UNHCR statement on protest at Kakuma refugee camp
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls for dialogue and peaceful engagement following an unauthorized demonstration by a group of refugees with an LGBTIQ+ profile in front of its office in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, on 23 November. On Wednesday morning, a group of...
Unilever boosts UNHCR’s efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Dadaab refugee schools
In 2020, as the world was trying to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, so were refugee children like 15-year-old Fatuma Mohamed, an avid lover of science subjects. With strict measures put in place by the Kenyan Ministries of Health and Education, schools in Kenya...
Refugee-led business provides clean energy to camp residents
Vasco Hamisi is hard at work checking on the solar panels at Okapi Green Energy Limited, in northwestern Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. The Congolese refugee is the brains behind this outfit, which provides clean energy to 200 businesses inside and outside the camp, as...
Rwandan refugee begins new life caring for elderly Canadians
A pioneering programme is recruiting skilled refugees to fill labour gaps in Canada.
For refugee with visual impairment, inclusion brings goals into focus
Magartu studies alongside students without disabilities for the first time since she fled from Ethiopia – and she is now among the top in her class.
U.S. donates sanitary pads to support education of refugee girls in Dadaab
20-year-old Mano Hamdan remembers very little about life in Kismayo, Somalia. Her father passed away in 2006 and the family struggled financially, as her mother tried to make ends meet. The death of her father, who was the family’s only breadwinner, coupled with...
Three refugee athletes gain sports scholarships to Canada
Kenya-based middle-distance runners from South Sudan currently in Tokyo with the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in first intake of trailblazing athletic scholarship scheme.
Edging closer to dreams of becoming a doctor – Fardowsa’s story
Seated in the middle of her class, 17-year-old Fardowsa Gedi tries to catch up with an on-going lesson of her favourite subject mathematics. In 2012, Fardowsa’s family fled drought in Somalia and now live in the Ifo camp, which is the oldest of the three refugee camps...
Information for Persons of Concern on roadmap and solutions for refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees visited Kenya at the end of April to have discussions with the Government on solutions for the refugees living in the camps. The Government of Kenya and UNHCR agreed that they will work together with you to implement a solutions...