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'Defend Ourselves': Refugee Girls In Kenya Find Strength In Taekwondo

Young refugee girls practice taekwondo kicks as they warm up for a recent performance in Kalobeyei (Credit: AFP)

Along one of the many dirt tracks leading into Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp there is a large hidden compound, where inside, twice a week, adolescent girls gather to learn taekwondo, the martial arts lessons offering a safe space in the often chaotic settlement.

Kakuma is Kenya's second-largest refugee camp, home to over 300,000 people -- from South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Burundi -- and managed by the Kenyan government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since its establishment in 1992.

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