 2024. Newly arrived refugees walk at a reception center where they will be registered as refugees at Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Kamwenge District, Uganda, on Oct. 21, 2024.

For months, Agnes Bulaba, a Congolese refugee in Uganda, has had to get by without the food rations she once depended on. Her children scavenge among local communities for whatever they can find to eat.