8.7 Written Brief Assignment

Scenario

You are a humanitarian analyst covering the ongoing conflicts surrounding Uganda. You are provided with the following three maps:

• Refugees and asylum seekers - Uganda as of 01 July 2016 (PDF)
• Refugees and asylum seekers - Uganda as of 01 April 2017 (PDF)
• Refugees and asylum seekers - Uganda as of 31 July 2021 (PDF)

and the following article:

• Uganda stands out in refugees hospitality - Africa Renewal (PDF) with some basic information on Uganda’s refugee policies.

Registered students can use the following link to access an interactive set of the Refugee and Asylum Seekers maps.

Using the three maps and the article provided above, you must write a written brief for a person going to Uganda to make assessments on what support if any your organization can provide to help the Uganda refugee response efforts.

Assignment Requirements

Within your written brief, you must provide the deployer with:

• What area of Uganda you think would benefit most from additional support, if any. This assessment should be supported by your assessments of:
  • How the Refugee situation has changed in Uganda over time (in terms of total numbers, spatial distribution, and source countries).
  • Any spatial patterns to refugee settlement within Uganda.
  • Your understanding of the refugee situation in Uganda.

Your brief should:

• Be no longer than two pages (250-500 words,) not including any ancillary graphs, maps, and figures.
• Follow the basic rules for written briefs provided in the “Writing a Brief” section of lesson 3, including putting your bottom line up front.
  • Hint: Your main point should be the first sentence of your first paragraph. All of the information that follows should support that main point, in decreasing order of importance.
• Include citations