UNHCR, SUPKEM launch Ramadan campaign to support refugee education in Kenya
“The holy month of Ramadan is a time when Muslims embark on a path of spiritual self-reflection and intensify our response to alleviate the suffering of others.”
Glimmer of hope for the Shona community living in Kenya
By 2020, Government of Kenya pledges recognition as citizens and registration of the Shona community who qualify under the law
Agricultural farming, a reliable source of livelihood for both refugees and host community in Dadaab
Refugees and host communities farming together will enhance food security in Dadaab and its environs
UNHCR provides support to refugees ahead of closure of emergency shelter
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is accelerating plans ahead of the expected closure of an emergency shelter which has housed vulnerable refugees with an LGBTI profile since December 2018. The majority of the people have an LGBTI profile and were relocated from Kakuma refugee camp to Nairobi due to security […]
UNHCR offers solutions to refugees engaged in sit-in protest
UNHCR continues to engage with and to seek solutions for some 55 refugees with an LGBTI profile who started a sit-in protest in front of its office in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday 8 April. The group demands expedited refugee status determination and immediate resettlement. They have been living in a […]
Burundi refugee in Kakuma makes a fortune from Chicken Farming
Poultry business in Kakuma has not been fully explored and has a lot of potential and many opportunities for business minded people to invest in and earn good returns
Football: A unifying diversity in Kakuma Refugee Camp
It is this love of football and the team’s excellent sportsmanship that has seen the first refugee team ever, play in the Kenyan National Football League
Championing the education of girls and boys in the world’s third largest refugee camp
I won’t stop until every young refugee boy and girl is educated
UNHCR welcomes the release of refugees; expresses continued commitment to dialogue and search for solutions
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the release of a group of refugees and asylum-seekers, including some with an LGBTI profile, who were arrested on 20 February 2019 on a misdemeanor charge under the Physical Planning Act. Their arrest followed a multi-day sit-in near UNHCR’s compound in Nairobi, Kenya. UNHCR, […]