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Dec 9, 2019 · Thousands of others in Kakuma and elsewhere do not have these opportunities and have no idea what their future holds. Some refugees sit and wait for their future to be decided … and 30 years later they are still there. Others make plans to do more in their communities and suddenly they are being moved on to another camp, settlement or location.
- It Housed ‘The Lost Boys of Sudan’ | Refugee Camp Kakuma
- Tension Between The Local and The Refugees
- Effects of The Climate and Geography on The Camp | Refugee Camp Kakuma
- The Layout of The Camp
- Housing in The Camp | Refugee Camp Kakuma
- Security and The Justice System in The Camp
- Food and Health Facilities in Kakuma
- Education in The Region | Refugee Camp Kakuma
- Notable Residents from The Camp
- The Future of The Kakuma Camp | Refugee Camp Kakuma
The Lost Boys of Sudan was a group of over 30,000 Sudanese children who fled their homes. They left their home due to the civil war in the 1980s. They walked 1000 miles over 3 months without support from any adults. Many of these boys (along with a few girls) died as a result of drowning, hunger, attacks from soldiers, and the wild. These children ...
Kakuma is from the second most poor region of Kenya and due to poverty, there has been violence between the local population and asylum seekers from the wars. The host community mostly has nomadic pastoralists who stick to their traditionsand do not cooperate with refugees. The camp has since become an integral part of the socio-economic background...
Kakuma camp lies in a semi-arid climatewhere the temperature rises to as high as 40°C; it is very humid but dry due to which agriculture is difficult in the Kakuma camp. This led to a rift between the locals of Turkana and the refugees about cattle and land ownership. The refugees were not allowed to keep any animals which limited their source of i...
The area of the camp is spread across four regions namely Kakuma I-IV managed b the Kenyan Government in conjunction with UNHCR. As of 2020, the camp has 2,00,000 people, mostly refugees from the civil war in South Sudan. Staff members stay outside the camp border in three large compounds with amenities, including a swimming pool, bars, shops, recr...
When asylum seekers reach Kakuma they are provided with a piece of reinforced plastic-4×5 meters with which they are supposed to construct a dwelling. While the plastic provides waterproofing, the material is not self-supporting and provides no insulation to the interiors. Long pieces of wood are needed to make the framework with grass to act as th...
There is a Kenyan police stationlocated just outside the camp that usually does not operate after dusk. It is not usual for the Kenyan police to intervene in camp security without having been specifically asked to do so by UNHCR. Refugees have been allowed to establish their own ‘court’ system. Community leaders preside over these courts and are al...
A 90-bed main hospital with the possibility and practice of referral to other hospitals in Kenya is set up in the camp. Additionally, there are a total of five satelliteclinicswith a total capacity of 520. Apart from the minority who were able to establish shops, the majority of residents in Kakuma depend on the food rations supplied for survival. ...
Compared to the larger region, the camp has a higher percentage of children in full-time education. “The education coverage is pre-primary 25%, primary education 65%, secondary education 2%. In 2014 there were: 7 pre-schools, 21 primary schools, 4 secondary schools (2 high schools and 2 technical colleges, which teach Kenyan curriculum and Arabic c...
Halia Aden born in the Kakuma camp in 1997; is a model who first got her recognition for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant, where she was the semi-finalist. Rose Nathike Likonyen is a field and track athlete from South Sudan, representing the Refugee Olympic Team. She was a part of the Olympic games Rio 2016. B...
Kenya has had refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp since 1992 and, in 2015, with the support of UNHCR, established the Kalobeyei Settlement on 1,500 hectares of land with an aim to improve the livelihood opportunities of refugees. UN-Habitat designed a development plan for the settlement that would accommodate 60,000 people, in which investments wou...
Kakuma is the Swahili word for "nowhere." But for the more than 160,000 refugees and asylum seekers who live in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya, it is their only home. Established in 1992, the Kakuma camp was originally built to provide the “ Lost Boys of Sudan ” with humanitarian aid. It is now one of the world’s largest ...
Turkana County. Population. • Total. ~200,000. Kakuma Refugee Camp is a refugee camp located in northwestern Turkana County, Kenya. It was established in 1992 to host unaccompanied minors who had fled the war in Sudan and from camps in Ethiopia. The camp is situated in the second poorest region in Kenya and as a result of this poverty, there ...
Feb 10, 2017 · Kakuma refugee camp, in northwestern Kenya’s Turkana County, houses over 150,000 refugees. The majority are South Sudanese followed by Somalis. Established in 1992 in one of Kenya’s most remote areas, it is one of the longest-lasting refugee camps in the world, and refugees have become an integral part of the area’s social, cultural, and economic fabric.
Apr 10, 2024 · Amina, a 22-year-old Sudanese woman, arrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya half a lifetime ago. At the age of just 11, she, her mother and her eight siblings fled her home in Kadugli to escape the conflict that was unfolding in her homeland. Remembering the war she described the situation: “The soldiers would kill innocent people; their ...
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Sep 13, 2018 · The importance of freedom of movement. Kakuma refugee camp and nearby Kalobeyei settlement in Turkana County in north-western Kenya today host close to 186,000 refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Burundi and Sudan amongst others. Many have spent years or even decades in camps, dependent on humanitarian ...
