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Public speeches made by Camp Authorities on World Refugee Day 2022

Post author By KANERE
Post date December 31, 2022

June 21 Speeches Compiled by Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Volunteer Writer, 2022

World Refugee Day 2022 ceremony commemorated at Kalobeyei village 2 with the theme of ensuring every person has the right to seek safety whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.

During the commemoration, various guests including Government representatives, UNHCR County representatives, UNHCR partners and other humanitarian organization representatives, goodwill Ambassador Yiech Pur Biel, refugee leaders from Kakuma and the new settlement attended and made speeches at the event in Kalobeyei settlement, Village 2.

Caroline Van Buren of UNHCR Kenya Country Rep speaking during the World Refugee Day, commemorated at Kalobeyei, Turkana – Photography by Tolossa Asrat / KANERE 2022

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Kakuma Teachers’ Strike

By Qaabata Boru & Baluu W. Makuach – KANERE Volunteer Writers, September 2021

Primary school teachers across camps suspended all the classroom activities by sending learners back home.

Striking teachers marching to the UNHCR’s main compound in Kakuma 1, photography /KANERE Sep, 2021

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South Sudanese refugee is top KCSE student in Turkana West

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021
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By Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

Maketh Alier Deng, the top performer in the 2020 KCSE Exams in Kakuma Refugee Camp scored an amazing overall grade of A – (Minus). It is the second time since 2010 that Kakuma Refugee Secondary School (KRSS) achieved such a success.

Photography session; from left: Naomi Keth, Juarwel Akech Bior and Maketh Alier Deng / Baluu Wol Makuach / KANERE

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NGO’s sees Freelancing as a Possible Source of Income for Refugees in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 3, 2021

Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

With diminished opportunities for third country resettlement for refugees, UNHCR and its partners have sought new solutions for the growing protracted refugee population in Kakuma and Kalobeyei.

Skill training center at the Kalobeyei refugee settlement – KANERE

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Covid-19 Coverage by the Kakuma News Reflector

Post author By KANERE
Post date April 13, 2020
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By the KANERE Editorial Team

The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (aka COVID-19) has already impacted many countries around the world, especially in China, Iran, Europe and the United States.

In Africa, at least 52 countries have confirmed cases. Over 13,000 people have tested positive, and more than 700 of them have died. Kenya reported its first case in mid-March, and as the virus continues to spread to new counties, refugees in Kakuma are anxious that the virus will eventually reach the camp.

In the coming weeks, the Kakuma News Reflector will make Covid-19 a special focus. The editorial team is working overtime to report on the responses by humanitarian agencies and the government, as well as the ways that communities are dealing with the threat.

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Photo Essay: Two months food assistance distributed in anticipation of potential lockdown

Post author By KANERE
Post date April 13, 2020

By Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Staff Writer April, 2020

On April 2nd, KANERE correspondent Baluu Wol Makuach visited Food Distribution Point 1 to see how the World Food Programme (WFP) was delivering rations under the increased health precautions. To curb the spread of Covid-19 in Kakuma, WFP is distributing a double ration of two months of relief food to beneficiaries.

This is the first story published in KANERE’s Photo Essay series, told through images rather than a conventional written article.

Refugees wait to be screened by KK Security officers in the security queue outside Food Distribution Point 1. UNHCR, along with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), instituted precautionary health measures to be followed by refugees while coming to collect their food. This includes thermal screening, two-meter social distancing, hand-washing, and limiting the number of people present in the collection zone to fewer than ten. But outside, crowding put many people into close proximity to one another.

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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.

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