Thousands of Congolese refugees continue arriving in Uganda - more than a hundred thousand fled last year. Many arrive sick and in need of help. Our correspondent Daniel Arapmoi met a doctor who runs a small pharmacy in one of the settlements.

In a busy trading center codenamed little Congo in Uganda's Kyangwali refugee settlement, a Congolese refugee doctor is helping to save lives through his small pharmacy.

Change Mugavu fled Eastern DRC to Uganda two years ago and immediately opened a Pharmacy at the settlement where he sells drugs to sick refugees. Mugavu says he studied medicine while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the unrest in his home country could not allow him to practice as a doctor. Mugavu is now making the best out of his profession by serving the refugee community in Kyangwali, selling drugs and injecting sick refugees at his small pharmacy.

CHANGE MUGAVU CONGOLESE REFUGEE "We are doing small businesses here in our market, this is a business we used to do in our home country but due to the unrest we couldn't do it anymore. But the biggest challenge is that the population here does not have enough money."

Business is booming for Mugavu, who has lived in Uganda for the last two years. Mugavu says feeding his eight children is a daily struggle that requires hard work, but with his small business, he has managed to provide for his family despite being a refugee.

DANIEL ARAPMOI HOIMA DISTRICT, UGANDA "Feeding for many refugees is a daily struggle, but some refugees have been able to start thriving small businesses to support their families."

Mary Buswaza is another successful businesswoman in Kyangwali settlement. Through her little savings, she has been able to buy and sell beans at the local refugee market which has helped to feed her family

MARY BUSWAZA CONGOLESE REFUGEE "I started this business of selling beans because life here is very difficult so we try to do something because the food we are given as refugees does not help us at all. They bring us food but it's little and cannot take us for a week."

Praised for its progressive policies, Uganda allows refugees to work, start businesses and own property. However, the scale of recent arrivals from the DRC has strained already overstretched resources.

Daniel Arapmoi, CGTN, Hoima District, Uganda.