Description: Ockenden International and its annual Prizes aim to support the rights of all refugees and displaced people – in any location – to a life of dignity and to help them achieve self-reliance and independence.
The four winners of the 11 th annual Ockenden International Prizes for refugee and/or displaced people projects are Hope Health Action East Africa, Otros Dreams en Acción, Shanti Volunteer Association and SINA (Social Innovation Academy).
Was awarded one of the four annual Prizes for the practical and significant mobility improvements for the often neglected refugees with disabilities – in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in northwest Uganda, the temporary home for more than 270,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing ongoing civil war.
For a project, based in Ciudad, focused on deportees forcibly displaced by the state., which benefits from being managed by deported people and forced returnees as well as for the practical support provided.