Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009
Technological failure of UNHCR database causes delay in the headcount operation, sparking stampedes and a stone-throwing altercation.
Category: Humanitarian Services
Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009
A refugee scholar due to begin a masters program in early January is still waiting in Kakuma Camp as UNHCR attempts to process his travel document.
Categories
Refugee Headcount Begins
Volume 1, Issue 3 / February 2009
UNHCR-Kakuma has called all refugees to be counted in the latest population fixing exercise, estimated to last two months
Volume 1, Issue 3 / February 2009
With three-quarters of the refugee population suffering some degree of trauma, JRS has a critical role in providing counseling and psychological services for the mentally vulnerable
Volume 1, Issue 2 / January 2009
Do we refugees have a right to participate in decision-making that affects our lives? Yes, we do! The rights- and community-based approach of UNHCR guarantees us the right to participate in decision-making and demand our entitlements. This January, KANERE celebrates the one-year anniversary of UNHCR’s publication of a manual intended to support UNHCR staff in implementing the new approach.
Volume 1, Issue 2 / January 2009
Major budget cuts in January 2009 affected all sectors of humanitarian services in Kakuma Camp. KANERE reporters surveyed the practical consequences of budget cuts and examined their impact in human terms. Can minimum rights protections still be guaranteed under the slimmer system?
Volume 1, Issue 2 / January 2009
Mr. J.M., a Congolese refugee in Kakuma Camp, was awarded an extraordinary scholarship opportunity to pursue a two years master program in medicine at Lund University, Sweden. He was due to begin his programme of study on 12 January 2009. Unfortunately, Mr. J.M. is still present in Kakuma Camp due to UNHCR processing delays.
Volume 1, Issue 1 / December 2008
Water in Kakuma Refugee Camp is the most critical basic need to be unfairly distributed, yet people in the camp face this problem time and again. Water has been a point of dissatisfaction for years. Community leaders have raised many issues concerning water at monthly meetings with UNHCR and NGO staff, but nobody seems to heed their concerns by giving a proper solution. KANERE sat down with a staff member at the Lutheran World Federation Water Department (LWF Water) to discuss these issues.
Volume 1, Issue 1 / December 2008
Health care services are a vital component of UNHCR’s mission to ensure that all refugees have access to a minimum standard of protection and essential material assistance. In Kakuma Refugee Camp, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is the implementing agency responsible for health care provision. The organization has tried its level best to curb all health related issues.