Life In A Congolese Refugee Camp In Uganda 🇨🇩🇺🇬 (#55)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2021
- If there's one place that has really gotten f'd over the past 150 years, it's the DRC, or Congo. Nowadays Kinshasa may be rising once more, but the eastern part of the country remains plagued by battles between rebel groups and the military. Thousands upon thousands of refugees have fled over the border into Uganda, which is where this story is told. Uganda accepts more refugees than anywhere in Africa. We decided to go to the Rwamwanja refugee camp and find out more about the situation.
But first, we'd have to dodge the damn police.
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#sabbatical #africa #crisis
I'm Congolese , so happy for what you doing for us and Uganda etc
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Tommy, No kidding. You are amazing with the languages. You are also courageous. I appreciate your videos.
You have taken this work to a new level. You are now doing Gods work. God bless. God is good.
If God is so good then they wouldn't be refugees in the first place
That pastor embodies the true peace and serenity that he preaches. Yes, he has his human fears and needs, but he presses on. What an inspiration!!
Thank you Tom for the human touch in your interaction with all these beautiful people…
It was a nice experience in Rwamwanja Refugee camp ,the people are so humble and welcoming
Good job guys. 👏👏 I’m just over here waiting to see/be invited to your wedding with Tommy. 🤗
Miss Josey you put your youtube on vacation mode, had just started following your channel and we wanna see more stuff especially all this places you're going and wanna see things from your point of view.
Get back to work and if you are I'm not receiving your youtube😜🤷
Thank you miss Josey for this great work.Mary says hi from Najjera Kampala.hahaha
I wish next time you could be pay a visit to Kyaka II refugee settlement in kyegegwa district.
Your doing beautiful work.
I wish next time you could be pay a visit to Kyaka II refugee settlement in kyegegwa district.
Your doing beautiful work.
I'm here in USA, if you start feeling that you have problems and life is hard, just watch this video. You do great videos, the interaction with the people shows how much you care ❤. To learn the languages that you do, also proves how much you care and wanting to understand there life.
Same I grew up in a bad part of Chicago, I joined the Army and saw how good I had it even then when I deployed. I will never take America for granted again.
Definitely
Uganda 🇺🇬is one of the African countries with largest refugees over 2million refugees.
More than that..
Uganda welcomes every one that's the fact
Kenya has the largest refugee camp in Africa
Uganda has the biggest number of refugees in Africa we always want to share the little we have
@jameskaimenyi6287 nope uganda has the most refugee uganda is number 1
God help those people from Congo and to stop war in their country so that they can go back to their country to settle
Just to say. .. this is just my observation. .view if you will, Kenya was welcoming to all our neighbors. . and for a while especially during the presidency of Daniel Moi we were the African country welcoming and taking in the most refugees, and Kakmar refugee camp was one of the largest in the world. .. that was Wonderful! One of the countries who most benefited the most from this was Somalia. Historically, Kenya has its OWN somali tribe population. So does Ethiopia and Eritrea. But my point is, when there was some semblance of peace in Mogadishu, Somaliland and Puntland Somalia, a huge portion of the Somali refugees were not willing to leave Kenya to go to their country. I think you should get used to calling these your FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!
Stay safe out there. Your doing gods work Tommy.
Yes, cos god has been on holidays the last thousand years, at least!!!!! But Love, our Best Force, is always here, in everyone. Love makes us care, makes us share, makes us comunícate, and grow as persons, becoming u7 better without needing any competition, yes, LOVE is what moves you, dear Tommy!! But"god"??? No, a god wouldnt let any disgrace happen, and here we see disgrace almost everywhere.(Less than in Europe, though.) Cos Europe is into a "de-humanition-dynamics, a 'neonlight-plastic- sosiety', where persons live alone in big semento buildings, and big animal productivo factories, where the animals suffer, from birth to death! And people watching TV, just another'god',& making some unwritten rules about being what you've gathered,, and Not Who You Are, so, European culture turns away from Love, from solidarity & Sosial interaction; if one doesn't have an expencive car, and Lacoste- shirts. And, OFCOURSE, the newest IPhone. Europe searches for happiness OUTSIDE ourselves, though Internal happiness doesn't require anything but Love. In African culture, as well as the Indian/ Bharat-culture, the people love Life, love eachother, LOVE laughing and singing, dancing and coming together... THAT'S LOVE. THAT'S OUR HIGHER SELF, ABOVE THE FEARFUL REPTILIAN BRAIN, A BIG JUMP INTO A GREATER CONSCIOUSNESS, ON THE PATHWAY OF COMPREHENDING THE UNION, THE ONE-NESS WITH EVERY CREATURE, OUR ONE-NESS WITH EVERY BODY IN KOSMOS, SIMPLY LOVE, TOMMY, AND THAT'S YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE, AS YOU'RE WANDERING THROUGH THE AMAZING, AFRICAN CONTINENT!! YOUR VÍDEOS WILL BE WORLDWIDE KNOWN, TOMMY. YOU ARE LOVE PERSONIFIED. Let's once and for all get finished with this"god"-issue, and open our Hearts and minds to Unconditional LOVE, cos That's what makes Utopia possible!! That's what makes our dreams come TRUE!❤️
Well said with beautiful thoughts and conclusions. It seems like God is on sabbatical too here during these last days. I personally have never been so miserable living here, but I do know a little about these struggles. Our hardships are not for naught, we are all being pressured internally and externally to reach a point where we either reach for love and serve others or succumb to service to self which leads to immoral choices. Free Will is paramount in Cosmic Law. Intuitively we all recognize that there is a major shift happening on the planet. Earth changes, political unrest, increase in violence, drug use, sexual violence, lies and more lies, and horrors too horrific to mention. The meek shall inherit the earth. Meek not meaning weak but, positive souls trying to do good even in the face of profound hardship. Our precious planet as well as the righteous amount us will be moving upward to a higher vibratory existence without duality. We will still be evolving our souls and consciousness as we are eternal beings without the duality of our present existence. Evil is unable to exist in this higher dimension. So, evil is here But, God is here too. The Universe is orderly and Glorious and we are not alone and never have been alone. There are infinite numbers of planets with infinite numbers of life forms at different levels of evolution. Our goal each and every one of us is to reunite with the One Infinite Creator. May God Bless Us All.
@@sisselhansen3915 😂😂😂 naja
The absolute duality of these replies lol
definetly the most interesting africa youtube channel I have seen so far! RESPECT BRO!
Big fan of your channel Tommy. I have religiously followed your uploads since TZ. Your ability to pick up languages is amazing. Always wanted to visit Uganda and travel across it to L. Edward, Ruwenzori and into Beni, Congo. Backpacking the entire way. I only wish I can get a guide that is 10% as good as Josi. She is phenomenal and the chemistry between you is so on point. Have you been to Ukerewe? Biggest Island on L. Victoria. You should go visit there too. Sublime experience. Accessible through Tanzania. I can take you around Nairobi too and show you lots of places within the capital and the adjacent counties. Let me know if/when you plan to come to Kenya.
Your videos just get better. Those refugees were extremely humble with manners that have been lost in much of the west.
So true, we moan about little things yet look at their lives. Internet is the devil if you get my drift
I’m actually glad he made this video. No one better to hear it from than the people who lived in the situation in Congo themselves
Tommy's picture should be in the dictionary, next to the definition of "polyglot". Fantastic tour, can't believe that this video is 43 minutes long, felt like 20. Thanks, Tommy, keep 'em coming! ❤️❤️❤️
@@rickjason215 He's truly gifted, and obviously he likes learning all the time.
People don’t realize how lucky we are to have the things we have that we take for granted
But those same things are also the cause of our human problems
Lucky to be born into a group that has the capability of creating luxuries.
I’ve watched a ton of these videos now and the one thing I’m always impressed with, is your linguistic skills. Learning a new language is a culturally liberating experience. Me being South African, and knowing 5 of our 11 languages, I can relate
Hi Tommy, Good to see you, I am always eager to see your Africa Tour. I am Fan of your style. Stay safe, Good Bless you. M.V.
These are not Congolese !!!
Wonderful people I hope they can return home soon. Sabbatical your work is unique. Thank you.
Thanks for bringing this story and their plight. We should be thankful to Uganda and its people in helping them out while the west knows little or nothing of their condition and life. Hard to imagine what the children's future would be, they all dream of attaining good things like we do. 🙏
I been following your channel for a while now.. I appreciate the work you do its very inspiring to me.. Dont let that girl go bro.. Sending much prayers and regards from US.. God Bless brotha !
Great team work! Ever since the collaboration of Tommy and Josey I noticed your videos are very interesting and I can't wait for the next episode.
I watch your videos and your Sabbatical turned into a blessing 🙏😎
I've watched quite a few of your recent videos, and some of Josey's too. I am an American expat living in the Philippines for almost 20 years now, I can't say how many similarities in culture there are between the two places, it's really apparent their are universals when you are dealing with poor developing nations and their cultural similarities. In many ways it is sometimes worse here because of limited land space. I even thought I heard words from the local language here mixed in, probably coincidence but interesting. I know the Westerners watching this can't judge the relative conditions so well, but that refugee camp is spacious with lots of farm land and space it seems. The only real issues they have seem to be potable water and sanitation. I think your idea to help with water treatment and basic needs would be the most helpful. You and Josey make a great team, I don't know how you connected, but together you make a wonderful, humorous, and insightful journey around Uganda.
I’ve been watching TH-cam videos for almost 15 years and I can say by far you’re the greatest TH-cam I’ve ever watched. Thank you
i hope Tommy will return to Africa an visit more countries there.
My American friends that think it's difficult to communicate in different languages will really appreciate your efforts to be multilingual. 👍👏✔️
He speaks French with the refugee, crazy
i think his spanish is very nice
They were speaking Swahili
Tommy, Josey, you're going to new heights. I don't think I've ever seen an African vlog like this. I admire your quiet courage, your easy humour and humility, both of you.
From England.
... I'm getting 'Campaign not found' clicking your link, You're a good man, Josey's a good woman, I'd like to help
NEW SUB!
Good content, way underated channel.
This was my favorite of your videos so far. I love the compassion shown to these amazing, resilient people. Thanks for showing them some love by sharing your time, food, and laughter with them. Que Dieu te benisse!
Bringing these people bread 🥖 and candy 🍭 was awesome!
Long lasting Ingredients would have been better. And I doubt they can get dental help. But I know he meant well.
Another beautiful video I love your interaction with the locals plus how many languages do you speak I have lost count, you are a genius
Nice vlog Tommy.. Keep it up.
This camp is called Rwamwaja it's in my home district thank you guys for taking us around our home villages
Amazing stuff keep doing what you love like the most 👍👌
Brooo this the best video much respect broooo
Tommy ,your doing great work exposing what is going on in our world. I do believe God is working threw you
we have a beautiful country which abounds in several natural resources but which was destroyed by our leaders and consequently the Congolese have become very poor, which is why they have no other choice but to seek a better life elsewhere . it hurts me a lot as a Congolese! 😭😭😭🇨🇩
Sorry dear, we pray for peace in your country and in all 🎉war tone countries
so grateful for so little. I hope they have piece of mind! Great Job filming all this undercover.
I really like listening to you telling us the history of a place. You've quickly become my favorite traveler to watch.
You have the perfect personality for this type of work bro. And when you drink I can't help but laugh. You smile really big lol. Please keep doing you bro. I hope you've monetized these. I'm a huge fan from the Detroit area.
Great content. I hope your work makes a difference
I think I didn't listen them asking for differents (help). We are just good by interacting with each other. Man don't beat people psychologically, We know you guys how you take advantage of people.
Damn! I love this channel. I watch your video every time when I can.
Love the videos. Josey is an awesome guide. Very friendly.
Please be safe. I appreciate your work, Tommy.
Great job Tommy and Josey on this video … I am glad you did not get caught producing this video for us and telling more people about what is happening. Thank you.
I love your videos. 😍
Very interesting and insightful.
It’s wonderful you’ve taken the time to learn the languages so you can’t interact with the people. Keep up the good work!
I discovered this channel a few days ago. I have to say it's fantastic. Knowledge of Swahili language gives a completely different insight. As far as African videos go, this man is number one !!
Another Awesome Adventure Thank You Tommy🙂❤👍Watching from NB Canada🙂
I just find it so god damn incredible to be able to sit in Germany and listen and WATCH!! first hand accounts and interviews from congolese refugees in Africa
My favorite episode you v made.
your channel is amazing dude !
This is amazing, thank you so much
As I said before Tommy….your content can’t be matched! Binge watching at this point my guy.
Honestly, Tommy, probably my favorite vlog that you've posted, and I've watched quite a few of them now. Did some mission work in Mozambique and India some years ago, and this really brought me back. You aren't kidding about the people being very polite. Really, a simple, stress-free life like that, maybe not so bad. I could only encourage you to create more humanitarian content like this, and you know, try to keep the bread and candy hand-outs to a minimum, you damned criminal!
I really like your videos
im always waiting for your next vlog finally new one.subscribers from.philippines❤
Sabbatical is very intelligent nd gifted in languages. I applaud him, speaks french like a frenchman nd swahili. Am sure if hexwent to zimbabwe he would master shona easily. Very respectable nd caring person. Truly appreciate him
I love the respect you show to all people. You are a excellent representative of How people should treat each other. Some of the other channels feature arrogant, terrible people. Thank you so much.
Ehhh...!!
Oh Lord have mercy for these people. That question of asking wether they want to leave in Uganda 🇺🇬 or return to The Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩, was so (inappropriate) for them and you may realize quickly their mood.
This is too emotional to answer, due to the ongoing situation right now in D.R.C 😭😭
I had the same reaction too, hopefully Tommy’s good will and positivity got thru to them and maybe understood it as just a bit of naïveté... but I was cringing a bit too 😬
@@nonz3r0 it's true.
I don't blame Tommy, but some people don't think before they talk.
And that's hard to interact in society
Very interesting episode
The one good thing is that I can hear English, French + Swahili. So am.practising by listening
Amazing how you speak swahili so well. Mungu akubariki
The world is awesome to get to see! Thank You!
This channel is growing fast.. Fw months agi it had just 9k subs
This video touched me like no other. This inspires purpose to help others deeply in need, despite the complexities.
This is so awesome.
Blue coat guy should be a leader of sorts, he seems rather sensible and intellectual.
Nice ending! Dancing, drinks and Smiles 😁
I wish you can go to parts of Mbarara, Kabale , etc
Plus your vlogs are the best so far
Kudos to Josey for bringing the lollipops! 💖
Great video
Wish your videos had subtitles. Still, love watching the content you make.
Love your video thanks for sharing you are visiting so many places in Uganda can you list all the tools your using on filming and the camera thanks
you are doing good "journalistic" work. You show every day life for people in different situations sometimes very dire.
The family visited at 20:00 speaks Kinyarwanda language! Hope you can consider visiting Rwanda as well! I discovered your channel recently, and too much in love with your content! Actually your content meets my expectations
Bless this video and the teachers 🙏🏼 ✨ 🌱💖
Lovely blogs friend
Camps are a reasonable solution to temporary dislocation. Camps are stagnant places. But refugee crises can go on for decades. You keep people for 20 years idle, in camps don’t expect the next generation to be problem free.
Lol this is the second time watching him in the back sitting behind of a lady on a motorbike./love ur vlog man
Greed for money and power by one segment of society has driven other segment to grinding poverty, Homeless and hungry.
Bro I’m Congolese and love watching your stuff. I want to come with you on these trips
Nice video
Loved seeing that mother smile after looking so tired💕
Dude you need to make more vids; people like your stuff - even if its just local
Very inspiring content 👏.
Doing such a good job.
Keep it up.
You could also use mobile money to raise some funds for the situation in the refugee camp🙏
He actually did set up a gofundme. it’s in the pinned comment
www.gofundme.com/f/9rbg9m-help-congo-refugees-to-buy-beds-and-water-filters here
Great video! Do more interview and walks, that's what we like...
30:11 Yes, "It is congolese thing" Congolese are generally very smart, polite -
They are truly the heart of Africa!
They do us proud!
Look at these refugees being hospitable
Even their music is great
From Henry in Dar
Most of us are incredibly blessed by comparison. Those refugees are so resilient. Their ability to endure hardship is both inspirational as well as humbling.
hi Tom and greetings from Ireland this is real Africa great people love the congolese music
the liquor would test even the best Irish man and yes raising a little money for theses people is a great idea regards and best of luck
Stop categoring the whole Africa in the refugee camp🥺🥺🥺.... So refugees in Europe or America have stable income, houses and so on🙄🙄🙄if they did why do we be funding on UN boxes!!!!, some of are just illiterate am aUgandan but l have never lived like this the whole of my life
@@kat1669 it's necessary because it gains you nothing to put down your original land for another man's satisfactory as if you lose a Ean if you speak truth🙄🙄dies Mbale look like this... Stop being ignorant
@@kat1669 my Dia l grew up in kawempe and am not rich but your ignorance is not allowing you to be corrected, you said this is "Africa" point of correction Africa is a continent with 56 different countries not asmall country you categorised all together, and another one the people being filmed are Congolese not Ugandans, the fact that the government doesn't offer them jobs because they are refugees that shows that they don't even represent the country where l would tell you this is Uganda, yes we are all Africans and free to stay anywhere but in this case, this video is not about the poor living conditions of either Ugandans or Africans as you want to shade it, but rather about the poor living conditions of refugees in that camp in particular and the sufferings they go through, argue to learn not to act like you wanna be celebrated of being cheap cheap like Chicago, Texas and Ohio states look clean🙄🙄🙄🙄, l hear this is Africa, so how about Angola, Lesotho, and Morocco where government pays for people's bridal prices and full education till university yet these are African countries too🥺🥺🥺stop being ignorant like most Americans and act like a person raised in Uganda, one negative thing doesn't represent the whole of Africa just like my culture cannot represent your culture that's why you are Nandere and am Sanyu, we would both be Nandere or Sanyu.... Reason up
@@kat1669 still you didn't have to catergorise as"tge true face of Africa"🙄🙄🙄🙄l mean Africa is about culture, beauty among others like other continents... Your mouth sold you
@@kat1669 She didn’t claim to be rich. Her point were this is not the whole image of Africa which is true. Are you happy with the whole world portraying the whole africa with this image? This is why we face discrimination abroad. They think we are not intelligent and have nothing to offer because we come from these conditions. Open your eyes
Listen to josey lesson learned she knows all😂🌴🤭✌
The way you let that local tell the problems in his own words is very rare and hard to find vids like this
This shits priceless bro
How come I keep having to subscribe this is the 4th time
wow that was amazing
Wish I could rescue and sponsor these families. Wars and tribal conflicts are so bad why can't we all just get along.
I feel like most people in the world are good people who just want to live happy lives. Its these corrupt leaders and greed thats causing so much destruction. Truly sad
@@Abigal98 iagre 100% with you mate
Me encanta la parte del video en que los chicos/as salen corriendo atrás de Tommy, son muy tiernos/as.
I love the part of the video when childrens run behind Tommy, they are so nice 😍🥰
19:30 with a smile on her face she said life in the camp is difficult. Extraordinary people ❤
nostalgia. I lived and worked in Menkao(a village near Kinshasa) 10 years ago, I miss my friends there. People suffered too much in RDC, hope the war will come to an end soon.
Great
I LOVE these people! They are AMAZING! I want to learn Swahili! If it enables me to speak with Africans all over that is awesome. Very kind people. ❤️🌿🕊️
It's good help the people needs help anytime am coming back in Uganda i will try to do my best help some people
Real good people, in real Africa. You`re definitely improving your videos and you still needing your "Join button" to support your kindness with the locals.
Not sure how the Join thing works but I setup a Gofundme fundraiser for the camp, link is in the description
The link is no where to be seen!
The man answered to Tommy that his other kids are playing outside. Wow.....all those kids outside are his ? How powerful and productive he is. That's how he gave rise to population in the village,
Sabbatical I love you really adventures amazing experience love from Nagpur Maharashtra India