Stories
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A thousand babies delivered successfully at refugee settlement’s health clinic
18 Dec 2019Refugees and local communities alike benefit from free healthcare at a hospital in Kenya’s Kalobeyei settlement.
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Refugee from DR Congo curves his niche as a Taekwondo athlete
10 Dec 2019“Gaston may be new to Taekwondo, but he has proved that with practice and dedication, one can excel in it and win medals.”
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Somali Refugee in Dadaab hopes to use education received to contribute in rebuilding his country
28 Nov 2019“Education, for some people is the norm but for me, it is everything.”
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Refugee and Kenyan girls top 2019 National Music Festival
29 Oct 2019“Our school has become popular due to poetry. Now people know that out of a camp there are people and there are girls with power, who are empowered by their own spirit and have nurtured talents.”
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Vodafone Foundation Sponsored Instant Network Schools are Transforming Refugee Lives in Kenya.
18 Sep 2019Closing the gap in refugee education is becoming more urgent and UNHCR has called for partners and Governments to step-up their support to refugee children education.
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LuQuLuQu’s Step for Safety Returns to Nairobi
11 Sep 2019“Kenyans have responded to the LuQuLuQu campaign’s call for action energetically.”
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Cash for shelter programme empowers refugees and their hosts in Kenya
3 Sep 2019Cash assistance in Kenya’s Kalobeyei settlement allows refugees to build their own homes with materials bought from the local community.
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Birth certificates signal brighter future for stateless children in Kenya
2 Aug 2019Government move to issue birth certificates to 600 children from Shona community hailed as an important protection measure and first step towards ending statelessness for the group.
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South Sudanese refugee who has beaten all odds to become a university lecturer in Kenya
24 Jul 2019Our destiny is in our hands and we should seize all opportunities that come our way
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With renewed hope, Somali refugees opt for voluntary repatriation
17 Jul 2019More than 80,000 Somali refugees have returned home from Dadaab camps since UNHCR started its voluntary repatriation programme in December 2014.