Tag: UNHCR

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

Tags #kakumarefugeecamp, #Kalobeyei, #KanereNews, #refugeeday, #worldrefugeeday2022, kenya, UNHCR

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Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Post author By KANERE
Post date December 31, 2022

H.E. Mr Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Headquarters
New York City/Geneva

September 2022
Kakuma, Kenya

RE: Support to facilitate durable solutions for refugees in Kenya

Your Excellency,

Please accept our warm congratulations on your second appointment and our best wishes for your success as continue to take on the responsibilities and challenges of your high office for the next five years.

Tags #UN, #UNGEneva, #UNSecretary, kakuma, kenya, refugees, UNHCR

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Refugee Education under the Pandemic

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 3, 2021

Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

Kenya announced its first Covid-19 case on March 13th 2020 when a woman contracted the virus upon her return to Kenya after traveling to the United States via London.

Students from KRSS assemble for a second term reopening/ KANERE Feb 2021

Tags Covid-19, Education, kakuma, KanereNews, refugeejournalism, Refugeemag, UNHCR

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Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date June 1, 2020

By KANERE staff writer, March 10, 2020

An asylum seeker was found dead at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church compound in Kakuma refugee camp one on Saturday, February 9 2020 in an apparent suicide.

Asylum Seeker Commits Suicide at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kakuma after waiting RSD for 7 years contrary to 1951 convention/ KANERE

The man was an Ethiopian national in his 40s named Endalkachew Seifu, who had fled his country in the year 2013, as reported by his close friend.

Tags #humanrights, #KanereNews, #refugeenews, kakuma, RAS, rsd, UNHCR

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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.

Tags #Covid-19, #fooddistribution, #kakumarefugeecamp, #KanereNews, #refugeemag, kakuma, kalobeyei, kanere, UNHCR, WFP

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Covid-19 Myths in Kakuma

Post author By KANERE
Post date April 13, 2020

By KANERE Staff Writer, April 2020

Covid-19 has not yet reached Kakuma camp, but misinformation is spreading rapidly.

Given the lack of medical infrastructure in Kakuma, it is important that the community does its best to follow public health recommendations that can prevent the spread of the virus. However, misinformation leads people to undertake ineffective strategies, which can be a major waste of energy and resources. Moreover, misinformation may discourage them from following the official guidance of qualified health experts. Worse yet, rumors about how the disease is spread can cause stigmatization and even violence against certain groups.

Myths regarding Covid-19 and awareness intervention from WHO

Tags #Irc, #KanereNews, #ministyofhealth, #misinformation, #Myths, #WHO, Covid-19myths, UNHCR

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Kenya’s black market in “refugee real estate”

Post author By KANERE
Post date February 11, 2018

By Cory Rodgers

The informal system of shelter ownership that has sprung up in refugee camps in Kenya and elsewhere has allowed entrepreneurial activity to flourish, but it is also unregulated and without formal legal protections, leaving some refugees vulnerable to losing everything.