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Jeanette was among the first refugees to be transferred from the transit camp to Kigeme. She has been working as an Oxfam tapstand attendant since the end of July.

“I organise the queues and make sure the tapstand area is kept clean. I also stop the children from messing around. If people come to collect water with dirty jerrycans I make sure that they clean them. I think the most important part of my job is making sure people don’t play around at the water point and also keeping the area clean. Before people used to come to the waterpoint with dirty jerrycans, but now I make sure that they clean them before they collect water – I think that’s the biggest achievement of my job.

“It’s difficult living here but we don’t have a choice for now. It’s cleaner here than it was in the transit camp and there’s much better water availability.”