James Mangu lost more than his home in the Bududa landslides on the 1st of March. Seated amongst hovering houseflies and half-naked children running wildly through the parade of tents that dot Bulucheke Internally Displaced Camp (IDP), Mangu, 48, and a father of ten, explains that he has also lost his pride.

by Mubatsi Asinja Habati, The Independent

Mangu is just one of over 8.000 people that were left homeless as a result of the mudslides. 89 people were killed and more than 300 are still missing in the Mount Elgon village of Nametsi.
Over 8.000 IDPs live in Bulucheke camp, which lies east of the foot of Mount Elgon and is semi circled by

Manafwa stream. Bulucheke is plagued by bad sanitary conditions and rampant illness; malaria is taking its toll on children, women are forced to give birth without the proper resources and the first aid clinic in the camp and at Bukighi Health Centre III, located two kilometres from the camp, are constantly without drugs.

The only other option is Bududa Hospital but it’s located 15 km from the camp. Students at the school inside the camp are drawn from three primary schools—Nametsi, Tunwatsi and Kitsatsa—in classes where there is only one teacher for every 400 students. The Uganda Red Cross Society is operating a trauma counselling centre in the camp, but executive secretary Michael Nateka admits that it is becoming increasingly difficult to look after the victims without a specific timeframe for resettlement.

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