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A Term “Refugee”

By Addisu Aznato – Kakuma

One day I asked my students in Intermediate English Language class if they had known the English word “beauty”, but they said they hadn’t.

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Journalism Workshop

At least 33 youths including volunteer staff of KANERE News turned up for a journalism workshop at Arrupe Learning Center.

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Education Humanitarian Services News Updates

Diploma Graduation Ceremony

The official ceremony and handing out of Diplomas was marked by delicious meals and entertainments at Arrupe Learning Centre in Kakuma

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A primary school in the camp emerged best in KCPE

Lokitang Primary School in Kakuma Camp emerged best in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Turkana West

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Education Humanitarian Services

Scholarships a Hope and Misfortune for Some

A confusing process of verification leads some scholarship candidates to worry for their futures.

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Education Humanitarian Services News Updates

Opportunity for Resettlement and Higher Education in Canada

On August 17th and 23rd twenty-eight refugees departed Kakuma for Canada, where they will pursue higher-education and a new life outside the refugee camp.

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Education

Refugee Students Graduate with Degrees in Communications, Sociology, Health & Development

Amid hardship, refugees demonstrate the ability to achieve their goals in higher education. A graduation ceremony recently honored distance-learning students of UNISA and KISWCD with both diploma and degree certificates.

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Contributors Education

Unwritten: Understanding the Emptiness of Refugee Adolescent Education

Guest Contribution by Cayce Pack, New York City, USA.  

Six years of work in refugee resettlement and several semesters of human rights studies seemed as void as the blank pages in their books. The sun was violent in its afternoon heat and a crowd of adolescent faces perplexed in questions surrounded me…

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World Universities Service of Canada Empowers Kakuma Refugees

Volume 1, Issue 5-6 / May-June 2009

25 refugees students who completed their secondary school education embrace unusual opportunity of joining Canada university each year.

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Community and Culture Education

Save Our Library!

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

Refugees call for efforts to save the only library in Kakuma Camp as the building threatens to collapse and librarians lose their job due to budget cuts.