Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps are home to almost 483,000 refugees, who have fled conflict and food shortages in South Sudan, Somalia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, and other countries. Quality inclusive education, support to improve people's psychosocial wellbeing, and care for those with special needs are vital.
What
Kakuma Refugee Assistance Project & Dadaab Refugee Assistance Program
Where
Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei settlement, Host community & Dadaab Refugee Camp – Kenya
Who
25,686 participants in Kakuma and 46,136 participants in Dadaab
Partner
LWF Kenya-Somalia
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The refugee settlements at Kakuma, Kalobeyei and Dadaab in Kenya host nearly half a million people, despite this being the country’s second poorest county. A critical issue is making sure children have access to safe quality education.
Rahma is one of the first project participants of an innovative Ambitious Youth Program that you helped launch in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya in 2023.
The Ambitious Youth Program has been developed in response to the lack of job opportunities available to young people in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
The project teaches young people in-demand IT skills and provides them with a gateway to digital employment in global markets.
After only a few months of instruction in 3D modelling software, Rahma proudly shares the house design she has created and says, “I feel that I’m very special because of this course … many people need these skills and we as a team have got it.”
Rahma’s new 3D-modelling software skills can be used in construction design, animation and computer game creation, but her plan is to work in architecture. “My plan is to get a digital platform where I can market my designs as an individual, specialising in architecture. I hope when I finish this course, that each of us will get some jobs, that is the wish for all of us … a job where we can earn at the end of the day.”
Rahma is very thankful for the opportunity that generous Australians have made possible through ALWS … “I will first start with my appreciation; I thank them as it has really helped us as a team … may God help them to get more support to help other people.”
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| Kakuma Refugee Camp | |
| What | Kakuma Refugee Assistance Project |
| Local Partner | LWF Kenya-Somalia |
| Where | Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei settlement, Host community |
| Who | 118,873 participants |
| ALWS Action | $350,000 |
The refugee settlements at Kakuma and Kalobeyei in Kenya host nearly quarter of a million people, despite this being the country’s second poorest county. A critical issue is making sure children have access to safe quality education.
| Dadaab Refugee Camp | |
| What | Dadaab Refugee Assistance Program |
| Local Partner | LWF Kenya-Somalia |
| Where | Dadaab Refugee Camp – Kenya |
| Who | 46,136 participants |
| ALWS Action | $200,000 |
Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya is home to over 232,903 refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from Somalia and only 59% of eligible
children are enrolled in school. The youth population in Dadaab is 91,323 and faces challenges such as unemployment, discrimination, and limited access to basic services and opportunities like education and sports due to donor fatigue and resource mobilization and this project aims to address these barriers and improve the well-being of the youth in the camp.
Kenya Refugee Camps
- 340 people engaged in climate-smart agriculture and school kitchen gardens
- 3,754 people received youth vocational training, inclusive education and psychosocial support for cchildren
- 184,595 children enrolled in schools
Your ALWS action provided education for children in refugee camps in Kenya (Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps)
Thank you!
Otieno, a teacher in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, knows the value of the Kitchen Gardens that you have made possible for students.
“Kitchen gardening is a general exercise that is done by the pupils under the guidance of the agriculture teacher. It is part of class work. It helps to enhance learning by the pupils, it encourages a farming culture among the pupils and it makes vegetables available to supplement their meals and meet their nutrition needs.”
Your ALWS action, through our local partner Lutheran World Federation Kenya, has helped to provide Kitchen Gardens in more than 16 schools within Kakuma Refugee Camp. The gardens help students to learn modern agricultural techniques, so they are job-ready when they graduate and have a means to provide for their family. Students are involved in every stage of the Kitchen Garden project, preparing the seed beds, sowing the vegetables, watering and harvesting.
Tereza, a student involved in the Kitchen Garden project says, “We water the vegetables every morning at 6.00am
after we shower and dress but before we take breakfast. In the evening we water them mostly after dinner. We use a hose pipe connected to a water tap and some of us use buckets and watering cans.”
The vegetables are harvested and enjoyed by the students, providing a valuable source of iron and teaching students the importance of vegetables within a nutritious diet.
In Kakuma
It is important to try out different approaches for project delivery for example, our partners used a peer-to-peer life skills training with adolescent girls.
Participants have been able to form their own groups and facilitate a life skills training session with them resulting in greater reach and effectiveness.
In Dadaab
Access to basic services such as physiotherapy, hearing, and sight assessment, and the related follow up support at an early stage such as those provided at the Community Based Rehabilitation centre supported by the project can make the difference between a child receiving or completely missing out in education and a social life.
In Kakuma
Due to increased awareness and training our partners are progressively overcoming prejudices and social beliefs that have been barriers to women and girls fully participating in community activities. With the increased participation of women, partners are realising greater ownership and success of projects.
In Dadaab
The community-based rehabilitation model that is being used by the project for education and social inclusion, and which is the only one of its kind in Country, has enabled close to 5,000 people living with disabilities and special needs receive support.
This is higher than the average support received country wide.
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