Kenya-Somalia

Kids in Kenya in a classroom raising hands

Kids at the Elliyes Primary School, which is one of the 21 primary schools of Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. LWF/L. Gillabert

LWF Kenya-Somalia has been active in northwest Kenya in the Kakuma Refugee Camp since the camp was established in 1992. In Turkana West sub county, the program has been implementing host community projects since December 1999. In 2008, operations started in Dadaab Refugee Camps with partner UNHCR. In 2017 the program opened an office in Kismayu, Somalia, responding to the drought and in support of Internally Displaced, local populations and Somali refugees returning home.

“A happy day for Fardosa and my entire family. From using a wheelbarrow to reach her school to having a new wheelchair. My daughter will now have comfortable trips to school.”

Hawa Aden, Dadaab Refugee Camp
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92375.children were enrolled in 56 schools in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps.
37266.young people in camps and host communities participated in talent search and nurturing, sports and mentorship and counselling initiatives
24871.individuals gained access to water for domestic, livestock and agricultural needs in Kakuma

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Overcoming cerebral palsy one footstep at a time – The journey of Sankus at Hormuud Primary School. Supported by his special education teacher, Sankus makes gradual walking progress out of his classroom at Hormuud Primary School in Ifo refuge camp of Dadaab. 

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Supported by his special education teacher, Sankus makes gradual walking progress out of his classroom at Hormuud Primary School in Ifo refuge camp of Dadaab.

Supported by his special education teacher, Sankus makes gradual walking progress out of his classroom at Hormuud Primary School in Ifo refuge camp of Dadaab.

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“It is disheartening to witness this mass displacement of women and children and the human suffering in a country whose people already bear scars from over three decades of protracted conflict. Thankfully, we were able to promptly intervene and reduce the burden for the 500 families in Luglow IDP camps.”

Abdikadir Hassan, Education & Liaison Officer of LWF for the Kismayu area program in Somalia
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Miina Puntila, Regional Program Coordinator (Geneva)
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Girma Gudina, Country Representative in Kenya-Somalia
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LWF Kenya-Somalia Program Nairobi Office:
P.O Box 40870-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
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Kenya: Inclusive education in Kakuma

LWF runs 34 schools in Kakuma refugee camp in north-western Kenya where it applies a concept of inclusive education whereby students with disabilities are being welcomed into the same classrooms as non-impaired students.

Physiotherapy and dedicated child-care at Kismayu Centre

Early detection of health-related anomalies and prompt remedial action can have massive benefits in a child’s normal growth and development. This has been witnessed in the case of three-year-old Mohamed Bishar who is a registered patient at the Rehabilitation Centre operated by Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Kismayo town of Somalia.

United States Ambassadors for Kenya and Somalia visit Dadaab Refugee Camp

United States’ Ambassadors to Kenya and Somalia, Amb. Meg Whitman and Amb. Larry Andre, respectively, visited projects across Dadaab Refugee Camp accompanied by Heads of Sub Offices for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and World Food Programme (WFP).  Key partner agencies were also represented during the visit. Before the visit to Hormuud Primary School at Ifo Camp, the delegation visited food distribution centres and health centres receiving nutritional support funded by the US Government.

Self-help group trains Somali refugee women in skills to support their families (Radio Ergo)

Together Women’s Group operating in Hagadera camp in northern Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex have been spearheading jobs training for Somali refugee women that has turned many women into successful household breadwinners.