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Rise Kakuma!

By Fantaye Agaro – KANERE Poet January 2023
Tilting Cages book, Page 72/1992
Kakuma Refugee Camp

Kakuma, a desolate wilderness,
a blazing fire, an earthly furnace,
venue of day darkness.
Don’t shut your eyes blind!
Speak the truth loudly!

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Beyond Training: Supporting Refugee Girls Who Believe in Themselves

By Tolossa Asrat KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

In Kakuma and Kalobeyei, which host over 200,000 refugees, women and children comprise 76 % of the total refugee population. Of this sum, 49% are women living in dire circumstances which most people would never even wish to visit.

Winnie Achola a resident of village 3 of the Kalobeyei settlement is a beneficiary of live-skill trainings by camp agency: Photo By Tolossa Asrat / KANERE
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REFUGEE KILLED IN STRUGGLE OVER FIREWOOD

By Qaabata Boru KANERE Staff Investigative Journalist – February 2021

One South Sudanese refugee teenager killed and another sustained injuries in a fight over firewood collection in Kakuma.

Firewood in Kakuma is most challenging need as default energy source: KANERE File/Qaabata Boru