Centralized elections were held in Kakuma camp in June this year yet the election process is still to be completed
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Refugees according to their ration cards but considered “odd refugees out” by government.
The absence of the rule of law in Kakuma refugee camp gives managers freedom to determine refugees’ employment process and mode of payment.
Hundreds of Kakuma camp residents staged a protest following frequent murders by unidentified gunmen.
By Awet Andemicael
awet@post.harvard.edu
Last year, I conducted research for UNHCR (available online at www.unhcr.org/4def858a9.html), which suggests that artistic activity often plays a powerful positive role in the lives of refugees living in camps, and can help them survive and even thrive emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
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Refugee trauma counseling
Residents of Kakuma Camp are in need of trauma counseling
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Increased population in Kakuma camp
An influx of new arrivals from Sudan, South Sudan, Great Lakes and other countries and for the first time an Iranian
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Drowning
The heavy downpour in the months of April and May has led to seven people drowning
The main road that connects the Humanitarian premises and the refugee camp settlement is currently under repair.
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World Refugee Day
Theme of the year: One person forced to flee is too many!