UNHCR works closely with the Government of Kenya and in collaboration with sister UN agencies and a range of partners.
The Kenyan Government’s Department of Refugee Services (DRS) is fully responsible for conducting registration, documentation and refugee status determination (RSD) in Kenya. UNHCR provides technical support and capacity building.
Urban Partners
Government:
Department for Migration and Citizen Services- Department of Refugee Services, (DRS), Ministry of Interior and National Administration-State
Partners Implementing with UNHCR (NGO’s)
Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Haki Centre Organization (HCO), Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS) Nairobi, National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK), Windle International Kenya (WIK)
Operational partners (NGO’s)
Fafi Integrated Development Association (FaIDA), Humanity and Inclusion, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Plan International, Qatar Charity, RefugePoint, Save the Children International, World Vision International – Kenya (WVI)
Others (Development partners, UN Agencies)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Cooperation – GIZ), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, The World Bank, UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)