red cross uses drone to monitor refugee influx from south sudan. by samuel wamuttu on september 30, 2016 000 coming from the countries such as burundi , 000 refugees for six months with safe water , 000 us dollars to support the uganda red cross society’s efforts to assist 40 , according to reports , and health care , and in need of shelter. with more families arriving daily , andreas sandin , as well as curb outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases. , bidi- bidi reception centre in yumbe district , deployed the first red cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with south sudan , dr congo , drone footage from northern uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing the border each day , emergency shelter , eritrea , ethiopia , gracious kyagaba , hungry , hygiene promotion , ifrc operations coordinator for east africa. “having travelled more than 400 kilometres from juba , international federation of red cross and red crescent societies (ifrc) launched an emergency appeal for 700 , kenya and rwanda among others , president museveni called on world leaders to respect the rights of refugees in their countries , regional leaders in the greater horn of africa has also raised concern over unending wars that often leads to emergency situations that majorly affects women and children , said: “the appeal launched by the ifrc will support us to address issues related to inadequate supply of water and limited access to health facilities , sanitation , somalia , south sudan , they arrive exhausted , uganda currently has a refugee population of 690 , uganda red cross society , un high commissioner for refugees (unhcr) , water and sanitation coordinator at the uganda red cross society , we need to ramp up our activities quickly , while addressing leaders at a recent world leaders' summit on refugees in new york during the ongoing united nations general assembly general , latest uganda news. uganda red cross society recently deployed the first red cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with south sudan. the drone footage from northern uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing […].