General information:

• Coordinated under the RRS Assosa branch office,
• Date of establishment:  08 June 2012,
• Area coverage: 4.542 km2,

The camp is found in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Assosa Zone, Bambasi wereda, Womba kebele. It is located 646 km from Addis Ababa, 48.6 km from Assosa (the regional capital), and 10 km away from Bambasi town.

As of October 2022, the camp is hosting 20,016 refugees from Sudan (99.56%), South Sudan (0.15%), and others (0.29%). The number of host communities at woreda and kebele levels respectively is 54,694 (M: 30,720; F: 23,974) and 6,071 (M: 3,762; F: 2,309).

RRS, UNHCR, WFP, and 10 other national and international partners operate in the camp.

Facilities:

• 1 Primary School
• 1 Health Center
• Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centers,
• Youth Recreational Center,
• Boreholes for Drinking Water

Partners and project(s) available in and around the camp:

• NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) à Technical and Vocational Training and Livelihood Project (NORAD)
• IRC (International Rescue Committee) à Safe Drinking Water Provision, Reproductive Health Service, Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI)
• PIE (Plan International Ethiopia) à Early Childhood Care and Development, Child Protection Service
• HAI (Help Age International) à Support for People with Specific Needs
• RaDO (Rehabilitation and Development Organization) à Support for People With Specific Needs
• ANE (Action for the Needy in Ethiopia) à Shelter and Infrastructure, Energy Projects
• Goal Ethiopia à Nutrition Program;
• DICAC (Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission) à Secondary Education
• NRDEP (Natural Resources and Development Environmental Protection) à Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation Project.

Figure

Figure at the time of establishment:

Current figure:

General information:

• Coordinated under the RRS Assosa branch office,
• Date of establishment:  11 October 1996,

The camp is found in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Assosa Zone, Homosha wereda, Jima kebele, at a place called Kubur Arba. It is 709 km from Addis Ababa, 45 km from Assosa (the capital of both the region and the zone), and 8.8 km from Homosha town.

As of October 2022, the camp is hosting 753 asylum seekers and 12,202 refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, and the Great Lake Region of Africa (like Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, and Magnabulunge). The number of host communities at woreda and kebele levels respectively is 34,297 (M: 16,806; F: 17,491) and 1,561 (M: 766; F: 795).

The camp is working with UNHCR, WFP, and 10 other national and international partners.

Facilities:

• 01 primary school
• 01 secondary school
• 01 health center
• Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centers,
• Youth Recreational Center,
• Boreholes for Drinking Water.

Project(s) available in and around the camp:

• NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) à Technical and Vocational Training and Livelihood Project (NORAD)
• IRC (International Rescue Committee) à Safe Drinking Water Provision, Reproductive Health Service, Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI)
• PIE (Plan International Ethiopia) à Early Childhood Care and Development, Child Protection Service
• HAI (Help Age International) à Support for People with Specific Needs;
• RaDO (Rehabilitation and Development Organization) à Support for People With Specific Needs
• ANE (Action for the Needy in Ethiopia) à Shelter and Infrastructure, Energy Projects
• Goal Ethiopia à Nutrition Program
• AEC (African Entrepreneurship Collective) à Livelihood Project
• DICAC (Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission) à Secondary Education
• NRDEP (Natural Resources and Development Environmental Protection) à Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation Project.

Figure
There is no data showing the population of refugees at the time of establishment.

Current figure:

Figure of asylum seekers:

General information:

• Coordinated under the RRS Assosa branch office,
• Date of establishment:  17 June 2015,
• Area coverage: 2.83 km2,

The camp is found in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Assosa Zone, Homosha wereda, Dunga and Arumella kebele, at a place called Tsore. It is 695 km from Addis Ababa, 28 km from Assosa (the capital of both the region and the zone), and 10 km from Homosha town.

As of October 2022, the camp is hosting 94 asylum seekers and 43,081 refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, and others. The number of host communities at woreda and kebele levels respectively is 34,297 (M: 17,491; F: 16,806) and 6,801 (M: 3,332; F: 3,469).

The camp is working with UNHCR, WFP, and 11 other national and international partners.

Facilities:

• Primary School – 02 (01 Under Construction)
• Health Center – 01
• Health Post – 00
• Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centers,
• Youth Recreational Center,
• Boreholes for Drinking Water.

Partners and project(s) available in and around the camp:

• NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) à Technical and Vocational Training and Livelihood Project (NORAD)
• IRC (International Rescue Committee) à Safe Drinking Water Provision, Reproductive Health Service, Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI)
• PIE (Plan International Ethiopia) – Early Childhood Care and Development, Child Protection Service
• HAE (Help Age International) à Support for People with Specific Needs
• RaDO (Rehabilitation and Development Organization) à Support for People With Specific Needs
• ANE (Action for the Needy in Ethiopia) à Shelter and Infrastructure, Energy Projects
• GNE (Good Neighbors Ethiopia) à Livelihood Project
• Goal Ethiopia à Nutrition Program
• DICAC (Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission) à Secondary Education
• NRDEP (Natural Resources and Development Environmental Protection) à Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation Project.

Figure:

Figure at the time of establishment: – 5,519.

Current figure:

The figure of asylum seekers: