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The cash is working wonders, restoring hope for people who have seen hopeless situations.

It was a moment of elation. The eight years of living as an outsider in another country were over. Goodbye crowded quarters. So long food rations. Farewell endless queues to access water.

Ben and his wife Beatrice were forced to flee Juba, the capital of South Sudan, with their six children when fighting broke out last year. They now live in the Imvepi refugee settlement in northern Uganda, alongside 125,000 other South Sudanese refugees.

In northern Uganda, the concept of family is being redefined. South Sudanese children who have escaped conflict have arrived as refugees, often alone and without the accompaniment of an adult. 

Just 16 years old, Eva* is three months pregnant. Still a child, she should be going to school, playing with friends and without a care in the world. 

He escaped to Uganda from South Sudan with his mother and five siblings. At 18, Lucky Jackson became a breadwinner when his father died during an attack by armed men.

“My aunt and I walked for seven days and along the road we saw blood and dead bodies,” says 12-year-old Blessing who is living as a refugee in northern Uganda. 

At 16-years-old, Viola is a wife and mother. The conflict in South Sudan has forced her to grow up far too quickly. 

Twelve-year-old John is determined to become his country’s president one day. He reproduced a painting of a boy seemingly looking toward a brighter future by French street artist Seth. 

16-year-old Lina produced a self-portrait in the style of Canadian artist Sandra Chevrier’s ‘Fragile heroes’ series. 16-year-old Lina produced a self-portrait in the style of Canadian artist Sandra Chevrier’s ‘Fragile heroes’ series.