Red Cross uses drone to monitor refugee influx from South Sudan.

By Samuel Wamuttu on September 30, 2016 000 coming from the countries such as Burundi, 000 refugees for six months with safe water, 000 US dollars to support the Uganda Red Cross Society’s efforts to assist 40, According to reports, and health care, and in need of shelter. With more families arriving daily, Andreas Sandin, as well as curb outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases., Bidi- bidi reception Centre in Yumbe district, deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan, DR Congo, drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing the border each day, emergency shelter, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gracious Kyagaba, hungry, hygiene promotion, IFRC operations coordinator for East Africa. “Having travelled more than 400 kilometres from Juba, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal for 700, Kenya and Rwanda among others, President Museveni called on world leaders to respect the rights of refugees in their countries, Regional leaders in the Greater Horn of Africa has also raised concern over unending wars that often leads to emergency situations that majorly affects women and children, said: “The appeal launched by the IFRC will support us to address issues related to inadequate supply of water and limited access to health facilities, sanitation, Somalia, South Sudan, they arrive exhausted, Uganda currently has a refugee population of 690, Uganda Red Cross Society, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Water and Sanitation Coordinator at the Uganda Red Cross Society, we need to ramp up our activities quickly, While addressing leaders at a recent world leaders' summit on Refugees in New York during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly General, Latest Uganda News

Uganda Red Cross Society recently deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan. The drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing […]