Category: Business and Development

Cleaning Kakuma’s dirt, recycling waste and environment

Post author By KANERE
Post date December 31, 2022

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Volunteer Writer, December 2022

In 2019, refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp piloted a waste management project to keep their environment clean. Based on the principles of environmental sustainability, Fraternity for Development Integrated (FRADI) – a refugee-led organization – initiated a recycling project in Kakuma 2 to safeguard the environment and health of the community. By converting waste into useful products, the organization has now embarked on a journey to address pressing social, environmental and climate challenges.

Environment: Cleaning Kakuma’s dirt – Photograph by Tolossa Asrat/KANERE

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Business and Development Humanitarian Services Kakuma Town and Kenya News Updates Opinion

WHY OCTOBER 10TH IS KENYA’S MOST CONFUSING HOLIDAY FOR SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES IN ELDORET

Post author By KANERE
Post date December 31, 2022

Opinion by Bior Garang – Student Writer

From the first day, it was proposed as a public holiday, October 10th was destined to always be a controversial day in Kenya.

Although the Kenyan government had officially renamed the day ”Utamaduni” day from its more meaningful full ”Huduma” day in 2020, global calendars are yet to be updated to reflect this new normal.

Tags #Eldoret, #KanereNews, #October10, #Refugeedepartment, #urbanrefugees, #Utamaduni, kakuma, kenya, refugees

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Vulnerable Refugees in Kakuma to get a dollar a day as global remittance fall significantly

Post author By KANERE
Post date September 30, 2021

By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Volunteer Writer, September 2021

Following the outbreak of COVID-19, remittances sent from the US and Western countries to Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei settlement have reduced significantly.

Refugees waiting to receive food rations at FDC in camp 1, photography / KANERE Sep, 2021

Tags #Community, #Covid19, #dollar, #Kalobeyei, #KanereNews, #Pandemic, #remittance

Business and Development Community and Culture Humanitarian Services Kakuma Town and Kenya News Updates

CS Launches Development Response to Displacement Impact Projects in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

By KANERE News Desk

Devolution and ASALs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa on Tuesday, 15th June visited Kakuma Sub-county hospital in Turkana West sub-County to launch a number of projects involving the Government of Kenya.

CS Wamalwa Launching Lokipoto Water Supply, Turkana West: Photograph by courtesy

Tags #Campclosure, #Climatechange, #communities, #Devolution, #famine, #host, #KanereNews, #Kenya, #Press, #Refugees, #TurkanaWest, #Watercrisis

Business and Development Community and Culture Kakuma Town and Kenya News Updates

Challenges of fighting COVID-19 in the public transport sector

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 3, 2021

By Alex Ikambi – KANERE Guest Writer, February 2021

Approaches to the fight against COVID-19 have had their fair share of successes and flops.

Public transport minibus aka ‘Nganya’ along Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi/KANERE

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Tags Covid-19, kakuma, kanere, KanereNews, Matatuindustry, Pandemic, Public transport, Refugeemag, refugeepress

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Local solutions for global problems

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 1, 2020

By Santos Madhieu – KANERE Staff Writer, May 2020

Meet Samson, a 22-year-old Congolese designer who came to Kakuma Camp in 2015 and is now helping to fight the Coronavirus by making free face masks for both refugees and locals.

Samson, a refugee designer helping to fight Coronavirus through masks provision: Photo/KANERE

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CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION STRATEGIES AFFECT RESIDENTS OF KAKUMA

Post author By KANERE
Post date April 13, 2020

By Santos Madhieu – KANERE Staff Writer, April 2020

To prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Government of Kenya called for the closure on March 22nd of social venues such as sporting grounds, bars and hotels, with the exception of takeaway (carry-out) services. Movement in and out of the country is restricted, and a curfew from 7 pm to 5 am was put in place on March 25, 2020.

Businesses owned by Kakuma refugee traders are feeling the impact of this polices,and this week, I met Machar MalithGeu, a businessman who owns a video hall in Hongkong market where many youths gather each day to watch movies and games. The video hall is a major source of income for Machar and his family.

Tags #Covid-19, #Covid19prevention, #FrankoHotel, #kakumarefugeecamp, #refugeetraders, business

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Refugee business entrepreneur facing life threats

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 11, 2018

By Qaabata Boru

A refugee small business owner is facing a life-threatening situation in Kalobeyei refugee settlement

Tags business, food distribution, kakuma, kalobeyei, market, refugees

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The Food Prices In The Kakuma Refugee Camp Markets

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2010

The food prices in the Kakuma refugee market and the availability of the required commodities by the consumers at the market have been challenging for the local residents and the refugee communities.

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Insufficient Food Supply Leads to Trade and Bartering

Post author By KANERE
Post date May 12, 2009

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

With food supplies already meager, refugees must exchange food items for staples such as charcoal, leaving them hungry.