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Refugees receive first doses of Covishield: UNHCR calls for vaccine equity

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

By Tolossa Asrat KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

In April 2021, during World Health Week, the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination program for refugees and asylum seekers living in Kakuma and Kalobeyei was being rolled out at Ammusait General Hospital – aka Clinic 7 and Natukubenyo Health Centre, respectively.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Kakuma and Kalobeyei May to June 2021, targeting frontline humanitarian workers: Photo credit/KANERE

Tags #Covid-19, #Covid19prevention, #Healthcare, #Immuninization, #KanereNews, #Refugees, #Vaccines

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Attacks on refugees following camp closure notice

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

By KANERE News Desk

Conflicts between refugees and locals have been a long-standing issue in Kakuma, but an attack following the government announcement about closing Kenya’s refugee camps seems to have been motivated by the announcement. At least four refugees have sustained non-life-threatening injuries following attacks by members of the host community in Kakuma.

Victims of attacks in Kakuma is related to threats from camp closure notice by Kenya government: Photograph by KANERE

Tags #Campclosure, #Dadaab, #insecurity, #KanereNews, #peacefulco-existence, #refugeenews, #Refugees, #UNcamps, #Xenophobia

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CS Launches Development Response to Displacement Impact Projects in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

By KANERE News Desk

Devolution and ASALs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa on Tuesday, 15th June visited Kakuma Sub-county hospital in Turkana West sub-County to launch a number of projects involving the Government of Kenya.

CS Wamalwa Launching Lokipoto Water Supply, Turkana West: Photograph by courtesy

Tags #Campclosure, #Climatechange, #communities, #Devolution, #famine, #host, #KanereNews, #Kenya, #Press, #Refugees, #TurkanaWest, #Watercrisis

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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

Tags #Education, #exams, #kakumarefugeecamp, #KanereNews, #KCSE, #Refugees, #SouthSudanese, #success

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Beyond Training: Supporting Refugee Girls Who Believe in Themselves

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

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

Tags #Dadaab, #Employment, #Journalism, #Kalobeyei, #KanereNews, #refugeerights, #Refugees, #trainings

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Despite Persistent Violence Ethnic Extremism, Communities in Kakuma Refugee Camp Remain Resilient

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 30, 2021

By Tolossa Asrat, KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

This article is produced by KANERE and Commissioned by KECOMNET for 2021 World Press Freedom Day with the theme of “Information as a Public Good”. Located 408 miles northwest from the capital, Nairobi, Turkana County is the second largest of 47 counties in Kenya, covering an area of 1.5976km2 and accounting for 13.5% of the total land area in the republic.

Tags #Community, #displacement, #information, #KanereNews, #KCOMNET, #newspaper, #Press, #Refugees, #TurkanaWest

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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.