How refugees can lift up a whole society
WHEN Agnes Batio fled fighting in Nimule, South Sudan, four years ago with her two children, she saved her family but lost everything else – her house, her income and her hope. Settling into a new life in Uganda, in the Bidibidi refugee camp, Agnes, 32, sought counselling to help her adjust. But last December, when she learned about a construction job that would allow her to build shelters for people working at the settlement, she felt alive again. It was a chance to act on a dream she had back home, after encountering a woman who worked in the…