Mtendeli Refugee Camp is a refugee camp located in the Kakonko District of Kigoma Region, Tanzania.[1]
Mtendeli Refugee Camp | |
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camp | |
 Location of Kibondo District in Kigoma Region | |
  Mtendeli Refugee Camp Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 3°25′12″S 30°52′22″E / 3.42000°S 30.87278°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kigoma Region |
| Population | |
• Total | ~20,000 People |
Location
editMtendeli Refugee Camp is located in the Kakonko District of Kigoma Region, Tanzania. It is situated 120 km from the town of Kasulu, 25 km from the border covering an area of 1,500 Hectares.[2]
History
editMtendeli Refugee Camp was opened on January 14, 2016, as an emergency response to receive 40,000 Burundian refugees relocated from Nyarugusu refugee camp to Nduta and Mtendeli refugee camps. The camp is managed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Tanzanian government.[1]
Demographics
editAs of 14 January 2016, the camp was hosting 40,213 refugees majority of whom were from Burundi and as of 2021, the camp was accommodating 10,989 refugees living in 2,576 households.[3] The camp community organization is structured in a hierarchical structure consisting of three administrative layers: Zones, Villages, and Blocs. At the Zone level, 10 zonal leaders oversee the operations. Each Zone is further divided into Villages, with a total of 93 village leaders responsible for their management. Finally, within each Village, 1397 bloc leaders handle specific tasks and ensure smooth functioning. The camp chairman leads all zonal leaders and their deputies.[2]
Services
editAs of 14 January 2016, the following services were available in the camp: 1 hospital, 1 health post, 3 primary schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 youth centers, 1 food distribution center, 1 nonfood distribution center, 2 police posts, 1 common market, 1 camp based market, and 57 solar street lights.[2][4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Mtendeli". hgis.uw.edu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ a b c UNHCR, UNHCR (31 July 2018). "North-West Tanzania Mtendeli Refugee Camp Profile". UNHCR.
- ^ "Tanzania - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Survey - Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices(KAP), Mtendeli Refugee Camp, November 2021". microdata.worldbank.org. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Tanzania - Mtendeli Refugee Camp Situation - 3RP Key Indicators Monitoring (As of 31 October 2017) - United Republic of Tanzania | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "For Burundian refugees in Tanzania, turning waiting into self-reliance | CWS". cwsglobal.org. Retrieved 7 December 2023.