Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Dowa
Address: dzaleka camp, Dowa, Malawi
Located in Dowa District approximately 50 km from Lilongwe, Dzaleka Refugee Camp is the only permanent refugee camp in Malawi. It hosts 46, 726 refugees, most of whom come from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi and from Ethiopia and Somalia. The Camp was established by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1994 in efforts to host refugees who were forcibly displaced, fleeing genocide, violence and wars in the African Great Lakes Region specifically DRC, Burundi and Rwanda.
