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'Hope is all I have': the refugees searching for family from Kenya's Kakuma camp

At the Kakuma refugee camp in the northwest of Kenya, more than 200,000 refugees from across Africa have sought safety – in many cases leaving loved ones behind. The Red Cross's Restoring Family Links programme seeks to reunite these families torn apart by conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts

More than 300,000 refugees in the Kakuma camp in remote Kenya have had their food rations cut in half

The Independent UK

What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture

Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems.

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

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.

International Business Times

Can one of Africa's largest refugee camps evolve into a city?

One of Africa’s most famous refugee camps could transform into a city

The Independent UK

Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut

Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget

The Guardian - UK

‘There are no better experts on refugees than refugees’: Nhial Deng on why politicians need to listen

At 11, the South Sudanese refugee was forced to flee his Ethiopian village and spent several years in Kakuma camp in Kenya. His work helping others there won UN recognition and a prestigious award – now he’s planning to fund a library

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A Congolese Refugee Refused To Accept The Lack Of Electricity At His Refugee Camp— So He Built A Mini Solar Power Grid

Let there be light: How Congolese Refugee is Lighting up Kenya's Second-Largest Refugee Camp Through Solar

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The moment of kindness that set Socceroo Awer Mabil on his path to 2023 Young Australian Of The Year

Awer Mabil's charity, Barefoot To Boots, helps supply football equipment to children in refugee camps. But the Socceroo is only just getting started.

ABC News

Pushing Barriers charity calls for more support to help refugee kids play sport

From Kakuma to Darra, the Jongkuch-Ayuen boys have always loved football, but without volunteer programs and a club looking to help, they wouldn't be able to play in Australia due to cost.

ABC News

Awer Mabil's journey from refugee camp to the World Cup is the stuff that dreams are made of

As a boy in a refugee camp in Kenya, Awer Mabil played with rolled-up socks for a ball and dreamed of one day playing in a World Cup. After helping secure Australia's passage to Qatar, he's now on the cusp of realising that goal.

ABC News

LGBTI refugees seeking protection in Kenya struggle to survive in a hostile environment

Kenya is now the second biggest refugee hosting country in Africa. Of its over half a million refugees, over a thousand from neighbouring African states have sought asylum on the basis of persecution over their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Conversation

Scots charity opens world's first children's operating room in Kenyan refugee camp

A SCOTTISH charity has opened a children's operating room in a refugee camp in Kenya in what is thought to be a world first.

The National (Scotland)

Paediatric operating room in Kenyan refugee camp officially opens

The facility was set up by the Edinburgh-based charity Kids Operating Room.

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First paediatric operating room in refugee camp set to officially open

Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya is home to around 40,000 children.

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Friday essay: hunger, dust-storms, war – how I defied the odds as a South Sudanese child refugee

My name is Akuch Kuol Anyieth. I am South Sudanese by birth, Kenyan by migration and life experience, and Australian by migration and citizenship.

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